The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-02-27

less err OF aresEensBu1ent II tie e pensSS
tie State government and have become 5
: accustomed 10 sfss sound Of The empty pnfass
i that thes Bo# Iook uPon II q but sheer ..bun
: eonhe,. wherein denlagogass are enabled !.
deIa5e them and ride into poHer through sael
!. creduIiiy. Democracy" and ..rstrenchHeni.
: ne Here once led TO believe. possessed ali ii
sItalitF Of An actual principle bus We have ha'
surfeit gf tie former. while the latter ha
been suffered 10 go By the board. the reo
pie. in the meantime, standing lransh1ed b. III
SIREN songs 81 uariizan Leaders who cnly eaIol
I'd them il order to better beray the trust
.confded to them. and sqaander their money i
schemes III speculation u doubtful, il not dis
honest propriess
s Ii is time there were t.o parties having
: voice IN this Hitherto senseless var On ofscla
extravaganza and n1alfeasanee. The BORN.
x-paveE should demand oil our legislators TIA
this term tsresreneIment' be made to embod5
something more han it signifies when used b.
stump orators and those disinserested patriot.
rho are ever wiling to sacrifice their private
Interests TO the good Of the STATE .ReIrench
nentt' What does ii mean according to the
Interpretation gisen it BY our modern Office
seekers and corrupt politicians Does it sig
Nifty economy il The administration ofthe pub
lie fnanees2 Does 1t imply a wholesome ex-
peniiture Of our revenue for objects conducive
Of the public good2 Let our overwhelming
debt and collapsed State treasury answer
these questions-yet re have patiently and de
/ IusiFely heard the hackneyed and disgusting
demands and promises for retrenchnenl By
/ all parties, since Louisiana was an organised
commonwealth. and yet there is no such prac-
/ teal term in our political vocabulary
We could easily point ont the over burden
ed taxpayers, more than one instance where
their interests and money have gone TO initiate
the purses Of hungry hangers-on TO dominan.
parties, for services of the most questionable
legality; where well paying jobs have been
voted away, In order that The recipient of leg
islatire fayors might be the better enabled TO
maintain and contribute TO the perpetuation In
power of those who are ready to conniye at
their successful schemes by compromising a
felony. Extra pay to salared officers, monied
loans and indulgencies to incorporated compa-
MES, and a thousand other pet plans to extract
funds from the State finances are too nurner-
GUS TO square with our ideas of State economy,
and the magnificent humbug Of sretrenehmenI'
II the term have any application, for common
bonesty's sake. let it be applied as understood
By the people.
In the matter Of State printing alone, our
Stale has for several years suffered to an ex-
tent that would starile any people not entirely
lost TO all interest in their own affairs; to say
nothing of the ezorbitant sums paid to repor-
tiers, clerks, DC. The item OF tie last house
reporter will Illustrate our meaning. Think,
people of Louisiana, of over s.. 500 of the
public money being paid for the result of this
officials intense Iabors. which are contained in
q pamphlet Of fifty six octavo-pages, among
the contents Of which we find The governors
message, the quarantine bill, and other matter.
that did not even require the trouble of copyingl
Fourteen dollars per diem for transferring prn- |
ted natter-and that; too, done by the printer |
10 the pages Of what is dignifed By the name
OF report Of the house proceedingsl This, of /
course, went through the hands of the State t
printer, and was appropriately charged for pub /
fishing in book form. and advertising in the
iaIly and weekly editions of the State paper.
each process requiring charge, as though the
were all TO be done two or three
different times, when in reality, it only required
3nei
The amount Of money extorted from the
State treasury during the last year By our self
acIbclng stale PRIMER did not amount to much
I any, less than $4,000, and, as practical
,r'nter, We have no hesitation in asserting that
Of that amount would have handsome |
y remunerated the party who executed it
There is hocus pocus about this duplicate and
ripIicate charging for printing that does not
ally with our definition Of justice and honesty,
nd the legislature that convenes on Monday !
ext at the capitol, owe it to their constituents to
~. (
ageous leakage that tends so much to the de-
Ietion ofthe peoples money. An inquiry in =
0 the last State printers accounts might not
e amlss, and We consider it our duty to con- !
ey the hint that it be done: such proceedings |
'ould perhaps throw some light ON serious Il
ark subject Sugar Planter. =
EXCITING NEWS FROM AUsTIs-We learn v
ON friend who arrived directly through tt
ON Austin this morning, that at the moment Il
e LETT, that city was in a state of the highest t
which had been known there, or in n
eed IN any part Of the State, for many years P
|. had been caused BY most audacious at )
mpt to outrage, or at least to override the law,
Y parties charged with having been concerned ST
the burning down Of the auditors office, re- tt
orts Of which deed our readers will recoIlect L
aFng read short time since. $780, U
Hynes, who was some time ago arrested on a
'e charge of having actually committed the "
fence, offered to turn States evidence, and in n
IS subsequent revelations implicated Bianken- y
Zip and Lewis as parties to the deed. The CT
lerif Of Austin thereupon attempted to arrest tt
e former at Waco. but was prevented by the &C
items Of that place, who, however, pledged d.
emselres that be should make his appearance
Austin atthe appointed time, to answer the :,
large. Lewis's appearance was in a like VI
amer guaranteed. p
On Sunday evening last accordingly. Mon Ut
" having been fixed as the day for examina- 7.
ID, Lewis rode into town accompanied by u u
oout twenty Of his friends, all very heavily I,
med, with double barrelIed guns, revolvers, I'll
i'd bowie knives. On the following morning, !.
st before the stage left Austin for Galveston, =
lankenship also came into the capita, in Ike "
amer escorted BY some thirty Of his friends 81
nlarly armed, and publicly declaring that I, {,
the sherifs in Texas could not arrest him. Il
though they protested themselves willing p
at he should undergo an examination before g