The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-26
Louisiana Will
 Receive Famous
 Rebel Document
Move Now AfOof in Congress to Restore Historic Paper to
 State

probable that the Ordinance of Seces-
 sion passed by the State of Louisiana will be returned to that state. A
 resolution introduced by Senator Eos I ter providing for its return has been l favora ply reported to the Senate, and | it's passage is expected.
 The suggestion for it's return was 1 made by the War Department off | cials. They saw no reason for it's re- | tention among the War Departm ent | records, though they lacked authority | to return it to Louisiana. Their sug- gestion was warmly received in Lou | isiana. and for several years efforts have been made to enact legislation l for it's return. Thus far Senator Hey | burn, noted for waving the bloody shirt" in the Senate on similar queS- tions, has blocked action upon the resolution by raising point of or der There is reason to believe, how ever, that his opposition will be rem dered intellectual at this session. The document was enacted in con- vention at Baton Rouge on January 2S, 1861. It remained at the State Capitol until the capture of the city by Federal troops At the War De- partment there is now no one who is familiar with the history of its re- ceipt in Washington. During the Federal occupation of Louisiana, there were many records shipped to Washington, and it is presumed that them.
 The Louisiana ordinance is unusual in that it is done in both English and French, in parallel columns Out of the 121 names signed to it, nearIy half are plainly French in their de- rivation. The document has beeen kept rolled up in a metal tube, since it's seizure, and as a result. the parch- ment is showing signs of cracking. The signatures near the bottom are fast fading, and are scarcely legible, A curious feature is that the docu- ment is undated. The signatures in- clude those of A. Mouton, president of the convention.
 The whole argument upon which the Southern statesmen based their claim of the right of state to se- cede is found in one word in the compact by which the document of secession characterizes the Feder- al constitution. The Northern view, coming down from the old Federal party, was that the Constitution was a contract, from whichF no party could withdraw, rather than a tenn porary agreem ent to be terminated upon the desire of any party to do so. The text of the ordinance was as follows:
 'An ordinance to dissolve the Union between the State of Louisiana and other states in the United States of America with her.. under the conl- pact entitled the Constitution of the United States of America.
 we. the people of the state of Louisiana, in convention assembled do declare and ordain and it is hereby declared and ordained
 That the ordinance passed by us in convention of November II, 181I, whereby the Constitution of the United States and the amendments to the Constitution were adopted, and all laws and ordinances by which the State of Louisiana became a member of the Federal Union, be and the same hereby are repealed and abro- gated and that the Union now sub- sisting between Louisiana and the other states under the name of the United States of America is hereby dissolved
 We do further declare and ordain
 That the State of Louisiana here by resumes all rights and powers heretofore delegated to the govern ment of the United States; that her, citizens are absolved from all aIlegi- ance to said government; and that she is in full possession of all those rights of sovereignty which apperta1n to a free and independent state.
 We do further declare and ordain
 That all rights acquired and vest ed under the Constitution of the United States, or any Act of Con- gress or treaty, or under any laws of this state and not incompatible with this ordinance shall remain in force and have the same effect as if this ordinance had not been passed
 Even the staid old Congressional new Democratic House. That glor- iops palladium of the people rights is shaking off it's hard shell conser- vatism, and blossoming forth in what, for it, is a bright saffron,-yellow as the yellowest of the shrielzing 'spes- hull extrees'' that is dyed with death and destruction.
 The official reporters and the stafd old city editor of the record, are nervous about the innovations, parti- cularly one recently introduced by Rep. Littlepage of West Virginia, whose euiogism of himself furnished one of the most humorous contribu- tions to that joke book of Congress, the Congressional directory.
 Littlepage recently made a speech on the free list bill in the House. When he undertook to revise the stenographers' notes, he found that many of the applauses that he was sure had greeted his oratorical out bursts had been left out.
 When MT. Littlepace finished his T6NISlOH lHS speech was generously sprinkled with applause. There were AZ of them scattered artistically through the three pages of the speech. And they were not the con- servative 'tapplauses" that the report CTS use. They were new and@origi- ral.
 For instance. at one particularly effective oratorical assault on the protective tariff MT Littlepage in serted Loud applause on the Demo- cratic side and among the Insur- gents.'' There were several Loud applauses and continued daughters" There was an Applause on all sides And the final oratorical flight was greeted, according to MT. Littlepage with Loud and tumultous applause"
 The official reporters are wonder ing If all of the new Democrats will attempt to revise their style, and old Jake" Cameron, the City Editor" of the Record, shakes his head sadly and deplores the trend of the times.
 Washington Briefs.
 Secretary of War Dickinson, re- gently resigned, who is a close stu dent of Civil War history, was com the other day on the fact that during the first year of the war, no less than 40 per cent. of the Con born men.
 Plain flve-cent soap has taken the place of a twenty-five cent perfumed brand at the White House washroom, maintained for the use of the Presi- 5ents visitors. since ex-Secretary Nor ton efficiency and economy program was instituted