Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-04-23

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T The last number Of the Gazette & Sentinel
is = most amusing one.H To casually glance
at it, one would imagine the editors had gone
stark, staring mad over a provisional subscrip-
ton, made by the Police Jury of Ibervil|e, to
build a road to the Crosse Tete and Maran-
gouin country. 1t seems then that the h.
civilians have relinquished their pretended
right to Crosse Tete, and agreed to 20 begging
to her to remain in lberviIle, with a very
aattering promise to give her . good road. to
cost not less than $4,000. It is somewhat
singular that they should wake up ut this
late hour to a matter of so much importance
to them. The Crosse Tete people will fully
appreciate this disinterested kindness, after
having had TO wade through mud and water
Tor so many years to reach their Court House.
and IN outlet to the river. They may well
say how that this magnificent offer comes
rather too late, and that it would not have
come At all did not the Ibervillians fear they
would lose that beautiful country, unless
something were done to retain it. If lands
have risen in price on Crosse Tete, as our co.
Temporary says, it must be attributed to the
probable accession Of that territory to our
parish, and not in consequence Of a pro-
v~isional road. Whether the people will APP
p~reciate the proposition to build this road,
to which they will have to contribute their
proportion, remains to be seen. They have
already subscribed literally to build a per-
manept road, when they found their
grandam would not do*it tor them, and it is
barelyprobable they will swallow a provi-
sional bait to build another.
Instead Of acting parsimoniously, we think
we cansprove that 1bervilIe, under the cir
cumstances, has acted with extreme liberal
sity. Is it to be supposed that her parochial
authorities were ignorant of the fact that,
there has long existed q statute which might
ct any time be the cause Of their losing the
Crosse Tete territory? Could the people
then Of that territory reasonably expect any
very large appropriation for internal improve
5ments until that statute was erased or the
question definitely settled Notwithstand-
ing, it was but four or five years ago that b.
erville gave ten thousand dollars to make a
good road from Indian Village to the high
lands OF Crosse Tete. The sum proved in
adequate to make a proper road and now
that the question OF which parish shall own
Crosse Tete is TO be finally decided, the Po-
lice Jury of lberville comes nobly 70: ward
and unanimously appropristes the masni6-
cent sum Of s25. 900 for improvements which
in addition TO the comfort and convenience
they give to the people of Crosse Tete and
Marangouin, materially adds to the value Of
their property-with this condition. that they
decide to remain in the parish. where, one
would suppose from the natural affection
which man has for the land Of his birth o,
where he has long lived) were at least their
sympathies.p
We wish our contemporary would point out
where and when IberviIle has acted with any
generosity to Crosse Tete-where she has
ever endeavoured to gain the good will Of
that section Of country, by acting towards
her with anything like ]iberality. It would
unquestionably open the eyes Of the Crosse
Tete people as much as it would astonish all
others who know anything Of the matter.
Had 1berville done SO much for Crosse Tete
as the Gazette + Sentinel would makezits
readers, believe, there would have been no
dissenting voice to remaining with that
pa:ish. But the fact is, the reverse is the
case, and the Gazette + Sentinel knows it as
well as anv one else.
1berville has ever contended that we had
M -ryrhf $t%1n 40 1.:- 4 C----- nv
and though her indefatigabte senators and
& representatives have several timsss tried to get
ehrough as many Legislatures. q bill to per.
'manentIy annex that Territory to her parish
without even so much as consulting the wish
es Of the people of Crosse Tete, as to whether
they desired to remain with Iberville or re-
turn to this parish, she has been foi!ed through
the Injustice Of her claim. On our side. while
we have always contended that GrossesTete
Justly belonged to. US, we we're never willing
to enforce a compliance with the Act of 1928,
TO compel them to. return to US on the com.
Plet'oD OF the contract, unless the people
were willing to do so. We ave always
been willing, and so argued, that the people
OF that territory should vote upon the matter,
and to act IN accordance with that vote or
to leave it to a court OF. competent iurisdic-
ton, and abide by the result. We have never
attempted to use force or fraud in the Prem
ises-lbesvi]le has. If the editor of the Ga
zene i Sentinel wishes to refresh his memory
upon this matter, he has but to refer to the
files Of the Sentinel and Gazette during the
years '53-4 and '555, and be will find the truth
OF our assertions.
Pleading the knowledge of the fact that
there existed a statute which might. at anv
time be the cause of their losing Crosse Tete,
10 no excuse for not having treated that ter.
r!tory as she deserved. Her taxes alone
should have secured her all the bene fits of
the other citizens OF that parish, and not take
all she had to give and award nothing in re-
turn. 1berville, by a judicious course Of &C.
ton, could forever have secured the friend