The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-02-04
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Nasmra1isat iOm Laws.


days edition on The proposition now
before our legislature to memorable
Congress 70 repeal the Naturalization
laws. The picayune is Of opinion
that no good can come Of debate on
this question before our State legislu-
ture; that is a matter to engage the At
,eniion Of the national Legislature on
Iy-tlat there are local matters ef
more interest demanding the act'oH
of tour legislature, and the suffering
wants Of town and country cry aloud
for action and relief We are rs4 zap
tious, and do not therefore dissent or
disagree--we have no objection to see
the legislature 90 to work and DO some
Of the things that il were well = do ,
and do quickly. Say for instance,
make a registry law in obedience 10
the mandates u the constitution, for
New Orleans. Honest people wish
ing the country "welI' could not OBJ
ject to this But the question is, what
perspective advantage could the dom.
ir,ant party derive from such a law !
None. Therefore il In nonsense to tslk
Of il. Let the ball now in motion 20
forward and there will be no need Of
laws TO punge the ballot boz, THE
people" ii their united strength will
do II.
But this Is DEPRESSION. The Pic
ayunc urges another objection 10 dis
sussion 81 the Naturalization laws in
''our' Legislative halls. II is original
Grand . Gloomy and Peculiar. The
writer Of leaders for That paper says:
Again our, Legislative hall Is not
adapted 10 oratory--to debates which
can be heard. Al tho most, We should
have 10 be content with reading them
in the official journal some months NJ
ter their delivery. This would de-
prise the speeches Of MI tie effect Of
graceful delivery, Musical Voices, i'm.
pressive address, etc.
The architect conferred one benefit
on Louisiana, in the erection of that
bizarre pile ycleped the State Capitol.
lie was doubtless an enemy 10 orato-
~, and 80 constructed the Hall Of tho
House Of Representatives ms to defy
the efforts Of the most skillful vocalist
to sustain fifteen minutes Of elocution
which could be heard twenty feet of.
If his voice Il 4 strong and loud one,
il becomes, when raised in that Hall.
n Distinct below, \ confused medley Of
echoes, in which, perhaps, the first
and last sentences may be- caught, but
all Is "chaos Wild" 1.-The has n thin
voice. Il fades away into an impercep-
tible whistle. and Is lost in the vnst
cavity Of the lofty ceiling. A prohta.
bic debate would be quite as prac,ica-
bic in the cave Of Boreas III in the
Hall Of the House of Representatives
Of Louisiana.
For these reasons We hope the nat
uralization laws will be let alone in
our next legislature"
The reasons nre entirely sufficient.
They "re profound. They could nev-
er have eminated from any less pro-
found head and honest heart. than the
one to whom we feel indebted for
hem.
time Or tide can ever change
The "bosom-fclt" Sympathy that the
Picayune's editor has for the ancient
village Of Red Stick we do not ask
him 10 soften it down; but we would
ike il much indeed, il be would have
The manliness to come out and abuse
he town openly; instead Of striking
1T us thrcugh--by all odds the most
biilling--aDd the best
appointed for its purposes, tina. is to
% met with in the southern country,
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PAET or SoUrm CAROLINA CoLLgoy
DESTROYED ny FIRE.--The Charles