Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1870-02-12
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S''y give US power and pelt!
Snch was the enthusiasm excited by The
rsa'm.slnsers, that a considerable time elansea
or'ore II was possible 10 obtain a hea,inu
Quiet having been At length restored. and
s""'e manifestations made, Of a desire ,c
q Jonrn, M'ohcas. Gas we shall hereafter c.I4
''") fearful that his own special ~iuieres,
would be jeopardizcd by an adjournment a,
mai critical l%unc'ure, took the stand, and said.
he trusted that the assembly would so far
defer TO the respect due to the opii,ions of
i'rspo''kos, as TO listen patiently To the further
development OF the important point lie had
entered upon.
Dsspo'iho s.-The point. as friend M;olicus
has remarked, is, indeed, important; aud
because II is SO, ! feel ,ha, the pro,rae,el
stage OF this session of the Conven,iclc, debars
The possibility Of entering a, present, into all
the details OF It's development. This mrrll
however, ] can say (and | trust il vii! ora,ily
hfi'f'r"sl-tl'a We mus, get, per fas Ell nef4s-
by hook or by ctook'- possession If ,)p
schools. 1t is Well known, that whatever the
teacher incnlca'es, the child believes 10 he
true. Thus we shall form the creei,-p,li,ica,
religious and moral-of Southern society. aud
make the people, insensibly, as it were. and
without any proofs Of lis importance to them.
selves, New EngIanders in feeling, if no, in
fact.
lley must have no choice in this matter,
sad Desro'ikos, how prepos,erous soeyer the
IDEAS pal"ed upon them for, it is only by
absolute measures of this kind, absolutely
enforced, that we can hope to reduce the
"''ers''es ct opinion prevailing in the benign,
ei South, to The standard of our own uu;ous
aud, ] might add, una,,ainable, code of moral
ideas!
Inc tnll results expected from the maninula.
non ot The school interest can, not lit is oni,e
clear be reached, save by the agency If an
Intelligent and zeal"ns direc,orv. Over ,bes.
a ch'et director mnst he p~Iacel-oue having
The capacity and the determination 10 ex.rar,
from ''he SYSTEM al the prof, thu, human
ingenuity can make it yield. Need il, be said
that our sapien' friend Mioticus is ins, the man
tor snch a position? (Hear, hear, hear. with
vOcitrrous cheering.)
The members Of the Convertible ware ,o,-
gradually retiring, when Mioticus once more
appeared on the platform and arrested Alien.
ton. Bowling his thanks, successfully, to
DesP"''k's and 10 the assemblaee of deIes.
ates and citizens, he then remarked, that "a
once declared that. if he only had
a good standing place, he would move The world
so he, himself, now felt thai, on equal couii.
IL" could make an entirely new world
His friends, he hoped wonid readily comma.
hs"d, HAT he was but expressing fyuyoivelv.
his resolve 10 renovate the whole Son,h. FIRM,
Mason and Dixon's line I" ,heG Gulf of California,
The applause aud uproar were abon, In he
renewed, when PeMis who had improvissd
stanzas Of Tho pIsaIn above given.
his services TO immor,aIize Idio,i.
Rus, by putting his sentiment in verse
Give me acme place to s.and.' Archimede. once cried.
"And III move the while earth At my wiV.,-
Give ne the Same means. aad rn be d~i6sd;
Fer, il you but chow me the prospect Of bread