Daily gazette and comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-186?, 1860-11-15
The Conflict Of Authority.


says
The conflict Of Jurisdiction between the
Mayo, and the Recorder IL not jet settled.
On the contrary. n Seems vs. bs the hste'-
minstiun ~ tie lleeufie, 10 push " be
ypnd the limits ~ rturtietr. Certainly
his conduct IN releasing prisoners, nj htst
merely ftem caprice, or ~ q spirit uf re-
sentiment against the Mayor, aud more re
Gently ~ gvine personally w. tbe Lock ~
and opening the cell dor With HE own
hands, is nvt becoming the dignity ~ his
position, and IL by no means required by
The duties Of HE office.
This IL not the beginning Of the
conflict. which so many pens are
even now engaged in settling on
the safest and most satisfactory
foundations. We have referred 10
II before. and do 40 now again, be.
eause We have the extreme salts.
faction Of knowing that We are With
the hopeless minority. who look al
The train Of evils, which have led
90 the conflict with The liveliest and
most painful interest. Louisiana IL
not very lar behind her sisters of
the oonfederacy In the advance
movements ~ her progressive De
mocracy The Recorders are elect.
ed. 20 il the Mayor; 90 ia the Just
Ice and the Constable, the Govern
or and The Judge on the bench lie
sides this, every juror 10 81 aspi-
rant for Office. II 10 for this rea-
son that when the Mayor OF the
Jadge--as the case may be, for
getting bis duty TO his constituents,
gets mad and commits a sovereign
for violating the law. some other
Judge OF Justice Of concurrent iu-
sisdictioa. discovers how he may
make q poin, by unlocking the
prisondoof with the key of his All.
thority aud turning the prisoner
out. Hence II IL. that the writ Of
hdbeas is nearly an common M the
writ Of mandamus, and both are a.
common In modern Jurisprudence
an the writ Of commitment The
Recorder. out Of Office. Ia him.
self sovereign. with the right 70
knock down any man he can, who
gets between the wind and his no.
bility. IL IL TO be wondered at
that. when In oiiioe--being
"Most ignorant IT what he's best assured.
lie plays fantastic tfichsr
We think not. The people make
the laws---he IL the representative
Of the people, and IL he has not
right TO break them. who has 7
What is the law 7 Here's the rub
bing question. The law itself, says
that "it IL arule of action Where
shall we look for the rule, but In
the large mind Of the gentlemen
elected 10 administer II. Louisi-
ana Ia sovereign, 40 10 tho Corpo.
ration, aud no IL tho individual. Con.
stitutiopal law, 10 obsolete. hence
the Legislature. whenever Il suits
the will Of its leading partizan,
may leave tho letter Of that sonse.
less document, and exercise its will
In the spirit as we'll AZ the name Of
universal democracy, by taking
away tho charter Of tho city, Great
ing q military despotism for the
same, such az we have IN the abor'
tive election law, and doing any.
thing else !, likes. or by abrogating
federal authority In an effort to re.
open the slave trade. Is not the
mob tho most respectable body in
the government. ls not tho Vigi.
lsnce Committee organized in vio-
lation Of law, the most effective 10.
gal authorityi Answer us these
several questions, you sovereign
mountebanks who with the mere
word democracy" on your banners