The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-05-23

Winter, on the lower side by a
Md. Villeneuve, and in front by the
Mississippi, shall continue to be
known and distinguished by the name
of the town of Donaldson In Sec
ton 2, it is declared that ''the free
holders and inhabitants residing in
the said town are hereby declared
to be constituted body polite and
corporate by the name of the trust
ees of the town of Donaldson, and
by that name they and their success
ors shall have perpetual succession
Various other acts until the year
1886, when the town was granted a
sonVille, refer to the place as the
town of Donaldson, and even in the
act of incorporation it is ordered
THAT the first election under this
charter shall take place in the court
house, in the town of Donaldson
The seat of government of the
state of Louisiana was removed from
New Orleans to this city ON May l.,
1929, and remained here until Jan. s,
the acts of the legislature providing
for these removals refer to the town
as Donaldsonville, it was properly
and officially known as the town of
Donaldson until the year 1886.
Further. the Donaldsonville Can
noneers, whose gallant record dur
ing the four years Of the Civil
War shed undying luster on both the
city and the state, were officially
known as sLes Canonniers de DON
aidson,' and are so called In an act
of the legislature passed in 1S43,
entitled, IAN act for the relief of the
volunteer corps Les Canonniers de
Donaldson -
Again, at the beginning of the
war, in an act approved March s,
1861, for the support OF the Donald
son .Canonniers,' it is provided that
Five hundred dollars be and is here
by appropriated for the support OF
the Canonniers of Donaldson
In the light Of the foregoing, 1t
is seen that some part at least of
the historic Importance and martial
glory associated with the name Don
aldsonville, belongs in all justice to
the name Donaldson. Whether the
people wish to- restore the old name
or retain the new, is for them to
decide. 1t is really matter of no
great importance either way: We
are going to grow and make flour
ishIng city any way.
But we do contend that the ques-
ton can and should be discussed in
teIligently and frankly. without per-
sonalities, bitterness or recrimina-
ton, and kept free OF such unjust in
situations as that the Chamber of
Commerce is neglecting more import
ant matters to waste time, energy
and effort in the pusillanimous and
petty occupation of name changing"
We desire to say in conclusion,
that although We fully agree with
Dr.. Thibaut that "we have g. hun
sdred problems to solve which neces-
state our utmost endeavors," we be-
lieye these problems can best be
solved through united and harmoni-,
GUS effort, and for that reason that
it is the duty of every citizen who
has the real interests of this COM
munity at heart to do his full part
in the work of rehabilitation. In
this connection, we call his attention
to the fact that the Chamber OF
Commerce was organized for the very
purpose of considering our civic
needs and problems and that only
through the medium of such a body.
which represents the team work of
the community, can anything worth
while be accomplished.
Respectfully,
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE..
By r. S. VICKERS, Secretary.