Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1870-03-19
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Saturday, March 10, 1870.

rch 10, 1870.
lear that something might escape taxation, if
any definite plan Of legislation in relation to
That point, were now laid down. Wherefore i,
is recommended that our Law Makers proceed
cautiously and with an air Of sagaciiy-giving
10 their enactmenls an abstruseness which
will defy human ingenuity to disentangle,
and, like a problem in Metaphysics, be equally
incomprehensible to those that PROFOUND
them and those that essay their solution,
-X.- That the best officials for
every department Of The Internal Revenue
Scheme. will be found among quacks and
hacks OF all kinds, hackneyed politicians,
brieaess lawyers, clientless doctors, bankrup,
merchants, despairing professional gamblers,
Jeremy Diddlers, aud many similar tribes
equally heartless and constituencies, aud
equally needy and seedy,-aII Of whom viii
inevitably be attracted by the prospective
of this vast plan of spolia,ion and
appropriation; and whose voraci'y will utl-
do"b'edly suggest, as circumstances arise,
the necessary special and specific legislation
-Y.- That to carry out the
provisions Of the foregoing Resolutions to
their Legitimate and most profitable end, the
Judiciary be enjoined or mandamused, no, to
interfere in any way with whatever despoiic
OF unconstitutional features nav Be perceived
IN them, under penalty Of being fhemseires
!egislated out of existence; because, as those
Resolutions are an emanation Of New Eng.
lands indwell;ng wisdom, they mus, necessarily
be good, salutary, and profitable aud, conse.
quently, should be universally accepted and
permanently established, in saecuki sasculornm!'
---Z.- That, although tie prestige
Of the New England name, is a quite sufficient,
Endorsement Of the high morality, the political
wisdom, and the financial dex,eri,y, embodied
in this series Of Resolutions Yet, your Com.
mittee deem it in no way derosa'ory to The
unexamp'ed ability with which they have been
connected, TO refer 10 the conirmatory conduct
of some Of the most notable rulers tia, have
ever (dis) grsced the Earth and waged The
unrelenting war Of desro,ic m'gA1, against The
foolish claims of "rebei" right Among thee,
your Committee may be allowed 10 mention
the following, as being more or less Familiarity
and (dis) favorab'y known to the present
generation viz
Mahomst, vino propagated Ills new moral
ideas by the sword!
The Car Of Russia, who propagates his by
the knout!
Nero, whol converted the bodies Of "rebel"
Christians into torches!
GyomweN, whose puritan soldiers Ono, to
mention other retinemen,s of cruelty piayed
with "rebel" infants on The poins Of Aeir
bayonets!
Above all, and before all,-Sepen hundred
Years Of English Ru!e in | elaal, charsc.
~terized, as it has been, by a combination Of
all the lore'y features Of all the other despor-
isms that have ever existed! cloud cheers.
during which, some admirer of Old England,
shouted, Hail Britannia ~
Ludyfcantis begged TO observe, that the text
was Rule Britannia" and added +
Since first Britannia crossed the waves,
The Irish ever have been slaves.o
PESTS would remind the gentleman who
had just spoken, that a careful analysis Of
Ireland's condition for several centuries past,
had resulted in proving, that if slavery did
exist there, it was only zchite slavery; and, in
fact, nothing worse than reconstruction perpe.
tualed! (Hear, hear, heart
Deleius had made the history of reconsiruc.
ton in Ireland a special study he felt, there.
fore, that he was speaking what he knew,
when he assured the Conyentic'e of his
complete and thorough conviction, tina, the
promptitude with which the English applied
themselves to the reconstruction OF the Irish
rebels. and the energy and persiStency with
which they have kept it up for many genera.
tons, must be regarded as a standing reproach
to their own hardness. (Murmurs of dissent)
Several delegates rose together, to reply 10
DsLetus; but Despotisos having manifested a
desire to speak, the precedence was yielded
10 that gentleman.
think, said he, that when the delegates to
this Conven,icle look calmly back at the
magnitude of the work already done, and
cooIIy consider l,he multiplicity of interests
invoIvsd-a all to be simultaneously advanced,
and TO be reconciled :.one with the other, they
will admit that, at ali events, there is method
in our sIowness, which, under the circnms.
tances, should rather be commended than
made 4 subject of reproach. And Dei4us may
rest assured, said Despotikos (growing yehe-
me"l) that what is lost in promp,itude, shall
be made up in Intensity; for it is beyond a
per adventure. that New EngIand's recons.
~truction Of the South, shall be such an
achievement as the world has never vet
witnessed; and never may witness, till time
shall be no more! General appIause.)
move, said Miolicus, tina, the Resolutions
be adopted as they stand.
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