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BOITE 1850
/ II poste de Ii Nouvelle- Orleans.
SUFFRAGE UNIVERSAL

:
Sill est une theorie seduisante ct
populairc, c'est bien celle du suf-
frage universal. Ellie q rempli ct
agite le monde mpderne. Les colo
nies americaines invoquerent le
droit anterieur ct superieur 4 toute
constitution qua tout peuple de Sc
gouverner. pour rompre le cable
qui les attachait 4 la vieille Angle
terre. En- Europe, tous les peuples
s'ache,ninent vers ID liberte ct re-
vendiqnent le suffrage universal,
Get instrameat democratique par
excellence. La republique ephemere
de ls4s, one l'heritier de Ia dyuas-
tie imperiale de "a France embrassa
pour la mieux etouffer, s'etait fate
an nom du suffrage universal, ct
cette meme formule, qni await fait
crouler le trone de Lonis-Philippe.
servit 4 clever celui de Napoleon III,
car c'est en- retablissant le droit
electoral dams tonte sa plenitude
quill demanda ct obtint Pusage dc
ce droit n 80 faveur. One fait en-
core en- ce moment Pempereur des
Francais an Mexiqne, ct quel Ian
gage tient-il pour jnstifier son ex-
p6dition devant Ia France plus en-.
core que devant le monde ? II se
prevaut dn suffrage universal, du
consentement des gouvernes.
Mais les mots ont leur valeur re-
lative, ct le suffrage universal dams
10 lsngage politique actuel dcs
Etats. .Unis ma pas le meme sens
que dams le vocabulaire europeen.
II y q an Nord des Etats-U -Unis un
psrti qui, en- ha;ne du Snd ct anime
dune dc ces implacables rancunes
que rien ne peut desarmer. pretend
conferer le droit do suffrage anx
negres recemment affranchis. Co
parti ne pratique pas lui-meme les
principles quill proclame et i ne se
propose N fond one 10 vengeance
ct ID domination. Ces hommes qui
veulent donner a 10 race noire.
qu'ils declsraient abrutie par l'cs-
cleavage, le baptemc civiqne, le font
atten1re. plusieurs anuees aux emf
grants europeans, Francais, Alle-
,nands, Irlandsis. Les ietrangers
ignorent nos msurs ct nos institu.
tions, ct il faut qu'ils subissent IN
noviciat ct passent par un apron.
tissage avant de pouvoir voter.
On coneoit pabsurditS quill , aarait
4 conf1rer aux esclaves d'hier m
droit + contests I des hommes
blancs. libres de naissance, ct qni
ont toujoars ttS leurs propres mar
tres. L'abolition immediate De Pes
clavagc Itait dtja une enjambSe
trop grsnds pour les Degres eax-
nSnes !; opsrse sans initistion prta.
liable ct sans measures transitoires.
ellie devenait m peril; g rssultat
dspasssit Dc beauooppY les voax
les plus ardents formss par les sinis
les plus devou6s ct les plus svss-
giles do u race asservie. Pourqsoi
une impAtiencc que rien; ne justifie!
Pourquoi imposer ~ Sud CO qui.rt-
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NoUvELLEs LOCALES

II. Felix'P. Poche . 4te elu sc.
uateur des paroisses St-Jean-Bap'
tiste ct St-Jacques. Dams Ia pre-
miere, il obtenu une majorite de
ll3 voix. II ma rencontrs aucune
ODD osition dams 10 seconde, NJ. Ca
mile Mire y ayant retire 50 candi-
Voici les retours ofticiels
de notre paroisse, tells qu'ils nous
sont communiques par le sherif, N.
Thos. j. Burke
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URSIN WE'RE
JEAN F. BURCARD
NO. l3l-

