Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-08-05

or general prosperity OF which the
people of the Mississippi Valley may
be made susceptible. Then, and not
until then, will we be allowed to wit
ness any material or lasting benefits
to be derived from those artificial
conduits which depend on the hand
maids of agriculture, trade and CON-
merce To stimulate them into active
being and give them permanence and
efficiency
The WEEKLY ADvocATB.-~-The
first publication of the new series Of
the Adrocdtc made its appearance on
Wednesday. We congratulate our
friend TAYLOR on his successful re-
sumption of the editorial chair, and
trust, as we believe, he will receive
that liberal encouragement at the
hands of the public which his abili-
ties deserve. Considering the obsta-
cles attending the commencement OF
newspaper enterprises at this time,
it speaks very fayorably for our CO.
temporary that he has so successfully
overcome those obstacles as to be
enabled to "cotne up to time" in this,
his first Issue. Our old friend, VIM.
A. BRYAN, who is now as he was
formerly, the foreman of the Adpocate
printing Office, merits also word or
two of praise in this connection. BY
his interchangeable e1sertions he suc-
ceeded i'll sorting ont" from noun
tain piles OF "pi' (the remains of the
old office. variety and sufficiency
of "fonts" to suit all temporary pru-
poses, and to restore a defective press
to good working order; thus showing
Himself to be an adept not only in
1.-THE pursuit Of knowledge under
difficulties" but likewise through the
same means, eventually to aid i'm
parting knowledge to others.
From the excellent and well writ
ten editorial Greeting to the Pub
lic," we make the following extracts:
1--WE present ourselves to the pub
lie, after four years of deadly strife,
under a peculiarly altered state of
circumstances. The war just closed
has wrought changes in the political
and social affairs of the Southern
people, and it is becoming in us to
accept those changes as men who
have played with the sword for
great stake and lost should accept it.
Our cherished ideas of State Rights
have been rudelY thrust back upon
us with the bayonet, which has de-
cided the Union to be paramount and
supreme in all matters affecting the
American people. 1t is useless to
argue the Constitutional question, for
the decision is made irrevocably.
Equally futile and useless would be
any discussion concerning the means
by which the institution of slavery
has been disposed of. 1t is enough
that that institution is now one Of
the memories Of the past 1t was
destroyed against the consent OF those
most vitality interested in it. We
are in no sense responsible for the
consequences resulting from the vio-
lent disruption of the relation existing
between the white aud black man.
Time alone will prove whether the
common welfare has been promoted
by establishing the new order of
things. The historian of another
generation will relate the impartial
story.
The future is ours, and it must be
improved. The President has offer
ed amnesty to our people under Ger.
tain conditions, and we honestly
counsel all to avail themselves of It
and to act up to it in good faith.
Accept and support the Union and
look to the magnanimity of those
who rule its counsels to restore to
you the rights and privileges once
enjoyed under its flag. Rely upon
the promises Of the National Execu-
tive to return the State governments
to the people of the States. Above
all, to the able and distinguished
Governor who has been appointed to
lead Louisiana back to her position
in the Union let US all accord a gen.
erous support"