Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1853-03-19
Removal Of the Seat Of Government

AS the excitement respecting the removal OF
the seat of government to New Orleans has
now subsidized, we most respectfully suggest to
the Legislature to reconsider the subject in
their "sober second thought" and as a kind of
compromise between having the capitol at Ba-
ton Rouge or New Orleans, to fix it definitely
here in plaquemine. Many reasons can be ad-
duced to sanction and authorize this change;
but first, according 10 the rule Of rotation, in
its journey up the river, as it had been at New
Orleans and Dona!dsonyifle, the State House
should by right have been located here before
it reached Baton Rouge.
Now, what constitutes good reason for re.
moval Of the seat Of government from it's pre-
sent locality! Certainly, a sufficient reason is
the want of the necessary "creature comforts"
of the members, about which so much COM
plant has been made sgainst our sister City
Of the Bluff. Unless members can get enough
that's good to eat and drink, public duties will
assuvedly be neglected--and We don't blame
them. 1t is bad enough to sacrifice home and
all its interests and endearments to be a public
servant, without being compelled to live upon
the lean Of the land to boot. Now, in Plaque
mine we have the best and latest beef in the
State: if there is a legislator in town let him
60 20 the stalls Of our market house to-mor-
row morning and Judge if we exaggerate the
droves Of beeves from Attakapas pass through
our town, and our butchers can have their pick
before they reach the New Orleans market;
and as for poultry, game, &c, Crosse Ttte can
furnish sufficient Through the accommodation
afforded by that swift running little packet the
Mary Jne,) to feed the members of half ado
zen Legislatures. And where will finer and
more extensive grocery stores be found out Of
the city, offering every luxury Of foreign and
domestic growth and manufacture, than those
of A. MAR1oNNEAUx, VIM. HART & Co. and J
E. DEGELos ?--and we may likewise add that of
o.. E. HAAsE, which, although not so large, is
full Of good things to tickle the appetite of a
law~maker. Our hotels and boarding houses,
too, are numerous and extensive there would
be no want Of accommodations in this respect. |
There is Bissel's Hotel, where is acknowledged
to be the best table in the State outside Of the |
city the Worshaaa House, an old and ~favorite
house; OrtAion's, for day b~oarders, where is
an A No. 1 table, and where French cooking is
done up to perfection Blacks new and extern
sive boarding house-besides many other places
where members could find a good bed and a
good table. But these are not all the induce
ments to encourage the proposition to bring the
Legislature to Plaquemine. We have some of
the finest billiard tables and the best drinking
that can be found. There's Moore's, |
OriHion's, Valsga's, Psrron's, Marc's, Cerlin's
where their a~ppetites could be quenched to
their hearts content and last, though not least
the members can get a game Of draw poker
here at any time they choose to wink their eye.
an appropriate place for the transaction Of
business is Of secondary consideration,
we will not refer to the many convenient places
could be offered here.
We trust, now, that the bill in anticipation
to remove the seat Of government to this place,
will be offered and hurried through both houses
at once; the Governor will sign it instanter;
and then charter some Of our fine packets to
bring the archives Of the State and the imma-
members Of the Louisiana Legislature,
down to our island town: and here is another
'nducement that we did not before think Of
he fact that We can be reached directly by wa
from almost every point of the compass
members an easy and a cheap way to
yet to Plaquemine as well as to getaway from
t..
Thus, we have done our duty-let our Sen
tors and Representatives do theirs.
Death Of En- Governor Isaac Johnson-This
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