The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1879-06-21

are Win authority ny
the United States. On the con
trary The re is always found less
of responsibility and more of cor
ruption i'll aggregated than in Sc
parate communities. How can a
corrupt State officer become All
incompatible Federal officer?
To suppose that the States are
either unable, unwilling, or too
corrupt to hold peaceful ana hon.
est elections, is to declare unmls.
takably that the people thereof
are incapable of self government,
"Let each Senator have written
on his brow what he thinks OF
the Repnblic,' sad the Senator
from New York, quoting the Cid
Roman. So say |. Let each Sen.
ator say for himself what he
thinks of his State: are its PEG
pie incapable OF seIf>government.
of choosing their rnlerS peacea.
bly, and honestly For one,I can
say, with Inspeakabie pride and
with absolute truth, that the PEG.
pie IF the State of North Carroll
IA who SEM me here are able.
willing, and virtuous enough to
fulfill these and all the other high
functions Of tree government ;
that they have ever done 50 since
the keelS of Raleigh'S ships first
grated upon the white sands OF
her shoes ana God helping them,
they and their children will con
time to do so, if not destroyed
oy Capitalization. until chaos
shall come again. 1t is with eX
IRENE sau,less that | hear an
other Senator intimate that it is
not SO with his people.
MIR. President, did you ever
consider for a moment the mani.
fold and extraordinary uses to
which we are snbjecting the sol
diers! Aud did You ever think
that all this means, in fact. the
failure of the civil authority; that
our liberties are declining more
and more as We employ force!
Sir, in the uses to which we put
the soldiers | am reminded of
what | read about the bamboo in
Asiatic co :ntries. 1t is said the
natives do almost everything
with that wonderful aborescent
grass. When young and tender
1t is eaten and preserved: Il is
made into hoaSes and boats, as
Economical Instruments. ornamen
tai work, Yards of vessels. aque-
ducts, aln-clocks. water wheels.
fence-roreS: chairs. tables, hats,
and umbrellas. fans, pipes. cups.
shields, 90 -handles, lamp-wlcks,
paper, knives, and a hundred
office things. In this way il
seems to me that we are forsak-
the civil functions OF our in.
stltutions and utilizing the sol
der.
In addition to their legitimate
business as defenders OF the conn
try, We have made of them gov
errors of states, legislators. or
ganlzerS OflegislatureS and Judges
OF the election and qualifications
of the members thereof, Judges of
law and equity and Of the crimi-
nal courts, policemen, sheritfS,
marshals, revenue officers and
still house hunters, managers of
railroads, controllers Of churches
ard Of schools, Justices of the
peace, supervisors Of election.
mathematicians to see a fair count
protectors of witnesses. foster ia.
Tiers OF returning boards. and
above all, as republican propa
sandlsts. In the language of the
sewing machiLe companies, enc
family should be without one"
laughter: this republican, politi>
Cal bamboo. Is there no great
danger! Does it not indicate the
and the disuse of the civil
arm OF the law, which is the natu-
raj and only safe protector of our
liberties? Let us, sir, disca, Il
this miserable bamboo policy and
cease to MAKE the soldier our DO
lltlcal maid of all work.
Mr.. President, it >eAms to me
that the position Of the republi-
can party III reference to the use
OF soldiers and supervisors at the
on the pretense of presery-
the peace and securing tree
elections, is the most remarkable
one that reasonable men ever as
Sulned. 1t may be formulated
The elections shall be free
we have to surround the polls
win hhyonets; the elections shall
be according to the laws of the
States II we have to overawe the
civil magistrates and State Off.
Gals by an exhibition of bower:
tue elections Shall he pure it takes
Davenport and all the convicted
criminals and occn,,,ntS IF oil