New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-28
LOCAL POLITICAL TOPICS.

the party is appointed by the Governor or
not until he is confirmed By the Senate: or
not until he is commissioned. or only when
he is appointed, confirmed. commissioned
and qualified In the minds of some there
| is good deal Of Obscurity upon these
points. Law and precedent. however. are
clear in establishing the rights OF incoming
and outgoing officials, and those who blum.
der through ignorance must take the con-
sequences. When the Legislature is in ses
sion. it has been held that the appointment
of an officer is not complete until ne has
been confirmed and commissioned. Until
then the matter is entirely within
the control of the Governor. who.
before delivering the commission. may
tear it up and send another name IN
for confirmation to that same office. Ine
delivery of the commission makes the ap-
po.ntment complete 80 far as the appoint
ing power is concerned, but notso with the
appointee. He is not yet any more enti.
tied to exercise single function OF the
office than the man in the moon. until he
has qualified according to law. by giving
whate 5er bond and taking whatever oath
the statutes N the case provide. Then the
office is his and not until then. He pre-
sents his commission to his predecessor,
and is entitled to take possession. Appoint
ments made during vacation are under pre-.
cisely the same restrictions, with the differ
ence that no confirmation By the Senate is
required. They expire. however. on the
first day of the next meeting Of the Senate.
and DO not run tor the term prescribed by
law.
A member of the Congressional excur.
sion exclaimed to a prominent Republican:
"Why, sir. had heard so much of carpet.
bag rascalities l was favorable to new
election last winter. but since ! have
breathed the poisonous spirit of rebellion
and indiscriminate hatred of Northern Re.
publisans that pervades this community
am tooth and toe nail for sustaining kel.
logg. and simply don't care a d--n
whether he is right or wrong. Sir. rebel
hypocrisy will never impose on me again.
There is law upon the statute book re.
quiring the Governor to appoint board OF
tobacco inspectors. Because the late Gov.
ernor did not carry this law into operation.
but permitted everybody who chose to in.
spect tobacco. certain very excellent gentle.
men have imagined that the act was no
longer in existence. it is one of our Demo.
cratic birthrights, handed down from those
pure patriots who ran the machine eighteen
years ago. It must, therefore. be enforced.
Of course, it gives a monopoly OF inspec-
ton to the board. and the theory now set
up, that anybody else can inspect tobacco.
is absurd. The question is in the courts.
Ignorance excuseth no man" is made a
maxim of the law. not because it is Just but
because any other alternative would be dis
astrous to the supremacy of order. While
there is no legal excuse for the blind Bour.
bons who have been inveigled into resist
ing the payment of taxes by their bell
weathers, it is still true that many of them
have been immersed in such intense igno-
rance of their duties that they are TO be
pitied. Their leaders told them if they paid
their taxes they would have to pay again.
and they undoubtedly believed it. But
now that Senator Carpenter has settled that
question authoritatively. and that they are
therefore willing to pay up, it is unquestion-
ably the duty of all officials to release them
from all possible embarrassments. pains
and penalties, consistent with the law.
The contest for the district judgeship for
the Florida parishes, between the senior
Ellis and Mr.. Kemp. was decided by the
Supreme Court yesterday in favor OF the
latter. This settles vexed question.
Judge Kemp will, we understand, proceed
to hold special terms of court in his dis
trict. If his authority is not obeyed body
of cavalry will probably be sent across the
lake that will be apt to hurt somebody
before it returns.
Twenty days are rapidly fading away.
All the chivalry who are on the resist have
not got long in which to make up their
minds either to resist or subside. 1t is a
considerate thing tor the taxpayer that
the Intervention of federal troops will spare
them the expense necessary to the suppress
sion of the insurrection. Il is q matter of
economy. State troops could easily be
raised to do the work. but in the impOver-
ished condition of our treasury it Is but
lust that this burden be taken from our
shoulders.
When the Democracy ge: thoroughly
baffied in every direction, and the last ray
of hope twinkles out. they then think of the
colored brother. and begin to CONFER with
a few of the more plant members OF that
element. with a view TO forming a Know.
Nothing combination against all men born
in the North. good. bad and Indifferent. if
they were guilty of service in the Union
army. Of course, such an unnatural ALI.
ance is conducted a: midnight with dark
lanterns. 1t has never yet grown bold
enough to show its hideous form to the light
of day. But we are told it will soon come
forth. Some of the Democratic politicians
propose to throw open the cotteehouses.
hotels, churches and steamboats, to the civil
equality of the colored people. provided the
latter will go In for a new dea! and. by
throwing overheard the white Republican.
organize black mans party. Such i'm
practicable silly schemes are amusing.
They are the idle dreams of political crack.
brains. They presuppose on the one hand
that the colored people are ungrateful fools,
and on the other the whites are unpreju'
diced men of practical sense. Still it would
be curious and interesting to know the
names of the men on both sides who are en-
gagged in this sort of jugglery. Will they
be manly enough to show their colors!