Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-08-28

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,, trophe cannot occur. New C,,,55ssas hs
: for over a century, stood on her sand
foundations, the Queen, not of the A,
riatiatic, but of the Swamps. Her stet
p)es and minarets have, to this day
reared their lofty and proud heads ia
above the moss.coyerd expresses of sh
surrounding marshes, and they will con
!, linue to. stand, like beacons in the vii
derness, whore the hand of man ha
erected them. However, Commercial
fame is not the only fame, which can b,
reaped by a.city. By her position, Bat
on Rouge may, one day, become tht
sebastopol Of The Mississippi valley
/ the Dardanelles of our inland nayiga
ton. She has ever been a military post
That posi- ia;:;G No; g:or r strength and im.
/ portance as circumstances may dicts:e
We must not hope that our country will
ever remain an open unfortified land,
and safe from all foreign invasion. We
cannot hope never to have enemies to
fear, adverse neighbors, against Che en-
croachments Of whom to guard. No,
the time will come when We will need
and require Notifications for our own
protection. When We will, like the Ro-
mans, have to defend our altars against
barbarous hordes of Huns and VapdaIs.
that will pour down upon us from their
deserts, led on to pi||age by some get
unborn ATTIkA. When these dark ages
shall coms-and come they wilI-then
may We look forward to the future gran
eur Of Baton Rouge, We care very lit
ile for what others think, our opinion is
that our city stands as good chance as
any other on the face Of ou. country, TO-
arrive at fame and greatness.
3 We will now proceed to give synop.
sis Of the events which will be e=deyeloped
in our sketch,
Our readers all know tue history of
Louisiana. Her first explorers and SET
tiers, and the frequent changes Of dom
inion--changes which have SO long check
cd her prosperity, slnot|lered her growth |
and kept her vast territories in state Of
barbarism until the day
shone when the American eagle extern
ded over them his protecting wing and !
scared on high above their majestic for
asta. surveying ii a glance, the course Of
'he mighty father Of waters, and his ex-
!onsiFe valley, destined under lis care. to |
become the centre Of wealth and of civ
lizat:on. That brilliant destiny has been
fulfilled. The boundless wilderness has
been CONVERTED into popnlous, wealthy
md four;shipg states. Great cities have
.isen where formerly stood un.rodden
orests. Desert wastes have given place
Q farms and opulenl plantations The
,loW has torn open the bosom Of the
'arth and forced tito yield its treasures
o the labor Of man. Manufactures give
EMPLOYMENT to thousands of men in The L
cry spot. where the child Of nature
ang biz var and death songs
And, steam, lending it's powerful agency
. the genius OF FuLrox, has tanned the
urrent Of the Mississippi, and forced lis
roud waves to rotlin bondage and re-
ognise ths supremacy Of maD. Now
there the Indian canoe piled timid'y'
le great steamboat moves majesticsllyI'
n the broad bosom Of the river, and I
onyeys from plaza 70 place the produc- !
ons of the land. Such are the changes 4
'hich hare taken place and which we
vs. to tbs lights Of civilization.
Already extensive colonies had been /
'anded j. different parts Of the new {
ord. The English bad settled the s
astern coast Of the Northern continent.
oRrEz had conquered the Empire Of {
[exico, and P1z1RRo ia South America, )
ID rendered bis name odious BY bis I
uel.ies to the Incss and their subjects, !
hen PoNcE pr LEoN landed in 1919, Il
! the coast Of Florida. He found not t