The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1865-09-27
The BOssier Emeute--The Reign
OF Anarchy.

'uund a detailed account Of o COM i
notion in the parish Of Bossier, arr E
ing out Of a conflict of jurisdiction ,
between the African and Caucasian Il
authorities. chaplain " Thomas
Callahan, assistant superintendent OF
Freedmen, for an alleged infraction
Of his own authority, arrested Judge
Weems, of the District Court, the Sher-
iff of Bossier, and said he would have
tho District Attorney, who
made spread eagle speech in the
of the negro in question,
if he had known that the young man
was making a speech against the ne
gro. After the Chaplain" had de-
parted with his prize, the lawyers, as
matter of course, held a grand IN
dignation meeting, made Sophomore
speeches, and got off a set OF Bun
conbe resolutions in which " where.
as, Notwithstanding" according
Ivy and all the other approved Bic
tionary words, figured very extensive
lily, without, as usual, giving US any
intimation what legal remedy the
aforesaid legal gentlemen proposed
to offer, or how they proposed to
snatch the prey from the hands Of the
voracious Chaplain" The resolu-
tions smack of blood and thunder,
and they read as if their supporters
would have devoured the Chaplain
on sight. The Chaplain" however,
seems to be the most impertWbabie
i Of individuals; he leaves his resolu.
/ ton writer's to amuse themselves, and
|, proceeds, in the quietest manner pos
| sible, to bring his prisoner to ttlal
! His decision will be found on oul
first page.
We have perused that document
carefully, and have risen from the
J perusal with o very high opinion o
the Chaplain's legal ability and 0
his frmness in the performance Of thu
: duties imposed upon him. Ii h
. knows as much about the Gospel al
/, he does about the Law, we shoui'
d like to hear him preach; for, we hay
c no doubt, supposing his lungs to b
l. equal to his brains, thai, like tn
Kentuckian's favorite preacher, he !
"h-ll at camp meeting" We WI
= venture TO affirm that there is NOR
% knowledge Of the law bearing on hi
i. case, displayed in his decision, NOR
logic in applying the law to the fact
il, and more frmness in the cnforcemer
of his opinions, than were displaye
by Judge Weems and all his resol
10 ton writer's put together. In IL
re outset, when the Chaplain" presen
I'd his commission, he shows that he
an officer regularly appointed by
high and lawful authority, and ther
ed fore has power which Judge Ween
IS cannot prove that he himself posse
or SEES. And when he comes to the Ia
n of the case he points to the statu
which gives him the jurisdIctl
- which Judge Weems has encroach
= upon, an act Of Congress SO plain a
20 explicit that "the wayfaring m
~ though fool need not err therein
" while Judge Weems, on the ott
hand, cannot, for the life of him, t
II under what laws he acts, or whetl
4o1 he acts under any law atall. Asfort
nj miserable plea of the Bossier lawy'
il that there is no interruption OF I
civil law in the State" there is /
child in Louisiana so ignorant as
the need the /" Chaplain's" clear and &C
tied plete refutation Of such an ASSERT
ans. For the benefit, however, Of Jud
who Weems and the Bossier dunderhea
led the chaplain" disposes Of the P
'D's 40 by showing that the people of
State have not ayailed themselves
the Presidents proclamation for
of reorganization Of the State, and,
cial fear they might claim their author
Ihe under The jayhawkers Constitution
1864, which has been repudiated e
= . n by the men who hold Office under
cir the " Chaplain " demolishes that
, tb. lectable instrument in the follow
! forcible words:
II woo M rarf nf Tim dar;rn of tho