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RATION ROUGE, ..::::::"FEB. 8, 1866.

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either branch Of the Legislature yester-
day. and .he settled opinion is that
there will be nothing done the present
week. The apology offered. is, that
the Committees are Oft on duty and
there cannot be a quorum Let US
examine the matter there are two
travelling committees, Of the Lower
House. the committee on Banks and
Banking five members, and the com
mittee on Charitable Institutions, five
members. These are the Only two
committees that have a reasonable ex-
cuse for being absent II is rather
strange that ten members have it in
their power to break quorum out of
over eighty. However it is useless
TO complain there has been sixty days
fixed for the session, and If there were
thrice that number Of days they would
he used up; this too when the legisla-
ture meets annually We hear mem
bers hourly complain that they come
here to serve the people at self sacr;-
fee, whilst their business suffers al
home; such being the fact, i ;s very
singular that over fifty Of the sixty
days are used up in frol;cking-ayipg
to. and from the city. Professions
have nothing to do with practice, and
the members Of tho Legislature can
hardly expect to be credited for SINGER
ity when they act in this way. It is
notorious fact, that all tho import
tant legislation for the state, is crowd
cd into the last nine or ten days Of
the session, when the business is done
10 such loose and careless manner,
that it frequently amounts to nothing.
The reformers Of all the different
schools Of politics, should look TO this
and put their heads together for bet
Ter end.
EXTREMES MEET 1t was stated in
> Know Nothing organ before the No
vember election, that Col. John Sill
dell was pledged, in the event of the
Know Nothing party being in the as
cendent in the General Assembly Of
Louisiana. to obey their Instructions to
obtain an extension Of the term Of nat
uralization. From the manner in
which Governor Wicklife refers to
the same subject in bis inaugural we
should suppose he also would, like
Col. slidell. yield to pressure upon
the question. II those distinguished
citizens are tho opponents Of the De
mocracy upon this question, the line Of
division between them and the Know
Notbings is narrowed to degree that
will make fusion easy. Well, ANYTHING
for harmony in our political wigwams.
True Delta.
There will be fair opportunity Of
fered all parties Of which the present
Legislature is composed, to show to the
people Of this State. how far they are
willing to 60, in order TO strike at the
root Of the evils in our great Metropo-
lis The How. ALFRED DurERrER. Of
st. Martin. has given notice, that he
will introduce bill, having for lis OBJ
ject the protection Of the ballot box
from fraud as well as from violence.
and TO carry into effect that excellent
provision Of the Constitution, which
says in imperitive language "Tbc
qualified electors Of the city Of New
Orleans, shall be registered. The vote
on this bill VII! show who are in favor
Of law ard order and the purity Of the
ballot-box. BY such law, the gov
crnment Of the city and its reprcsen-
tation. will fall into the hands Of her
legitimate citizens who are interested in
the healthy administration of her laws.