The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-01-03
lsrEse sssssse ii ssosa az the Taxes
The Governors Veto Mes
sage.

to this extraordinary document, or whether
the Governor has the body SO much under
his subsection that it could not muster up
the two-thirds required to pass the bill
over his veto, we have no means Of ascer-
tanning. With the lights before US it is
certainly surprising that the Legislature
did not pass the bill and hurl back the
Governors Veto Message into his face
with the same contempt, and in as insult
ing d manner, as that with which 1t was is
Isued.
The reason assigned by the Governor for
vetoing the bill is that it would be unjust
to make the 'loyal' men support the ex-
Ipenses of the New Orleans government
while the "bad men" Of the State were
conspiring to overthrow the National Gov
eminent, in the midst Of the enjoyment Of
profitable callings and rich sinecures in
the rebel lines Now, when We consider
Gov. Wells recent acts and professions
land the acts and professions Of his cla.
quears, this is decidedly cool, While the
great mass Of the people of Louisiana were
struggling for cause which they believed
to be just, in the midst Of the greatest
straits for the necessaries Of life, burdened
with taxes to support an expensive detacto
government, few renegades and disafiect
Eedplace hunters got Npa bogus govern
ment in New Orleans for their own person
/ al benefit and emolument. That govern.
ment--its constitution and other acts
has been proclaimed by Governor Wells
own party to be the creature Of fraud, vic.
lence and corruption, and on that proclama'
tion and profession he was elected with
scarcely any opposition in the whole State
And yet now, when he thinks he has be
come firmly seated on his throne, he very
IEa;yely tells seven-eishths Of the men who
elected him that thegare 8, bad men; Z
that Notwithstanding they have paid heavy
taxes under the Confederate regime for the
last four years, they must pay them all ovel
again TO assist the pure patriots to support
their fraudulent, violent and corrupt gov.
ernmeut;; and that Of al his supporters th-
first claimants tolis sympathy" are those
who got up government Which the "bat
men" were induced to believe had been re
pudiated by Gev. Wells and by every Other
honest man in the State. The jayhawkers
deserters and renegades, fofsooth, are the
only ones worthy Of the sympathy OF The
IGoYernoE the only ones who are "pre-ens
Misunderstanding, :and all the rest Of the
people are "bad men who took up arms to
destroy the Union. What do the twenty
| thousand dad men" who voted for Mr.
Wells, think OF their Governor What
would they notgiys to exchanges records
with US What would they not give 70,
one hour Of our banished Governor? But
we have for them as little Sympathy as
Governor Wells himself has, and think
them "pre-eminently deserving to receive
lust what he has chosen to give them.
The n. Q. Times, in an article which we
publish to-day, makes the extraordinary
| statement that even Butler, whom the peo-
Iple Of Louisiana have learned to look upon
as the incarnation Of all that is mean, con
Itemptible and tyrannical, never condescend.
| ed to demand payment Of taxes which had
already been paid to the Confederate Gov
eminent. :. And the Federal Government
now, cofqueror that it is, having the un-
doubted 'rigit.to impose onerous burdens
on the subjagated party, although it las its
x-gsstherers throughout the South, does
not demand the taxes for any year prior to
the year 1868. 1t remains for native OF
louisiana, who claims to be the special de-
fender Of her honor aud her interests, to
exceed Butler in his oppression, and total
below a conquerlng government in its mag
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