By virtue Of writ Of seizure and sale to
me directed by the Honorable the Fourth
Judicial District Court Of the State Of
Louisiana, in the sbove entitled cause, ald
bearing date the goth day Of January 1865,
/ win proceed to cell At public auction at
the Court House of the parish Of St-John
the Baptist 4fEges4I
THE Sd DAY OF MARCH 1866
At II o'clock A. NJ,
the following described property. viz
A Sugar Plantation situated in this
parish Of St-John the Baptist on the right
bank Of the river Mississippi measuring
seven arpents more or less front on said
river BY forty arpents in depth, the two
upper srpents having double concession,
the ssid plantation being bounded above
BY that Of Mrs. Eulalie Roussel, Widow
Zephyrin Barre and below TO the depth Of
four arp<nts bya lot Of ground belonging
to Mrs. Judith Borne, wife Of William
White (now the property Of Valcour
Sonsy) and thence BY the property Of
Felicien Tassin. together with the Sugar
House, Engine, ;Buildinss and improyc-
n,ents on said plantation and thereto be-
longing, q also the animsls, tools, instru-
ments Of husbandry, corn and fodder
attached thereto and used for the cultiva-
ton Of the same.
Seized IN the above suit.
TERMS:
Cash on the spot, 10 United States currency.
st. John the Baptiat, January a7th
la66.
T. J. BURKE, Il
27;1O- -24E3m sheriff
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pugne 4 la Neutrality-suspicious.!
Les lois ne sont qu'un produit des
m@urs, ct un congrss aura beau
legiferer, il construira un chateau
aericn sill decrete ce qui n'existe
pas deja dams 10 conscience ct dams
l'esprit du peuple. A tort on 1 raj
son, Pesclavage a etc longtemps
consid<re lei CONNIE une institution
4 Ia fois conforme A Ia justice ct 1
la nature des individus d'origine
africaine; &c nest pas en- un jour
que cette notion on CO prejuge
s'effacera. II fant dn temps pour
faire disparaitre l'idee qui regne
encore, ct il faut de plus que les
anciens esclaves etablissent leurs
titrcs non.seulement / 10 liberte,
mais encore 4 Ia jouissance des
droits politiques. Que reprcuve soft
loyalement faitc ct que les anciens
proprietaires concurrent eox-memes
4 Ia transformation du mode de ira.
vail, c;est toni ce que reasonable.
mcnt oa peut leur dcmander. On ne
leur demanderait pas davantage 81
lextepsion du suffrage n'etait pro-
posee one dams l'interet exclusif
des affranchis; mais on sc fsit dc
cette mesure une arme de parti ct
nne machine de guerre, ct on volt
un moyen dc gouvcrnement dams
pavencment ! la vie politique des
masses services don't les muscles
senIs ont etc exerces ct developpes
jnsquA ce jour ct don't nul ne peut
contester ignorance absolue de
tout ce qui Sc passe hors de Ia
plantation natalie. A i Fl saaI
II ne faut pas chercher d'autre
Specification au vote de Ia chambre
des representants du congress ma
tional qui etcnd Ia franchise electo-
rale dams 10 District de Colombo.
Go fait ma de valcur qu'en ce qn'il
constate 10 tendance de Ia branche
legislative du gouvernement fede-
raj. Autrement, il est sans impor.
tance. LIE ..district:de: Colombo est
CONNIE IN Etat don't le Congress est
10 Legislature, ct &C que le Congress
decide pour le District nest que le
reglement dune affaire int9rieure
ct dun interet purement domes'
tique. Tout, dams ce territoire des
tine I etre le siege du gouverne
ment national, depend do CoDgres
let il ny . d'indspendant que lea
60 onseils municipauxgde Washing
ton ct de Georgetown. Qnant .
droit accordl aug nsgres du Dis
trict, II n'a rien de substantiel. el
le titre de citoycn est tout-a-fait IL
lusoire dams CO lieu consscre. Lei
habitants y viyent dana nne condi
tion particaliere ct anormale; III
voient chaque jour .le president del
Etats. Unis, 4 l'slection duqael III
mont ,pris ancune part, etils SOM
noySs sons une avalanche de repre-
sentsnts ct de senateurs, sans avoil
jamais vote pour aucon d'eux. III
mont pas meme nm dsltgut >,
Congrss. CONNIE en- aurait u Terri
toire de u Louisiana. u le jugs
Warmoth etsit admis de preftrenc,
ANN. Hant et Boycss IL ob6issen
aux loie des Etats-Unis sans avoi
contribute 4 lcnr confection ct paien
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URSIN WEBRE
JEAN +. BURCARD
- --- No l0l ----


