New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-09-07

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IFrom the Madispn American, August 29l -, IT.
We promised our readers in a former issue ar
exposition Of the features Of this peculiar Laws
law peculiar to Black Republican New York and De
mocFatic, Louisiana--a law without a parallel, save
in the instance mentioned in the history Of free in
stutons, 10 every feature of which are written party
spirit tyrauny and corruption. The comparison may
be sccentfic, but, Ike Napoleon it is UNIQUE in its
characser and, like Washington, it is without a
Il parallel. 5.l,s 5,,ssitss.4
Now as to the law. In the sixth section it estab-
fishes q 2 Central Board Of Commissioners, all of
whom are appointed by the Governor, except the
Mayor and Attorney General in addition to whom
said board u composed Of the Register Of Voters and
Two citizens OF New Orleans whose duty It is to APP
point oil commissioners Of election in the parish of
& Orleans. suppose by an enactment Of the Legisla-
4 .ture the people Of Madison were deprived Of the
right Of choosing their own commissioners OF cleo
ton through their Police Jury, elected By them and
the power should be given to the Governor, Or the
people Of other parishes what would they do; they
would the odious tyranny In the seventh
section the Attorney General is made er oDfcio Presi
dent Of this Board. With as much reason he might
Y be made &c g6fci0 President of the Police Jury Of
Madison parish. The two citizens appointed by the
& Governor, constituting portion of this Central
Board are to receive yearly salarypf five hundred
dollars each, payable BY the city and parish Of Or
What would You do, men Of Madison, if you were
TINS forced to pay two gubernatorial pets one thou
sAnd dola for appointing your Commissioners Of cleo
donf y it right you should uphold partisan Legs-
lature and executive in expressing sister parish
The sum is small but the principle is outrageous WELL
would you say millions for defense, but not cent
Tor tribute. Z 81 s5 ,gI 4 n
n the sixteenth section, q e Superintendent of
Election is provided for who shall receive an annual
salary of three thousand dollars, payable quarterly
out Of the Treasury upon the warrant of the Auditor
Of Public Accounts, and onehaf Of said salary shall
consttute debt against and to be paid by the city
Of' New Orleans" Here again. New Orleans has to
contribute to the support Of salaried official never
before known to our laws or constitution; but you
have to bear, in part, one-half Of this burden.
And again. in section eighteen, this Superintendent
Bentled to four Deputies to be appointed by himself
and who shall receive an annual salary of one thou
sand dollars EACH payable quarterly out of the Trea
ssury, upon the warrant Of the Auditor of Public
Accounts, onehaf of which salary shall constitute
debt against and be paid BY the city of New Orleans.
In the name OF bankrupt treasury, we ask have
We not sufficient number Of salaried officials? But
increase of the number Of officers and wellpad saa-
RES are necessary for the purposes Of the Democracy
The more we contemplate this obnoxious act its
infamy develops itself; we stand appalled, at its
hod features and astouned at the fact that honest
men sustain it.
In section twentieth this Superintendent il eau
thorized and empowered to employ any number of
persons the Governor may think necessary, as his
deputies, for such time previous to any election as
the Gope',ao, may direct and the said deputies
shall be organized by said Superintendent ii such
manner as he may think proper aud adequate for the
occasion and the said deputies, on the day Of
election and during their term Of service, shall be
suecs q the order and direction Of said Superia-
tsndert and obey an iaiefM commands issued BIZ him,
Here is given to the disposal of an irresponsible
Superintendent any number Of persons that par
tsan Governor may think necessary, previous to any
election, to be armed, equipped, organized and dis
cplined in such manner as the Superintendent NAV
think adequate for the occasion. What is the effect
OF this! 1t Is to levy armed force Of FIVE hundred
or one thousand, or two thousand or more men, for
one week, one month, or six months previous to any
election which is to take place in the city of New
Orleans. This armed force may be quartered in the
heart of city, or it may be bivouacked on the out
skirts, and New Orleans may present to the civilized
world the singular spectacle Of beleagured city in
q time of peace
We may either hear the heavy tread Of marching
coumns in her streets, witness the blaze Of camp
fires in. her suburbs New Orleans has been said to
resemble Paris under the operation of the election
law 4 the miniature will be complete The boule-
wards Of the city Of the old world is a continuous
scene Of military display maintained to keep down
Democracy, but here it is to be inaugurated to keep
up what is called Democracy. Each Of these depu-
ties % soldiers is 70 receive ten dollars pretty
good pay for q authorizations should have been
added. Many may say it is impossible for such
effects and consequences to flow from the law. We
say that the power Is given to produce results tenfod
more direful than those we have depicted.
The philosophy of history demonstrates that power
given rarely remains unexercised.
The present incumbent Of the Gubernatoral chair
does not hesitate to WELD every positive political
power, and many doubtful. ones, with which he is
vested TO crush his political opponents. With the
willing minions Of authority about him, and an acqui.
escent Legislature, we do not ask what he will do
but what he will not do. Ft
This law is picture of everything that is bad in
legislation, and like all bad pictures, it grows upon
the beholder the more scr1tnizingly and steadily
it viewed.
ut Is monster of snch hideous mien,
That to be hated, needs but to be scent W