Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-08-14
Communicated
CON-
FIDENCE.

common heritage, will constitute | trust,
a sufficient excuse for my appearance
on the stage, to pay some small tribute of
affection to my native State. Louisiana.
The glittering rays of the sun have
never looked down from the blue and
boundless vault of Heaven, upon a more
fertile, and beautiful land. Here may
be found subjects for the Historian, the
Poet, and the Painter. Would the
mighty chronicler Of the past attempt
to record her annals he would behold
arising before him, innumerable events
worthy Of the brightest page Of History,
connected with her discovery, her set
Element, and her acquisition by the
American Government.
Would the Poet essay the l~oftiest
flights of imagination no wider field
could present itself to his view! Be
hold the brave DeSoto and his band, in
proud array upon the banks Of the broad
Mississippi! That gallant knight, one
of Pizarro's most illustrious companions
in the conquest of Peru, might have
spent the remainder of his existence,
basking, in the smiles of beauty, and en-
loving the i~mmensewealth he had already
acquired, but his adventurous nature
scorned the idea of an efeminate life
Jackson, the brave and gallant Andrew
jackson, is and other whose noble deeds
might still be the subjects of the Poets
song, or the Artists pencil.
Can we forget that hero whose patriot
ism had been wounded by the aggres-
sions of his oountry's enemies, and who
met and repeiied with such slaughter
the cruel invader? No! But may the
achievements Of that American Leonidas,
who is SO dear to us all, and who pros
trated the British Lion at the feet OF
the Louisiana Pelican, ever be in our
hearts, and upon our lips. Nor should
the fair daughters of Louisiana forget
that his powerful arm has ono saved
their mothers from the insults of a mer-
CHESS sofaiery. The fertility Of our soil
remains uncontested, and the verdant
fields of cotton, sugar, and other neces-
saries of life, as we'll as the silvered wa
ter lakes, the beautiful groves, and the
majestic Mississippi itself, offer to the
| planter an ~inexhaustible treasure. Nor
is her commerce less fourshing, for
nothing can exceed the hustle and &C
tivity which prevail in New Orleans,
now the greatest emporium of the West,
and South.
The armament of this State, as clear
and transparent as the rustling waters
from a Crystal fount, and where the ban
ner Of freedom has never ceased to wave,
as well as the proud Crescent City, the
brightest and most precious gem Of the
Pelican's nest, predict al unexcelled, and
glorious future +! Butif aversion should
obstruct our prosperity and the Ameri-
can Eagle in its airy flight, be made to
shrink and cosesr down in the yawning
abyss, opened by the enemies of our
country, with him let us perish; but if
again the destructive storm should dis
pose to let us unite with those ties
created by the love Of country, let
us endeavor to preserve the fame Of the
"Star spangled Banner" unblemished
for ever.
Louisiana was once the prize of a for
eign government, but not ~unconcious OF
being a lost child of America, she cast
upon her master a look of reproach, for
bereaving her Of her sister States. With
delight did she witness the conflict be
tween the thirteen pioneers of liberty
and English tyranny, and when the
gloom Of slavery had disappeared, and
the ~brilliancy Of liberty CLEANED in
the ascendant, who can describe her joy,
as she was rescued by her sisters, and
added to that glorious constellation in the
armament Of liberty, Of which she nov
forms such an important member.
Her laws, her fertility, and her insti-
t%utions, attract migrants from all parts