The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-02-19
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New ORLEANS. Feb. 18th, 1856.

" ouf city papers, correspondence
between quite a number of our citi
zens and w. H. Garland Esq, ou
present treasurer, in which those gen
tlemen ask Mr.. @ to become an t1,1e
pendent candidate at the ensuing elec
tion for the same 1ffice which he nov
holds, and the duties Of which he ba.
discharged satisfactorially to all parties
interested. Although Mr. Garland i.
an able, faithful and competent officer
as we'll as a gentleman whose suauato,
IN mode is eaqualled only by bis for.
hter en'i, still his chances for re.
election are certainly very doubtful
Judging from the way In which voters
can be manufactured in this locality
about election times. If any one
doubts it, LET him refer to Chas GAY.
arrie's pamphlet exposing the modus
operandi Of his defeat last fall, when
he ran an independent race for Con
gress and was beaten by the denocra.
cy. There is one way to save Col.
Garland, and it should be looked to at
once by his friends. His salary might
be Increased 30 or rs cts. in some way
by creating or making his office a
Monopol, l,--say of collecting all the
taxes aud desbursing all monies of
every kind and for every purpose: SO
that his revenue could be swelled to
fifteen or twenty thousand per anum.
just as Mr. Mercy proposes for the
sheriff by his bill to regulate judicial
sales &c., thus afford the Col hand
some reserve fund fur election days.
As the present legislature is SO rastiy
democratic. and us democratic mopop-
olies are in order and the only ones
that can be tolerated, don't you think
it would be well for the Col 8. friends
to try the experiment ! To be sure the
professiag democracy ii the legisla-
ture might ray to it "Nay rerily
Col. Garland isa Wing and our mo-
nopoies are only for the faithful Of
our creed still it is worth the trial
just to see what men are made of or
rather what their principles arc made
Of.
My party harness has become
quite loose upon me and | was just
about as good an administration man
IS any one until that wise and patriot
c body now convened in your city be-
gan to legisate specially for the party
more than for The people, and to dis
rust the potency Of democratic princi-
,les to sustain them with the masses,
IS is very plainly indicated in the ju-
lieal sales billthe late apportionment
'ct. the zigzag registry bill and the
other bills to create large
lumber of pensioners upon com
nerce'-official droues and party
lfillSeyeants in the shape of weigh
RS and guagers and inspectors and
neasurers for the city Of New Orleans.
( the democratic party Gun rely up.
N their printiples in all their CON
ests with the Wings, why under heav-
n do they want to fz things in their
pporionment law, so as to force into
be Legislature democratic majority
t all hazards? Iftbey are the pop
lar party, do the people need any CO.
rction TO see and sustain their acts ?
)r rather do they not by their acts
" plainly enough, I'VE are not so sure
AIT the people Of Louisiana will vol
ntarially come up to the democra-
ic rack every time we want them to,
, We will just pin them there now
hist we have the chance and stop
lis independent way Of acting which (
'e masses get into occasionally and l
electing Wigs to Office - This .
affair Interpretation ofevery purity f,
1t that has been bro't before the pres ,
1t legislature And the spirit that
rompts this action is the very spirit |
lat will pull Col. Garland down from I
S office and put another in his place, !
he may just content himself with
ying his head on the block, for it {
i'll roll sure as fate, aud no ande- u
'mdent movement on the part of our {
tizens can save him. +
So much for politics now, for news 0
ch as | can give you. The rise iu y
e upper rivers have bro't down a
rye number of boats of all classes
.dol srith o..ar.r LID &c H.. u