En- vertu dun writ de saisie ct vente
moi adresse par j Honorable Cour du Qua
trieme District Judiciaire dc rEtat de Ia
Louisiana dams paffaire ci-dessus intitulee,
ct portant Ia date du 20 janvier 1866
j'offrirai en- vsnte publique, 4 Pencan, 4 Ia
Maison dc Cour de Ia paroisse st Jean
Baptiste, 1 'i'tt
Le sAMEDl 3 MARS 1866, adl
4 ONE heures dn mntiD, "aO@
Une Habitation Sucriere situee en- cette
paroisse st Jean Baptiste, rive droite du
6euve Mississippi, mesurant sept arpents
plus GU m0ins de face audit lieuve, sur
quarante arpents de profondeur, les deux
arpents du cote den haut ayaut une double
60 lgne superieure par celle de Nine Eu-
lalie Roussel, veuve Zlphyrin Barre, ct 4 sa
ligne infsrieurc jusqua Ia profondeur de
quatre arpents par un lot de terre apparte-
nant 4 Nine Judith Borne, epouse de Will
liam White { maintenant propriete de
Valcour Songy) ct partir de- u par Ia
prcpriets de Felicien Tassin, ensemble
Ia sucrerie, les machines, bstisses ct an6-
liorations qui 80 trouvent sur Ia dite habi-
tation ct qui en- dependent, CONNIE aussi
les animaux, outils, instruments d'agricul-
ture, maTs ct fourrage, actuellement sur
10 propriet6 ct servant son exploitation.
Saisie danGlahaire ci-dessus.
CONDITIONS
Compliant sur les lieux en- monnaie des
h m Etats- Unis. B iem
StJean. Bsptiste, 27janvier lsee. isG5,
THOS. J. BURKE, ~
s sheriff. Y
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e. DumEz & T.. BELOW, REDAcTEURs

Requirement des taxes qu'ils mont
point consenties. On le volt, le
suffrage octroye aux nagres du Dis
trict nest pas un don ben precieux
ct lis peuvent saisir eette ombre
sans grand inconvenisnt. II est
meme probable qu'avans d'engager
Ia lutte par un veto, N. johnson
attendra un acte d'hostilit6 plus
serieux de IL part du Legislasif ct
gull ne perdra pas SO poudre I de
vaines escarmouches.
Des patriotes. don't le desoue-
ment ne saurait etre mis- en- 'res.
ton, sont davis que le Sud aurait
tout interet A faire des concessions
i pegard du suffrage noir. Iancien
maitre de poste general de Ia Con-
federation, compagnon de fnits ct
de prison du president Davis, N.
Reagan, etait en- faveur de rcxsen-
sion de Ia franchise electorate aux
anciens esclaves. John Bell,
l'homme d'Etat du Tennessee que
la plupart de nos lecteurs porterent
a Ia presidence en- 1860. ct qui est
reste fideIe an Sud jusqu'au bout
John Bell, dams une serie de lettres
sur Ia politique dn jour. recon-
mande aux Etats ci-devant confe-
deres de s'abandonnes en- toutc
confance au president johnson
don't il doit connaitre 1 fond 10
pensee ct les intentions, etant
CONNIE lui du Tennessee, ct de faire
des sacrifices scr 10 question dn
suffrage. II est davis que le Sud
risquerait pen q gagnerait beau.
coup 4 adopter le regime dn Mass
achusetts. par exemple, on phomme
de couleur doit posseder une valeur
de $3.50 en- propiete ct savoir lire
ct kcrire pour ste admis ! l'exer-
cice du droit politique. Suivant
John Bell, le Nord serait plus que
satisfait ct apaist en- voyant le Sud
subir volontairenent les usages du
We'll Etat de ID Bale, ct le Sud trou-
verait dams cetts mesure un para.
tonnerre qui attirerait ct ferait
ecouler Ielectricite amassee dams
les images. La race africaine ne
semble pas inquieter beaucoup
le candidat presidential de 1850
pour Pavenir. car il ilprevoit sa dis.
partition complete ct temoigne m6me
le sentiment do commisera qn'il
en- sprouve. La mortalite des negrea
. etc grande pendant IL crise VIC
lents qui les q affsanchis. John
Bell calcule quecdans les dix pro
chainee anntes deux millions et
demi de ces infortan6s periront e,
qua ID suite dune autre decade j
il men restera pas plus dun demi
million. On e volt ! ses conclu
sions, ,padversit6 ne pas entam'
l'Ame calme ct sereine du patriot,
tennessien ellie ny : isisse n
haine nj colere. II invite toujourl
ses concitoyens 4 IL concorde e
aux compromis, ces evolutions pa
tientes ct savantes qui furent /
secret de IL prosp<rit6 ct de Il
grandeur nmericsines, ces chemin'
de traverse que prenait ID natio'
pour eviter IL guerre ct l'ehasioI
da sang. II donne 4 comprendr'
que le president johnson est d
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STATE OF LOUISIANA

PARISH OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST
Fourth Judicial District Court.
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ETAT DE LA LOUISIANA

PARoissE sT-JEAN-BAPTIsrE.
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cour du Quatrieme district judiotairs
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-06-18
8 The Right Man.

