The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-31
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Gov. Nicholas appropriate and courteous
reply ought to have been Anticipated by any
persons Of the least knowledge of our poitl-
col system.
With the calling Of the roll Of the members
OF the Convention and Its organization under
It's presidency, NIL official relations between
the Governor and that body ceased. He then
resumed toward it the Same relations 81 any
other citizen The mission Of the Convention
was to prepare for submission to the people
new form Of government to succeed TO that OF
which the Governor ID the present chief exec
utive The Governor was III no manner re-
sponsibe for Tie nets Of the Convention, and
could with no propriety interfere with Its pro-
ceedings.
III 10 marvellous that SO important q body
as this board did not possess this knowledge
Or did not with their large means obtain the
counsel and direction Of some competent
solicitor or barrister in this matter. Hence
the tiuaco into which their ignorance Leo them
of addressing their protest TO the arrOng oO-
ciul, end thereby producing delay ~ its
delivery TO the proper body, whose presiding
officer It did not reach until the Convention
had adopted the ordinance protested against
and concluded Its labors
Had these bondholders taken counsel OF y.
y. BENJAMIN, leading Queens counsel OF the
English bar, they would have received advice
and directions by which this untoward con-
cluson would have been avoided and their
protest received and entertained with that
courtesy and respect to which 1t was entitled.
Not that the protest Itself would have had
any weight or influence over the Convention,
whose determinations on the subject were
controlled by the most solemn convictions Of
duty. equity and justice to al parties, and
could not be influenced, farordblg, to the pro
testers by menaces Of judicial recourses
though dgnifiedly and courteously con
veyed.
The brief and courteous response OF Gov.
| Nichols to the request Of the bondholders to
lay their protest before the Convention sug-
| gests d remembrance of one of the humorlsms
| Of TINT Jolly, rolicking Irishman OF whom our
older residents have 50 distinct q recollection,
ag one Of the most ready witted Of a race which
is never surprised into silence OF lack Of an
answer to any inquiry addressed to them.
| This was Capt Tobin, who commanded q
volunteer company In Gen. Taylor's army %
the Rio Grande during tho Mexican war.
The company WAS composed exclusively q
natives Of the Green Isle, legitimate descend
ants Of the wild boys Of Plctons and Wei
lington's fayorite fighting regiment In the
! Peninsuar war-the Eighty-seventh. They
were good soldiers, and tremendous fighters
when on duty, but when on leave, were the
| terror or the whole army and country
around, Oh account Of their vigorous foraging,
! fighting and erolicking.
! SO many complaints had reached headquar-
ters OF the wild doings of Tobin's men that
1 Gen. Taylor WAS compelled to issue an order
that the company be paraded with view q
lecturing them on their conduct, and warning
them Of the penalties they would incur BY 9
persistence therein.
Accordingly the company was called out
and made such q fine appearance and ex
hibited 50 hearty an enthusiasm and prouc
appreciation Of the honor done them by ole
Rough and Ready, that the bosom OF theil
gallant commander swelled with pride anf
I exuItation, and even the stern Old Genera
was nearly disarmed Of his indignation a
their reported numerous Wild capers and ex
cesses. Not possessing that readiness 0
orators addressing an Irish audience, thu
General shrunk from the task Of ecturinl
N Tobin's men, and after reviewing them al
1niringly he turned to the captain and said
Capt Tobin, hear constantly the most un
favorable reports Of the conduct Of your men
you will now speak to them on this subject
Touching his cap In the most approved mill
tary style, Tobin replied General, to max
q clane breast Of it, | might as well tell 70,
that meself and company are not on spanking
terms
, with our State Convention our Governor
though enjoying the profoundest esteem ant
, respect of it's members from every POI
tion OF the State, was officially not on speak
ing terms, and would have been quite de tro
in presenting to 1t the protest incosed to hin
by the foreign bondholders. And when Ii
bondholders. correcting their blunder, trans
mitted their protest to Lieut.. Gov. Witt, til
President Of the Convention, 1t involved an
other hlunder, which may also BE- happily illus
trated by another humorous reply Of the sam
Capt Tobin. Toa letter from the War Depart
ment, received some time after the dscharg
Of Tobn's company, requiring OF him som
more precise settlement Of his accounts TObi
replied with an anecdote
! "a countryman of mine,' he wrote, "bein
very hungry after a long travel and fast, {
4 last reached roadside inn and ordered egg
and coffee for breakfast. When the order Wa
executed, the eager traveller, IN his haste an
eagerness to appease his powerful appetit
quickly broke and swallowed the contents
an egg, and did not discover, until feeb
: chirp assembled from his vesophagus, that
= had swallowed promising infant Of I'll
feathered tribe.
!. t"Ah, W spake too late' exclaimed the hui
:, CRY Pat
= With this reply Of Capt Tobin the CORE
y pondence between him and the War Depar
ment closed
j. Equally abrupt and emphatic might ha'
been the reply Of President Witt to the 70
Il eign bondholders, ''Ye spake too late"
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