New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-03-20
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TEE LEaISLATUEE,

: The Legislature has now but three more working
days before it, to the close of the session by iimts
ton. The amount of business yet remaining 20
be transacted is very large; larger, perhaps than
the most active efforts supported by the most CON
ssient;ons abstinence from all but indispensable
ard inevitable explanations or discussions, will be
abie To ,ispose OF. Yet it is most desirable that
This should. If possible be done, and that our State
Senators and Representatives should retire from
their public duties with dignity which could not
4 be marred by unseemly haste and confusion, and
the consciousness of having left much undone that
ought to have been done, and perhaps might have
been DONE had the labors of our legislators been
| freed from some of the discussions which have
been INDUCED in.
II would be evidence of culpable indifference
were our legislators not to examine mos,
carefully every law proposed; and that can
De eaeefuaily done in no other way than
~ free discussion. 1t is, of course, true
that there may be unnecessary discussion, and
100 lengthy discussions 1t may be true that in
some particular instances this has happened DUR
ing the present session; but with every oppor-
tunlty and every advantage for observation, we
are ree to say that we feel gratifed at the efforts
which nave throughout been made to avoid them
and at the general success which has attended those
efforts In the popular branch of the legislature,
which is large body, and in which public meas
ures are properly scrutinized with popular free
dom and vigor, there would naturally be expected
more discussion than in the Senate, which is little
more than one fourth in numbers, and is understood
to deal less freely with exciting topics.
If, then, there is so much business before the
Legislature that it is doubtful if it can be finished
before the close of the session cannot attribute
the fact to anything but oyerruling circumstances
and all that remains to be done is so to husband
discussion and apply energy as to endeavor to
get through the work. It is scarcely likely
that the measures awaiting disposal can be
further calculated than they already have been; it
is scarcely likely that any amount of discussion of
them will change the vote of single legislator it is
scarcely likely that either the position of Legislators
before their constituents and the general public
will be injured by their avoiding unnecessary dis
cusson and giving silent votes during the remain
ing three days Of the session.
For these and other reasons, we cordially trust
the brief time remaining of the session will be
devoted exclusively to work. This, we believe. |
would enable legislators to finish the business of
The session; and that is most assuredly highly |
desirable object.
TheFe has been suggestion preached. that there |
should be an extra session held for the purpose of
disposing Of business yet remaining to be done :
but we doubt very much its wisdom or its practi
cability. 1t is almost certain that considerable
portion of the country members would find it
mpracticable further to neglect their private
affairs for the purpose of attending an extra
session.