"As am comparatively unknown to the
voters ofNorfolk, it may be proper to add,
that / am candidate Of no party, and that.
If elected 1 will have no ends to subserve but
the public good. twill be my aim to en-
ploy whatever energies and influence I,may
possess in resuscitating the fallen fortunes Of
our! beloved State, in advancing the interests
Of Norfolk, and in making her what she
ought to be--one of the first cities, upon the
Atlantic coast, in wealth and commerce" Mr..
GoopE's letter of june 25th. Ems s'1re'a
The gentleman is in errori in supposing, as
he modestly does. that be is unknown. His
public career assures us all of his fine ability
and great personal worth and bis anxiety
To make Norfolk one Of the arst cities upon
the Atlantic coast, is something which we can
all comprehend.
As Norfolk grows rich, our various trades
and pursuits will pay US better; that we I'M
derstapd, and the man who has tho ability
and influence to do this. will be the right
man In the right placsaa Lst Us put him
th.rcI no all rsaaasG "a dbaCAD
' ~ s ~ ei tnssns- ~ wAh-5Iyan
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men of all classes more or less experience; that
is, the universal craving to better our con-
dition--to rise to higher and more comfort
able position in the social scale. Instead Of
delving through life, oppressed by poverty,
with family around him to provide for, on
of the scanty pittance which be receives, and
with 40 encouraging prospect to cheer the
gloom and embarrassment of his present con-
dition; in the prolific and sunny South,
whose generous soil is so easily wooed to yield
its rare and valuable products, he can find
home where he will be welcomed as 3 COW
-eted acquisition and ee-laberer ID tho great
work of her resuscitation, and thus become an
appreciated element in her population, rather
than remain mere newer of wood and draw
er OF water in social system in which he
can never hope to rise above the very lowest
grade. Norfolk county, Princess Anne, Nanse-
mond, and theiarge traotsof unimproved lands
upon our water courses, and in the interior,
present unsurpassed inducements to the poor
laborer Of Europe contemplating emigration.
And In Eastern North Carolina, where, in the
twenty counties contained within the Tar, the
Roanoke, the Chowan. and the lesser streams,
between this latter and Currituck Sound, and
Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds. to which we
have been recently calling public attention,
there are three million acres Of unimproved
land, which invite the immigrant with in:
ducements which are perhaps unequalled.-
The facilities for reaching market, where
tbs products Of the soil can be readily ex
changed. which are possessed by the land,
contiguous 10 Norfolk, as we'll as those in Eas-
tern North Carolina, alone give them an ad-
vantage which is not eSsy of compensation.
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Party versus Law.

When the lamented IYLER, at the bead Of
3 venerable Peace Commission, visited Wash
iugton In 1861, and, representing the South,
yet in the interests Of the whole nation, en-
deavored to arrange National Convention,
in which might be debated the questions at
issue bstween opposing sections, and from
whose calm elaboration might be deduced
Peace with all its blessings, instead of War
with all its horrors, he discovered that 1t was
too late. q is-
In 1866, when 8 helpless Captive appeals,
after ID months patient endurance, for trial
By the LAWS Of his country, and by jury of
his countrymen, the reply is given in q party
vote to sustain q paltry Judge who has dis
graced bis Office. n sstl.lI
Both replies come from the same source,
and both are shaped with the same end in
view. ai1 kUI1eI..5 ,tJ brsa a- s1a3.GE
A National Convention IN 1855 might, per-
haps, have enlightened the country by its DELHI
erations, as to the true nature Of the pseudo
philanthropy Of the hour; its determinations
might have quietea the since realized appre-
tensions of the Southern people; aud the
brutal avowals of a CHANDLER and STE
VEINS might never have blotted the page of his
tory as facts accomplished t9f
$50, now in 1866, does cold shudder pass
through tbs Radical camp at mention of ap-
peal to the forms Of dead Constitution. The
horse-leeoh's daughter is not yet satisfied; the
STEVENS, the SUMMERS, the BUFFERS. the
Jay COOKIES, the SrRAauEs, are not yet gorged
with pace, and power, and pelf; taxes are
yet too low, that blessing of national debt is
not yet huge enough; the secret places of the
earth have produced fresh crop Of silver
spoons; the senior wranglsr in an Arkansas
grammar school has eclipsed SUMMERS last
string Of classic platitudes; STEVENS iron
furnace is yet unpaid for; and a new mine Of
wealth has just been discovered in the direct
expectation Of our colored brethren to Cuba,
Now, what, pray, would become of all
! these people and schemes, if the country
should find out the TRUTH. b0noia.
r If the. discussions and reasonings Of the
principles on which this Government was
founded, brought outon SO great an occasion as
the trial of Ma. DAVIS would afford, should
develop the fact that this country is in dan
ger Of ruin under the lead of set of mounte-
banks, what would become of the mounts-
banks in the approaching Fall elections e.
So far as we in the South areconcernsd, we
have every right to be grati6ed, in certain
way, at the turn affairs are taking. Every
prediction of our statesmen as to what fanati-
cisnl would do, when clothed with power, is
being literally verified, and, that the renen-
,brancs of the ''Lost Cause" might never die
out from the minds Of posterity, the radicals
are now placing our representative hero in an
attitude that will transmit his name to DOS,
terity, with that Of the first NAPo1Eos, as a
shameful rsproach. and lasting shame to
'his gaolers. 3i'o a4sd AZ s4rt3.};
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why we Have a Cool summer.

