New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-03-01
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THE Legislature Of Louisiana, now in session ut
Baton Rouge, is destined toinmortalty There is no
doubt of it-not the smallest earthly questio1l-and
there is al little regarding the sort Of Immortality
that will attach to the names Of majority Of the
members. 1t is true there are great many descrip
tions of Immortality, as the world goes The wretch
who fred the Ephesian dome will be remembered
forever The story Of the massacre Of St.Bartholo-
new is still told with horror. The cruelties and ty
rannes of the Venitian Council of Ten are referred
to with dread. The imbecilities and coruptions of
the Bourbons and Stuarfs will never fail to excite
other emotions than contempt and disgust and Guy
Fawkes and Jack Sheppard4--are not their contenl-
plations aud deeds written down in impelisllabe An
glo-SaSon? t m
We5have referred to these few instance wherein
Immortality has been acquired, under pecnlaf CIR
cumstances; not to reflect ininrously upon INC Legs
lature for that would be work equally dllheot ana
unnecessary but to show the thing can pc zone.
We do not wish, either, TO 5e undeistooo as lpu'-
ing any enormous amount q lekeshess 70 tie hia
iority ofthe OUTSIDE 81 Mich
edness they seem to reHel Ut
light, and the poltleai ineeelstes ana tyra,lles
which appear to afford Satisfaction
Besides, Their iayorlte ananseneneoI posc'i .io"'
cutting should not pc hteflefedNl'i1 '.io A tiey
would nj howl ana Wnne' ahd sflYel so eohto'ioeo'
when their own fingers get snui1leo' 'eie Mo.io
be no reason Tor especial iautlihulhs.
But the achievement OF the naJoflEy ol Tue legs
lature-Whch conlels q teih isVls ielo"it, hoiioi
ana lame, never enjoyed ny ily fiiteAiselV aelapel
atlYe body knoWnto the records Oh ancient ana 1nou
ern history, and which, probaply, never VIII be equal
led in the iutuIe-has yet to pc partculaIized. 1t
throws all other previous Efforts great as they I'M
questlonaby were, INTO tine shade Inc aioltrary ana
unconsttutlona eJecton OF the three American eena
tors IRON the Parlsh OF orleans pears as much re
uoh 70 IL as iarthng candle ooesto mia'aay sun
me equally un1nst1able oustng OF several Repre-
sehta'Ses Gan oe no more COMPARED lole slin bayou
LaiouFehe can be compared e re EatleroI Waters
aiu ene oespose' un!4 n.tt' iss anu
stitutional action whchterminated in the reno
vai-so 1ar as the Legslatales san tenoye-ol oher
if Hufty can no more be slikened to it than can
the everlasting mountains, whose peaks pierce the
skies, and,Where the thnnders ana lightnngs and
storms make their home, be likenedto an Insignificant
ant-hill The language fails when called upon to il
lustrate the stupendous achievement and suitable
comparisons are altogether out Of the question: There
IS no parallel Tor T. and probably there never Will be
a parallel 4
the readiness with
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which the majority tranped the laws OF the State
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anu 4iola1eu We eoeolt"ti ~ 't0iiieFe PoA'1Cl
obect-as in the case of Huty--we were not pre-
pared to believe they would again deliberately violate
their own Constitution, as well as the Constitution OF
the United States, when there was no likelihood that
adequate compensation could be obtained for such I'M
beetle and outrageous conduct. We were mistaken.
We hadn't measured the calibre of the men accu-
srately.
The last and greatest achievement OF our stipend
Gus Legislature violates the express letter OF the Con
stitution Of the United States the Constitution OF
Louisiana, and runs counter to the Constitution OF
every other State in the Unon rs We will proceed to
show
The following lawsw9s approved on the l4th Feb
ruary: "
keafVe TO- Gs ~ fon f s efetp n
atives Of the Louisiana in General Assembly
State tho party cast Shall have tie rist appeal
red G u b anon Of n mrs he es in
test is over three hundred the gng bond
ers The Judgment shall direct aud such appeal shall be