The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-05-27

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leans-at leastsuch as are fighting 70
; place, are getting their matters, civil
: religious and judicial, into snarl b,
reform movements, specializing rail
road movements, and perhaps Know
Northingism, from which it will taxi
many years to extricate themselves
As yet the political influence Of this
wrankling condition of things, is no!
felt; in social point Of view, it can
not be well estimated. Bulleyism al
the ballot box, contempt Of courts and
open violence to law and order, is the
result Of it /; and the mass of the peo-
pie, are very reluctantly being drawn
into the voxtex. Each man of them,
who seeks after place and profit (which
necessarily follows) protests with a
heaving bosom ofvirtuous indignation,
that he is actuated by none other than
the purest and most exalted patriot
ism; whilst at the same time, he is
in the regular feel employ Of some
unprincipled speculator, who cannot
be satisfied with filching thousands
from the public, but must needs be a
"millionare." The unoffendng citi-
zens are fined by taxation to support
the wraugling; the very best energies
Of the people are cramped, and moral
hy. takes from it, retrograde motion.
ALI confidence Is, destroyed by this
condition, and even when. the minis
ter himself rises in his canonicle to-
preach, we look with distrust upon
him, and view his doctrines Of relig-
ion, as they really are in many instan-
ces-the orioles Of some political fac
ton, that would sink the mass in de-
graduation, to be elevated for time to
temporal power. There is an under
ground wire-working on the part Of
Office holders and Office seekers, for
mercinary motives, discreditable alike
to the age, Is we'll as to the magnani-
nous notion; that. yet boasts. Of the
freedom Of Republican institutions.
The city press, heretofeeso digni-
fed in its position-se far removed
from these petty cavils. and broils of
the day F; has fallen into the common
current, and iSwrangling with violence
for the qualification of personal pre-
judice, and for the love of Mammon.
There are however some EXCEPTIONS
some that stand firm in the path of rec
titude and adhere to principles; but
hey are very few. We Aould not
orget in mentionin hcm, to cap the
list with our bold, fearless and just con-
True Delta. The best
evidence of his truth, is to be found in
he Crescent City. itself, where he is
lenominated the sLying Delta" not
My by the news-boys but the purchas-
RS. This is the best evidence of his
worth, and the highest compliment 8
hat the present order Of things in the ,
'rescent City could pay him.
BATON ROUGE, May 26th "a.
Ed. ofthc Comet-Dear Sir.-In !
our paper Of yesterday, I noticed a :
stating that "the managers :
t the Ball to come off at Greenwell
prings on Thursday night next, in :,
heir generosity extend a general in :
itation to the citizens of Baton Rouge =
n that OCCASION. that '.there is to be :
barbecue dinner, fishing, &C., dur - =
g the day and the ball to come off .
night" =. g ..1.. p. .e. ... s ''ss :
[aying recently taken the above nam, ;,
springs for the purpose Of making y :;
lem a place ofpublic resort during y.
le summer, lam under the impress ::
on that the above paragraph will g 9
ad the public to believe that I am .