Daily gazette and comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-186?, 1860-01-24

Our Crescent tity eontenpofaa
ries have been shocked by the
electric ire which went over the
wires on Thursday morning last,
informing them that y series of
lireeatipg, salt peiet,andsbriinsione
resolutions on Federal Relations
had passed both Houses ~ the
Legislature without one voice be..
ing raised against them. The mi
ieiin, that quiet kind Of old fogy.
dealing generally IN sober truth
aud settled figures, expresses it's
establishment after This fashion
Everybody was nsionished on Thursday
morning " feai IN the telsetaphie die
patches ftcm ilaten Rouge that the fesolu
! iiuns which had beet introduced into our
| Legislature ~ relation ~ ouf federal eon
| nsetions aud eHaits had passed both Houses
! insthntet. the Sentte ny vute ~ % 10 TO-
without any reference W. the Committee on
| Federal Relations ot any other committee,
80 Any time for consideration 90 discussion
| This Is Whist the dispa,eh snid very plain
! IT, n turns ont however. that there IL
not wotd ~ truth 10 ~. ut least 20 faf as
the Senate is concerned. One of The bem
bets. Hon v. A Patterson. assures hs that
The resolutions ~ question we're referred
~ The Committee 80 Federal Relations, ss
was mpst proper that they should ba The
| vote ~ refer stond r yeas. 10 noes Whaih
| M Ia h.
~ not. We 10 not know, We presume not.
Of course the telegraph Published ~ oil
! ovef the Union. day before yesterday
morning. that the Legislature ~ bpnsi
| ana had passed iustautet. aud without
tahihR y moments time fot consideration,
o seties 6f the gtavast aud most Important
resolutions committing her ~ . certain
| contingency 10 revolution She was thus
| Wade ,idiealoas SO the eyes "f hes sisief
States, There 10 not Htate ~ the Unlob
that ever passed suth settles ~ resolutions
undef such circumstances. and " is not TOO
much w. say that there Is not one that
/ would now DO It, No acts hut those If ~
unimpoftant character. 90 having y local
beating. should ever bH rushed through
with such hot aud Indecent haste. This At
tempt 10 fush such resolutions Though
| our Legislature. reminds ia sptnew hat
fptalblf If al attempt two years ago ~
commit the State ~ y similar manner ~
the revival of the slave trade through The
"Appfentiee Bili. =" and which was subse
quently 90 severely teptoyed NY the press
aud people Of the state. That attempt
ought ~ have taught lesson to those
who are disposed 10 favor "hasty Legisla-
ton"
There Is u kind of coptagion
shout excitement Of any kind,
which renders Il next 10 impossi.
bic for people living IN II 10 keep
out Of IT, Our charity for man
kind gives as - degree 81 compass
sion for tho people engaged 1T that
moro than llcrculean task Of sapp.
ing tho foundation of the Republic.
We can IN no other wise account
for the iita into which our Crescent
Oity contemporaries have been
frightened by mistake tho tolo.
graph wna the innocent agent IN
circulating. Suppose the rcsolu-
tons had pnsscd, ms reported I;
what would they have amounted
10 after adoption, more than they
do now, IN The hands Of the Com.
mittco on Federal Relations A
more incorporate aud rampant re-
port on the same subject WINS con.
coGtod by the last Legislature,
under The celebrate action Of u Joint
committee. What effect did 10
have How far did IL commit the
Union-loving citizens Of the ever
loyal aud always true State Of
Louisiana 7 What become Of The
1900 copies Of the same. ordered
to be printed Why, only the
other day. youthful African--a
sans cuioth-wae passing aud let
fall bar Of soap, from the green
gr0ccrs at the corner, which was
absolutely done up in the preamble
Of that report.
If our confreres Of fbe city arc
fond Of antiquarian research, they
have but 10 look about them aud
will find tina. several series Of just
such resolutions as thoAe referred
to, have been adopted, not only by
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