The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1855-12-07

ulto.. comes to us by the overland
route from the city Of its publication
Springfield. in the free State Of Liv.
ingston. and We are sorry indeed to see
that ito editor and publisher Rrcn-
noxD w. ReAo, il out with q valedio-
tory. One more issue Of that influ.
entail. staunch and substantial Demo.
cratic sheet, and the present editor re-.
tires into the shades Of private life
He says:
"Our reasons for giving up the
publication Of this paper, are 80 nu.
merous and varied. a. to preclude the
possibility Of giving them in the pres
ent article. Let it, therefore, suffice
to say, that We are in possession Of
many reasons, which prove to our
mind. that it is bost, both for our own
interest and for the interests of the
parish, that We should abandon the
Chair Editorial, and seek relief
from political cares, in some more
tranquil, and less assuming engage
ment.
How, pray. is the Free State to
loose anything from the drying up Of
a source from which 30 much good
and otherwise. has flown ?
What Richmond" is to take the field,
when the stiff steel, so ably and SO
learnedly welded by the present Rich
mond. shall be transferred to some
other, and SOME untried .hand? We
pause in breathless suspense for time
tho great solver Of inigmss and rid
dies, to answer this question. What.
pray, does our friend Read, mean
when he says--speaking of the politi-
cal influence of the "Piny," in the
past election. he talks thus:
For bad we done more or less
han We did, il would have resulted in
'vil to the party in whose favor We
we're laboring."
This savors very much, of some of
ha "Veritabla Old Doctor .Tacoh's" |
,ut1s Of himself. It is like the genu-
ne Sarsaparilla--that. that does not
BURST the bottles; if a man has taken
J dozen, and it does him no good.
here is consolation in knowing, it
las done him no harm. for the medi-
line is nothing but molasses and
water. Read, candidly confesses that
it may be supposed by some, that
ve have left this paper with the pros
,ect Of entering the service Of the
'ther party"
If there is any ground work for such
supposition, We hope for Reads sake.
more than for our own. that he will
,ot act in 20 suicidal a manner, a. to
publish . journal in the Free State,
opposed to the fundamental as we'll as
he head principles Of the Democratic
,arty, there /; he should migrate to do
t. Democracy in Livingston, has its
DOT in tho very soil itself; it is indig-
nous; and we would as soon expect
he pine trees to yield maple sugar, as
ook for the people in Livingston to
row up in their boots, anything else
han democrats.
Each one, and severally. the above
extracts from Reads valedictory are
,ood; "in point Of tact," gerry good
,ut we, as staunch and unAiuching
member Of the great democratic fami-
y, protest against such disclosures, or
'ather exposures, as the following. 1t
furnishes the key note for the Woods
mans music in the past. and furnishes
J better reason than any other. that
Read, in the honest simplicity of bis
,eart, has furnished us. Listen to
Read, all you gentlemen who furnish
he needful to make music during cleo
ion time, and beware into whose
lands you place material aid. Read
ays--read him and reflect:
Before taking leave Of the Piny.
voodsman. we wish to pay some trib.