The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-07-14

was any philosophy or any signification-
rational OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES was it What
it was the general and continual uprising
of the sentiment in the human family that
| it was not right to hold man in slavery. 1t
was a revolution or insurrection from
abroad against the institutions OF the
Southern States. The question put-the
radical question that nobody could satis-
factorily answer, was, us it right tor You
to appropriate to yourself another mans
laborl" And the effect of that revolution
upon the institutions of this country mas
been a demands clamorous, imperiOus
demand, that there shall be no restraints,
that there shall be no impOsitions to de-
grade labor, but that there shall be equali
ty Of right They would hearken to moth
ing else. Whether this thing was prudent
or imprudent whether it Is right now, or
ought to have been postponed to better
time, was not argued; there has been no
accommodation, no compromise with the
question.
We put down on this clause of the con-
stitntion they say these things. And You
must take them. If you will not accept
them willingly. then yon shall take them
under the power of the law martial, which
shall become the law Of Louisiana The
very first act you must do before .ou are
capable OF doing anything else, yon n'nst
assent to this great dogma. and yon must
put in your constitution n power I, t.e
| U n hot : IL
if yon do not.
| And in the very face of this, before the
echoes of the passage of the fourteenth
amendment have ceased to resOund
through the State, these seventeen persons
ret one Of the most audacious, oppressive
md unjust monopolies that was ever seen
npon statute book. And they come and
tell you monopoly is the whole source OF
Improvement These lessons that are 81
impressed ON the common law and ON the
common sense OF the people of this and of
the mother country these lessons that
have been proclaimed by jurists and judges
!, and statesmen-these lessons that are re-
corded ly Smith aud Turgnt-these lessons
that are demonstrated by Lieber aud Mill
all are false Mono, poly is their crown
ing blessing OF Government. Create selQ-
rate castles, who shall have the great
privileges of society Organize these
bands to control sand direct labor. and
make propertSa tribute to them. This is
f their true statemlanship. Put the guar
,lianship over the food and comfort and
subsistence of this great city 70: twenty
five ears in the hands of Weed IL Co. This
is their progress, their enlightened. benrf.
cent legislation; this is their justice. Any
thing else is absurtiity or from black-learn
ing, or obsolete ideas. Aud at the very
moment that our constitutions are speak
: ing most lpudly in one tone, the laws speak
: leebly aud whisperingly i'll that tone, ol
4 rmplor one Earring and discor,lant; ant
d The old maxims of oppression and restraint
r formulating privileges upon some. anf
denying rights to others, ale written upol
yonr statute books to contradict the con
. stitution.
. Now, your honor, the protection w
claim here is from the judscial tribunals
Woe woe woe to- this country if thes
= tribunals falter in the performance of thei
l' duty. We do not see that Legislatures d
], rot perform theirs. We see the Executiv
: Departments of the Governments don
IS mean the highest officers of them, but off
e GERS in the executive and adniinistrativ
:. department IF the Government-from thei
4 offices give forth stencil worse than eve
came fr,,m any slanghter-honse here o
anywhere else. Fraud a corruption yo
hear of from every one. You cannot spea
to human being upon political affairs a
/ all without being deafened with that or
le of corruption One is forced. in order t
get clear of it, to go back to his old reat
IS ing to take refuge in any occupation t
l. escape from the din, the sorrowful dir
is produced by the public discomfort. All
J. we come here and ask of this cOurt-an
-, we ask of all the jndiciaries Of the con,ltr
these courts here and elsewhere, Who's
menbers have for five centuries bee
maintaining popular rights. to protect 1
III All modern civilization il derived from ii
10 asceulency which the legal profession a
r anired The liberal constitutions of E
OF rope emanated from the pre- fessi"nal min
b. And prav that judges of this land ma
t. fulfill their high vocation, and defend al
IN protect and lard the liberties that a
!. embodied in these constitutions.