Iceland has never been suspected of being
very comfortable place in winter; but, during
the past season, even the oldest inhabitants
complained Of the cold--the bears were seen
to shiver and their teeth heard to chatter.
The winter was described by DR.. HrALArIA
as "frightful," and the Whaeman's Shipping
List quotes an opinion Of his, the justice Of
which the people of the Atlantic coast can APP
preciate. -. ~ :, g.
9 This state Of things" said the Doctor, as
he surveyed the great icebergs and looked at
the thermometer, this state Of things will,
no doubt, occasion q most tremendous ice
drift, which will be feltiin England and other
northern countries. The enormous ice blocks
will be drifted into the Atlantic, and nesting
there, viii! be the cause of much rain hail
and snow, with considerable lowering of your
maap summer temperature"
Z 1sWeihaye had the rain and the hail already.
and confess that we should not be In the least
astonished to see the lazy snow fakes--espe-
cially after reading this very rational predic-
ton, which, with the exception of the snow,
has been yindicated by our experience. II
we only had submarine Geographic cable to
Skalholdt, or Reikewick. we might know how
to manage oura gardens, how to pitch our
crops. and egulate our expenditures for grass
coats aad duck tfowsers, for when the ther-
noneter ranged below 12a and l4S (Celsius,l
we might look out for cool and unreasonable
weather. and regulate our plans accordingly.
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The convention and Mr.. Goode.

e.
Ma. WHIT once propounded the opinion
In q geological essay of his. that Norfolk
would ultimately be elevated by natural
causes. until it stood on the summit of noun
tain. And here We are on the peaks of
dreary range Of hills, 90 far as trade is con-
osrned. ---- ------
How to get down is the question, and this
question comes home 70 the business, the
boeoms, and the pockets, of every man in this
community. ..-..... l.-aa
Ths first step to DO taken, Is to elect dele
gate ~ the Assembly, who has the ability to
secure for us q through connection to the
West. Give us that connection, and we get
the products of the upper Mississippi, Give
Us those products, aud we have direct trade as
a substantial reality. Give Us direct trade,
and our waste places will blossom, and every
trade, profession. interest, and pursuit in the
State will be stimulated by the vigor which
will emenate from Norfolk. &C.
Who 10 the man for the positiens qs l.,
We have already had his name -befots MS,
ana u ia nardly necessary Tor US 20 repeat IL.
Mr. GooDR combines, in his own person,
purity Of life. great ability, large experience
in deliberative assemblies, and an influence
in the General Assembly, which no man from
this region, however eminent, could command.
Under these circumstances it is hardly neces-
cary for us to beg the Convention. which as
seanbles tonight, to bear these facts In mind,
- and to help the town. down from the '"bad
eninence" which it now enjoys, on the isola-
ted peak Of o commercial mountain which will
never bring forth any thing but mice. until
We establish our connections with the back
'.l JGI
country. .l....'. i. sy...-t-
The dsstinies Of Norfolk rest, TO great ex-
sant, In the hands of this Convention. Let US
hope that it will discharge its duties without
passion, or selfshuess; and above all with an
eye single to the public good.