The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-08-12

The general appropriation hill. as its
name imports, is that which provides fer
The IA aynipnt Of NEARLY all The current civil
expenses Of the Government The salaries
Of all public officers. OF the Judges ~ tie
courts. of those who collect, keep and dis
bnrse tie public revenues, a~ provided fer
in this bill Tfit Fad'5 pass. your rn'lIr
sffees would lie closed. courts Of Justice
shut W. Your revenue officers arrested in
the discharge Of their duties and the whole
Government brought to a stand still
The bill Of course requires the assent ii
both branches of Congress. and the scheme
is TO add clause to It, repeating the SSsi-
tive Slave Law and the Nebraska klsw. So
AZ 10 force the Senate to assent to tNese un-
constitutional measures Or to t<tume the
responsibility of stopping X wheelsGSt
Government ty reieatins u, wliele bilS
Think Of this, ell g.F wholesale and
rt0.l dealers III ~ political stock
market Ye oniteholders and such
hangers on. askraw front the public
crib the very wind. YOU use, in abuse
Of the rreroga'ive= q liberty Tren
BILE at The thought Of an oilice, with
ont roof above o. ilcer below. an office
without compensation, - contingent
funds 4 body without a spnl can hh
eonceived. but an utliee without sal
arY- never the things impossible.
pr1r,ruAr HARMoNY There is b
cord in every bosom, that must he
touched now and then, to discourse
melplions music 10 lie honor and cred
1t Of humanity After all when We
look about is, and study character as
it is presented under different ci,euln-
stances operated upon, ny events OF
life. as they come floating in upon lis
in an ever changing current. We must
conclude that all mankind is aetuated
BY the same impu'ses-the sa.gs emo
tons The Almighty Hand above
,,s. has SO ordered It. that public, as
we'll az private ealatnitles come upon
us. to teach The lessons Of mutual
dependence and humility--lessons
which bind ua together as brothers in
atflietson. and make ns members OF
one common family, whose present IN
terest and future welfare. is idcntically
the same. Hence il is. that ii spite
Of thousand things in 'laily noon-aay
life. that separate us one from another,
there are times whom heart bleeds
| for heart. and united tears mingle in
grief for the sadness-the sorrow aud
the alHietion Il others. Such a scene
was that, Oh Sunday evening last.
when nearly one half Of the population
Of our lovely little city, came together
to perform the last rites, ovqf, the bod
les Of mother and brother, both
to be consigned to the tomb at the
same hour No sards wore wanted
there. tc toll the sS stofy-no pre-
acribed folm fof grief-no appeal from
the tongue Of eloquenee 10 harrow mp
the soul Silence in such a scene
touches The heart with moro rathos
than words aud every one was moved
to sympathy. There was the kind
friend--tho gentle hand of woman to
sootho and comfort with synpathising
sobs and tears, the distressed, mother
less and falherless daughters, i here
was the old man and the young. Tn
former with lis head nverted to hae
the strong N9tpyss Of his nstsfe
whilst the faithful servants jim in
dulgent, mistress joined in IL ygenera
grief. Indeed, that wss1,; scene tt
touch the eoldest heart eSsand to con
vilSs the most skeptieaGhat there are
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