The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-03-22
The Grand Democratic Farce.

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nn4hel AZ II Mareh. A,no DAMN. 1856.
Il rsec;selvl IN Yninnfass before ii o'clock NJ,
ss,.psf;nJ y4nStbp c;rdalnr thermometer that
rSnIfonts M SneakeFs rostrum i0 the hall I'll
NM Wnnae M Eehrpsentntiyes of the State oil
STSor;s;onn fhere1 arnse simultaneously two
vo;css h;uh ahove IN general hum Of confused
so,s,la tbat ;sa,ss.i fre,n the hundreds Of ex-]
citsd and anxious men Who had miscellaneously
a;strihntei Themselves throughout Tint .ampie
hall. Those Two voices, Of course, at once
,rrested the attention Of nil rsesent-tle]
Gass.te,s humble ge'1 Renorter' among S,hers.
Tbe loudcst and shrillest 81 the two voices
we recognized as that Of the representative Of
Tia I. ETsn;re Paris, ,sofs Iheryillc. the Hon
Mt. Downsswho was asserting that he 4 fclt it
"a he III div ~ ncarly a W. could under-
stand Il. "a move Tint tLe Hon. w, ". Fngh
Ia called to the, chair. for the purpose Of
ORGANIZATION. The other Of liz two voices
was that If the Ex-senator. xADiplomatist
and extraordinary man, the Hon. Pierre Soulc,
who moved that Tie Lieutenant Governor and
President, Of the Senate. the Hon. q. ii. Mou-
ian. bc called ia the chair.
Following The Simultaneous announcement
Of these motions thore went up such shouts for
Ia Pnrh. 4 Purb.D Moutont q Mouton,' as
never before aasssa;led those mute walls and,
lust as ibis shouting had reached it's climax,
Sneaker Puph. with the suddeness Of magic,
anpeared before the excited multitude, whose
tnn,nltuous ,nroar he instantly auelled by such
q rappinc Of his hammer ass human ears never
before heard, VI t6s48 Vi
THUS order was restored but only for a
brief season. There were those who were not
Ito be CAUGHT mapping, The tricksters were
themselycs ID be tricsed and there was no
hesitation il The adoption Of the means to
gtaccomplisf1 II.
The lion. i. j. Sismr took the floor and
protested against tile mode Of procedure. BY
Ia common understanding, he sud, the organi-
%zation was not to take place until IL o'clock
Hit lacked 80 minutes to that time. He moved
|to take the sense Of the house as to whether
1.-the organization las far as it had proceeded)
wns one that should be submitted to. ,
The chair ruled his motion out Of order.
he appcaled from lie decision Of the chair.
Uponf this appeal Mr.. Mouton addressed the
meeting in loud, vehement and most decided
manner. what an awful drnbbing, by inuen.
had placed Speaker Pugh in the chair! His
conclusion was followed by7 d perfect niagara
of human voices but even above that cataract
IOl SOulQS MI. u OuTUuN, OF NcWOTlcduS, HldUdStU
to make himself heard, moving for d commit
toe Of Conference !. Int his motion was forgottcr
os soon "a His voice ceased 70 be heard.
Then again there was d simultaneous striving
Ito secure the. floor nv two gentlemen. one thu
DISTINGUISHED State Printer and editor Of til,
} T onisiona (,ourier. the Hon. John Claiborne
: the other the DISTINGUISHED representative from
; the Empire Parish before mentioned, I,
whom WAS aware the floor. and who afeit i
to he his duty to explain the circumstance
. under which be had nominated Mr.. Pugh 70
the chair. Thinking that the object Of til,
j rusc was not vet sufficiently secured, he agail
!, moved that the Hon. W. W. Pugh be til
temporary chairman Of the Convention /! 1S
: As quick as lightning MIR. Mouton move,
! that the Hon. "A. s, Heron be called to pre-
side over the meeting, preparatory to the OF
ganization of the Convention
, This threw the whole concern "into a snarl,
/ as Jack Downing would have said. What WI
to be done? That expert parliamentariar
W. H. Higgins. Esq, Clerk OF the House 9
$ Representatives, had at hand an expedien
: precisely suited to the emergency. 1t was
motion to adjourn to haltpast IL O'Clock.
a tremendous opposition was made 10 u
y motlon' and inc cry /" OUT Of oraer was voc
= terated IN every part OF the nail pnt mr.. hle
gins coolly gave t9e occupant or 1ne cnalr !
$ understand ~ ne dluht understand II pelors
sha. !" nlo.lu'i W ailoaln, MAs assays ~ tau !"
0 ~ ~ sooh ~ ana ~, y .s nuiu ny ~, n : = muo u ~ =
q loasn was pa.' ~ 70 - me, rnt; S, /;
l y. appea.eu " -us, X a,naaJo,,sy !, to .has ,
: tanon z e =, th %s ~ ~ ~ o's"ppo - '
: H.IFzP asr - o-,c1ocr.--Jhe crowd flor .
vet Wa con call # nothing elsel re-assembled.
r NJ Downs falt If to be his dutv to infor,
l. the Honse that the Hon. w. ". Puch ha
4 dccb' I'd, To act as chairman. He would ther
.fr-a. nominate for that place the Hon. Tras
!. mon Landry.
a What could have astonished the crowd MOI
at this ~iuncture than to see the chair suddenl
filed las well as so small a man could fill i
p by Sneaker Pugh! He and his friend from Il
a "Empire Parish evidently did not have IL
same understanding of the matter.
u Mr.. Sicur opposed this movement and hinte
n that there was q want of good faith on II
1t mari. Of the nerson who had nlnced himself
N lie chair. Besides. said he. It was understoc
Ia that thew would first proceed to select tw
- clerks. 9i.09f ~
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