The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-01-15

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OF the people themselves. Under /,
circumstances, however, I have held m
self in readiness to employ all the r
e sources at my command, both civil an
military, to enforce the laws. preserve O
der, and protect every citizen in b
3 nights 30 far as the authority of the ex
} cutive could be lawfully used. The GOO
results Of this spirit Of harmony ON a
sides, upon the prosperity ofithe Stat,
can not be estimated.
1t has been my pleasant fortune. du
nng the past season. to visit great DO,
ton OF our State, in answer to repeste,
and cordial invitations from many of m
fellow citizens, which were extended {.
me by gentlemen of all political parties
had been led to believe, from the assu
RANGES OF many prominent citizens, tha
l would find the leading, most infuentia
and enterprising people of the different
localities imbued with better and more
advanced ideas than those petty partisan
animosities and sectional hates and pre.
JUDGES, which, swaying the breasts of a
small class OF men, more noisy than i'm
portant, had hitherto caused much of the
domestic trouble of our State. and
brought disgrace upon its name and
that the good people of the State had
taken its peace and order into their own
hands, as was proper, and that the power
OF these bad and restless spirits was
gone. am glad to say that these assu-
RANGES have been realized I have every
where been received with that wontcd
cordiaity and hospitality for which
Lomsianians are 80 deservedly famed.
What is more important, I everywhere
'aw evidences that the people were deter
mined to see that the laws were obeyed,
md the rights of al men, under the law,
espected. was met with assurances
rom all partieA that in every effort to |
'dvance the welfare, credit and the great |
interests of the State, I should receive |
he hearty support Of the people.
AMENDMENTS 10 THE CONSTITUTION.
The last General Assembly proposed
'ur important amendments to our con-
htution, which were duly ratified by the
otes OF the people at the last election.
he first amendment repeals the ninety ,
NTH article of the constitution. This 1
'ticle, by reason of its disfranchisement I
an influential class Of our citizens, for t
'lihcal reasons, was obnoxious to them t
I'd their friends, as the result has proved, l
as distasteful to almost all. Incorpo- ]
ted in our constitution by an unwise a
irits OF retaliation, and by its peculiar
'raseology, serving mainly to irritate
d humiliate, while debarring from suf- 81
'Se and Office only the most scrupulous g
d upright of the class it was aimed g
ainst, and admitting oil others, it had W
the most odious features of disfran- III
with none Of its good effects, OF
such there be. 1t is to the lasting pl
dit of the first Republican administra- pt
n OF Louisiana, that the amendment In pc
Ike out this last vestige of the war, in m
constitution, was passed with the u ia
limous Republican vote of the General ed
'embly, and indorsed unanimously by Sc
people It is no longer part of the pc
stitutiOn. Henceforth, in Louisiana br
disabilities resulting from the war are en-
'oved, and no citizen is DISTINGUISHED an
its laws, except for crime or mental Lay
Ihiity. me
he second amendment limits the total an
'unt of State Indebtedness that can be
tracted up to the year 1890 to the sum
$25. 100000. All indebtedness, of the
'tever character, contracted above the ad.
unit, before that time. is illegal and bri
and void. This voluntary limitation by
he people of the amount of indebted Ger
which they viii incur, for . term oflof
8, will have the double effect of in dev
sing the credit of the State securities. act
lessening the interest the State will cnl
to pay on any future loans, and of nan
peHing rigid economy on the part of nes
State government. for q
le third amendment prohibits all OFF, q CT
who have held public moneys from will