New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-03-17

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ianS adionsned ~ Baton Ropge IN Thursday Inst
AZ 10 o'clock meridian, the eensf term of
sixty days having wellnigh expired The General
Assembly could not havn protrAcsed the session
longer than IL o'clock Of tho night IN conse-
cuencs ii this organic restriction. Probably the
largest il not The only credit which should justly
attach to the trainers Of our present trene ndousy
magnificent State Charter Is to be found Ia the fact
that the members Of the tional Convention,
Judging the people by their own standard, came to
he ssae concluson that the rioters were incapable
Of eectinp Senators and Representative who eeuld
survive session Of more than sixty days duration
Had they made it thirty, instead Of sixty days,
their honprs should have been still greater; and
had they confined ii to ten days, they would have
been entitled to monumental statues on each cross
road and street in the State. The people, or rather
4 the taxpayers, could well have afforded the add
A tonal expense which the fashioning of marble,
brass ii lead statues would have superinduced !:
for had sessions been confined to ten days instead
4 ef sixty the Hundreds Of thousands which might
Il have been expended in cress-road and streetcor-
n ner statuary would have been amply reimbursed
II III thc saving of millions to the General Treasury
Atleast such ii our candid opinion, and We believe
TIE Official records will more than hear us out IN
| the conviction W. entertain and have advanced
still, we are not disposed to lay undue blame
4 upon the Legislature which has just adj
jonrned. we are not inclined to ind fanit. We
would, an hundred fold sooner praise than censure
at any time; and without there Is some legitimate
cause, which rightfnliy demands consideration and
expression at Our hands, would prefer TO remain
silent rather than indulge in language that may CRATE
harshIy upon the ears of those for whom, other
wise, we entertain feelings Of friendship and es-
TEEN. But when we have a duty to perform, we, y
as our readers well know, perform it without regard
to consequences.
The sins of the last Legislature, which the voters
will probably charge up against the members
thereof in due season, are rather sins Of omission
than commission. The Legislature committed no
very outrageous act. On the contrary, ON the
score Of commission, there is little to be charged
against it, while its few good deeds will plead in
extenuation Of its multifarious acts of omission
or, failure to pass rightful measures which were
before it for action during the last days Of the
sion, and which were defeated by a resort to par
liamentary tactics and an memorable Enforcement
Of Legislative rules.
All appropriations for charitable purposes were |
killed stone dead by the ruthless !. Mohawks.''
Without pity, 81 compunction. 81 renlorse, they
scalped and aayed every bill having semblance
4 Of philanthropy about II. The wall Of the orphan
had no effect upon their ears The plea Of The des
titute, made 50 BY the Providence Of ALMIGHTY
Con, might al well have been addressed to granite
blocks as to them. The fatherless and the mother
less, in our numerous asyums, justly our pride and
4 boast were refused the customary appropriations
for their support which have been made ever since
now be closed or subsist exclusively upon private
charity; and ifelosed, hundreds perhaps thousands
of poor boys and girls will be thrown destitute
upon the cold treatment of the world. What will
become of them in that event Humanity shud-
4 ders at the idea. Religion shrinks back aghast
Even common decency retires from the contempla.
j ton of the enormity. The boys will become SUBJ
jects for the penitentiary the gallows, and the
fate of the girls viii be even worse! Yet, in view
of these incontroyertibIe facts, the Democratic
s.Mohawks'' Of the Legislature Hayed and scalped
without discrimination or mercy. Let them be re-
membered, and for long period of time. Even
the great Charity Hospital Of the State located in
New Orleans, was denied an indispensable appro-
priaton which may result in loss Of proper treat
4 ment to thousands Of human beings. The claims
Of science and learning were alike isregarded and
trampled under foot with the claims of humanity.
The Constitution peremptoriy orders that the
II University Of Louisiana shall be maintained, 4
il This order is peremptory, not discretionary. Yet
the bills for the relief OF the Medical and Law De.
partments of the University, which had passed the
Senate, were not even permitted fair hearing ii,
the House BY the sMohaWks.'' What could the
4 /" Mohawksn have meant? Like all other mem
bers, they had taken an oath to support the Com
| sttution as whole, not part of it. To use the
mildest language, their conduct was extraordina.
rily singular, and if they witness combination of
the whole State against them next session, as well
as defeat of every measure they propose, they
/ may lay the whole blame upon themselves.
But here we will close. On some future occa-
sion, when a list of the Acts is before us, we will
take pleasure in speaking of the good done by the
Legislature, although we don't think we ever can
forget or forgive the wrong done our noble chari-
| table institutions.
ny- Boys CaothIngs Boys, Clothing 1--WE
invite the attention Of Parents and Guardians present
assortment Of wellmads CLOTHING for BOYS Al.o fu,
stock Of seasonable GOODS No Deviation In
| Prices
ALFRED MuNRoE CO.. story Building, corner Of Camp
ana osmMoh streets milo 2p5t
4 w. Fashionnble WeIl-HIaae CIothfng-Cau
At the .sToRY BUILDING Of Camp and Common
streets and examine he styles and No Deviation
Il In Prices,
ALFRED MUNRoE co. Story building corner ot Camp
4 and Common streets. ml6 2pst
AS~The FinIxIe & Lyon Sewing Machines
are giving perfect satisfaction all tried Them
The absence Of all complicated fxing which have been the
Of much vexaon other Machines renders the Fin
kle Lyon Machine pEsDEnATua long sought os The sim
pcy OF Its construction Its certainty action and almost
nolselea operation equally astonishing those whs hav,
heretofore been troubled their experience with other Ma
chimes Is wonder that tha Finkie Lyon Sewing Ma
chine has rapidly risen to public popularity
Persons who hare heretofore discouraged by their previous
troubles with Sewing Machines careful exa,n
naton Of the Finkle Lyon Machine.
Perfect satisfaction will DO guaranteed the money cheer
| fully returned.
Prices Of Fnke Lyon sewins sschines- $50 sss 500
SIo5. Sis, el25 =
ALFRED MUSRoE CO., our Clothing Establish
ment Story building corner Of Camp and Common streets
NeN vfisehst milo 2p6t
A8Singer's Celebrated Sewing Machines.
These Machines have recent and improvements for Fine
Sewing and their sale Il rapidly increasing They are used In
preferences oa others At the largest most fashionable dress
nnnl nj psfal sls1esa Ia fls3n.