Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-03-13
70 Be Remembered.

Nv 99h WiiiEft HSDEfiUiEu HEf
on Tuesday last, mud declared Lewis Gas
10. he the cliciee OF the Democrats D
Louisiana as their standard lmarpr hi III
next Presidential canvass, did some uaee
things. Among others. it is to be born
III mind that they pledged tie Democratic
partY to stlatpii any man who receive.
the domination from the Baltimore Con
v%ention.
We wonder If this resolution will b,
sustained by the people OF this State T.
We wondef II II be possible thht The De
mocratic party will allow itself to be die
iated to, aud ~con,pellel to vote for IN,
man whom any convention might notui
nnte' Suppose Martin Van Bhre,t should
by some Of those political mantnuyre
whish he understands better than M,
man on this continent, receive the no,nj
uatIDn, where would be the resolution o.
this Convention Would it be pbeyed
StHposa Rantonl, wlivo stys he Ii as good d
democrat as any IN New England, should
receive 1t. would the South support him I
WGull Lo~nisiena--the Democrats oil
Loqisiala--wonld they allow themselves
to tliink Of voting for a man who Ii ut.
tcrly opposed to all tho South
II II said that These are oxtrer1e eases
no doubt they are. ulid we intended them
aa such. We have very little idea that
either Of these men have any chance Of
being selected as the leader of the great
Democratic party--Martin Van Buren,
particularly, for le Inns worked against
tic party which elevated him 10 The high.
est position IN the government, and how.
ever cfairinen Of meetings and presidents
OF conventions may declare that the back.
slilings Of their friends must rot be
locked upon too harshly--that the Demo.
cratsu party has always been generous,
aud That they readily forgive these things.
'Iley remember with Incorporating
certainly those who hive been once lend.
ers. aud who Afterwards worked against
them.
10 tile ht,inble voterf who has allowed
Ills patriotism to lead him astray from the
liite which the guides have marked out.
tiisy are very tender, aud eminently con.
aiF'aiory--they are always ready to forget
end forgive, provided he will ON back
To- Ills allegiance, aud vote as he Is told.
Bat 70 the man WHO has led tlleir fore ss. at
any time in positions of even no e'gnifi.
cance, let him wander Off once, and the door
IL closed upon him. He has betrayed The
interests which were coniided to his care
olce.-this Is enough he never has an
opportunity again. There il ui indelible
mark upoa him, and lie must wear It to
Tue grave. Party discipline--tl,e neces.
of cohesion to their suceess--the ten.
'r Of tho example which this keeps be-
ore the eyes Of their prominent men.
this a policy with them, and they
,arsle i relcntlessly,
Mo- do we believe that MIR. Ranto,l
las any better chance. lilo il a truly
man, with a rash ambition, and an
.ortnnately for himself, lie mistakes the
loise he makes for celebrity.
But men equally as Objectionable to the
South as either OF these we have nnmej.
nay by some hocas aaocus get tho nomi
too against whom the same
secular objections could not be urged
aen who have served their party faith.
ally and unfailingly. but who still have
ursued sucl.a course as would make il
ighly unwise in the South to trust them
ct by the resolution which passed this
nrely Democratic Convention, which is {
resumed to have expressed the feelings !,
nd determination Of that party, every /
amocrat is pledged to the support Of the |
Of the Baltimore Convention, be J
9 who he may. !
After a while, when this action becomes I.
known, and spurned as it will
J. those who have moved in it win say 3
we said this because we knew that the !
smocratlc Convention would never !,
any man whom the whole DEM /
party would not support" But .
is species Of special pleading will not
all. L win come too late. The evil :
Is already been done, and it win be re- ]
embered. Il