The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1857-08-22

IE~& kEr ESfTI9 I-T[E = 10y az ~
party Of New ork,, recently met ii convention
AZ Tammany hall and sdop.ed constitution
and bylaws for the government os the party
ffhe following Y tie fourth articie u the b
laws: ssss'a NM Il III
10 person shall be eligible to membershi,
whpsc naric IS not on The spoli tilt III tbe las
preceding general or charter election, nor IN
~ NJ shall subscribe bis name to an oblira
ton 8 ~ be will support the party orraniSa
ton 81 which the association Ii . Dirt that i,
Will submit in Gil matters rreellatniDr thereto Il
the acti0nso Of the association III accordance Mi
the consultation and bylaws, and that hb Nil
fail 6plly support ail nomination ~rerularl,
made BY The democratic party through INK
said organization. Ha shall a7aso anncnd Il
his signature TIC place ofshi residence. I'M
person shall Be eligibleH 10 membership. II. 81,
such ward hgsociation, previous to he electior
a tlse 6Est general c0mmitiee; who did no1
Yate the Buchanan and Breckenridge ~electora
Ticket 4at1lies last election, nor unless ~ asshal
snhscFibe q declaration that be % voted. IS
The NeWYofk Express, ii reportinestbe
paroGeA ipgs of !hs convention, 6pertjnentiy q.
Inafks, that y has heen 4 subject ii constant
pretended complaint and 81 great INDIGNATION
denocfassst 4 Mt the Ameriicans had ia pledge
theaInselSes ~ vote for whoever might IL nonni,
mated By the Anerican party. 1t HIS been
charged upon them as an attempt to ietter the
freedom Of opinion and Interfere with Tie cleo.
tive franchise but Tho Tafmaminaanayys ball demo.
'cruts If NswYo rk bot only require Tier i'll
lowers to subscribe declaration that thew
will vote for the nominee Of the party, but ex.
from membership every MAJ who can
not show that he voied for buchanan and
breckenridge at the presidential election and
must stand prepared to swallow sathe whole
hog" including Walker, aBuchanan and free
Kansas. BY this intolerant regulation. 10
change Of opinion will be tolerated, and none
but'tte real Simon Pure will be permitted
hereafter 70 unite with The democracy. s'as.
But this issby no means d solitary instance
Of intolerance on the part Of the democracy.
we bave recently Ind iin our own vicinity a
Of a. nature we'll calculated tolstartlc
the democrats 81 the lowe. parishes. we al
laae to the proceedings ofthe democratic meet
held at Bellevue, Bossier parish, On the
l6th alt. Of which II was, ina long series q
lsolutions, declared ~
b the printing OF the lawssin tho
French language onghiato be abolished.
!, THAT ifit y not d blished The, French and
English ought to be- tied On separate sbeets
70 That the Englis~ be bound alone and
ent to those parishs where the French 81 not
pokcn, that Frencs copies should ouly be
,rlnted sufficient tog .apply the parishes where
langaaeesis my II spoken @
What offence, has The French language been
anlty Sf thatgit should be brought under the
'a a and ostracized BY the democracy. The
most ultra Of the sAplerinans never proposed
further than % restrict the right Of SUI
rage and of holding office to natives Of b, /
oil they never dteampt of proscribing, The
french nor any other language, md instead Of
the laws to be understood alone by
nose who can read and speak English, have
yer contenaed that they should be known and
thoroughly understood BY every citizen. This
description Of the French language by the
emocracy Of Booster will arouse the attention
the creoles Of Natchi,oches, Rapides and st.
andry, who are particularly interested in tho
after and as this nj i-French movements,
'mes from the Hon. j. NJ. sandidge's own
arish and is put in motion /" by his imme.
constituents, i will ben matter of some
aporlance to thom to know whether be an.
owes Or repadiates the Resolutions. Does
lion. John n, saadidge endorse the reso.
uon OF sAe Bossisr democracy declaring
mat the printing of the laws IN the French
ngaage ought to be abelisLed?y fsbeyenoy, !,
outhwestein. aslaslq@
Litter GIRr's.-l4ere is something iney- !
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