The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-02-07
The District Of Columbia.

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outrage in the District of Columbia has :,
passed the House Of Representatives, and q
waits the action of the Senate, where us in
success is not considered certain. Ihe ii
is understood to be averse TO =, /,
and much will depend on the willingness OF c
the Senate to encounter veto, ana their t,
belief that the veto will come. Tfthey are d
ready to break with the President, they o
will pass the bill, as they would certainly Il
mass It if they thought it would receive bus t
signature. If they defeat it, it will oe t
mainly because they are not ready or us t
posed to break up the harmonious relations $
With him they have been laboring SO long I
to preserve n
less population. The unhappy people Oh
the district are the least Dangerous to the j
politicians1of any equal number OF people
anywhere, and least able to protect them
selves against politicians, They are not !:
citizens 81 any State, and are totally with-t
out even the right ofTemonstrance IN the
House, for they are not represented. lhey
are subjects, rather thanlcitizens not con-
ouered as the Southern people are held to
be, and thereby at the mercy ofconquerors,
but simply dependents under government
Ithey have no voice in creating, and which
has no responsibility in any OF its parts IN
the slightest degree, to them, They are
harmless as we'll as helpless, for they have
not even a vote in Congress with the fear
Of which to disturb d majority, when de Il,
vision is close. They are least to be fear
ed in any possible movement against the
Government. for they are right under the
shadow of the arm that Yields the whole
physical power Of the Union, and are as
! imnotent to obstruct it as the fly in the
, wheel to stop locomotive under full head
Iway.
. The people thus situated have no other
resource against oppression than an appeal
to the general principles OF liberty, winch
9 are supposed to underlie all constitutions
as the basis of good government, and to ad.
o dress their rulers in some form of petition
to he, permitted to- exercise such degree %
selfgovernment as is. allowed in the States
70 and guarded BY constitutions made D.
E. each community for itself. They adopted
4 the most direct and convincing form o
:. sienifying their wishes by taking a ballo
~ on the question, whether they desire negroe
IN to vote or not; and the result was yot
&c nearly unanimous that they desire no sue
t. change. In the absence of State const
: tuition. and Of the right Of representation
= It is, argued BY them that Congress, whic
i'll stands rather for both, but does not the +,
an sponsibiities Of either, should regard TN
~ EXPRESSION Of the unanimous wish of ii
:, community as Instructions, aud he bound
Of the highest considerations to use the abs
zee |lutism with whichitis invested in the splr
rn- and on the principles Of representative go
he eminent.
'ns These considerations have not yet BIT
ON weight with the House OF Representative
airy |They seem determined thereto consid
IfEthe population of the District as serts,
whom none Of the rights of selfgoverme
loA belong; and themselves as entitled to RI
rise as a feudal lord in the middle ages OF /
ich rope used to rule his dependents on
same principle of power that there is
a. law above him to restrain him. 1t is
III stat pro ratione roluatas which makes
arty essence of despotism.
,oml What the President will do with the
no when it reaches him it should not be d
Ds cult to foresee from his declared opinio
we We hear, indeed, that he has positively
T toll nounced his determination not to sign
the but this proceeds from men sangulne in
we wish, and therefore in the belief, that
" will do it. The other side have vers
noer that he has only pronounced this ieslslat
orth untimeIy, and has not said anything at
will a veto. We think this much more ik
euad for II is not in accordance with the . II
! dents reserve to be proclaiming in adv'
the that he desigbs,t to defeat, by an execul
have act, legislation upon what Congress Is
inant hating. But we have no doubt, from
y tho tenor of his whole administration on
!, subject, that he thinks the agitation Of
'1as' question of negro suffrage in the Dis
and not only untimely," but unfit and
States chievous and meant, not in respect to
,as Of principle, nor in real regard to the NJ
- but to gain a political advantage in tn
WIZ tempt to mohgrelize the constituency
take Southern States, by mongrelizing the
trict of Columbia, the seat of the con
government of all the States. The az
tage of making that experiment the
that they are above the literal restrain
a constitution for the District, and hay
he an mower te work their will on the help
,ovodo but these are the very grounds on
:, e'N"N the history and antecedent oplnlo1
9lesen- President johnson give US 9 title to b
blythe that he will be most prompt to inte
20 the the shield of his executive protection
anto;n fend the pprincples Of democratic sci
ip'a'' eminent assailed in the weak by thep
esided efl.A{New Orleans Pieayune. d
,rfectly = - -o-oys,.--.s.-..~1ee.-.-- !,
,orrees A HANDSOME LETTsa Some par
,.;orlor Newberu, N. C, having unnecessary
,ont;on Piled for permission from tie mil''a'
,,,,a "a thorities to give an entertainment +
possad bene6t,of Stonewall Jacksot,n's wldo'
~. commandment of that department. r
e4s.. the following manly and gallant repl,
= % HDQRs. DIsTRfcr NEwBERE,
OF the Newberfi, N. O., Jan. Is, lS6
lalis % Mr.. George Mcknight 9
pe''er S1a--Yhe Colonel Commanding t
Q doubt trict directs me to inform You. IN :
led. In YOUR communication Of this date, res
\ to his your proposition for the; benefit OF :
ow OTIS Stonewall Jackson. that tn