Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-12-31
THE LEGISLATURE.

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Tomorrow the popular branches
of our State Legislature will, accor-
ding to Constitutional provision, as
semble in the Mechanics Institute,
to deliberate on questions affecting
the most important interests OF the
Commonwealth. In many respects
this session will be invested with an
interest. will attract degree of at
tention, and its doings will receive a
scrutiny not equalled perhaps since
ante-bellum times. The assembling
is therefore looked to with great So
licitude by lovers of right, Of re-
form Of improvement. Fears are
entertained by some that there will
be that lack of nnion and harmony
among the Republican members of
the Legislature, which will consid-
erably obstruct, if not defeat tie
adoption of the best remedial meas
ures which will come up. We do
not share these apprehensions be-
cause, although there may be indi-
cations of a general want of halmo-
ny on minor topics, ON account of
individual preferences aud consider
atoms, we fail to see any signs OF
effective opposition to the uphold
ing and strengthening Of our Re-
publican administration on the part
of the vast majority of both houses
Of the Legislature.
Tue we remember the strenu
Gus efforts which have been made
since the last adjournment to heap
opprobrium on the Executive, it is
still fresh how vilely and how vio-
lently some of the best, the most
prominent members of our party
have been abused and traduced,
under the sanctions of professedly
men and newspapers,
equally with the most bitter Demo-
cratic organs. The recollection is
still green that the efforts to defeat
certain men and measures at one
time threatened to disintegrate the
party. But that storm has passed,
md we feel confident that estimat-
ng the malcontents at their outside
7alue, they are not sufficient to
threaten the success of any Repub-
lean measure, either in or out of /
he Legislature.
With this conviction We are about
o witness the gathering tomorrow.
Since their adjournment death has
stricken down the presiding officer
If the Senate, an extra session of
hat body has filled the vacancy
With one of it's members.
The House of Representatives
will need to change its presiding Of
fcer, and in this initial performance
# the House will be evoked the
'ower we have referred to above.
here are seveveral grave reasons which,
/ We were arguing the case here
night be adduced for the DISPOSE
ion of Mr.. Carter. But we think
hat we may safely sum them up in
hat, he has forfeited the confidence
f the majority of the House. We
ave specially dilated on this topic
q another column
Now, the acts which he may have
,erformed since his election, which
york this loss may be and are va
ious and differ in the degree of
heir turpitude, according to the
knowledge of members, and the es-
innate they place on them. But no
ne who has been an observer of
he course of conduct pursued by
speaker Carter, even as Speaker,
an hesitate to pronounce him un-
7orthy of the endorsement which
lis retention would imply. And if
he House is not prepared to en-
lorse him. it will remove bin, and
lace good unquestioned Republic
an in the chair. His vested in
crest is nonsense and unworthy of
This act performed, the meek"
f disorganization and mischief
broken" the misguided and i'll
Judging republicans will return to