Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-10-23

.searosIy less sddiisssi1n1lgsaisllsd for .lleirs
.scthmentto thesouth. Ar. Oar, Speak
ser lie House Hepresentasises1
South aroliiiIita Slavery eaar'ot
exis. practically here the majority ct
stl1e people#are opposed = IL f ,.s they
,waiilIreffurxs,e q pass laws for its projections
aorcan i Il 81 excluded where aSnnnjjpritys
are favorable u il. for they v%ilIsaFelt
protectpdibysnecassaryy legislation Ia Hon g
sAa. 4. sM1TH, Of Tennessee, says:
/ hayezheld that in Teri torial ca
paci,y The settlers had not the right ~
exclude slavery yet ma ority Of tie
people in p Territory siIl decide tue tbu
question after all. zz.Ss @
II q majority Of the people Of 3 Ter
ritory ale opposed to the Institution, they
will refuse to pass lava for IS Profession.
and it will not 90 there. i. % tie
contrary, they are in favor Of it, they
pass laws TT its protection, and it vii!
% there. %zss
And, finally bear ALEX. H, sTEPHEss,
Of Georgia is.
.AlIthouql, my5own opinion is that
the people. under he limitations of the
Constitution, hiayselnot q rigghtfulpower
to xcluda.slayery,,ss long as they re.
main in a Territorial condition yet
am willing that they may determine e
for themselves, aud When they please. /
sAal! neyer negative any law they may pa
pass, if i. IS tbs result of q fairlsggisla-
tive exporresssiionof the popular Will.
never am willing Alat# the Tsrrilori-
al Legislature may actupon tlsas,ibjlect
when and low they may tlhiinkploper1
Are .sIlese men traitors 70 ahespuIIh,!
for suchtheyy must g considered i h Id:
DOUGLASS Northern man-is to#be
accused of unpardonable hertsy for pro-
mitigating precisely the same opinions.
We think tie Southern enemies Of
DoeUaLAs would do wellto pause ii their
absurd and incoraiissteauIt policy They
are rendering themselves amenabla to
tbs graves. ceneura,sand are duplicating
their best friendsin The sweeping and
lasty denunciations they heap upon
linn.
Coop FOR DPELoUaAs I-In tho last
number Of the D~pelousas P~atysot#We
fndcopied entire The report Mr..
Fordstufyey to the AtclaafalAya. This
reporI hassbeeu generally copied by all
papers ID the different sections ike j to
b. benefited By the road. Tie PAT
siot, inits editorial upon tho subject,
says
The line passes through one Of the
.richesta ard most fertile sections Of land
in The State, only aevan and three-foiurtlhs
miles pass through open ground. tbs
rest through heavy tifnbered land, and
dense csnebrakes, mostly m=resr Of The
plantations. Mr. Ford thinks :ha. 4
very slight change would be required Is
throw ,nostzof lleline=upon ground.
This change You'll BE desirable on The
seoseof expense
Tue most attractive feature IN tbs re-
portist1eassry IIov estimate made. for
lie ct,st of extension per mileOne
suieof Observation-Disclosures eight
thousand ftrty-lWo dollars and iprlyi
cents Adding thhe=neeeSsary outlay for
.l.a purchase locomotives, passenger
and freight cars, notion of depo,s.
etc, and lieWLoIe cost will notzexceed
ten thousand dollars per mile
IIiis Is without preceden. IN the bis.
tpry.of railroad enterprise iins1Ie United
sSIa1es#or.Europe. .
Na1.e.garae grat1fed TO- know that the
sextensionSo 81 This road is exciting Il grsa.
sde8Iof interes il so iii parish. g.
We also learnzsWltl,ssahigI pleasure,
that tIhuee.zatge.lnt Of Tia road, Gen. Bar
row row w,IWllioiano circulating III the par
iisElllIescontigguous toathe@road soliciting
subscriptions, iss:I,aeetln viii, very en-
.couraggsngg prospects.
More than on bali 81 tba amount
necessary tosextenl II 10 tleAtcllafa-
laya has aIreodv been subscribed and
doubtless ere thelapse Of one month the
whole mount will be sseured.
As before intimated,are say ag in,
the 70 Acknowledgement
IL is finished