The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1879-09-13
Communicated.
A Lively Debate.

with a copy of your instructions
to report the debates before the
Literary and Debating Club OF
Lafourche last Wednesday. we
bent our steps at the appointed
time in the direction Of Messrs.
Moore & Badeauxss law Office,
corner of Main and Focns streets.
On our entrance We found the
room brilliantly illumined, and
quite a large number of the mem-
bcrs of the club already on hand
aud ready for the fray. Thanks
to the courtesy Of Mr.. Badeanx,
the worthy Vice President, your
correspondent was given a com
Portable seat, where he could see
and hear everything that was
said or transpired. For the first
time in our life, we were 'lOrd Of
ali we surveyed"
The private business of tue
club having been transacted, the
following names were drawn as
the next d~ebateIs, the question
being "Whether or not Chinese
Immigration should be prohibit
ed by Legislative enactments":
first speaker on the affirmative,
j. Il. Blanchard first on the mega
tive, a. j. Lasseigne ; second on
the affirmative, T. A. Badcaux ;
second on the negative, l.. Philip
Caillou+t.
UAder a suspension of the rules,
the following gentlemen were Sc
lected to debate IL month hence
OH the all.absorbMg subject OF
Capital Punishment: j. f. Al
lain, II. n. Cuulon, J. McCulia, il.
and lastly Edward Badeaux.
Business over, the President,
Judge A. f. knobloch, declared
debate in order Oh the subject
chosen at the last meeting, the
proceedings Of which were last
week furnished the readers Of the
SENTINEL by the graceful pen Of
the more graceful VIVIAN.
We had often heard and even
read Ut this iufant organization,
but we were really not prepared
to hear such elOquence as that
with which the hall resounded
from the very moment OF the open
ing of the question to its close. IN
our leisure hours we have some.
times rea', Of DeinOsthelies, Cicero.
Burke, Webster, Hayne, Calhoun
and i host of others,
...''Immortal names
:. That were not born to die"
, bnt never had we expected to Set
their greatest efforts fade into il
, Significance before the ti,unders
OF our native orators as Oh tha,
occasion! The witty reto.t char
acteriStic ut Sheridan, the unex
f pec,rI sally of some member iron
, IL distant corner Of the hall, tn,
bu'st and flow Of %cloquence, al
combined to win Il admiration
We were entrancetl, daZZied,' au,
, actually forgot the object OF on,
mission for minutes at Il titne
: thereby making 1t necessary fo
us to draw from our memory TO
what was said. From a sian
among the L%illiputians, We bt
came Gullirer in the hands y
n the enormous Brubdingnay maid
of honor.
TIE DEBA1E
was opened BY A. j. LasSeigne
who alter d lengthy %exorlium
\ declared that woman should b
given the right Of suffrage. w
. mau, said the speaker, is menta
. ly and morally the equal, an
t very often the superior of mal
and / See no reason why on
should enjoy more privileges tina
the other. Taxation without re,
=. re>entation is ty:annical. On
u toretathers fought, bled and sac,
Is feed hope, home aud life to resis
=; the evil. Ii it was wrong the
that our fOrefathels should b
taxed by a government in who's
affairs and management they ha'
le 40 voice, is it not Il self-eviden
70 fact that it is wrong to day to ia
persons to whom We deny adm
ta,lce in our councils VIVA
10 was wrong then, is none the less $
noe. By Ievying taxes upo
y thbse not allowed representatio
d We only acknowledge that tt
Revolutionary War of 1776 ":
:, but a rebellion OH the part of til
Anne. leans, and that therefor
they who Fought for independents
N we've rebels aud traitors.
d. In conclusion, the speaker pal
u glowing tribute to woman, au
. in the name OF Justice, law al
IT, equity, demanded that her RICH
re be given her. She has alread
for too long period been the {
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