The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-01-08

ton Of 1879, and the present ras'
cally Legislature. In either event
his taste is a hopeless, one. The
cause he pleads is one upon which
the press and PEG lie of this State
have long since passed judgement.
We fail to perceive how the
article in question can be so con.
structed as TO cast an implied
reflection" upon Mr.. King, unless
it be that he seeks to arrogate
himself the authorship of that mar
velleous work Of legal qnackery,
80 universally condemned.
While the present administra-
ton is far from being all that was
expected aud promised, We have
only accused, the legislative de-
partment Thereof of corruption.
This cannot be denied in the face
Of such legislation as has been en-
acted by the present legislature,
whose speaker has been arraigned
10y a Democratic meeting, held in
the parish oH Bienyi!'e, ''as the par
tisan ally, colleague and advocate
of corrupt rings and monopolies in
our State, aud of preventing the
wholesome reform of legislation
necessary to our State and to
which we are entitled as a just
respite from the abusive and op.
pressive administration Or the Re
publican rarity since the late war"
To point Out all the flaws in the
Constitution, which he admits is
not perfect tho ut is the finest
piece Of constitutional mechanism
ever concerted" would be too ar.
iuous an undertaking. Even the
ortic'e prescribing a Limitation of
taza'ion. which he eaiogized so
as being the browning sal.
vation Of Louisiaua's once plum
dered but now redeemed people,
hos been declared unconstitutional
by The Supreme Court of the
State, and knocked higher than
Glldcroy's kite.
Since Me-. Kirg writes az tho
he never saw the Constitution
treated with other than the high.
est praise we clip the suljoined
extracts from a couple Of Demo.
exchanges, in order to let
him see how it is regarded else
where, by those who not "ahan.
doned the tine-honored principles
of Democracy" in denouncing this
gigantic deception. Let him roll
the morsels beneath his tongue as
he chews the bitter cud Of resent
ment. Aud 10 conclusion we de.
sire to state that this editor is
plain and exempt from love of
Office. He has never aspired 10
become Representative, Senator,
District Attorney, District Judge,
or even Congressman and conse.
quently has never been disap.
pointed, as other folks have.
Now that the instrument is upon
US the body of the poeple are so
convinced Gifts daring deformities
that they are even m%utteriug
about the necessity of a new
convention aud a new constitution.
as neat an infection as such a
is admitted to be. No one
has yet been discovered who can
explain what the main provisions
of the new constitution near. If.
indeed, they have any meaning at
all. There are Offices to which so
little salary is attached, that they
are filed by incompetent men.
There are, again, sinecures
such as the court of appeals,
created for the purpose of giving
solt places to members of the con-
vention. which are icxufiess rather
too expensive Tor the taxpayers to
bear. Even the debt ordinance.
N the adoption OF which the
,ublimity of the genius of the
convention was expended, aud
which was deemed SO sacred as to
De beyond the pale of criticism,
turns out the bungiing piece of