New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-02-26

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ra .f t,a e eaefllTe the extraordinary measure be-
etzs g which it was proposed to remove
ea he aaslee without allowing him the pfigi-
necton. reaa aagat m his defense, and ts Con-
SalEeTWards Chief Justice os H. Ittal
ona the Eass ~ she IN tho Virginia Convention o
Sooia q ianstlaea Judge Marshlf used the
b peF1nlt me to attend to WIlas fb. IN . ,ss1.
tlenan lAr Henry has aid. III haa gen
me IN neSes.sg o. due attention eeriR :.
to certain fundamental princiDles fross e
people ought never to depart Iepscas aIfee
the prapfdety Of the observance of sue ,aa ~
Fhey are necessary in any government mn
s sential % democracy saI1 70 any other What nd
seryance Of Justice and public faftli and sfeatv
herence to vrtHe These, sir are the
good government N6nischief--no misfortune onabt.
to deter from strict observance of lsEce mi
public faith. WsuId to Heaven shat thee I'M sniea
had been Observed under the present gaTernmarstt
had this hsen tecase, the friends Of liberty would
I1ot be 80 willing now 20 part With it, Can We boast
that oHr government il founded on these RaMms2
Can Tepretend to the enjoyment of political fFeesnr
or security, when we are told that man has been in
an act OF assembly, struck existence without d
trial by jury. without t6ns being con-
fronted BY his accusers and Vitrese itfoas lie
benefits Of she law Of the land? Where il oJr safety
when we are told that this act was
the person was not q Socrates? What has become of
the worthy members maxins2 Is this 0Is Of them
Shall il be q maxim that man shall be feIfiiged of
life without the beneftof Law? Shall stleEi 4 dsp
walton Of life bejustfedby answering Blat tie mans
me was NOS taEen seeasdua drte, because he was
bad MANI Shall it be q MAXIM that government
ought not TO be empowered to protect yirtae pts
/ These, said Mr.. W., weretEe views of the Dernoc3
racyin the days of the ReyafutioR the times fIIat
tried men soulsas era in oglg national ibsSorv
which was eninertly distinguished III gafriots and
statesmen. But these days were past, and ha feared
That the conservative views upon which they acted
were already TOO lightly regarded.
The Senator fFOnf New Orleans {Hgr. Hyayy1sY 1ad
claimed for the Legislature the power odsanoae og
this question without any reference to the proceed
ings had at the trial Bell Hufty that he eared
not what the verdict Of the vas that was i'm
material to him what might have been the Judgment
of the court; all these matters be d8egarded
as having nothing to do with the issue before the
Senate He would say to that gentleman sacl.
the ears of all who have yenerated and cherfsh the
institutions Of thecpunty because of their pruteeol
Of the inalenabe rights Of heenen from the cypress
ions Of arbitrary authority. No said he, you cannot
touch the least of the rights Of acitizen except in
conformity to the mandates Of the laws, which grant
,hm freemans right to be heard in own defence.
Are you aware asked Mr.. W., addEessing the sena-
tors opposite, that after the lapse Of centuneaa
are attempting to reproduce in this country Of
institutions the doctrines Of the Tories Of
the times Of Charles I-that the sovereign can do nj
wrong? that he is above responsibility for ms acts
that he is the grand custodian of the public Wea2 tia
he is not to be restricted by the laws which govern
his subjects in their private relations to each other
that the judgments Of courts and yercts jnres an
not to stand in the way of the imperial will of Lii
majesty Senators should pauselong and reflect vel
before giving their sanction toa doctrine the attemp
to establish which, at various epoehs Of Englands
history, convused that island to its centre
Something, said he, had been said in the debats
r abont the g invineibiItyG Of the Democracy. HI
freely admitted it for, when it failed to achieve it
triumphs in the contests at the ballotbox it tnrnet
its strategy against the law and the ant
soon we find those mute, unresistng adyersaries lying
!, PROSTATE at the feet of their eonauer8rs -
In ths8name Of my constituents, concluded Mr
+ Walker-in the name Of the people Of Louisiana
protest against this most extraordinary act OF oppres
sion and tyranny, and proclaim 10 mankind that th
Democratic party Of Louisiana have, in defiance
the Constitution, law and justice, deprived eitlze
of theState of an Office legally held trampled unde
- foot the most sacred prerogatyes Of an American
: freeman land coisecrated the detestabe doctrine
tyrants and despots that the assumed turpitnde Of
u mans character is sufficient reason to condemn hin
: without Q, trial. q - ~