Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-01-04

Eto batleAahew iaAfaser idf SECTIONAL
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I'SotthIo Werhay'expevytea~se d eil
usual saltatoryd displays in the "gr AND
arsnaa onts dewotgdfb fBe1 abaa der
alton Of national questions irrespee
tive Of section; But now eontro lied
Dfhrtizdn1--'Sfrtos TIL
prids and csntfsh of What used to BE-
|. regarded tbs sassJ.hblea mAdhm' d
the land but now rthe almost ex.
exclusive resort Of m6dtRihg NAL CON-
tents who affaet, th3e' IJ}tatsgmhu by
"cboopppjihngg 'loqgdics@ W lhiss| cord, and
ddstiug thJI ltyeslo eAlEcsy4bs titq.
tons with realms of 'foolstap' res old.
lions and reports and !, pQ8defoqgs
speeches and debates upongthose Id.
terminabls issues irafaitifhlgs u j'"A4 her,
can citizens Of African DESCENT =
Messrs. Sumner, Wilson and y ev'
ems, ''t,ra,Dpaota &sa'dWhorp ar
enaaafnes" are thstaost Notable of the
naislsadevs in Congress- have all t hefs
pet plans ard,prQiects aatDf1n4dA dried d!
By which they hope e Illustrate the
Presidential policy of reconstruction,
and by keeping the Southern States
in a condition of territorial probation
manage to do all the Legislation for
them. After doing their full share
in helping to drive the South out OF
the Union, and doing oil in their way
that they could to have her whipped
back into it, those gentlemen with
their accustomed amiability Of tenn
per and design, turn their backs upon
her, aud bid her bide their will end
pleasure. The great keynote OF their
policy was sounded in the speeches,
resolutions and drafts of bills which
emanated from them during the few
days of their December session. In
that keynote, we have the foreshad
owings of the many interesting parts
which the aforesaid gentlemen are to
enact on the Congressional boards
this winter, aided and assisted by a
host of "supernumeraries," of less
brilliant but equally facile powers,
There will be a handsome amount Of
time and the peoples money consul
med in magniloquent debates and
tumid talk and in acres Of enact
ments, all to be unenacted and un.
done by some future Congress per.
haps not far Distant of different
political stripe and complexion; fol
such is Legislation, generally speak.
in these latter days of change and
Inconsistency. Those magnates now
at the top round Of the Republican
ladder, may eventually topple over
by the dizziness of their wild am
bition and find themselves at the
lower round, with "none so poor as
to do them reverence" Such things
do happen sometimes. in this nun
dane sphere of ours.
What a deal might be saved, or
the score of economy to the Genera
Government, if the powers and func
tons of the Congressional body coulc
only be vouchsafed exclusively tC
Messrs. Stevens, Wilson and Sum
ner' AS sole managers and actors
their power and influence coulC
hardly be more than in their present
character as principals, whose be,
hests their admiring and devoted
colleagues seem bound to obey
Those three great men, each acting
his several parts, would suffice to all
intents and purposes, to transact the
business Of Congress.
But, to be serious, it surely must
have escaped the attention Of some
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