New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-02-11

letters Of it own cure, and then proceeds to
propound certain which appear in the
proper place below. In our article of Wednesday
We stated that there were no Americans in office in
the parish Of Orleans save through the regular pro-
i cess Of law and that to turn them out whoutcause,
charges or reason, would be an act of outrageous
tyranny which would justify any mode and measure
Of resistance And in our article of Friday, denying
that the power Of the Legislature was " supreme and
unlimited, as claimed by the Courier, affirming that
cause must beshown before officers could be removed,
and alleging that the matter must necessargo before
the Supreme Court for revision and final determine,
ton, we made the following statement:
We entertain grave doubts whether the question will be
ouehed all II would De suicidal policy The first place
in the second PLACE the nothing would be
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Upon quotations like the foregoing, which do not
fully represent the meaning and spirit Of the articles
in question, the Courier responds with the following
interogatories, before submitting which we will re
mark that the article of Wednesday was written when
reports were rife about the contemplated removal Of
Messrs. Merrick and Buchanan from the Supreme
Bench as well as the oustng of the parish officers
majority Of both Houses Of the General Assembly
matter demand the Of Joseph Huity from
office and the shall comply With their that the
the change ef the Existing CONSTITUTION Of State by
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The Judgment q mob Of armed men or to be subject to the
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acts under the direct grant Of power in the Constitution?
Without laying claim to any particular amount
Of editorial excellence, we have hattered ourselves
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As it seems we have been mistaken by our cotempo-
rary, at all events will endeayor to speak that
misrepresentation and lisconsruction shall be alto
gether out Of the question.
Intolerable oppression and outrage by the Governor
and Legislature as hesremova1 of Judges Mer
trick Buchanan ana the parish officers of New Or
leans not because Of misconduct and malversaon in
Office but simply because their politics are obnox-
ious-woud, in our deliberate opinion justify "any
mode or measure Of resistance" resort to revolu
toni and EARNED violence any other procedure
requisite to overthrow grinding and irresponsible
tyranny, far more odious and detestable than any
which has its headquarters at St. Petersburg Vienna
Berlin or Madrid.
We have the highest American, earthly author
ity, for what we say. We refer to document which
made its first official appearance on the Fourth of
of responsible and respectable gentlemen = men
whose names are known and honored as the signers
of the Declaration of Independence. These grand
old menwe fear the earth will never look upon their
like agail.-solemnly declared that, governments
are instituted among men, deriving their just powers
from the consent of the governed that, Whenever
any form of government becomes destructive of these
ends it is the right of the people to alter to abolish
it, and to institute a new government, laying its
foundation on such principles, and organizing its
powers in such or as to them shall seem most likely
to effect their safety and happiness" = =
= and that, when q long train of abuses and
susurpatons, pursuing invariably the same object,
evinces design to reduce them under absolute des
potism it is their right IS THEIR DUTY, to throw
off such governments and to provide new guards for
their future security"
The above doctrine-the doctrine of revolution
received the sanction of WASHINGTON, ADAMS, JET
FERsoN, and other warriors and sages of the grand
contest which resulted in the Independence Of the
Thirteen Colonies. We do not as matter of course
bring it forward at this time for the purpose of incit
ing to revolution in Louisiana for we incline to think
the powers that be" have too much honesty and pa
totis to pursue course Of oppression calculated to
goad highspirited people to madness and if they
haven't honesty and patriotism enough they lack the
nerve. Dishonest and unpatriotic people seldom have
nerve. But, what we mean to illustrate principally,
is, that the right the duty, to revouonize, is of
the first and hottest that devolves upon the American
citizen, when tyranny becomes unbearabe.
And to come down directly to the issue, we say the
point of oppression which makes revolution ustifa-
ble will have been reached when, for partisan
purposes, partisan Legislature shall see fit to
Supreme Judges for if they remove Supreme, they
can remove all politically obnoxious District Judges
in the State when for the reasons, they
sheriffs and other officers and when all law, usage
fairness and precedent is ruthessy trampled under
foot.
The Courier has declared the power of the Legsla-
ture to be supreme and unlimited" and that there
is no necessity for telling "why" the members act
thus and So in their official capacity If this be true
should all pray for the resurrection of the Empe-
ror Nicholas, and then try and induce him to come
here and rule over US. His despotism--iron and in
flexible though it was, was an honest and intelligent
despotisrin all respects preferable tosoch despotsm
as the Courier would have the Legislature infiict
| upon us. u...........
The Courier, then, in all sincerity and Kindness"
proclaims to all factious individuals that the Execu-
tive will bring the whole power of the State in case
| of nlmpus. j" In all sincerity and kindness y we
tell the Courier that its advice is not only gratutous
but politically ruinous to its party In the first
place the Governor can'tronmand all the force of
the State" He might issue orders, but the men
wouldn't obey; and in case of revolution the polt-
ical minority would clean out the political majority
in :" less than no time if not sooner" Oh, Mr. Cour-
Ter, you shouldn't speak about fighting, or anything
that relates to fighting. large proportion Of your
men now enjoy many advantages over Americans
Numbers of them will vote six or a dozen times if
hard swearing is the open sesame, while poor devil
of an American can only vote once! Be content with
these extra privileges Repose peaceably upon these
laurels. Do not tempt the hazards of strugge for
if you do, the man who votes halfa dozen times on
election day will only count as solitary individual
and dead mems naturalization papers scW be so,rhere
These are considerations, it strikes us, eotempo
rary should not overlook. We throw out these sug-
gestions g in all sincerity and kindness"
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A dispatch of the 31st ult., from Boston, says:
The train from Portsmouth for Boston on the East