Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1868-09-05

government, since. il, is contrary to mans ma. :
,Ssrira,ions for independent action, allat
v should dispose Of powers which hs scan
exercise himself 4
Aud again, !, follows. that since no ft,hcr of
a family could surrender to The constituted All
lho,i,y Of the, Stale, the rights, private inter
e>,., or The persons Of his family and as /,
several lamilies-,lie constituents of the SO.
cial body-conld be guilty Of no such outrage
on human dignity, either; so, unless where
the general interest is concerned, no Govern
mcnt can, wi,hou, rank injustice, meddIe with
individual or social affairs. M Government,
can, without injustice, wrest from a parent, the
riolr, to educate his child as he plcases, and
where he %pleases. No Government can, with.
on, proving recreant TO every right sense Of
justice, force one part Of the Community tn
pay FOR the education of another part. No
Government has authority to dissolve the mar.
riagc ,ie-lhe great bond OF Sociciy-,he. IN,
dissolullc contract made, in The most solemn
manner, before The Eternal God. No Govern
men', can, without in justice, impose nneqaai
taxation. No Government is Justified in 50
manipulating the Affairs of the Cpmmon-
wealth, that the minority shall rule the major
i'y, and that The ignorant and incompetent
shall monopolizc the Legislation.
These thugs and many others tia, properly
appcrtain 10 individual action. ar to tina, Of
local corporn,inns-ihe subordinate powers
the Supreme Power Of the Nation Tor Com
fede,alion) can, by no means, wi,hou, stepping
outside of its functions, interfere with. But
that governments have so interierrL is un(or-
lnmaielv too patent to be denied and we see
The wocfni Consequences in The fas,.faliinu
fortunes Of our county.
But now, let us see whether we -,hc people
are quite blamcIcss in Ibis matter. We arc
told Tai she Inst coniemne,h small hing.
shall fAl by li.tle and %lillle''. individuals
usually fail into gtca, sins, by mol i;kin. ile
proper precautions against small ones. May
not Nations be al,cnabie to die same rnle?
For a long series Of years, hn organj-gd
Wrong the Public School institution, ~
which the money Of the minority is taken, In
lac, 10 educate HE majority, has weighed
heavily, both financially and morally, on tAn
Catholic population Of orr common county
The rcmo!islrancc ri The aeortevcd pa,iv.
have no, only been unhceded, hnt they. ilem-
selves, treated with otloQny for DARN. To raise
their voices against a measure Of which then
consciences disapptcved.
The prrmanency and sanc,iiy OF the mar
riagc Obligation is held by The vas, majority q
the Christian would as Il part Of Gods law-ti
obligation itSelf a Sacrament Of the Chutcl
The State Governments Of This Republic, ~
| The facilities they give 10 obtain divorces, have
reduced il TO Il civiE contract, having no more
+ solemni'v attached to ii. than to the sale ut
oxen. Who nl,ers q word Of Remuneration
!, against this iniQuilons legislation ]?
Mormnnism and similar inquiries ATE iasten.
f ing on the very vi,als Of the Nation wha, pub
!, lie writer, what legislator, what "pl'ilosopher"
reprchends these public scandals On the con,
D traty, wha, writer, orator, or philosopher, wlio
{ has in any way obtained access 10 the pubic
ear, that does not, in some sort: approve them
For, they canno, hold themselves g%uii,iess
who invest the Supreme power Of the Stale o.
Nation Tor even ,acitly conscn, 10 such invest
e ,ure) with the tight 10 prescribe the education
Of Youth (which is a family affair with the
right to interfere with HE Sacramen,s Of 'h'
d Church (which is an intermeddiing in Rel
giou); with the tigt, to monopoIize, by bureau
cratic agencies, the industrial and Commercial
d affairs Of the country (which, properly, shouh
/, be directed by local corpora'ions) nor, will
r the encouragement, they have given 10 ,hes'
O and many other similar monopolies, abs0rGe'
Q by the Government, and assented to, If no, in
il deed openly approved, can our public mel
If generally, nor any one, in fact, he much sur
o prised that a country so snpermpres nate'
q with ultra government sllould have tumbled, a
n 10 our cost we know il has tnmbled, hcadlons
g into still grosser iniqnities.
No wonder tina, a Government, thus invested
BY the united voices Of sol. disam sliberals'
with the right Of exercising petty despo,isin.
should aspire TO the perfection Of faculties S
fa,,ering 10 human depravity. No wondc
that our Government harpies feel %unquie,, ali
): keep the country in a state Of %unquie,, till the
i. shall have filled their inappeasable maws nj
9 only with the substance Of the people, but ais
n with popular rights, privileges, liberty, indie
!, pendence,-eyery thing zeal or imaginable
d every thing that they can lay hands or eye
: upon meanwhile confsca.ing, appropria.ine
&c dominating all things material, intellectual
es spiri,ual-undev the pretence of governing!
1t must then, forever remain al undoubte
al and indubitable fact, that the proper func,io
es Of Government, is the accomplishment Of hos
,e. duties which individuals or organized local con
es munities can moi, themselves, accomplish. A
&c beyond this, is a relapse into barbarism, Al
Ike now, i, remains a question for the serious Co
in. sheraton Of every one Of US, how deeply
,al may be implicated in The national crimes
Of our own Government, how far each Of us, |
res disregasding the high behssts Of Truth al
z,p- 5Hssssiee maY- have made himself q partice
10 criminis IN the evet.increasing despotism
al. which the novel repubIicanism Of our Iegi
'a.ive halls is now distinguished. And, a,
=: ;nJ;u.Juol wrono.loinU thora il M rame,