New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-03-24

the Dred scott case. |
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ADORE SS
Ofthe Amer;caa Members of the Leeislat.re. tn tho
peo,Je of tbo Sy1fe of Ions;on1 |
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Fn11owC1r1zrys The UNDERSIGNED American |
members Of the General Assembly have thought IL
hest before retiring from the seat of government to
;ssne an address IN onr fenwcitizens with view of
calling their attention to several measures which have
been brought forward and carried by strict Demo
cratic vote in the Senate and are now pendne before
the House of REPRESENTATIVES and To such as have
passed both Houses. -
The first in the series to which we vould call atten
ton. is the Act proyidnp for the apnointment- of
coustables in the parish of Orleans Recoectinp that
it ia fundamental nrincinle with all narties in onr
country that the neonIe are the source IF ali nower
that if thew fthe peone are nual;ed IN eyercse the
elective Franchise in resnect to the highest ocers Of
onr government which m one donhts thew arc
a rasad ~ aac+ R ~. e nou oos 'nsy th u,e
major prnnosition includes the minor-it NAV then
we'll Y he asked what motive nronted .he ascsn5ant
Marty in the General Assembly to take Tav from the
iti1ans of tho nar;sb of Orleans tho ribt ~ aactin
the nfa,ior indcia ocera tbe constahIas II sboni5
ha horr i; nnd thot IL The nr;nana ,as nnt ol
cordeJ bv axnress constitutional granf If was CON
ferred upon them by existing laws which are in har
NOW Etb tho snir;t of onr Constitnton no dsnriva
then of ths right ras tn cresta an ;nvdions oGons
nd no,,tnn dstincton betwasn the c;tizanu Of Ills
nariSh and III the other marshes of the state When
bi Hi as haSora tbo Senata on An,ar;can Senator
fed o nv a1nnn1nant to # eytandnn the nroy;sions
Of the Act to the whole Stale The majority nromntIv
voted il down As bae1Iess and reckless as theiir
IeniSlotion shows them to he they were unwilng tn
a9haca the antira State in The oneratons of the Hill
| Whv ths inconsistency IF the law was a pond one
for the narish Of Orleans no reason can he given why
IL bnua NOT he annoIp goo1 for tho Stste OF large
TN ntin of tb da;cuItv los in tho foot that the
American Marty is in the assendency in the rarsh of
0rlaans So obnoyions ia the American nartv tn th
sole tvlaa Democratic marty that they were wiling
tn destrov the fundamental nrincpe Of democracy in
or5ar to ~, ,n;s, the Amerc,, nartv Snch is their
Sa;nr a,nat;te to crrsb ont onr Marty there such
their ravening nronensitv tn feed mon the slanph
tered victims of their rage and malice that they have
nassed a law which would disgrace the reign of an
ahsolnte desnot and which It is jmpossihIe thai
American f.pemen can submit to.
The foragonr ohservat;ons annlv with eouaI forcf
the seyeral laws which have been enacted by III,
dominant marty in resDeet TO Collectors and Assessors
in the parish of Orleans In all these bills there il
the same odious features They all operate to draw
mower from the hands of the people, where our Con
stitu.on in its spirit and our laws placed it, and cen
teriur it in the hands of the Governor
There is another feature, of Democratic rlle we
would earnestly invite the consideration of our fellow
citizens to- we aude to the financial ruin into which
they have plunged the Treasury of the State Our
people have long groaned under the burden oftaxation
and anticipated the time when some amelioration
would take place in this respect Vain hope With
nm assessment of nearly two millions of dollars an
nuav we are nnnped in financial distress and forced
a., lol,
to carry on the affairs of the government.
So reckless, extravagant, and incompetent have our
Democratic rulers shown themselves to be- that unless
the people rise in their might and hurl them from
power in few years more the treasury will be help
| iessly bankrupt. We warn you of the coming fnan-
cial ruin, and exhort you to come to the rescue.
Another matter of great interest to the people of
the State exhibits in striking manner the disregard
which characterizes the party power of several plain
and jmportaut mandates Of the Constitution. We
refer to that portion of the organic law which requires
the establishment of Board of Public Works. The
Constitution makes it imperative on the Legislature
to divide the State into four districts with as nearly
as may be an equal number Of voters in each and a
thorizes the election by the qualified voters of one
Commissionerin each district The Democratic party
have from first to last steadily refused to carry out
these articles of the Constitution; have deprived the
people of their right to elect their officers and there
by augmented the already overgrown patronage of
the Executive. party which year after year peril
naciosy refuses to execute several important pro-
visions Of the Constitution in the only way allowed
bv that instrument Justly forfes the confidence and
support of an intelligent constituency. We would
call the earnest attention of the people of the State
to the conduct of the party in this particular and ask
them what is the reason of the derection of duty in
this case? The question can have but one answer-to
keep the power in the hands of the Executive, in
der to reward party tnvorites.
l The chief instance of awkward and dangerous lie
gisation to which we shall this time call your atten
ton is the Election bill for the city of New Orleans
Let every true American heart swell with indignation
:. at the atrocous despotism which pervades it. Lei
political oblivion enguph the for they have proved
themselves faithless watchlnen Freedoms citadel
May the rebuke of vrtuous freemen greet them, as
they return from the of their recent despott
and tyrnnous Iabors
: We have no desire to analyze tive ask you tt
read it, and study its extraordinary provsions-se,
Superintendent of Elections in that abused city, ant
settle the point, whether you are willing or not t,
continue party in power which is thus false to every
e instinct of American patriotism and which has By
this act instituted despotsm more grinding and op
pressve than that of the bayonet and the bow string
On calm review of the acts which have been pas
l. sed bv the Democratic majority at this session. no
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