The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-05-07
Communicated.

of Boulevard street. for the new mar
ket house. no doubt after the precept
edo unto others as YOU would have
them do unto YOU" that is give uoac
some others, the benefit Of the pullic
nuisance, which YOU have SO long i'm
posed on those in the vicinity Of the
old market As to changing the
Boulevard or q part Of it, from its or
igjaai destiH1fion. and making it
street for market house purposes,
with all the delightful accompany
men's ofsuch places, this will Of course
be quite right and proper; for certain
ly no citizen ought to complain,
even if the corporation closed the
street in front Of his property and
converted it into Beer Garden
The Corporation represents the public
and the public has right 10 doIust
arhat It PHRASES, however it may i'll
iure the private citizen, or his pro
perry. There is something noble and
righteous in all this as we well know
according to the theory Of our GOV.
eminent, the people in Republic,
like the King in d Monarchy, can DO
no uyoug. IIuzza for North Boule-
ward, let it be henceforth and forever.
market street, and down with Boule-
rdrd. QUIZ.
There is difference of opinion in
reference to every simple proposition.
This difference Of opinion widens as
words are multiplied in its discussion !:
because the passions and prciudices,
common to human nature are aroused,
and this is the great barrier to truth,
and justice. 1t is perhaps a ''wise
provision in nature" Were it not
thus, man might possibly remove with
his united intelligence, the vail that
screens the unseen from mortal vision,
Justice might then stand without the
laws support, and the world become
paradise again. A difference Of opin-
ion is a wise provision. 1t sends the
worlds inhabitants out in different
directions for the pursuit Of happiness
and keeps the vast and complicated
machinery of human society in per-
petual motion. What one deems
positive benefit, another demonstrates
palpabe injury. Now that the
''citv council have resolved to build
new Market-an indispensable ne
cessity loudly called for; all manner
of obstacles will be thrown 10 the way,
to the accomplishment of that object.
We are told that the city authorities
have no right to build market in
a public tboroughfare--that they
must buy a square, or 60 down to
Mexico square" and use that upon
the face Of which the draughtsman
has had the foresight, to designate a
market.
Il the subject of building a mar
ket is to be met BY the people in this
manner--if it is to be objected to
hither and thither, aud the Selectmen
are not PERMITTED to select a site the
most convenient and appropriate, it
would be well to abandon all hope of
any further progress in the matter
1t seems to us that North Boule-
ward street is the only appropriate
street-both from its location and
width, for the new building. The
market, has always been in that street
since the town was a place, and the
only reason for removing it farther
back on the same, is to get it, from its
present close proximity to the Capitol.
If the streets do not belong to the
the city, and if the Board have no
authority over them, then we should
like to have the rights Of corporate
authorities defined according to the
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