The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-02-07
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The Papers ire commenting 81 th'
neglect q Governor Hebert and Iii
SecretarJUf susie in not forwapdin,
the COMMISSIONS of the various oiicer
elected in November last. No oihe1
comment ii needed to prove the indo
lence and incapacity Of the executive
of Eouisiana. =
This paragraph comes from u,
South Western "a paper published Il
the North Western part Of the State
where We presume the nescs ceustitu
ton, has not yet shed its light. /
the South Western will goto any depot
Of light literature III Shreveport, and
ask for volume entitled, Proceed.
ings and debates Of the Convention Of
52";; he will find IN the back Of the
book, a few clostly printed pages called
'the Constitution Of the State Of Lou
isiana, in that instrument he will see
that the Governor and Secretary Of
State, are forbidden to issue COM
mission to any person, until they are
satisfied by certificates that he has not
tIlegaZIY'' swindled the State. 800
Note. IF this is not feature in
the Consultation itself, it is In the
"acts'' that follow it. We hay'nt the
documents by US to refer to-.
Neither the Governor or Secretary
of State, are to blame in this matter,
Mr.. South Western and il there is
any complaint on the part Of the press
Of their Incidence and incapacity." it
has never met our eye; and must
consequently have come, either from
the South West, or the North East.
where Ancient Pistol has not been, to
ask : "Under what Constitution-Be.
zouian, do you live: Speak Or de-"
Since the above was put in type, we
have found from reference to the Sec
rotary Of States Office, that commits
sions for nearly every officer in the
Parish Of Caddo, were made and re-
mitted by Mail, on the 2sth Of De
cember last.
1t is to be hoped that the South
Western will now take back what he
has said in reference to the executive
officers Of the State, and throw it with
any additional abuse he may have on
the shoulders of the mail. The mail
can stand it, and we know very well,
that there is not an editor in this sec
lion, who will have the temerity to
take up for that justly villifed individ-
ual. f1t /
The SoULE DUELs.--lt that |
he SouIE duels had an origin deeper |
han the one heretofore assigned. A
Paris letter dated January 2, gives the
as the primary cause:
Young Soule, when in Paris, made
or foreign Ambassadors son and
private Secretary some very i'm prudent
emarks respecting the Empress, which
we're heard ofby the Duke Of d'Alba,
Who is her brother-in-law, having
married her sister. BY way ofhaying
pretext to punish him for these in
expressions the Duke made
he insulting remarks about Madame
'oule, hoping they would be resented, !
nd they were. The Soule's being
french, a great deal more interest was
slt in what they said, than if they had
cen Americans-and the feeling
bout the starting remark, has given
Il the proceedings the bloody look"
The accounts from NJ. DE TURG OTIS,
in duel with SoULE, senior, {
t Madrid are still unfavorable. The
all still remains in his leg. Another
uel was to have been fought between
ne English and Austrian Ambassadors !
/ Madrid, but the death Of the moth
r OF the former caused it to be post
oned. This probably the projected a
uel in which the telegraphic dispatch
/ the Niagara's news reported Mr.. :