Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-07-10
A Revelation.

1..o---,, ~" WIN commentable pa,,
ue'ss"'neo 'nat no offender shall 90 s.unvhin. :. =
LICE" " II mas the power to arraign him ~. 'u''
par OF public opinion. 1.-THE statements. 40, 'e
are correct, the ilustrious Senator xho,,, .a'''ce'
k'cked out OF the body he ~disgraces b, hi. nss'
we nave heard this same story before. h., r.., ,nss'
table enough to credit it to the lv,n, ~aa'''
generally encircle all public men. ~ "a'eh
non OF JUSTICE is somewhat lengthy, hnt =.
far''h is comprised In the same Senator'S, our
As FONT coupee, it would be as we'll for On. 49,.
es to learn something of their sen,to. - ''a'oa.
lo' 'ne gooo NAM ofour State, that 1t IN. No.. Wy
ION Oh our Legislature, the matter b. str,o.i. =
~tigated, and if found correct. IN a.. IVES WIS.
above. "~ - a 3""sses1ed
To Tie Editor Of the Echo.
y; naA Ass SHY accident your Correspondent.
III possession Of a republication ofan ,rt;o,s y came
columns Of the Point Coupce Denocr.t rom the
May last, when article. after quotinr ~ ISSUED in
tive to Swamp Land Commissioner. !, n. act Rela-
last Legislature, goes on to make assertions aoy ths
ments upon said Act, the tals,ty of v}.;.b !: ana com.
TED to mislead the public, and tharaHe..hs caicnla-
refutatlen, in order that truth may nrer., =ieqaire Z
people may see through the motives oftbat .nu toat
IN the nrst paragragh, the writer state.s Va.
nere'uofe TUG commissioners Of Swami sna. ~, .nas
u whole Amnrr% = ~
preparations made to their respective Az me ap-
Kept the money in their own pockets NJ ~" ~. ana
.neir own purposes, until they were ready to =, !, : t lr
Contractors Wpa ths
Now every one acquainted With the r., n., a..
OF the Commissioners knows that fhi.s .Sas.e1lons
false and needs truth to sustain il rha IL
1hese +: Each Commissioner can only dvaw aons ~"
pTeprsatea for specifc objects, from the stato T1v .ns,p
ana ihen, only BY consent and authority o. ns;o.;.,,
81 the Beard Of Commissioners and m. non ."9ol'y
GTANn 1em41nA HpnnRi4zA ~ H.. r.I%Hg.%~y sHu
state Funds until drawnsby the eortract.,s 80
warrant from the Commission so thar ~ ..aHr
ta;s money, especially appropriated. is onst tr,n. .m
req from the bnehs ofthe state Treasurer to ths h,ol
the demands Of tworks contracted for., ~ hT 1.a1s
out, or disbursed to carry on these works. pa"
In the third paragraph, the writer says. te,b,+ ~.
strongest temptations are thus held out to comm;s.
toner's to use the money in their hands for the NM.
poses ofspeculation, and to procrastinate 20 ~ t"
possible the public works under their charee ~.
to keep the money in their hands IS long M no..;hls ),
This is a gratuitous assertion, and the rrite. IL.
probably jusgea the honesty Of others by III arn
principles and opinions. $500
But to prove that the Commissioners b.ra ,o
deavored tosprocrastinate the public works under tns;.
CHARGE 1t may be proper to state a fact vhichsih.
writer OF the above-quoted paragraph nj doubt veI1
knows. A certain Senator, who lives not a thouand
miles from hence, With a view probably of removing
some Of the ;.'stroug Temptations awsy from ~
Commissioners, did, SO far back as March, 1881. msLx
20 the Commissioners the strongest argument con.
corning the Importance offs immediate commence.
inent,. prosecution and completion OF works ON tha
.Atchafalaya river, andinsisted that an adrance be mad.
to one of the contractors, (tor whom he was bonds.
man to tho amount Of twenty thousand dollar, ! and
he so earnestly, and with SO much pertinancitv. rep-
resented the benefits that would result to his tonstit.
uents By the immedi-te application Of this: advance
from the funds especially Appropriated for The
works there under contract, that the Commissioner
of the Second District, in order to push forward iii.
works and produce the benefits thus Represented, did
make . large advance to said contractor, through
the hands of the said Senator, uho faikd, horer.y. 10
hand orsr this advance to de contractor, ~ TIE laair asserts
but kept 1t for his o7rs use. Tho works were con.e.
quently neglected blythe unfortuna to contractor, and
although the most s~trsneo4s efforts were n,xJe 10
force the contractor to comply with Ifs obligation by
the Commissioner, the contracts became forfeited by
limit of time, and hare since been re: les at bis risk,
while the State has been Obliged to sue for the recov,
cry OF the very money advanced in good faith ID push
for1card ,rorkS Of improvements. as we'll as for damages
which have occurred from the delay Of the coRtruc.
tor.
Now: who ''keeps the money in their own pockets,
or used it for their own purposeH un,,l they were
ready to pay the contractor? .*#-S $sSS&+
It is somewhat strange that in tile first draft oftle
"Act Relative to Swamp Land Commissioners. !" for
which the aforesaid writer :'thanks the wutchfulnsss
of the able Senator, Gen. b. B. SHINES, for his timely
action in introducing,'-and which or ginsl draft
passed the SenHte-there was j section .teka11diag t.
existing CONTRACTS unit. 1861; but tile peoples rcr-
resnntatives ~stsnlelta rat, !, and they struck out tile
section. much8to the chagrin OF THE wire ruller, sna
it WAS thus returned to and passed theisenate. What
a pity the House ofReprescntatives ofthe General an
sen,biy Of the State of Louisiana did not appreciate
the whole Of this in.portant Act. with its noble intei1-
tiuss, and the intense si,na.oA fu!nsss Gifts author. 81
the Democrat might have contained another parA
graph about the utility oil contracts ''long VIVIAN
JUSTICE.