Democratic banner., 1849-01-29
For the Banner.

For the Banner.
.Mr, Editor:-Was il not funny ?-but stop, !
am perhaps too fast, l believe you were not at the
Mass Meeting on Monday night, and | was too
fast when / asked you your opinion OF the n'odus
|OpeTandi on that occasion. l will therefore an
|swer the question improperly put to you. 1t
|was funny-i rGs IN fact. lii a little strange
that you, having announced the meeting in the
Banner, and urged a general attendance, as the
occasion was one of vast importance to the citi-
|zens of our then town, but n0tr City, were not
there. But not being there, il is but just that
YOU should know the what's and w~herstores, Of
that meeting. In order then TO let you know the
alpha and Omega of the mass meeting Of the
citizens of the town (city) Of Louisiana, | pro-
pose TO give you a brief outline OF the proceed
Iings-I was there!
A, representing the Board Of Trustees, read
a proposition for a charter for the City Of LOU
|%isisna, and after reading the same, made some
remarks, intended TO impress the meeting with
AN idea Of their great want Of a City Charter,
Poor House aud Farm, Work House, House Of
Correction, &C., &c, and the great inconvenience
|they have suffered for the want Of such a Char
ter. lie disclGimed being the father Of the prop
|~osition ; that it wa only an adopted son; that
this place and St. Louis, being SO very similar
in point Of population, commerce, and local adj
vantages, that he had adopted the charter of st.
Louis. Now, it being the first time we (cifi-
zens of the City of Louisiana, had seen MIR. As
adopted son, we could but wish to form u better
acquaintance with the gentleman, before coming
under his yoke. Motions were made accord
ingly 70 lay on the table; which, however, were
opposed on the ground that the session Of Cur
Legislature was about half out, and that unless
il was acted on Immediately and sent up the Leg
~islature would not be able 10 pass it ALL this ses-
sion, and that we would have TO continue TO suf-
fer, as we had suffered, for the want Of a city
charter, for two years more, or until The Legis-
~lature should meet again and finish passing il
unless the Governor, seeing the awfuI condition
we are in, should convene the Legislature ior
our especial benefit.
Oh, what blind beings We are. If we had
only known "the things that belonged to OIL
peace" but they were hidden from US, until Mr.,
A, Goddess him, removed the veil, and showed
the audience the great need OF a city charter. We
therefore went to work on the adopted. son Of
Mr.. A. A Mr.. B thought the boy was in dan.
ger Of taking cold; that he too had a son. though
from some cause Re had got his face scratched
and consequently was not present, but still he
liked his son better than Mr.. AS, (ve.y natural,
for his, in addition to the trimmings Of AS, wal
capped off with a Court of Common Pleas, The
propriety Of which, (seeing we don't care fol
expenses,) was, Of course acknowledged, passed
It was now getting late and the citizens having
had the proposition Of it before them for somt
time, and added TO. taken from, and amended, &c.
Thought, as a matter Of course, they had a RICH
to dispose Of it as q majority might decide, ant
q motion was therefore made to refer the propo.
sed charter to a committee OF six. But Mr.. A
let them know mighty quick, that Notwithstanding
the bill was before the house, he, as the fathe,
Of it, would not allow them to refer it--they
might misuse it-and that they should not have
the benefit of his labor, sc. This alarmed me
certain, for / was suspicious that we could no
get six men, leaving out Mr.. A, that could do u,
such a job. 1t was then proposed 10 refer it &
the Board of Trustees, but this proposition wa,
amended by proposing that a committee Of fv.
be appointed to act trih the Trustees, and thaI
the bill be. referred to them. Mr.. A would not
suffer the said Trustees 10 be put on an equ1lit,
with any five en- that could be picked in the
city,-and he was right, for the Board was the
first choice, and you know, Mr.. Editor, the mex
choice would be second to the first, and could
not be made equal, in any sense,-no stree.
+ Mr.. Editor, l did not wish to trouble you with
a lengthy ~atticle, but you must permit me to say
in conclusion, that / am in favor of having a city
charter. 1t is true l did not say much In the
meeting, for the reason that others, better Quail
fled to do the subject justice, seemed willing to
labor in the good cause. l said ! waa in favor
Of . city charter, &c. am,, in this, like the
old woman, who, when the line between South
and North Carolina was run, and it was ascer-
tanned, that she lived in North Carolina, instead