The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-02-12
Outside Of the Constitution.

in the way Of national legislation hasbeen done inside
and everything has been done outside the Constitu
ton" That instrument by implication, if not by ex
press terms, declares this chite mans government
made by srhite men, for the good and government o
achite men but Stevens and the vile party under thu
lead of that clovenooted old political Satan contend
that the Constitution is ''a league with he"-that Sc
far from this Government having been founded fo
white men, it was established for the neqro-that the
negro should be supreme, and to effect the great enc
of eevating the negro, the Constitution is spit upon
the Supreme Court is defed and Congress is made hs
| common receptacle Of all po1cer-is made, in short
the whole government Of the United States rrespec
tive of tile Executive and other distinct departments
| the Government, such as President and Supreme
Court, contemplated and provided for by the Constitu
ton The party in power is one of the most reckless
and despotc that dsgraecd the records of this
any other nation protesting to be governed by writ
ten constitution and laws passed in accordance with its
provisions. Every bulwark thrown around the liber
ties of the people by the wisely consttu
tonal government of fathers has been ruthlessly
torn down by these Wild bowling fanatics whose eyes
closed to the demonstrations OF truth, and deal
to the persuasive voice of reason; and to-day, not
outstanding the retuke they received from the people
in the last general elections, despite the warning OF
the ablest and most respectable of the Northern and
Northwestern press they seem intent using the
negroes Of the South for the defeat of the popular will
OF the white mon of the nation they we're in 1863
at the close of the "rcbeion." lie who runs can
easily read their Infamous programme. They design
remedyng our financial evils, after the plan of Thad
Stevens, by passing law declaring greenbacks as
good as gold, and declaring it treason haagaJle Of
Tense, for any one to ask premium on gold. They
propose to settle the national debt by selling the lands
included in the military districts at auction for that
purpose. That will close the reputation business
for who shall dare demur to the decree of CONGRESS
whose sole act is lava Government whose Secretary
of State by the simple tnkling of a little bell can
consgn one to the most loatIsome and noisome dun
gcon or make him dance On nothing?" Then when
they mpeach the President, cnranchise all the blacks
and disfranchse all but the strictly loyal whites Con-
gress having the right to decide upon the qualifca
lions OF its members, no man who is not supporter
OF Thaddeus Stevens will be allowed to take his scat
Then, as Mr. Stevens is operating " outside the Con-
sttution,' and Congress has all the necdful power
what is to prevent it from assuming the duties Of the
Electoral College, aud clcctns President for life,
daritg good behavior. fixing his term at forty years,
with power to appoint his successor? Then" in the
language ola cotemporary 'wc shall have completed
roundabout, fuil-orbed happy country and we shall
all sing Hail Columbia Happy Land until time shall
be no more" Were the Congress composed of better
men-of wiser men-of men entitled to respect for
their former virtues their tacnts-we of the South
might feel less of the indignation which mingles with
our regret and humiliation which, philosophise as Ne
waA, we must feel when we reflect upon sad fate i'll
being oVerpowered i'll contest with our interiors
" The contumelics OF tyranny" says Burke care the
worst part of it; +" and the yoke of the conqueror
presses upon mems necks with inclcrable weight,
when, with power commensurate to their malice a
Congress that represents all that is narrow-minded
vindctive and revengeful in the country "oads tyr
annous power by the poisoned aunts of vulgar, low
bred insolence." But, have said on a former
occasion, nil despera,adam. There is hope yet darky
as lower the clouds of misfortune Us. The con-
sentative Of the North, by the ides of Noven
Der, will tell the Radical party and the world at the
polls that in suffering the enemies of the Southern
States to diveA the white inhabitants Of those States
of their freedom the liberties Of the Northern people
will be lost and they Will not consent be thus de-
prved of the priceless heritage bequcathed them by
the sages and warriors of the old Revolution for the
sake of gratifying the ignobIe passion of mean re-
renge. No, see no cause for despair of the uti-
mate prosperity of the South and the yndication Of
1cr people Glorious land of free hearts-our loved
md suffering SOUTH
Wilt thou not vet again
o,1f fpr.tb t3,aS 4IotIr Fac
And snap the shameful chain,
And force that yrant train
70 flee before the anger in thine eyes?
Then shall the harnessed years
sweep onward with thee to that glorious height,
Which even appears
bright through this mist of tears,
he dwelling place of Liberty and Light
SUDDEN DEATH OF AN On CITIZEN OF New ORLEANS
The Times reports the sudden death, by apoplexy,
he Cd nst Of Mr.. Bernard Margny, at the age of 81
ears. He inherited enormous estate which iuclu-
led the whole of the present Third District of New
)rleans The sketch in the Times represents that
Bernard Marigny de Vaudeville born in New
orleans when it was Spanish colony under Gov Bcr
ard de Galvez. His family were from Bayeux, Nor
mandy, and there rich ana titled, beastiug OF
ong line Of usrious ancestry, who had given re-
own and distinction to the Seisneurs de Marigny. His
being man Of spirit and adventure came
yer among the first settlers i'll obe, and his father
the hardy band Of colonsts whom Bien-
lille first established at Biloxi, and aftcrward on the
Mississippi river, in the locality occupied by the
ty Of New Orleans. When with much pomp and pa
sde the colony WAS transferred in 1903 to France,
I'd by France to the Utited States .he appeared as
ne Of the staff of the French commantIant who made
he transer-and witnessed the urng of the tri-color
I'd the substitution of the stars and stripes on the
lace BARNES, now Jackson Square. From that
me the descendant of the old Norman aristocracv
ecame ardent Democrat. In that political faith
lived and died. The deceased took an active part
earlier dag in the politics of the city of New Or
ans and the State Of Louisiana. lie was a member ,
the Convention Of 1872. He was in the Lcgisa- 4
re that year. He elected legislator for twenty
ur years. When convention WAS called in 1915,
revise and amend the constitution of 1872 Mr. r
argny was elected a member of it and bore con- ,
icuous part in the advocacy of the liberal fea
res of the new government Which superseded that j.
had assisted to create in 1912 Besides these pub .
duties Mr. Marigny filed vareas other public sta ;.
,ns in the Federal and State governments
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