The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-03-25
A HYBRID GOVERNMENT

The thing that is to come from the hand
Of the Wheeler aibitrators, il consummated
will be e political monster which it will b,
difficult to obesity or describe az d State gov
eminent Hitherto all the States Of the Tniol
have been organized and conducted unde
some form of Constitution moro or less re
semblng tie Constitution Of the United
States, divided into departments whose attn
ba.es ana powers are defined by what are
called fundamental laws They are required
to be republican in form, which means that
they shall DO derived from and shall express
then practical workings the Will q. the
States who have adopted them.
Inc theory o. these Constitutions is that
The people b. the State have the fcul Of
self government through TIE process. u cleo
lions.
This Whoeier monstrosity, called rJmpro.
mise, q arbitration, q what no', goe, ont
vide of our state Constitution, and outside o.
our State Laws, and outside Of the will Of the
people Of the State, expressed i'll a cJnatitI-
a0nai way, and constitutes our State Le4isla-
iure by auarbitrary process never before heard
0f under any form Of government. A Set Of
hon-resiIent5 OF the STATE ore chosen by ire
5ponsble Individuals here to determine who
shall and Who shall not constitute oar STATE
Legislature.
Of course there is no law to govern these
extraordinary plenopotentaric5 ia this Won
deriul work Of manufacturing government
Tor Louisiana, bu. they are expressly empov-
cred by these sclt-constituted masters OF our
people to decide according to their ideas Of
lie equities Of the case And it has been
expressly stipulated BY these presumptuous
individuals in deegatipg this amazing power
10 Hoar Wheeler 4 Co that the Legislature
nhich they shall thus create shall remain IN
changed except i'll the case Of death or resig-
nation Thus diyesting each House Of its |
constitutional right to Judge Of the election, |
return and qualification OF its members
Surprising our people to approve OF this /
surrender Of MI right to exercise the functions /
Of self-governInent according to constitutional /
iorm5, ii not wonderful that Mr. Wheeler after
having thus created our Legislature, should
now tell Us what is to be done with It, when
and for what length Of time it should be called
together by our de ttcio Governor, and what
topics II shall consider when it meets in eX .ra
session Is not Mr.. Wheeler justified after
what he has seen in considering the so-callcd
representatives Of the people of Louisiana as
a set of gentlemen easily gullel and imposed
apon 10y sArewd political tricksters and doma-
gogues
Why should not Mr.. Wheeler and his fel-
ow committeeman 50 step further aud en-
act such laws for Us ~ they may think We
aeed in our Safe Of pupilago or Introduction,
and save Us from the danger OF making any
'urther humihating spectacle Of ourselves:
Why should not these kind gentlanen, act
ing as our guardians or tutors ad h0r go on
and perfect all the Legislative arrangements /,
necessary to ensure the electoral vote of tai- {
State TO Grant in 1876, without in any wise
making our people responsible for the act?
Is not that the objective point 60 be reached I
by This Wheeler process If any one should ]
object TO that simple way Of managing the /
thing, it would be easy to sguelch him by !
alling him q " Bourbon" last-ditcher.' J
N 'ahstractionist, or " sentimentalist, and y
o intimate that he had no desire to see Lou I
siana "restored to prosperity by being re- t
ieyed Of the bother ana burdcns of self-goy- h
When the Hoar Wheeler concern goes into n
peration, what sort Of government shall we i
AYE! What shall We call it what name 4
mong the governments of the earth shall it e
'ear: Shall or people be considered citi e,ty :.
Y S,aGesiS Of the hybrid concern Ought we c
ot to make bonfire Of our Constitution and 81
tatute laws and receive the edicts of Mr.. -
Wheeler instead: Wheeler is tremendous CO
allow, and we must ask him to solve those l.
uestions for rs.
What folly it is, to BE- sure to 70 into eler- j
ons At all, when here we have committee u
'ady at moments notice to manufacture i | to
legislature and State officers for Us Let rs &C
urn or destroy our ballot boxes, have done :,
nth the farce Of voting, forego the expensive of
lxury Of selecting our own government and it
ave the whole matter to those admirable an
nd mpartia, specimen OF the genus Radical, ~
Iessrs Hoar, Wheeler and Frye, who would. IA
. doubt, gladly undertake the job FOR their a.
Risky and cigars. lire Ia bdga'oif u
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