Natchitoches union. [volume] ([Natchitoches, La.]) 1859-1864, 1862-01-09
THE FREN Gil LANGUAGE.

Every year a proposition is pre-
sented to the Legislature tending tc
abolish, gradually the use Of til,
French Language in judicial acts
These tendence, imported from the
North, are the real expressions of the
emigrants from tho fee state, e., Il
Toad. ''oSi ~
louisiana, aud III favor Of this anti
Louisiana bill, the defeated party has
never been willing to abandon the
the contest From their point oil
view, the end was lojical: the French
language embarrassed them and it
was necessary at all hazards to an
nihil late it. But the thing was DIFF
ficulf. One cannot, eXtirpate from
the 0undcr, and creators Of the agricul
ture Of tho SOIL that language which
was spoken BY their ancestors One
cannot by a simple stroke Of the pen,
suppress the language Of those old
men, who bent over the handle of the
plough, and, rendered fruitful those
wilds, which in our days are the rich
cotton plantations Of our country.
1t was necessary to act with address,
eb and little by little, with the aid Of
n subterfuges, cause the honest and
Id lsboriors population to believe
s.. that the use of the French language
ID was almost superfuous
10 In 1856, if wo are not m istaken,
h q proposition was made in the Legis-
NJ lature, to require oil documents and
y advertisements to be published in En-
y glish only. Mr.. III. NJ. Hyam',now our
~ Llcutcn ant governor combatted ener.
y getically this proposition, which was
y supported only by lean minority ::
= "The people" said the orator pays
:" to read the language which is most
!, familiar to them" At the election
! ] of 1859, many citizens proved to this
representative, that they had not for.
=, gotten his words.
,, The Natchitoches Chronicle" in
n . communication published in its
!. columns last Saturday, as also in its
i, Concise editorial takes mp the advo-
cacy OF this cause already lost before ;
! the tribunal of public opinion, butt /,
must be confessed with much address. /
\ Economy is the basis of his propo- q
sition. Who would not yield to bill o
50 well timed, to diminish by one a
/ half the cost of newspaper adverti.
sing, especially if the lawyer, who
is the editor of that paper would
act the same in regard to his
1 ices Ii such were TO be really the Y
| case, we would willingly act as de-
| tenders of this cause-But unfortu &
! nately, we perceive, underneath the f. f.
mark aimed at, and we think it right la
TO bring ito the notice of our rea. Il
ders. b
IN order to abolish completely, the
use OF the French language in Loui, at
siana the partisans Of this measure le
are TOO 'mart to ask for it sr a5yupto . Pa p
for the bill would be rejected at once. Il Il
But there is middle wav bv nusb. So
ing gently at the door, at first IN or. in,
der afterward to throw it wide oner K ka
This way although old and simnle >
and may be explained in few words
Here is the recipe an
In time of crisis YOU mnYt crv pr,
out, Economy. his
= MAKE few Trades about the his
late of these UNHAPPY beings, who are ou'
obliged to pay for advertising in both al
lapguagcs-Note however. that these ioi ka'
people are generally dead. iiea
. NIX the whole well together the
and, try to get your readers to swal. oes e:
low the dose. nu enu
Such is short summary of the |
commencement of this question. It II
looks quite inoffensve, an without dse ds
Investigating any further, we wonld his
be inclined to swallow it. But there syn
is something under the cards as for pa'
Instance one commences by asking nsn r
hat the advertisements Of small sue day
Eessions- be published in English oplv +