Daily gazette and comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-186?, 1860-01-25
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paid organ this newspaper claims to
be--the faction II you will, that hath
no head, yet makes itself heard IN the
temperate season-we mean the few
gentlemen and ladies' American citi.
sens claiming to be such for Ameri-
can sentiments NJ well as from birth
right-we mean they who do not be
lieve that the time has yet arrived for
the dissolution of the Union by Sc.
ries of resolutions, are proud 1--WE
speak for them, to ubtice a very mod
crate sprinkle of saltpeter and brm.
stone In the inaugural address Of The
new Governor The Brown affair is
turned off ~ will be noticed In a sin.
gle paragraph True IL is that the
Lieutenant Governor, in his address,
(meritorious for brevity), winds up in
a kind Of defiant manner; bnt we
take It more az flourish; mere fig.
ure Of speech TO bring down the house
than any thing else The Lieutenant
Governor says: lie is talking about
the great National Democratic party !,
II
what IL has done what il is doing !;
what IL can do, aud what it means to
do in case of crisis;
On that day, If come IL must. (and
no sou of the South will lament its
dire necessity more than myselD ev-
cry vestiRe OF party antagonism will
have been swept away, aud the PEG
pie Ut all louisa united, will rush
to Der uoiurled banner, with you.
Senators, IN front. to do battle for her
honor, her institutions and her SOW
ereignty
BY the way. whilst on this subject,
il IL not nearly time to be organizing
the two or three wings of this great
party, to hug again, shake hands and
save the Union, which IL has been
talking about dissolving FOR a season
back 7 We think 30. We have lived
in this country now bordering the
edge Of forty years, and the great
party referred TO, has always acted
under the principles of those merry
fellows in King Halls time, who uu.
der the leadership of old Sir Jack
Falsteff, laid the plan and prepared
The masks TO take the travellers with
wouey.bags from the Kings Elk.
checquer. They take different roads
and meet after parting at the crosses,
in order to concentrate the forces. -
They all fall on the travellers at once
and after getting the booty, 90 "a
quarreling at the division. They
fight until il is spent, aud other game
is 10 be won in Presidential canvass
then they hug again and deal as hon.
orably as they eau. What manner oil
man will they thrust upon us thi.
time TO heal over the Brown affair,
and cure up the wounds Of bleeding
Kansas and the Union. Who shall
we be forced to vote for the coming
season for President of this wide and
outrageously humbugged domain, OF
be elassed as AbolitioBists in favor Of
letting the Union slide Will some
one posted please say and not allow
us to explode in ignorance
| ---sa-a-s - ---a-
NoTHING TO Do.--Of all the
miserable, misauthropic, complaining
creatures who walk the face of The
earth (snd there are great many
more than is at all agreeable to tn,
rest of mankmd), be who has "noth
ing to do" is most to be pitied. We
would not be that man, could We
walk on velvet, and drink from gold
for the remainder Of our days! Moth.
ing to do but to nurse his aches and
pains--nothing to do but to pick on,
all his uoighbor's faults, and discover
thorns where other people see only
roses. Young man, if you would as
certain the secret of happiness, find
something to do, and set about it as
If Won meant IL No matter what