New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-30

Of its advocates, as said before, as long as ]
had faith in the corporation, but is conduct
in the past has deprived me of that conf
dence, and there is not q single con-
stitnent ] have in NV Olleans,
but what is interested III this mat
ter aud that does not believe as I GO.
and it is my imperative duty, representing
as l do, the First District of New Orleans,
which cont ibutes more than any other ia
the payment of The taxes Of the ci.y-it IS
my imperative duty to oppose this measure
by every means within my power; and, SIR,
having been its advocate as Tong a. b..
lieved in the promises Of this corporation, L
believe that my reasons are well founded,
and should speak home to the mind OF every
Senator who has the interests Of the State
and their immediate constituents at heait.
But if these gentlemen are so perfectly wal
ling and able TO carry out their promises,
let them do II, like every other contractor;
strike out this first section and letrhem hon.
estly work with their own means, snt give
US some guarantee that they VIII benefit the
city of New Orleans. / viii be Wiling not
obiy to give them the drainage tax a. 1t
now exists from year to ear. nnt am WILL
ing to increase s. hundred fold if i will
give US perfect system Of drainage; but,
sir. 10 sit here and permit the people OF New
Orleans and Jefferson TO be robbed by coD-
tributions for drainage that viii never be
made and never attempted, would be clear
disregard Of my duty rs their representative
and q violation OF my oath as Senator
But give them a clauce, and II they are
wiling aud able 10 carry ont the promises.
let the present law remain until We have
some guarantee that they are able TO carry
out these promises. / move that the hrst
section be stricken ont in order that these
gentlemen may give Us some pr2ctlcal Mus
'ration of their good faith II theses pro
misses.
Mr.. Eyan: second the motion.
Mr. PilCaback: Ii Is very evident from
the oppo. ition to this Dill and the arrange
ment OF their arguments, that this session
will expire before we Gao possibly get II 20
IFS final passage, and I think we ought to
get rid Of it at present in order to take no
some other measure. Among these bills IS
the educational bill; We Can take that up.
There nave been some few amendments 10
it, which ! think will be satisfactory TO q
ma iority Of Senator's; and ] nope We will ge:
this bill out of the way. For that reoson
move to lay the bill Oh the table, subject to
cali.
Mr. Lynch: Is that motion debatabe?
The President: The motion is TO lay on
the table, subject to call. which is mol de-
batabe.
The bill was laid on the table, subject to
call.
In accordance with resolution in the
Senate, the name of Senator Thompson was
called.
Mr.. Thompson: call up House bill No.
24l, 81 act to purchase two hundred vol
umes of volumes one to fifteen, inclusive, OF
the Annual Reports of the Supreme COurt'ot
the State OF Louisiana.
Mr. pirhback: Two hundred volumes Of
volumes one to tif cen, inclusive, viii be
three thousand volumes.
NJ. Lynch: Costing nineteen thousand
dollars.
Mr.. Wittgenstein: Has that bill been re-
ferped? lwould like it to go to the Finance
Committee.
Mr.. Lynch: The Finance C 7mnittee has
no time 10 consider it now. Here is a call
for three thousand volumes of books tor the
lawyers. | think, as general thing, they
charge sufficient fees to furnish their own
books. | move that it be referred TO the
Finance Committee.
AR. Thompson: will make this state.
ment. | was requested to call up this b / !,
and l understood that il was only for tive
hundred volumes of the Annual Reports,
and | knew it would not cost near the
amount Of money mentioned by the Senator.
There is g great scarcity u Annual Reports
in the State; but should oppose the bill If
it contemplated such large expenditure.
| have never read the bill: simply called
up it at the request Of Mr.. Bloomfield.
Mr.. Foute: Mr.. President, this is not a
bad bill. 1t does nobody any harm, and It
does the public good. and it is quite essen
tial that the public sho1ld be inSsnied as to
what the laws Of the State are. q must ask
that Mr.. Beares should &c ,se speaking for
the present. because 7 always cease speak
ing when others are speaking.l This is d
bill TO eniigLten. Il is d bill giving inform
alton on law and order in the State. 1t gives
information rs to what has been cited rs the
law for many years. Under the accidental
occurrence of circumstances these books,
many Of them, have been burnt mp. We
want them. You may say what You please
about law and lawyers. Lawyers have
probably been the but Of wits for years on
the stage aud in pubic, bat they are the
preseryers of peace, order, and good feeling
between the people Of our country. Law
do not wish now 70 make any remark FUR
Their than in the way of answering gentle
men-the seat Of law is in the bosom Of God.
1t pro.ects-I say it with reverence-it pro.
tecls the humblest, and the highest is not
exempt from its power. Ii there is law in
Louisiana, and the decision of those courts
is the law, we should have them. II they
have been lost or mlslaid or ruined Or
burned, they should be reproduced from the
ashes as far as you can read them. am
not spea king in favor of this man, whoever
he may be, who asks for this law. want a
record. a consistent and continuous record
of the laws and decisions of the State
of Louisiana in the hands of the
people and in the hands OF the
State, that may go somewhere to the State
library or to the law library, or somewhere
to find the laws of the s ate as they exist
and as they have existed. It may
be that you oyerpay. this man.
| do not know; but let US
rescue those laws from oblivion
let US have them for reftr renee and use. Ii
you are in trouble and in law suit you
have nowhere TO reach the laws of the State
in which you live, under which you live.
It may appear a sort Of extravagant ey.
pense, but certainly, say, give me the op-
portunity to reach the law. II | can not get
it from Mr.. Bovee, the Secretary of State,
give it to me somewhere else. l shall not
and can not oppose this bill. There is one
volume Of the series mentioned II the bill
which is out of print and almost impossible
to obtain; ! sought for il with three or four
other gentlemen, members of the bar, the
other day. If the history OF the State, as
shown in its Supreme Court d. cisions, can
be preserved and maintained from it's be-
to the present. IL is the duty OF this
Legislature to do it. Men say there must
be a constabulary bill, a Metropolitan Police
bill and sill these sort of bills, at the eXr endi-
ture of the State, and largely too, and yet tie
rights Of the people are at stake; when great
questions are involved they hesitate to give
to the people the information necessary for
the protection of their rights. We are not
living for to-day; there Is 8 Tomorrow;
there is q future, and your rights, sir, as
we'll as mine are protected, clearly and dis
tinctly protected, under the provisions of
the former decisions Of our Supreme Court.
Now, as to the talk about the taxes on the
people, and protection to prevent their be-
ing taxed, and all these sort of charges, sir,
T ON, NOT ofr.i5 of fhpca fhipUa Work