New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-04-05
DEBATES OF THE SENATE.
THURSDAY, March 10. 1870.

right bank from the limits of the city of
New Orleans.
Mr.. Packard: I can for the yeas and
nays.
Mr.. Pinchback Mr.. President, do
understand that the Senator proposes that
amendment because he says the people Of
that district are opposed to being made
part Of the city of New Orleans. ] will
tell the Senator that the people that rep
resent are opposed to the annexation OF
Carrollton and Jefferson, and if the wishes
of the people are to be consulted, we
should not pass the proposed charter at
all. I am told by great many people
that they are opposed to the whole bill.
Mr.. Smith: Well Mr.. President, if they
do not want it, the Senator will vote
against the whole bill of course l hope
he will follow the wishes of his constitu.
ents, that is what / am dong. ! follow
the wishes of my constituents.
Mr.. Packard's amendment was adopted
by vote of 10 to 9, and the section was
adopted as amended.
Mr.. Todd: Mr.. President, l believe il
would be in order now to reconsider the
first section. As | voted in the affirmative
] move to reconsider the vote by which the
first section was adopted.
The vote was reconsidered.
Mr.. Todd: Now, Mr.. President, offer ia
amend. / move to strike out the whole
section.
The yeas and nays were called, and the
section was stricken out by vote Of Il
.o9.
Mr.. Bacon: Well, Mr. President. are you
going to have no boundaries to the city OF
New Orleans
The President That is for the Senate to
decide: But the city of New Orleans,
think, has boundaries.
Mr.. Smith: Then, Mr.. President, move
that section two be adopted as section one;
that will cover the ground.
Mr. Bacon: Yes, that covers the ground.
ssAll that portion of the parish Of Orleans
situated on the left bank of the river shall
constitute the city of New Orleans"
Mr.. Todd: Mr.. President, l move that
the bill be deferred till two O'Clock, till the
originator of the bill comes in.
This motion prevailed.
Special order of the day, No. 2, was
called up, being House bill No. Al, to Beg
ulate public education in the State Of
Louisiana.
finally pass.
Mr.. Bacon: Mr.. President, feel it my duty
sir, whatever may be the result of what
may say, at this moment to enter my
solemn protest as citizen, and as Sena-
tor representing New Orleans, against so
much Of this bill as proposes to take
possession of the property Of the city OF
New Orleans for the use of the State nder
State regulations, and against SO much OF
the bill as proposes to prevent the city OF
New Orleans from estabi. hing schools ac-
cording to its own choice and regulations.
The first proposition is in violation of
the principles OF law and right; if the city
chooses to give the use of its school houses
and other property devoted to education
to the State, the city would certainly act a
wise part in doing it, perhaps, but for the
State, through legislative authority, to
transfer the custody and control OF this
property to the State Board of Education,
which is essentially comforting this author
ity on the State Superintendent of Bduca-
tonic deliver this property to this
engineer of State politics is abhorrent; the
State has no more authority to take prop
erty out of the city than I have, or than
you have to enter my house and take pos
session of my property and expel me
from it. This property is as much the
private property of the city of New Orleans
as any other property within it; it is de-
voted at the present time to purposes of
education, but it is the property of the city
nevertheless; upon it the creditors Of the
city have lien, and it represents SO much
money value in the citv's schedule of its
effects.
If you wish to establish any system of
education, giving this man power over the
very Governor Of the State by this act,
and over the treasury of the State, and
giving him right to levy tax all over
he appoints purchase, in their own right,
property for school houses and educational
purposes, but do not let them confs-
cate the property of the city of New Or
leans, and do not say that he and his
agents shall have power to do as they
please with our property. 1t is true the
constitution prohibits this and, thank God,
we are not indebted to them for that con-
lstitution or the constitution of the United
States; but it amounts to the same thing
as taking away the property, when you
take away from the city the use of it, and
give it this individual, and say to the city,
we shall not have any schools of our
selection.
Sir, We may have objections to this,
other than political ones; other objections
may arise against the management of the
schools by this Superintendent objections
which we may all share alike, whatever
may be cur political notions. and if so, the
city will be prohibited its own public
schools.
shall not extend my remarkssany fur
Their; know that what l say is in vain,
but can not allow this bill to come up on
its final passage, without protesting
against it in behalf of the Fourth District
OF the city of New Orleans, which | repre-
sent in this Senate.
Mr.. Lynch: have just one remark to
make, Mr.. President. l wish to tell the
gentleman that it is not proposed to take
away the property from the city of New
Orleans. 1t simply regulates the schools
in the city of New Orleans without taking
the school houses away from the city.
The bill was finally passed by vote of
nineteen yeas to five nays.
The next order of the day was taken up,
being substitute for House bill No. "a, "To
provide for the payment of the floating
debt of the City of New Orleans"
Section three was read.
Mr. Lynch: move the adoption of the
section.
Mr.. Foute: Mr.. President, I object to
the section. don't know how it got
through; / was speaking on that last
night. Some time ago, Mr.. President,
there was bill introduced by commit
Tee, who had information and instructions
from the people of New Orleans, as to the
mode of funding the debt, and providing