The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-09-02
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Sunday Mornings. September ., 1855.
INDEPENDENTS SOVEREIGNTY.

Republic, in its form of government +,
now we stand appalled, at the thoughts
embodied in letter Of our fellow -ci.
OtizenfsJAMEs NJ. ELAN Esq, TO }. ?.
BENJAMIN, wherein it is, in three sew
eral places declared that:
independent State Sorere 'entg, or anything
like rese,rea State sgreyeisnty, wa. EXPIRE
ssly excluded from the TeMrLE Of the
Union. by making" We the peopie Of the
United Stutes," the keystone Of the Arch
Then we take it, that Mr.. Elan. is
opposed TO the Declaration of lnde-
pendence, the Constitution and the
government, which has been go much
eytalled at home and snobbed abroad !;
but, which other benig hted people of
the earth are trying to initiate.
The observation is SO novel-so
startling-so--positively terrifying,
that we have not yet awakened to the
truth, and fear that when we do, shall
feel very much like old Vanwiukle,
prefer to sleep on, in the delusion,
rather than be sensible of the reality.
If Mr.. Elan was ever given to lev
ity, upon grave questions like this,
we should conclude that he was mere
~ hoaxing us in this matter, or laying
a trap to catch Mr.. Benjamin, in an
other letter like the one just from
his pen, in which with remarkable
prophetic vision, he predicts the time
and manner in which the Star Of En-
pire shall set forever in the West. If
Mr.. Elam's object is to draw out Mr..
BENJAMIN and force him into the writ
ing Of book il his own defence; why
the object is praiseworthy /; but if it
be to raise up party in favor Of the
aboritive conception of RESERVED
State Sovereignty, then is it time to
form party to look afte~ the sem
blence Of a republic, before even this
vanishes.
1t is to some Of the prominent
leaders Of the "defunct Wing party
that the nation IL indebted for the
present complexion Of its political
affairs. The Missouri Compromise,
with Mason and Dixon's Imaginary
lines, hast is to be feared opened
breach that may never be healed. Like
the quarrel between the Capulets and
the Montagues; the white cockades
and the black, the red rose and tho
white; we might exclaim in the Ian
guago Of Benvolio to the North and
South: Part fools; put up your
swords; you know not what you do"
The State Of Louisiana like every
other State in the Union, is an indie
pendent sovereignty, with common
interest in the Federal Government,
for which she has, aud will at any
time hence, march into the field to
protect. We are united to the North,
the East and the West, by a common
language. with its songs and patriotic
sentiments, which can never be sever
cd by any handful Of demagogues
but which, with tho doarer ties Of
!consanguinity, will with The aid Of
reasonable religion, keep us ever
united" Something more than an
imaginary line will be necessary to
sever us. The gTfsat meu Of the ma
tion-(and there is legion Of them)
have grown up to the eliminating
point and are rapidly running to seed;
the people in their sovereign capacity
have rescued to put none on guard,
that csanot stand on their own ante
cedonts; and the profession of "office
seeking" is to broken up. We can
not indulge the hope with Mr.. Elan,
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