The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-06-20
THE STATE CAPITAL QUESTION.

Il U0 udf6 6e6U uO EeaSOuS d5Slyutu why OuI
State capital should be removed to Baton
Rouge" say the Donaldsonville Chief, st
Mary Enterprise, Terrebonne Courier and a
number of other country papers, "and GER
tainly will not support such change unless
we see that something Is to be gained
thereby"
There Is considerable truth in this remark
Several journals have hoisted "For State
capital, Baton Rouge" at The head
Of their columns, and one of them has
even gone to the expense Of wood
cut of q building supposed to be the
State House as 1t used to look before it
WAS burned; but these papers, as O. general
| thing, fail TO assign any other reason than
this picture for moving the seat of govern
ment far from the contaminations of banks.
railroads and newspapers. But the Courier
and the other papers friendly to New Or
leans are too severe when they assert that no
reasons at all have been given why Baton
Rouge should become the State capital in lien
Of New Orleans Some reasons-not many 1t
is true but some-have been assigned by the
supporters of Baton Rouge, and these reasons
we intend now to give to the people OF Louis
lana, no matter how much they may preiu-
dice the interests and the prospects of our
city.
Some months ago there died In Rome at an
advanced age man Of note and prominence; !;
the head of the greatest branch of the Chris
tian church, honored by 200, 900 persons
who looked to him for spiritual advice and
guidance and respected by the whole Chris
tian world; man whom the Legislature of
Louisiana more than thirty years ago hon.
ored by resolution OF thanks for his pa-
trlotism, courage and ability as a ruler. The
great rival and opponent of this man, Vic
tor Emanuel had preceded him to the grave
but few weeks, and had been honored by
public ceremonies commemoratng his worth.
abilities and achievements. When Plus TX died
these ceremonies were repeated In the form of
a funeral procession in which several thousand
persons turned out; organizations and asso-
Citations Of oil kinds were represented in this
procession; almost our whole militia force,
Protestants as we'll as Catholics, were present.
1t would hardly be supposed that these
honors to q man Of as great personal virtue
as Plus TX would cause feelings of anger in
any mans heart, and yet they seemed to have
aroused the fury and passion Of some member
OF the church militant on a visit to New Or
leans, who proceeded In a communication to
the Claiborne Guardian to abuse New Orleans
for this procession. Nowhere else In the
world, he declared, could such sight have
been seen save in New Orleans; Protestants
compelled to march In a procession In honor
of the Pope; the whole population of an
American and Protestant ~ city turned out
to honor dead Pope. And this procession,
the correspondent continued, was one of the
best of reasons why the capital should be re-
moved from New Orleans given up, as It
was to parades intolerance and "papistry."
Here, the Courier et GL must see. is an argu-
ment In favor of Baton Rouge, strong re-
ligious argument. A correspondent of the |
East Feliciana Patriot Democrat, Mr.. Skip |
worth, presents in the last number of that |
paper an able gastronomic argument In |
favor OF Baton Rouge as State capital |
coupled with an appeal, not to the soul |
Of the voter, but to his stomach. He
objects to our "flsh dinners as utterly
of all legislative morality and
honesty. Instead Of attending to his duties;
Instead Of grinding out law for his con-
5tituents and thepeople of Louisiana at large,
5he country legislator, during the session, is
rolfcking about town or eating "ish dinners"
Vt the lake. These fish dinners are, we admit.
rue; we regard them, however as an argu-
nent In favor of rather than against New
Orleans Fish are notoriously brain food our
ish dinners ought therefore to furnish the
ountry legislators with an extra supply of
rain.
1t, however, it Is not to the fish that Mr..
'kipworth objects so much as TO the dinner
tselt, the gastronomic excellence of the repast,
IS apt to lead astray the unwary legislator
rom some country parish to the great
leglect Of his duties, we think his objection
ust as untenable.
New Orleans Is little proud of its restau-
ants; without casting any reflections on the
of Baton Rouge, we think New
orleans dinners unequaled in Louisiana, II not
q the Union. And good, well cooked dinners we
1aintain, instead of being injurious to legisla-
ors, instead OF corrupting theiF morals and
bstructing the wheels of government, are
n aid. benefit and godsend to statesman
was Charles Lamb who showed so conclu-
lively that misgovernment, revolution and
granny are due wholly to dyspepsia, the
late lecture, brought this fact nearer home
y showing that the present disorders In this
ountry, the bad legislation of Congress, our
nancial troubles, etc, arise entirely from
ried beefsteaks, greasy gravy and bad cook
ng.
1t Is to the excellence Of London cooking, to
Vhitebait and roast beef of old England, that
treat Britain owes the equitable and sensible
egislation Of its Parliament The French
eVolutionists and disturbers are always fire.
luenters of second-class restaurants, where
he cooking ls bad. We could say much more
N this subject but consider it superHuous.
lamb has shown, and the whole world admits
he correctness of hts argument, that good
linners mean good natures and good laws
In support of these religious and CASTRO
ionic reasons why the State-House should
70 rebuilt at Baton Rouge comes Hon. T. T.
Allain, ex-State Senator, with strong and
political arguments.
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