New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-03-06
ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS THE vOR-
TEX OF AGRARIANIsNf.

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The present Legislature seems determined to drive
our people, With railroad speed, into the vortex Of
agratianism in the modern and worst Interpretation
Of the term, and to treat the man possessed Of
honestly earned property rather az suspicious char
acter than otherwise. In this particular the House
Of Representatives has eminently distinguished ITSELF
has not only passed bill to deprive the citizens Of
New Orleans of the right of trial by jury, made them
amenabe to imprisonment for debt after abrogating
all opportunity Of defence before the legal tribunals
has set over them despotic 6 Superintenden on
all days OF election, whose functions supercede and
render null and void the powers of the municipal
officers regularly chosen by the voters Of the corpo-
ration bnt has provided for missing and equipping
armed force to parade streets while elections
progressing to arrest mprson, shoot kill those of
our citizens that may be- without reason OF cause,
obnoxious to the imperialy endowed Superintendent
of Elections
This is rather lively list Of Objectionable measures,
and the other one are about to aude to, is but
legitimate consequence Of the agrarian policy that
has characterized this astonishing body In our tee
graphic dispatches from Baton Rouge, published yes
terday morning, the following significant item
. bill lin the House) to strike out the total popu-
lation basis in article sth Of the Constitution and
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engrossed which is, we suppose, equivalent to its
final passage. $500 r., !.
Now, what does article 9Th Of the Constitution
specify on this subject We will quote: Repre-.
sentation in the House Of Representatives shall be
equal and uniform and shall be regulated and ascer-
tanned by the total population of each Of the several
parishes of the State parish shall have at least
one representative ETC., etc. What would be the
the organic law Why, taxation without representa-
tion would at once be re-enacted in a State that
claims to be republican in its institutions and slave
holders would while being taxed to support the COM
mon government, be in so powerless minority as to
be unable to exercise any control over the mode and
measure Of that taxation! Here is the whole story
in nutshell But, let us 60 further by way of Illus
tration. Suppose in the first place. that shareholders
are taxed without being adequately represented in
our legislative councils may not follow Cam
not the power that has taxed them while reduc-
ing their representation at succeeding session of
the Legislature throw the tchoe burden Of govern
mental support upon shareholders by means Of cap
itation tax levied exclusively upon negroes? We
simply throw out this suggestion for what tits worth,
deening it at any rate entitled to some consideration
at the hands of those whose interests to be imme
4 dately affected.
q Taxation without representation was the prime
cause of the American revolution And it was Just,
4 true and holy cause and Heaven smiled on those
Il who advocated, fought, bled and died for it. While
we would not confer upon any class Of our citizens
exclusive privileges, in any antirepublican sense Of
the term, contend, with the utmost earnestness,
that the great principle Of representation and taxa
ton should not be separated. The grossestnustce
in fact downright oppression would inevitably follow
i such severance. Es}m 2
To shareholders we would say--look well to your
interests. blow is being aimed against you at
home proposing as heinous oppression the freesoi
ers of the North offer to niot To property holders
no matter of what class and those ever expecting
to become property holders we would say-if one
description of property can be despoed and deprived
Of representation at pleasure all other descriptions of
4 property impered by the precedent, and may be
subjected to the most ntolerable exactons and dis
ordinations in the future.
4 One more revolution Of the wheel of agrarianism
and the French doctrine that property is robbery
will be formally inaugurated in the State House at
Baton Rouge.
i BUsINEss-The rain yesterday laid an embargo on
all business excepting the paying Of money which carried
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