The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-03-19

IN good looking calf volumes, and
hive pissed into the archives Of The
light literature Of the State.
Mr.. Maddox was paid for THE
and gave the State his receipt The
same gentleman was to have printed
the Debates Of the same body, but
Nj. Edwards the Conventions Repor-
ter lost his rough notes, and the world
was i'll this manner cut of from them
forever. Mr. Maddox claims that he
was to have printed tllem--that he
got ready TO do it Mt a considerable
Outlay, Dc, DC, DC, and then n body
Of forty eight noble gentlemen stimuli
taueously thrust their fists into the
peoples savings bank" and altar haul
ing ont only 10 600 say to Mr. Mad
,lox s'ttere Mr.. Maddox say nothing
more about it--llere's Our names i
is never too late to do m Act of jus.
lice, and upon this principle the sum
Of $4,000 was appropriated by Act for
The arplief' Of Mr.. +. K. Wagner
State Printer in the year 49,. In
behalf Of the people Of the State, we
thank the Lord that there are no more
Of the last days.
HREAr Mass MEEripo.-Onr city
contemporaries Of the 14,h inst, are
filed with I'M account Of great Mass
meeting the object Of Which, is to en-
deavour TO awaken, and rally into the
field, The Legitimate citizens Of the
emporium, TO wrest from the hands Of
gambling mountebanks, the right to
rule them, and appropriate their earn.
ings to the support Of the lazy, unprin-
eipled louis in public places.
Such a move-so loudly called for
by the best interest Of the Emporium,
is demanded in every town and village
throughout the State, or else the
people who are welded to the interest
Of the country, will have to concent to
become bankrupt, and leave the land,
which must at an early period be cursed,
with Il condition eff public credit, worse
than that under which our sister State
Of Mississippi, now labors. This is
no fancy sketch, nor does it need pro-
pletic eye to discover the dawn Of the
day, close at hand Now--under the
present condition Of things, it is well
known that many Of our best citizens,
will not 90 to the polls, for the reason
that they can see marched Up behind
them, three Keeling vagabonds, from
some neighboring grogshop, to nullifv
and offset each honest vote---1eposied
by The man who is interested in the
stability, the. welfare and trosperi-
ty of The State. Are we then to won
der That there should be Mass meet.
ing~-a convention, to make nm effort
TO rescue the country from the bribing
and The bribed? Is there any won
der that file public press---tle unbough'
independent portion Of it, pours out its
invective4-in The following strain from
the Bulletin.
"'The gentleman has less to do with
The control Of this city than the lmfer |
the honest, Woodworking man, less
than the rowdy the industrious and
skiIlful artizan, less than the levy rat
the merchant, ri property holder. or
the members ofany Of the tfultifarious
avoeations that 60 TO make up the sun,
total q respectable employment, less
than the depraved vagabond, who il too
lazy to work, yet perfectly willing to
steal, or swear his vote in at q dozen
election precincts, provided be gets
paid for bis perjuries and yillainies.
The call for convention is signed
by a column of the best--the mos