New Orleans daily crescent., 1857-09-28

rage upon the independent exercise of the right of
suffrage and the right of representation. The blow,
in this instance, fell upon the citizens Of New Orleans.
But if dominant party in the Legislature, may, of
their will, and without honest inquiry and good
cause eonsttutonally found dismiss representative
of any parish of the State account of his political
opinions those of his constituents from his seat in
the Legislative assembly, there is end to free repre-
sentative government to freedom Of opinion and the
independent equal rights of the citizen. A party
that could far forget its duty to the Constitution
and to republican liberty is unworthy the confidence
of every just and enlightened mind.
But the election from their seats in the State Legs
ature, of the Representatives of New Orleans, was
but of the series of outrages pactised by the last
Legislature The passage of the Army bill an act
without parallel in the history of the madness and
tyranny Of party in any State of the Union. At q
time of perfect order and quiet in the city-when all
excitement had died away, and good feeling and har
mony prevailed among the citizens, the Legislature
passed an act to overthrow and supersede the police
power Of the city of New Orleans guaranteed by the
constitution and to substitute in its stead an army of
mercenaries to overawe and subjugate the people at
times of elections-and to tax the citizens of New
Orleans nordnatey for the support of the very army
by the presence and action of which they were to be
deferred from the independent exercise of the eec-
tive franchise and to be made the silent and inactive
serf of a government in which they were not allowed
| q voice by representation.
The dominant party have also by their legislative
acts multiplied public offices unnecessarily, and to
the great cost of the people, to provide for their fayo
rites and partisans.
In the Judiciary department the number of Judges
in the parishes has been increased and salaries have
been created for the new judges without any cores
pondent increase of litigation and law business In
stead efpursuing the liberal and wise course of dim.
inishing the number of districts and raising the sal
aries Of the judges to secure judges from among
the best lawyers, without adding to the public ex-
pense, the partisan policy has been adopted of max
ing many offices and many salaries thus fastening
upon the people the curse of inferior judiciary with
an enlarged charge upon the treasury.
The same kind Of legislation is to be observed in
the numerous offices created under the existing un-
constitutional plans for draining the swamp lands,
and for carrying on internal Improvement
Another wasteful and partisan expenditure is to be
seen in the large sums appropriated for public print
ing The amount paid for the public printing in 1856
was $56,677 The profits from this source make the
fortune of favored contractor in the space of two
years.
AAe aeliou VI Vic Legislature, WIN respect to the
| banks, has been illiberal and ipjudicious Whilst
every should be taken to maintain good faith and
credit and no issue allowed of paper not always con.
vertbe into specie, restrictions should not be imposed
upon the banks which must operate only as obstruc.
tions to trade and commerce and the general bust
ness of the community. The interests of all classes
in the State call for modification of the late laws
affecting the useful and proper operations of our mo-
neyed institutions.
The interests of education so essential to the char.
acter and welfare of Louisiana have been shamefuly
| neglected The Free School and Seminary Funds,
the proceeds of all lands heretofore granted by the
United States to this State for the support of educa-
hon-funds held in trust and sacred for educational
purposes-haye been wasted and squandered and the
Legislature at its last session compelled in order
to replace this trust fund.- to pass law authorizing
the issue of State bonds to the amount of seven hun.
dred thousand dollars. The Common School system
now in existence is acknowledged to be a wretched
failure; and no plan has been devised as substitute
by party intent only on the possession and enjoy
ment of the public offices.
If turning from these acts of tyranny oppression
misgovernment, corruption and plunder, your aten-
tion is directed to the conduct of the Executive
What do you find? systematic prescription of
every man protesting American principles, Offices
within the power and patronage Of the Governor
| notares pubic-men of learning and skill and Of the
most exemplary private character-pilots-ca
and honest and who have grown grey in the SERVICE
and large number of other officers, have been ex
PEELED from the Offices and employments they filed
to the advantage and satisfaction of the people, to
make room for partisans and followers, whose chief
IT not only recommendation was servty to Governor
Wickffe and the other leaders of the party.
He Cfr. Burke) could show by the record, that
every American in Congress stood faithfully by the
interests of his constituents, and the American mem.
ber from Louisiana, was particularly noted for. his
efforts in behalf Of the sugar planter Mr. Campbell in
troduced another bill after the defeat of his first one
which removed the duty from large number of
foreign manufactured articles, but did not touch
sugar. Mr.. Taylor voted against this bill, and con.
sequenty against the interests of the large portion of
his constituents, who engaged in the culture of
sugar. Mr.. Burke continued as far as the time to
which he was limited, would permit to review Mr.
Taylors congressional record and fully convicted him
OF having in his course the important question
OF sugar duties, made the wants of his constituency
subservient to party purposes.
Mr.. Taylor then took the stand and commenced
upon the hours reply allowed him. He devoted most
of the time to lame and unsatisfactory explanation
OF MS speecnes and votes that had been alluded to by
Mr.. Burke. After ndulging in nearly all of his cut
and dried flights of fancy, Mr.. T. trotted out lean
animal which he called general principles, and pro-
ceeded to saddle him with mass of votes and
speeches, entirely relieving himself of the great bur-
then, and driving the animal off with the congre.
gated lot upon his back. Mr.. Taylor tlaversed the
Union from Maine to Texas, and from Massachusetts,
to Missouri, to find men who voted precisely as he
did and agreed with him perfectly on the subject of
sugar duties. Having apparently come to good an
derstanding with himself on this point, Mr.. T. pro-
ceeded with the most lengthy and delicate of politi.
cal tongs, to pick up the subject of Walker and
Kansas. The honorable gentleman commenced
prouetting around the pole, and announced that he
was iaborihg under terrible want of information as
to what had been going on in Kansas. He thought |
that when ne should receive a sufficient amount of
data ne woald be enabled to come to a conclusion,
and he would not hesitate to condemn where he !
thought censore deserved He thought President
Bnehanan's letter to the New England cergymen a
a very fine production and this was the speakers
only allusion to the President, The gentleman was