The morning comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-1856, 1856-03-22

Gnnt. UtT0N Public tnen are
public property, and they are liable at
any time W b taken 10 pieces, limb
BY limb, and The varied parts Of their
snAtonv dsscshted Upon from The pull
PHI u The stump. II such, have any
private character, they have no right
TO screen Themselves by II from public
view, but must passively submit TO be
inflated BY the public press, OF llatten-
ed down into transparent holy wafer,
by the same This must be submit
ted, to BY every man who makes up
his mind to become great, and il he
cannot stand The weight, he has no
business to allew bis name to go into
print with the titled prefix Of "Geaer-
sl," "Colonel," "Field Marshal" Or
Honorable Years ago, We tecol-
leet that General K. A. Upton started
from bis private residence at rose cot
tage OF boney-sucele grove, in the
parish Of 1berville, to 60 up the river
some whete to attend convention Of
Wings, for some object, which time
and distance hsvs effaeed from our
memory, and which IL rot Of sufficient
Importance now, for us to refer to The
Chronicles Of The Times. The Comet
in that day was q mere nebnip, with
out either length, breadth OF depth
The Plaqaemiue Seminal noticed The
fact that Il. A. Upton had left bis ma
tive honey suckle retreat 10 go to
Convention. When H. A. Upton az
rived in this city, other parties going
on to the same convention Of Wings,
asked TO know WHO is Il. A. Up
ton :" The answer WA. "of 1berv;lle,"
here The prefix Of Iberyille was mp.
piled. AT Natcbes, or thereabouts he
got the title Of Captain :" at Mem
phis, Major and Columbus promo
ted him TO the title Of "Colonel.' Il
is not therefore surprising, that when
he arrived at the convention ground
h was known as nothing less than
General r. A. Upton. Of Louisiana"
The Gasette Of Friday morning has an
interesting biographical sketch of the
life and services Of the General from
which The following Is an extract:
Wc heard no more Of Mr.. Upton
until We saw in the public press that
Gen. Upton Of Louisiana had been
chosen the secretary Of the last Wing
National Convention. The universal
exclamation was who in the devil is
Gen. Upton. Of Louisiana and there
was no small amount Of merriment ex
cited when that individual turned up
as Il. A. Upton. Of 1berville. That
gentleman dcported himself 10 such
wise whilst presiding over the Wing
Convention. that he found IL necessary
either to apologize to tho Convention
or to some individual on the floor, we
forget which. He feels that Mr. Wool |
bridge has attached too much impor-
lance TO any opinions he may express.
In this remark we fully concur with
Mr.. Upton. nor can he suppose that
the promulgation Of those opinions"
will have very beneficial effect upon
public sentiment or any effect what
ever. In this too we fully concur.
We hope the General wiN express
his sentiments. The threatnipg attri-
butte Of things-require that the great
men Of the nation shoald speak. There
can be no sufficient apology offered for
their silence, and therefore, il il that
We express but tho public desire. when
We hope that General Il. A. Upton, Of
Louisiana, ,c;N come out and unbosom
himself. however dire the consequences
may be. 1t can result in nothing more,
Than . wreck of matter and the crush
Of worlds, which there are many per
,ons Xillin0 10.