New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-02-26
THE STATE HOUSE.
Senate


,clcck Lieutenant Governo. Antoine in
.,a chair, and thirty Senators and quorum
present
,necial order of the day, relative TO liens,
,riyiieges and mortgages upon property,
and on Mr.. Whites motion tue report of the
committee WAS adopted.
Mr.. Wharton called FOR the .ca3ing Of the
bill in detail.
Mr.. Harper was opposed to tie passage
=; the bill, on the ground that it wouid il
.artsre with the collection of the taxes.
Mr. Detiege asked how tho bill would in
terse,e with the collection Of taxss!
Mr. Harper repeated it as his belief, and
he was therefore opposed to the bill.
Mr. Whartou-This bill is a,u.cst identi-
cal with the bill that was refsrrnt back to
| The Finance Committee. In my Judgment
it is t:u that will proven. the State from
co,eo.;n. her taxes. Uljer ,hs operation
| of .his bill would like to knew how the
state can collect her taxes npon the yGov-
able property in the city Of New Orleans
Mr. PRESIDENT. the Senators will rscellect
that bill upon the same subject matter,
after being thoroughly discussed, vas re-
tered to the Committe on Finance. Now
| unGer TIE operation of this bill tho tax as.
| sessiDent would not only not be uniform,
hut lie State, AS have before said, would
| be Unable to collect the tax upon the parti-
cular property upon which 1t was levied:
Das OF the principal objections tc this bill
is that it would prevent the operation ot the
law IN reference TO the collection Of taxes
il TIE city of New Orleans. an, there
to-p. opposed to the passage Of the oil.
fir. WLite-Mr. PcesG, III, the Obi ctlons
Of the gentleman from lberFiil- tssnator
Whartopi TO the passage ut TINS n.!i. t0.d,
are Inc result of confusion in his nin: upon
the subject, which to Ele Seems perfectly
clear. this bill does not propose III any
way 10 affect the right OF the state TO pro
ceed 70 the collection OF taxes LEVIED upon
movable property. II only proposes to tx
ana determine the lien and privilege OF the
Slate upon property. The right o! The State
to proceed 20 seizure is Cns thing, and a
lien or privilege upon particular property Is
another thing.
Nov, the gentleman Mr. Whacioul asks
aow would the Stare or city oe able 90 coi-
!ect It's taxes-its capital tax. have only
10 t.ll the gentleman that that is one OF
the cti8cts OF this bill. IL is proposed b.
this bill to define and settle the question OF
hens upon movable property. Thera has
besn no valid reason presented by tie gen
:enlan from Iberviile to show why the pas
sage ei this bill would prevent thc coilec-
ton by the State CT its revenue. | there
fore move TO lay the motion TO recoEinlt on
the table.
MIR. Burch again asked for tho readi1g Of
this bill
sI- Burch-If, Mr.. President it shonii be
deemed necessary to pass a bill CT this KIND
for the purpose of conhning tie collection
OF taxes 10 certain property, this bill, l
think. would be teasabie; bat s,l of tue
opinion that there will be % bill presented
- 2 hot will plCa
eral eltisfaction. This bill has been re-
ported upon by the judiciary Committee,
as understand, tavurabiy, aud one OF the
members of the Judiciary Committee hiss
given his views on the subject. as one OF
the members of the Judiciary Committee
DO not remember this bill. do not know
that have passed upon if, and as 90 noI
| see tue Decessity of cecOmniittlng Il, shall
second The motion OF rhe gentlerral from
Eperyille (Mr. Wharton| to pcstpoae indeh-
niteg its 1uriher consideration.
Ias yeas and nays vera ordered ca NO
t:on OF Mr. Harper, aud resulted il tie
yo.a The Chair voted il the affirmative,
aad tie motion to indefinitely postpone the
further consideration of the bill! prevailed
Tie appropriation bill was called up and
/ lad 0Gss.
Nj Blackburn called up his resolution Of
tne twenty second, as follows:
Resolved bv the Senate Of t.le State CT
Louisiana, tbs House Of Representatives
concurriug, That 'he equal political rights
/ Of all citizens, regardless Of race or pre-
/ vious condition, are permanently h2ed ana
/ secured !v the constitution OF the Crited
i STATES. which is recognized by this ncdy as
/ the supreme law of the land, AMI that 70
/ ahritg cement or interference WITH tnese
/ nights 10 proposed or contemplated or oe-
80 &c 6isC
or BY tie people whom We represent; that
! any and all legislation IN contra Tention
/ tharsCt, either by the Legislature CT hy a
convention of the people, would be nu.l and
l void.
Nr. Biant opposed the resolution on the
ground that be did not believe that the De
;nocracy of the South intended to accord
10 TIC colored man his political rlghts guar
anteed to him by the constitution OF the
United Ssatee, and the gentleman who III
trot laced tie resolution knows Il rs well as
anybody.
NJ. Blackbu-n--Mr President, this i not
the iirst thus that my efforts i1r tie oenen-
OF The c0ioreG people have D3en Eiiscol-
| strued, as was the case the Other day "hen
| introduced this resolution. Ny objects
/ then were good, and are so nov. ihis ls
4 .he same resolution that was introduced IN
GeOrr:a by Mr.. IGO,rhs ana WHICH Iaosed
| both houses Of the General Assemty OF
| that state. 90 not think it can be denied
that ,,ly efforts in behalf OF the colosed race
have lad any other object than their ben
eft .. ,
l. i noto1ionsly true that in political
campai gns in this State the spirit OF trans
gression has been excited against the re.
publican element, more particularly against
the colored than the white men, and that AT
that time all the rights guaranteed W Ine
constitution to the colored people are 1er-
gotten; and it has always been the main
object of the opponents Of the Eepuoic an
party ia this State to deprive the coioreo
people of their lights.
My object in introducing this resolution
IS to remedy this order of things. ana 10
protect all the Republicans in the state.
la Mississippi we see that shotgun
poiicy has been inargurated. ana the Oen
Ocyatic organs OF this State nave .au
vocated this same line of conduct. mos!
sincerely hope this resolution will pass, anu
that the Democrats in the next campalgn
will recognize the fact that coiorod men
have the same rights as white men.
Mr. Burch read letter from cores
epondent in Georgia, stating at length how
the Democrats had gained and were hold
ing ascendency in that State in spite of al
the resolutions they might adopt, and
pledges they might make. They pass and
enforce cruel and unjust laws to embarrast
coloreo men, and prevent them from exer
cising :ne right Of suffrage.
Al II