Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1853-05-07

Nearly all the papers that we have seen
which notices the adjournment of the Legisla'
ture, are particularly severe upon that body
We extract the following from the Baton
Rouge Comet:
On Saturday night last between the hours
of ten and eleven o'clock the great Democratic
Legislature for the State of Louisiana breath
ed its last breath. There were no friends to
morn its decease--no relatives to wall after the
usual fashion when rich uncle pegs out; and
consequently 70 desire expressed that it should
live longer, save by the common blood.suck-
ers, who looked on with a wistful eye at the
distribution of spoils in the vain hope that some
thing more might fall from the Golfers of the
State into their own pockets.
The House adjourned sine die. It is very
we'll that it did; suicide would have followed
another weeks existence. 1t may be safely
said that no body of men ever came together
more hopelessly impotent, and unfit to produce
anything worth going into o book of "acts."-
So many incorporates never before entered
into the composition of any deliberative body.
At an early period of its existence a large num-
Der of its members became disguised, gave up
their seats and went home, whilst the few
working members left were unable to rally q
quorum half the time, for no other reason than
because the "Shades" and the "Globe ball"
and other attractive houses in New Orleans
were open for the reception of visitors. Is not
what we say VIGOROUSLY the fact! We APP
peal to the press and to the people to an
swer the question. The only apparent anxi-
ETY. on the part of the few who remained,
seemed to be manifested about a quorum"
at the end of the session, to be enabled to give
away the borrowed funds Of the State. Three
months and 8 half have been wasted: now that
it has gone it is of no value, and scarcely worth
a consideration, but the money it has cost re-
mains to be paid, and has yet to be borrowed.
The speaker Of the House, in his parting
address observed that "they were about to part
perhaps not to meet again" 1t occurred to Us
as a very pathetic and soul touching remark
Certainly if the people return .Just such anoth-
er set" to the next Legislature, the State may
live, but it will be such a state of existence as
will be burthened with taxes and the turmoils
of clashing factions, TO which any other state Of
existence will be preferable.
The Bulletin, in reviewing the labors Of the
peoples representatives, also "gives them par.
ticular jessy," and thus concludes:
1ucI SdliuEe 10 Tepedi tUe tacn mortgage
system is also a criminal omission of the most
injurious tendency. That system drives capi-
tai from the State, by rendering insecure in
vestments, makes the rate of interests exorbi-
tant, and keeps from US those who would glad
ly make US rich and powerful. In all other
States mortage securities are considered the
best, but in Louisiana they are looked upon as
the ,corst! 1t is almost impossible for a capt.
taIist to protect himself against the insidious
tacit mortgage. This system has kept millions
and millions from the State and will as long as
it remains in existence.
Their a~djournments, sometimes for more
than a week alta time; the frequent lack of quo
in each House; their prodigality of the
public money; their general inattention to bu-
siness; their pampering offayorites, without re-
gard to the condition of the public treasury or
the pockets of the people; their utter reckless
ness in the execution of partizan purposes their
remaining in session more than three months,
when the work could have been better done in
half the time, by capable and honest men, all
60 to stamp the adjourned Legislature as one,
such as never before exercised authority in
Louisiana, and to lead every true patriot and
good citizen, without distinction of party, to
f~ervently wish he may never "look upon their
again."
Save, perhaps, the organs to whom it gave
patronage, we are not aware that the defunct
Legislature has a friend in the State.