The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-09
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tation of their tax-masters, is the first artic'
tie ntterance Of q popular uprising who's
uutterings it would Lave been we
ooner to have needed. Through even
iegree Of appellate court, even
he Senate Of the United States
ave been carried the wrongs OF Louisiana
nd failing Of redress, she now appeals
he high tribunal Of the people. 9Th
,,sis principle of republican government, a
xpounded by constitutional authorities, i
nat the people have, in the Federal an'
tate Constitutions, delegated certain power
be exercised under certain restrictions TO
he good of tie whole people, and, il
he delegation Of these powers, hav
imposed voluntarily limitations upm
| he exercise OF their own original and inheren
| lights. But in their various constitutions, tn,
! PEOPLE have also placed restrictions upon
those who may be appointed to enact ant
xecute and administer the laws under thes
constitutions.
When the coordinate branches Of govern
nent, to whose custody are entrusted theS
lights Of the people, continue to maintain
themselves and their partisans i'll power, throw
If every restriction and disregard every lin-
ation-then where lies the appeal and tie
femedv.
There is no longer any government II
louisiana. but an organized anarchy. Th,
coordinate ranches Of the so-cnlled govern
nent are triple alliance OF baseness, venalii,
md incapnciiy, and the minor executiy,
Ulcers are, rs u rule, commissioned plumber
ers The administration of Louisiana is
s;npendous lie, tricked out in the livery Of
political creed AMI attempted to be toisteo
upon the creduli.y of the nation at large b.
rmined intamy.
Revolution is Gods refutation Of lie,
whether Numbered from the mouths OF .al-
non, or uttered in the qniet, resolute ana
prompt action Of the people within and under
The law.
Tne revolution Of the people Of Natchitoch'
has been without noise, without bloodshed,
but it is revolution nevertheless.
1.-The expulsion OF the officers for the Of
Tense of collecting taxes, achich they scere
,biiged to collect, is a strange remedy for an
legal tax" Surely the Republican forgets
hat the opinion of the Assistant Attorney
General, which it quotes with apparent appro-
patton, and which has been standing in its
columns for several days. contains the follow
ng language: 1T is my opinion, in conclu-
ion, that tdI collectors cdn enforce or collect no
orish tao not levied Ivy the police jury, nor
evied by it. if exceeding fourteen and half
nils, unless sancti ,ned by al election"
1t is su egested that the people Of Natrhi-
oches should have applied TO the Auditor for
is opinion. Did the propriety Of an applica-
on for this opinion by the collectors OF these
excessive, illegal and void taxes ever strike
40 Republican,
Does it comprehend and state accurately
istoly' when it says: THE people OF N .tchi-
ches are represented in every department
the parish and Federal Governments ?" +
oes it pretend that there is any analogy be- {
veen the political condition Of he white pt O. !
lie, constituting a majority Of he voters of ,
e State and the minority of other States !? =
Us there ever in any other State an instance !
minority overcoming ma ority, and +
izing the Government through the agencies !
u judge, returning board and bayonets? a
ter all it's laudtions OF the delicately tinted =,
nator elect? y, what has the Republican to
! o Pinchback's statement in the extra :,
of August 4th.: T
Judge Durell and the Returning Boald 0
ID at ALT" Let tie Republican be as honest t
its whilom political idol, and confess it. e
Il fraud.
But the people OF Natchitoches should have b
have gone Who is the judge Of tn t court, b
d why was he made judSe7 Why WAS the O
urt created at all
An able lawyer, and an honest man, es- p
cited Judge Of the Eighth District Court, c,
hin the jurisdiction of which the Natchi- %
hes case would have come. Even the Re- Il
ming Board, OF which Hawkins was MEM G,
:, could not count Judge Elmore out. But
was too honest a man to be trusted to try Il,
h cases. SO the Eighth District Court was r
'lished, and the Superior Court Great. d. d,
the Republican ever read the decision of b;
Supreme Court in the case of the State OF b,
lisiann * rel John NJ Bonner vs. g. L. j,
nch. for an answer TO the question, ''WLy n
It you appeal to the courts?"
ell US why the Eighth District Court was r
lished and the Superior District Court ir'
lIedi And in your own reply find an an- tn
r to the question why ont you APP
! to the Colrts2' Was th, re any neces. ity
it? Was it not created expressly to get to
OF Elmore and get in Hawk 81 Look to tol
COLr.s for redr, SIS Can muddy all
Attain send forth pure waters II
efore tn Radical organ sets itself up ce
II as an expounder Of the Constitution, We co
mend to it careful study Of its dc ION We