The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-02-28

! New Orleans Correspondence.
NEW ORLEANS, February II.
| Editor Democrat - You have heard, ]
suppose, Of the Legislatures action upon
1.-THE Governors veto-27 to 2in the Senate,
SO to naught in the House. signal in.
stance Of the indignation felt towards the
usurpation of Mr.. Wells. Even his own
partizans held back, aghast at the violation
on the part Of his Excellency of all the
pledges, expressed and implied, by which
he was raisedlt his high position. We're
ever reasons for a public act so lame and
Ipuerile as those given in the Veto Message?
Talk about the absolute subjection in
which a master held his slaves in former
times-why, it was unbounded liberty COM
/ pared to the heavy shackles with which the
Southern whites are bound nst only by our
Black Republican tyrants ofNew England,
but by hepliant, sycophantic tools Of those
tyrants, who now hold Office, the tenure OF
which lies only in the alacrity and severity
with which they exercise their delegated
powers. The speeches Of Mr.. Egan in the
Senate and Mr., Tucker in the House were
very able in their exposition Of the policy
and necessity Of q popular election for mu-
nicipal and parochial offices, and their
structures upon the course Of the Governor
were scathing and merciless. af
/ The.public has looked with intense anx-
.|iety for the action of the Legislature the
desire for an election was 80 universal that
it was hardly believed the Governor would
be bold enough to oppose the current but
Iwhen it was remembered that Mayor Ken
|nedy possesses unbounded influence over
|him, the final course of bis Excellency was
correctly anticipated by many. The Legis.
|lature have nobly vindicated their fearless.
mess and independence. )
/ It remains to be seen whether Governor
wells will order an election many think
The will not. What remedy is left Shall
the General Assembly send a joint Com
mittee to the Military Commandant o.
Louisiana, who is known to be favorable te
a new election, and request him to order
the Governor to issue his proclamation
shall the matter be laid directly beforethe
President; OF shall the Governor be i'm
lpeached? These are three Of the alterna
tives open to the Legislature which I have
heard discussed. If there are Others the
|quid nuncs both in New Orleans and in
Alexandra will be sure to discover them
The Legislature have shown no desire to
break openly with the Governor; they
Iaass77e treated him With courtesy and in q
most conciliatory spirit. He has recipro.
tcated with a regeneration, an assumed in
difference and incivility which are painfully
felt by the people who were once honored
with such Executives as Roman, johnson
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land Monitor. The present Governor has
behaved towards the Legislature and
through them towards The people Of not
only New Orleans but the State as if be
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The cold weather here has been intense
for four or five days. Last Wednesday il
suddenly became quite warm again about
sunrise, but towards IL A.. M. a brisk
North Easter sprung and before 3 the wind
was freezing cold. To-day the weather is
|moderating rapidly, but the sky is overcast
land the rain drops are falling at short in
|tervals- betokening another very cold OF
very rainy time. The wind blew night be.
4 fore last with terrific violence; the Mobile
mailboats were detained by it, and there
certainly were many disasters to life and
property both on the lakes and in the Gulf
On Thursday Lake Pontchartrain was fro
zen over from the shore to some distance
out, a thing ofvery rare occurrence, and the
fountain in Mr.. Letchfords Garden on
Rampant street, am told, presented an
extraordinary and beautiful appearance, the
i LETS of water arrested and made solid in
their progress through the freezing atmos-
phere. The scene on the shore of Lake
Pontchartrain was fearfully sublime the
tumbling pillows Of the main rolling in i'm
mense and deafening columns over wharf
breakwater and light house.
i General Sheridan is back from visit to
the Texas frontier. What is the result OF
the cause Of his trip Is not known. The
tenor Of dispatches from Washington and
New York is peaceful and indicative oil