The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-02-24
81. ALEXANDRIA,, La WEDNESDAY, FEBRUAR Y a, 1876.
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The Programme Of the al. Administers
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With entire frankness and no effort
at concealment, Nh. Butler in the dc
bate Of Friday upon the Civil Rights
bill disclosed the motive and purpose
of the recent proceedings in Con
gress o., the party in ppyer., '''Thc
reason why we desire to have this
bill passed.. said Mr.. Butler, els the
fact which has been SO often put
before US, that we are about passing
from power" It was for this reason
that, through night and day sessions
for more, than a week, the majority
in the House prolonged the struggle
to secure the adoption of 2 rule IN
der which they could force to q vote
such measures as they chose, and
finish up the neglected work which
IN their long hold Of office they. had
allowed to accumulate upon them.
In other words, the party going out
of power in one branch of Congress
puts all its strength into one tremen-
Edous. struggle to pass a law which
either from timidity or principle
they have neglected or postponed for
years; because-why Because, a S
| Mr.. Butler says, they are passing
Iout of power. Why have they not
passed it before if it was a just meas
ure and was so important to the
rights Of the colored people? These
same men have been elected and re-
elected to Congress as, Republicans
year after year; they have, had "a
Senate and Executive Of their own
party; and this we are told is. a Re.
publican measure--a party measure
in the strictest sense. Why have
they not passed it, before this when
they might have done it in the ordi
nary course Of business? Why wait
till the very heel of, the last session
of the last Congress in which they
have the, powor to put forth this 7s1
preme elort' and by such question
able proceedings. procure. its pas
+! sage? ~ III 81 ,sI .a.,
This is hardly fair Or honest. TIL
people have passed Judgment upol
:, Pthe, party in power, and in the onl,
branch Of the Government. wher
they could, reach it, have ordered i
to, stand aside, 1t Is not honorable
in the, gentlemen who are shortly t
become a minority to use the Las
!. hours of their power in Congress t
pass q measure which the peop1
have already disapproved in thei
general disapproval and rejection {
the party. But there is a deepe
purpose in the whole proceeding tina
E this. Mr.. Butler is very frank
saying that they want to pass thi
I bill because they, are going out
power. But the fact is, and we pr,
sumo no one doubts it, that there
hardly 9 possibility of the bill whic
has been the occasion for so niue
discussion and so protracted a col
= test, becoming law. No one Of Il
: gentlemen in the House who are {
= urgent. for its passage believe it wi
- -. pass the Senate and receive the Pre-
:. ident's signature. All the sam
- though, is Mr.. Butler correct, al
- all the same has the fight over it a
:. swered the purpose Of the manage
y Of the party passing out Of powe
a Passing out of powerI'' That
n the secret Of the whole bushes
he And it is not because these gent
Il men are filed with remorse at tn
''r neglect of so patent alduty to t
o. wards Of the nation, nor that they !
It. fastening while they may , to do j
ty tee; not anything Of the sort. ID F
70, ties do not in such manner take t
IL / warnings Of physicians, and DELHI
rpl ately settle up their own .estat
,es This is not, as some Of the, thong
ay full statesmen would have Us, think
Is; finishing up Of the, work Of the ]
su77 publican party tits the laying o q
&c, a ne,o progrpql' ea me-. When Mr. Mr., 3
'ur lers is, apostrophizing Liberty, q
as rlhtapsodizing oyer equal, rights, a
! d talking about his party complet
to it's work before turning over the g
&C. ernment or any part of it to the
ses position. he is only, looking g
his With one eye; the other is sea-ch
old for q weapon to. renew tn g fig
ted The events Of the past year,
of ticularly, the Administration minis m
OF. agement of the Congressional 81
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