New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-03-19
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sembly.
: This being erroneous, the deduction
are of course unwarranted. We have neve
: opposed special session. We have sal
it was no term Of the compromise. 1twa
npt q term of the Wheeler proposition q
adopted.
On the twenty-second Of February tn
agents Of the caucus, at Washington, teit
graphed the caucus:
Will you accept or reject the Wheele
. proposition? No better terms can be ha
here.
On the twenty-third they telegraphed
There are no notifications of the Wheele
plan.
On the twenty fourth the caucus, o.
motion of Captain Kidd
Resolred, That the original adjustment O
Mr.. Wheeler be given to the public, to
gether with the accompanying protest.
The Picayune said on the twenty-third
No terms possible except the Wheele
proposition.
We have shown by the record of tn
Picayune itself that the special session wa
no condition of the Wheeler proposition
yet the Picayune persists in saying:
For this reason the caucus annexed t.
their acceptance the condition Of an extrs
session, which thus became q part of thu
agreement when the committee received il
and consented to act upon it.
Now, if this be fact it may be shown
from the record Of the Picayune if it be
not there-and we have proven it is not
there-the assertion should be withdrawn,
and not be used as an assumed basis to
convict us of inconsistency"
We argued as an additional reason Why
the special session was not made condi-
ton because it was not necessary. Upon
this the Picay1ne plants an argument that
since Q special session is in its opinion
necessary, therefore that we who do not
think it necessary are bound to advocate
it Such deductions from such an as
sumption only require the refutation of
statement.
Does not the Picayu,ae see why we have
established the fact that there is no obi
cation ON the executive to call a special
session growing out of the recorded terms
of the compromise? We will state our
reason, and in SO doing prove that we are
not opposed to a special session. We
wish the call to be based on another COM
promise, and not as either condition or
corollary Of the last. Our reasons are:
/. That called session without
specific limitation Of acts and objects as
by the Picayune, would reopen
the whole question between the two par
ties as consequence.
2. That such controversy would be
and injurious to the welfare
Of the State and city.
It is admitted that legislative body
may organize or reorganize itself. We
have special precedent In the legislative |
history of Louisiana
One of the terms annexed to the accept |
lnce of the Wheeler proposition was the |
protest Of Mr.. Wilt, Mr.. Booth, and |
other members. This paper
most emphatically and earnestly protests
'gainst returning to the hall under any
restrictions with any compromise, with |
my concessions, avowed or tacit, implied |
" expressed"
They 'can not become party to any
uch arrangement as you (the cauous)
AVE made (the Wheeler proposition), in
'olving what they consider to be re-
reancy to the duty they owe to free
people in trying emergency"
We will add to this that the protest Of
Ir. McEnery, claiming to be Governor of
he State, is limited to denial of the legis-
alive power to compromise the election of
S72, but he has not avowed any obi
alton to abide by the Wheeler PROPOSE
ions that we have seen. His campaign
ryan stands with the legislative protest
nts. A special session has all the
overs of regular session. Here is a
ody of at least thirty members seemingly
stopped from entering the talls under
he Wheeler proposition. Suppose they
isregard these terms; they enter the
legislature untrammeled, as they left it,
nd the scene opens as on the fifth of Janu-
~, without United States forces. So soon
S the Legislature assembled the lobby
'ould come together with the purposes
hat actuated them in January last. The
peakership, committees, offices, contracts
f purchase and pay rolls and such pat
onage of printing as could be given or
romised. No promise, no pledge,
o understanding could restrain these
overs from destroying the present or
and the Republican members,
" their magnanimity in asquiescing in
,e Wheeler proposals, might be stamped
ut of the Legislature, or out Of all par
cipation in its patronage. We can not
redict what may take place outside, but
e may be RENTED to the same condition
J in the latter part Of September last.
1t will be said this may not be. We
iSh it SO guarded that it can not be.
ct, then, the Picayune present its sched-
10 of specific action for the special ses-
on. Let us have its Limitations. We
ish: /. Specific reform legislation. 2.
legislation. 3. Some such ap-
ortionment of the House committees and
atronage as may be just to the minority,
st as the; Republicans in the federal
snate have recognized and respected the