Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-05-22

been about to observe
Here the Speakers hammer fell
and Miss Frosbit was told that hel
time was up. The reporter is in.
; formed by the fair speaker that
what she meant to say when thus
unfortunately cut off the second
time, was ''The wind should be
tempered to the shorn lambs"-
and a very pretty and appropriate
figure it would have been for a Pc
roration.
Mr.. Henpecket rose merely to
say that he deprecated any unpleas-
antness, and regretted that this
question had taken personal turn
He approved the suggestion of Miss
Frostbit. He thought the nascant
Legislators of the State could be
very we'll taken care of in the Sec.
retary's Office, and he was permit.
ted to say, on behalf of the gentle
manly men of leisure whv occupied
that room as a clerks, that it would
give them much pleasure to devote
their abundant leisure to the service
Of the little ones, while their anx-
ious mothers were serving the State
in a higher capacity up stairs.
Mrs. Multiple rose to speak, but
was greatly apitAted. and the re-
porter could catch but a suggestive
word or two, such as ';unfteling
wretch,' - "Oh! Henry'' "w}lere
is the doctor!" when the honorable
member sank heavily to the floor.
Several hard screams were heard
from the seat occupied hy the un-
married lady membe4s s, and general
confusion ensued for some moments
Mrs. NJ. was taken up by several
gentlemen and ladies, and carried
carefully into an ante room. For
tunately, Miss DR.. Harriott, men,
Der Of the Senate from Suffolk,
was at hand, and when the House
had again resumed it's usual order,
it was whispered about that "both
were as well as could be expected"
Miss Touchmenot hoped that no
question would be taken in the
present excited and nervous state
of this body. She was sure the
female side of this House would be
quite incapable ofdeliberate action
till after a cup # tea and a nights
rest. She would therefore move an
adjournment.
MI. Oldfogee, of Hull, wished the
State and Union to observe which
side of this House it was that made
these frequent motions Of adjourn |
ment early in the afternoon. He
would say nothing about the pro-
priety of one half this House being
here at all--it was too late to say |
that now-but being here he insis-
ted they should nurse the interests
of the commonwealth, and let the
rising generation slide /
Here the speaker was coughed
down with great promptness by the
feminine side Of the House, and the
adjournment was made without a
vote, the lady members having gen
orally put on their bonnets and quit
the House under much excitement.
ORIGIN OF SLAVERY IN AMERICA.
MIR. Benjamin.. Of Louisiana, in
a late lengthy argument in the
Senate of the United States, intro
duced high authorities showing
that it was vital error to suppose
that slavery was established in the
South by positive legislation.
Slavery, he contended, was the
creature Of the common law of
in which country it exisr
ted, and was protected by both the
common and sta.ute law as far back
as the days Of Que IL Elizabeth,
who herself dealt in slaves. Our
ancestors brought the laws and in
= sAitntiOns from ENGLAND to this con-