Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-10-23
For the GUARDIAN.
First Proposed Anssduest.

EpITuR GUARDIAS-At the REQUEST Of
large number of the most prominent citi-
z-ns of Baton Rnuge, | take pleasure in
calling the Afternoon of the people Of North
Louisiana to the Importance Of voting CO.
pecially for the fret proposed Constitution
al amendment, In reference to the removal
Of the Capitol to Baton Rouge. Having
partially canv assed several of the northern
parishes, and having found tie people al
mo.t unanimously in favor OF the removal,
| thiuk it entirely unnecessary to enter
into q discussion of the advantages OF
Baton Rouge over New Orleans ~ n sn'ta-
bic place for the Capitol. ! am satisfied
that the subject needs only 10 be agitated.
Suffice to SAY, that Baton Rouge was Sc
lccted IA the most appropriate place for the
capitol after long aud mature deliberation,
! ut a time when men Of the profoundest
ability aud purest patriotism held the rcins
of government This was the capitol when
| the government of Louisiana was regarded
as model worthy of emulation by every
State in the American Union-when our
State money WAS better than the national
currency, and when the expenses OF the
State government were far less than they
are now. Nor Is this strange, when we
consider the high and healthy locality OF
Baton Rouge, aud it's removal from all the
| 4. a, ~ 4 no
political influences to he found in large
commercial city like New Orleans. For
the benefit of thos. unacquainted with the
facts. | will state that the walls of the old
State House have been pronounced rs good
As they ever were by the very architects
who built it, who also declare that the
building. once the finest in America, can
be restored to its former elegance and mag
niticence at tho moderate cost Of sli5,OCO
which il less, am told, by two-thirds than
will be the cost of the old st. Louis Hotel
which is now being used rs the State Hous,
in New Orleans. Again, the State Hous'
At baton Rouge. with its beautiful yard, IL.
magnificent shrubbery, it's vast cast-iroi
fencing, all Of which are as good ms the!
ever were, and which cost tur State thou
sands and thousands of dollars, will revert
to the city OF Baton Rougr II tn capito
shonld remain at Men Orleans.
Again all the public Institutions Of In,
State - the Prniteutiary, the Deaf anC
Dumb Asl lum. the University, &c.-ar,
situated in Baton Rouge. and certainly th'
prr,cntc Of the capitol in the same locality
world have "a Wholesome influence on al
these institutions We have never h,ar,
bat one objection urged against Ba'o.
Rougc - Il suitable place for the capitol
aud that is, men Will neglect th"il cutie
there ~ legislators in going tn New O.
leans to attend t. business they may hav
q there. THIS does not prove the iuapprn
priatrncss oil Baton Rouge rs the srat u
go.crnment, but rather the Inappropriate
ntSs Of such men for the position they wcr'
elected Ia I'LL 4 man who has such AT
indifferent appreciation of hi duties a.
legislator would he equally false to III,
, trust if the capitol was located in New
Orleans.
To the public will SAY. that n larg
number of tickets, with all the amend
ment-, will Ia printed AT ;hr office of I'll
GUARDIAN, and We will he thankful for an
assistance which viii SECURE their genera
distribution Throughout, North Louisiana.
}. W. NICHOLSON,
Prof Mathematics State University, Bato
Rouge, La.