New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-08-09
riehts WIN the people Of the State approve

State printing. but it goes outside of the city
and proscribes the Democratic press of the
whole State. It says that man who will
not bow down at the shrine of Radicalism
,'n'l ne ostracised. claim, sir, that there
nave been as wise legislators in days past
as hose here assembed-men who looked
not solely 10 advancing their party inter
| e|s, but who stood upon the broad platform
| OF universal right. The old law on this sub
lect gave the right to an individual when
his property was seized to select the paper
la which It should be advertised. This
right is taken away in the section before us,
aud 1t should be stricken out. You may
pass IT, but when this excitement of feeling
and bitter animosity shall have passed away
1t VIII ever remain stigma upon the man
who framed 1t and those who upheld it by
| their votes and influence.
Mr.. Ray: Mr.. President, We have during
| the whole term been listening to such thrill
ling and spread eagle speeches as that to
| which we have just listened, in VIII ch it has
| been attempted to confound and connect
every measure which has been introduced
with violation of the constitution andm a
suhversion of the rights of the people," We
| have been daily treated to this sort of clap.
trap and empty harangues until for one
| am getting tired of 1t.
| Let me state in brief terms the object and
| anlmus OF the section from which II is pro-
| posed to strike its vital clause. Who is there
| In this Senate that does not recoIlect the
| powerful Effect produced by the rebel press
| of the Southern States at the inception of
| the rebellion? venture to assert that had
| 1t not been for the influence of that press In
| 1860 and 1861 there would have been no re-.
| bellion, aud all its evil consequences would
have been spared Us. No man in his senses
can deny the proposition. There was no
agent so potent in bringing about the war
| and its untold sufferings as the public
press of this and other States.
| And, sir, to their shame aud ig
| Dominy be it said, large majority of the
| public press of this State, both city and
country, are now pursuing identicaily the
| same course they pursued III 1860 aud 1861,
| endeavoring to excite the people against the
| Federal government and the present State
organization, to excite prejudice and ILL
will in one Class of the people against
| another. And, sir, they are not Glow III ad
| vocating active and armed resistance. 1t is
| openly advocated in the country presses,
| and believe that such articles may be
| found daily in some of the newspapers of
| this city. Now, sir, are we, as the guardl-
aus of the public peace, sworn to enact
such laws as will tend to preserve order aud
| good government, are we to supply this
| press with fuel for their incendiary pur
| poses Here stands the incendiary, with
torch in hand, the rebel press of Louisiana.
| Are we called upon to assist in maintaining
and keeping them upl Sir, as q guardian
| of public liberty and order, as one who
| desires to see the constitution and laws car
| ried out in their true spirit, l deem it
my duty to AVOID giving any assistance
or aid to thus stand ready to set the public
| edifce on fire. speak plainly, but l speak
| just the things do believe. 1t is the result
| ofmy observation and reflection. | say that
| when any act comes before this Legislature
which has a tt tndency to nurture these vi
pers--to keep alive those presses which
openly and unreservedly counsel resistance
| and disobedience of the laws, and endeayor
| by every appliance in their power to stir up
the prejudices and the passions of the peo-
| pie against the government-and about the
| only thing which does keep them alive is the
| judicial and parish printing-if taking that
away will destroy the evil influence they
have exerted, it is my duty to do it. The
murders, outrages, and tumults of which we
have daily and but too faithful Witnesses, are
| brought about more through the efforts OF
| this class of journals than any other cause.
! Look at them here in the country-theY
| pick up all manner of excuses and pallia-
tions for the outrages being perpetrated
| ing people. They resort to every
device, and even falsehOods, to smooth them
over, and make it appear that there is some
| good reason for them. | say that under
such circumstances-and boldly proclaim
| it here IN the Senate-that it is the duty oil
the Legislature not to give them the aid and
| comfort of public patronage for the accom-
| are within my personal knowledge of their
having resorted to falsehood in order TO
preserve the impression that peace aud good
order prevail in the country parishes,
whereas we have positive and undoubted
| evidence to the contrary.
Now, Mfr. President, would not select
Republican papers exclusively for the dis.
AL At khA tY,f 7
would exclude those which make it their
chief business to preach treason aud resist
ance to the Government. There are Demo.
cratic papers that are not SO violent in
their tone = that conine themselves to
argument, and advocate their Demo.
cratic doctrines with propriety. Such are
entitled to protection and aid and to
share of the public patronage. But as
for those which continually advocate War
and bloodshed, and the overturniBg of the
government, they deserve no consideration,
aud SO far as my influence goes they will
receive none. /, sir, never advocated trea-
| son either before, during, or since the war,
and never expect to. l think that our
liberties are only to be preserved within the
| Federal Union; that when that Union is
dissolved all hope OF peace and liberty and
prosperity is gone forever. am in favor oil
all the laws which have been passed in pur
suance tending to cement and biAd more
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duty of every Senator here, whetner Demo
crat or Republican, who has the true inter.
ests of the State at heart to discountenance ce
| the violent and reasonable course of a
1 large portion of the press of the State, They
| certainly should have no assistance or ma.
| terial support at our hands. The printing
| should be given to the loyal press, aud such
| as are fair, upri ght, and honorable in their
political course.
Mr.. Ray moved to lay Mr.. Blackman's
motion on the table.
Mr.. Jewell called for the yeas and nays
The yeas.and nays were ordered, result
ing;
| Yeas: Campbell, FRANCOIS. jerks, E. L.
| Jewell, KelsO Monette, 0'Hara, Packard,
puindexter, Pollard, Ray, Smith, Whitney,
| Wilcox, Williams. and Wittgensteih-20
| Nays Anderson, Bacon, Biackmau,
Braughn, Day, Egan, Futch, and Whites,
Mr.. Blackman's amendment was laid ON
The Clerk of the House of Representa-
tives appeared, with message from the
House, and asked concurrence of the SEN
ate in House bill No. So, an act authorizing
the State Auditor to employ two additional
clerks aud messengers, and House bill No.
l26. lint resolution apprupriating exclu-
slsely the balance Of one hundred and ifty
thousand dollars for the payment of mem.
bers officers, and employees of the General
Assembly.
On motion of SIr. Lynch Senate bill No.
~ was considered engrossed for a third