Daily gazette and comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-186?, 1860-02-28

II is, our voice is out Tor change. The
proposition to withdraw what is left Of
the Bwamps from market, comes up as
the special order to day. We have
already given several reasons why
this should be done and make A re-
sumo in brief to-day, for whomsoevef
Il may concern. The best perhaps,
is this Spectators large and small,
from the king down, have invested
largely in anticipation Of the event to
be consuminated to day. IF the ci.i-
sens Of the State who want TO till the
soil, and others from other States now
focking in, find out that they can
buy on their own account lands at
seventy-6ye cents and one dollar and
a quarter the acre, they cannot be ex.
peeted TO buy of enterprising gentle
men who have Swamps on sale, and
pay them ten, fifteen and twenty dol
lars an acre. This is thing certain,
aud II will operate greatly to the preju-
dice Of gentlemen who have invested
their funds in Swsmps; merely 10
bring them into notice. The legisla-
ture will be acting in bad faith TO
this class, IL IL does not withdraw
what's left from sale. The right Of
precedent lie the right under which
we claim for them, and we respectful
ly refer to previous Legislation to show
that this has heretofore been the poll
cy. The Land Office has heretofore
been open just long enough to allow
the people at the extremities Of the
State 10 know IL, and then closed be-
fore they could send in their orders.
This business Is one that does not
concern the public, and the people
should turn Il over entirely to those
who have charge of t. How lie the
State ever TO be drained--how are the
Swamps ever to be reclaimed, unless
some such policy is adopted An.
other consideration. The people are
largely indebted TO two or three Rail.
road companies for building railroads
on the bonds Of the people; they
have had a donation Of Swamps from
the Federal Government, and IL is
but right that they should have a
clear field aud no competition until
they sell out This should be done
as reward Of merit, for certainly the
6nanciering under which railroads are
built in this State on nothing buI
bonds, is equal TO the best, done ia
Mississippi during the flush times. :
We shall never know what our bonds
are worth In money until some O
these days the free banks are called
on to pay their notes. But this i
: foreign to the questions let th'
Swamps be drained and reclaimed OF
their own credit, and then put then
up to the highest bidder. In tbi
, way, some two hundred and City gen
tlemeu can own the entire State an,
{ do as they like with ID. They hav'
already kind Of monopoly in th
, hands to ill Il, and presently the in
! differently honest, hard iisted peopl
, may travel Off 10 other parts, wher
; we hope for their sake, they will 40
I aud humbuggery to be the staple pre-
, duct. Shall we abolish the Board Q
Public WorksY OF course, since the
have no plan to work by, what us
/ can they be, unless to clean out ut
heard Of bayous and creeks I Anothe
, reason why they should be abolished
/, is, that they have been freshly cleo
: ed by the people because they hav
Constitutional authority to worl
: which no Board has ever had heret'
a fore. The Legislature ought to ubolis
, the Board Of Public Works; just b,