The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-01-07
Senatorial.


reference to The unanswered queHIio,
Of nwho shall he Tho next Sena
tor fron Ihis State. to occupy the sea-
II that grave and ligniliad body u Sig
n5's, NOW held by the Hon John Eli
dell The Daily press withstand
ing i's press Of ether matters 1--WE mean
the Daily rroas # this uity). finds now
aa1 ihen, q half column empty TO De
vote to this subject, which is certainly
n very interesting one. aud should
therefore. hive AZ much light shed mp
on il as il is possible to cnlnhineanj con.
oentrate through The intellectual brain
Of this i'ar ttrei1enee. great place, ON
the map Of visible creation. This be
ing the Capital of The Sugar Bowl of
the Union, pleasant and sweet things
should flow from #. and bitter and
biting sarcasm -withpring srorn and
CONSUMING contempt, should be The
portion Of any one Of the minor organs,
that dares have The etIfontry to gain-
say the cdinls, which proceed from
this city. and are widely and estan
sively copied, with md without com.
mant. into other papers IN other parts
Of The State. But here nt home. may
we nnf iiglt The devil with FIRE ! May
we not. in The most agreeable and
pleasant manner imaginable. "beg
leave most respectfully to differ, with
our learned neighhor III Church |
street 7 We presttme SO and do Il |
at a venture. We would never say
word il reference to this matter of A
u :. Senator were II not for Some Of
hs tfaH~ HH'ttih ieHtHitH. ~ ~ l'T thlR
reason we beg leave to differ. Our
friend who holds The throttle valve Of
the evening presa in his hand, should
study "l,ellweatter's Political Tic
taca." In this sterling work Il In laid
down ~ 4 fundamental principle, that
a good politician should hold executive
sesaons and close The doors Of his
brain, SO as to devise the ways" to
convince the intelligent community al
large. that ho u going Oh a straight
bee Inc Of ineregt fer lie country.
whom IN truth his own in,ercat Ia be.
hind il all. and he is going in an OPP
posite direction
The Democrat comes out fat footed
70 abuse every one. who believing III
The axiom that "well enough should
be let alone arc unwilling. that orr
present able and efficient Governor
should be sent out Of the State to oeou-
ry position not half so honorable, Ms
i Is profitable. On the Ist inst, tho
Advocate says in an article profaccato-
~ OF an article from tho Madison
Journal "lt wcro we'll if all merely
personal considerations could be elm
mated from the important and rcspon-
sible duty Of selecting a Il :. Sena-
or" We have been saying The same
hing all along. Now, Brother Bard,
aas the bad taste, to speak of Gov.
Ilebert's limited olairas to the office,
Q which we might exolaim POLITICALLY
On Brother nard, oh brother hard.
What inaucca you 10 talk 40 hard,
About gentleman whose aele disgrace,
Is having office (without Offering Bard place..
We give Bard no credit for his op.
position to Gov. Hebert, because he
opposes him, upon the Same principle
hat our neighbor in Church street
pushes his interest forward.
To make a long ,natter short; if
here is not an under current at work,
)ohn Slidell is tho man, and he will
be elected. There now, we have said