The morning comet., 1856-03-05
Cen1oato1 1osmal Nonsense.

Perhaps the silliest Of all the sill
things chat entered The heads Of tha
body of ancient Whigs, who came to
gsthsf 10 tho year Of our Lord, 1862
10 mske another constitution for th,
State Of Louisiana, was the followin.
requirement Of aa oath from every
elected or appointed officer under th,
said constitution
| ], "a. B.) ,lo seletnnly swear 10, af
6rm) that will support the Constitutic,
of the United States and of this state, an,
that | will faithfully and irupartially dis
charge and perform all the duties incum.
bent on me as ------, according to The bes
Of my abilities and understanding, agreea-
bly TO the Constitution and laws Of the
United States, and Of this State; and lt
further solemnly swear Tor affirm that
since the adoption et the present Constitu-
tion, being a ciesxen Of this State have
not fought duel, with deadly weapons
within this State, nor out Of II, with citi-
ZEN Of this Stste. nor have sent or accept
ed a challenge TO fight duel with deadly
weapons with citizen of this State, no,
have acted A. second il tarr, ing chal-
lenge. cr aided, advised, or assisted any per
son thus offending, so help me Cod"
II would not be much of venture
to guess tho character, bead and bea,t
Of the hand from which the foregoing
bvou in light literature eminated.-
There is q class Of theological law-ma.
kers met with, in these latter days il
all Legislative bodies, who would en-
deavor by law to drag man up to some
point Of transcendental morality, which
he would be eminently unfit to occupy
when there. They would get after us
with a red hot poker-place it in The
hands Of some imaginary creature, Of a
tlistempered brain. and fr;ghten us in
to Heaven! But we op'ne that this
way Of thinking. has had its day, and
people now, may reasonably desire to
ask some questions by the way side, to
know the why and wherefore Of these
things.
There Is no sense in making laws
incompatible with the fundamental
principles Of human nature. Thus. IL
is not reasonable to expect man to live
up to the full obedience Of the law, re-
quiring him 10 turn his right check il
he be slapped on bis left 4; because a
settled principle in his nature. comes
to bis relief, to place him on the de-
fensive against bis enemy. A princi,
pie that pervades all animated nature,
from man down 10 the humblest crea.
ture which crawls upon the earth
There is the same Utopean philosophy
porvading all modern law; ia which
we find requirements that render it
necessary for man to violate higher
laws, than those written upon paper to
observe. Does he do il? mol He
does not, and il his religion. teaching
is such as to make him feel that he
does not live the life he should, the
consequence is, he sinks like the topper
who violates his pledgo--sti1l lower
down in tho depths Of degredation.--
What q miserable crew Of contempta-
bio and pucilanimous towards would
this people be, if the principle should
really prevail, that we must not resent
The everlasting sting from. the open
palm Of an arrogant and insolept enc
myl Why the very noblencss and
dignity of manhood--the mark by
which be is distinguished from his in
Eeriors. would be obliterated and we
should fall back into the original posi-
ioa from which man assumed the up.
light form be wears. About the Con-
titutional oath. Must It not have been
ooked upon as joke, by the grave
ind grey headed Wings of the Con-