Daily gazette and comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-186?, 1860-11-10
THE TONE OF THE PRESS.

have within his reach, the opinion
Of that portion Of the public press
of the country, which by virtue of
an honest, patriotic and consistent
course, is entitled to respect, and to
this end, without reference to tri'
fling differences of opinion which
may have existed heretofore, we
shall give the views of such, on the
great questions of The day, as con-
sisely aud briefly as 1t is possible
to do. The time for nonsensioal
ranting about what must be done,
to conserve the interest Of gam
blers at the political card table is
past. It 10 time for the people to
look TO their interest, and dispense
with class of Representative men"
who have heretofore represented no
body but themselves. IL il time
to think cody, camly and deliber-
ately, and meet the mere faction.
lists everywhere, in the stronghold
we now find them occupying on the
road to the consumation of a scheme
conceived in iniquity and Matched
in treason.
The New Orleans Bulletin says
Let the dead bury the dead. Let
the past be buried with the past
Let by-gones he by-gones and let
every true patriot now unite for
the defense OF the South and the
Constitution. Let the conserva.
tives of the country everywhere
now make common cause for the
overthrow of sectionalism, for
Southern Rights, for the honor,
peace and safety of our common
country. We said before the cleo.
ton, and we repeat 1t now, that the
Republican Party contains the ele-
ments of sntagonism aud dissolu-
ton within itself to q greater ex-
tent than any other party that ever
existed in this country and the
future will show 1t. Victory will
prove its defeat. II will dissolve
away like snow under the power of
the first wrangle, upon the division
of the spoils and the fret disap-
pointment of hungry mouths. We
propose now as the wisest, most
patriotic, safest and most bonora-
BILE course to pursue, to take the
advice of the immortal author OF
the Declaration Of Independence,
when contemplating the question
Of unity or disunion. Here are his
memorable words I:
We must have patience and long
endurance then, with our brethren
while under delusion Give them
time fer reflection and experience Of
consequences keep ourselves in q
situation to profit by the chapter
of accidents--and separate from
our companions only when the sole
alternatives left, are the dissolu-
ton Of our Union with them, or
submission to a government with
out limitation of powers.
We say now to our Democratic
friends of both wings of the sever
ed Democracy, lot US bury the TOM
ahawk, an unite like patriots for
the common defense and the over
throw Of Black Republicanism. We
know Of no higher exhibition of pa.
triotism. We know of no higher
devotion to the rights of the South,
the defense Of the Constitution and
the preservation of the Union than
this would show.
The Picayune says:
What we should do may, in oul
opinion, be summed up in q single
word: War. IL will be time tc
fight Lincoln with gunpowder and
the sword, when we find either thai
constitutional resistance fails, OF
that he and his party are bent or
our humiliation and destruction
We are for the Union so long as i
is possible to preserve it. We are
willing to go with Louisiana, bu
every good citizen is bound to us'
his best efforts to make Louisiana
herself go right. A Southern jour
nal--the Newbern, IN. C) Progres
in commenting on the probabl,
consequences of Lincoln's election
remarks:
If Lincoln be elected. of whicl