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THE LOUISIANIAN." 1r-Tit. LoAs Nt."' id published every trjdLl tnd Sunday at 11I, Caron W t. G. BtcaNx, Eddur. lTermBs: One, year ... . $5 00 ,ingle coI)y... .. 6 c 1ATla OF ADVERTIBNT(. per aquare of eight lines, or its equi salet in Apace, first insertion $1 50, and pb suhe'l'ut insertion 75 cents. mcin mranro executed with meat p ad dispatch. NOTICE. g veaiuirations moud be adsressed, .gw o' .r Loniusanian," and anonymous etuers ;,r atecomtpianied by the name of the r.:; n' snarily for publication, but as an j ,od faith. n e not re'ponnsible for the opinions of PROBPI C1WtrW OF The Louisianian. In the .nd'aror to establish another Repab !enn jernal in New Orleaua, the proprietors of ti' Iitrakuos,projpmoee to fill a nee'-ity which taut lk . lung, and i.o.metimeni painfuly-felt to cnet In the trntnaition state r' our peo rie, :n their struggling efforts to ,ttain that pr'i na in the Body Politic, whi t we con lit t.: tl'wir due, it in regarded that much irtcmatinrt, guinuce, encouragemen t, counsel eaw repr-of have br, n lost. in contquenc'e of the lack of a medium. through whicn there de- t ¶enneaa intight be eapplied. We ahi. strive to ( make the Iut Awuxr a desideratum in these rwee POLICY. A. oer mntto Indicatew, the Lorrmsrns shall lie "lRpubliian at all limes and n under i eircum skwers. We shlne adrocunte the wa.'rity and eainyment of broad civil liberty, ti absolute I equahlty of all men )-fore the law, e l an im Iirtial distribution of honor and pn:ronage to vli who merit thmn. Nesiroua of alia} ing animoeities, of ohliterat int the memory of fhw bitter prat, of p:omoting harmony and unoin among all clawo and be tween all inttrct., we shill ndvoca'e the re- I maiw! of all political dlisc;hilitaes; fotter kind s . and forxeaniree. where nalignity aed resent c"-treiin-d. and -,_-I for fiairutwn ar. justice pbert wrong anti oppresalon prevailed. That in:,4u our nmun ,ind object., we ihau con s*s 'r ot iute'rerts, elevate eur noble Ine, t" LL.r" table position among Ler sister lttsee 1 tb di velopwent of her inimitable IwTL w .. cure the full benefit. of the oi: '- in the history and cur. lition 6f Gs: Pi 'i :: the country. dlco ru that there can be no tro. liberty I wniste tLe enprenacy of law, we abalu urge a re't raid u:h.criwuneting adteministration of t .ettii TAXATION. O thall support tie' doctrine of an pinitable a of itjntion nonong all clnamon a faithful e n of the revemnes, economy in theexpen re., cnuformslbiy with the exigent:.., of the I Mr r'onntry and the discharge of vtery lo Fi. xt o.Lth t;. on. t EDUCATION. Vhafl sustain the carrying outt olfle pro `" Ff the art estlAiiheing our "ernmon "I tsrtn, and urge ast a paramount duty the *M:'at on of our youth, as 'itnlly cr: nected 't c iter wnu eunlightmient, and th.e urity La al tihdt, rift IRepultihan (mivernm~ern, FINAL N £ genericise manly, independet. and 1llteci, condnet, we shafl atrivie ti rescue I "y TWp T. from sen epbhcnmiral. and tei piirary saes ru.e. anti ttaliheh it upo a besin. that if y aeutf * command," we ahlIa all evnt JAM AGRESIAM Dookderdek*, Stattge Jlank Book Manufatcturqr, t and 3*indln4 doue eatly and with I No. 92 C&MP STREET, t New Orleani e ~~Jolt.N'mtD 'PRI~ 7EO n TATER IAOIDA, -THE L{JISIANIAN " IEPUBLICA ALL TIMES9 AND t1DEBt ALL CIIW:MSTANCE&" TOLL'IE, 1. 3 ILEANI LA, SIRBAT, JANiUAY ith., 1871. HUI$UI ?. A FRAGMENT. Oh ! give me back the sunny smile Of childhood's happy days, Ere my unwearied feet had learned To tread life's wildering maze. Yes; give me back that smile of joy, That sinless smile without alloy. And once again, oh I give me back My happy, careless heart; A heart which never had been pierced By sin's anvenomed dart; A heart untamed. free from sin, And sweet untroubled peace within. 'Tis vain ! such wishes all are vain ! Those days can come no more ! They have passed adown time's rolling wave To dark oblivion's shore. Though past in memory still they dwell, And cheer me with their magic spell. Those days so sweet can ne'er again Illume with radience bright, The heart which once has sorrow known Can never more be light. No; life s bright morning sun has passed, And o'er my brow a shade has cast. DEBATES OF THE SENATE. WEDES DAY, January 4, 1871. Mr. Todd having moved that the Sen ate should proceed to the election of an Official Reporter Mr. Lynch said, that before this ques tion was put, he would ask whether it was decided that an Official Reporter was necessary. It seemed to him, he said, that the Secretary, Assistant Secretary and Minute Clerk were all the officers that were necessary for the transaction of the ordinary business of the Senate. He said that the Senate had had a very able reporter for the past two years ; but what had he accomplished? He had boen paid at the rate of some eighteen or twenty dollars a day to report the speeches of members of the Senate. He (maidered that the people of the State' were not able to pay Jo have the speeches of Senators reported. The office of Officia Reporter was unknown to the law ; and he thought that Senators had better pause before they created an office invol ving such heavy expense. He, therefore, moved to lay the motion to elect an Offi cial Reporter oa the table. The Senate refused to lay the motion on the table. On the motion of Mr. Campbell that the Senate should go into the election of a standing committee of five, to report rules for the governmentof the Senate- Mr. Ray said : There have been no rules adopted by the Senate for its govern ment, other than the resolution passed on last Monday, which reads as follows: Resolved, That the Senate elect a com mittee of five, by btlot, to report rules for the government of their body for the present session. That resolution had reference to the s time subject that is now broached; and it is the one that must now govern the Senate, unless repealed by proper action of that body. I therefore, hold that the resolution now introduced is out-of or der. It is true that it is a little different ly worded from the one that was passed Monday, but, nevertheless, the `object is doubtless the same. The very same point that 1 now raise id the same that was raised and decided yesterday. And it was then very properly stated, by the Svunator from Claiborne, that the only way to get out of the diffculty was to reconsider the resolution pamed Miay. It can not be got around any other way. No other mo tion or subterfiuge can be tolerated, as-. cording to parliamentary usage. The Chair ruled the motion out of or der. Mr. Campbell : I wish to ask the Sen ator a question : Whether I urderetood him to state yesterday that the resolution' adopted by the Senate day before yester day was unoonstitutionaal ? Mr. Ray : I gave my opinion on that sub~ject yesterday, and that opinion was that the resolution was unconstitutionaL Mr. Campbell: Then, if that resolution is mnconstitutiomal, is it not null and void? I will meet the Senator on his own ground, and admit that it as uneonst~ite tional ; but if it ma o, itimall, void, and of no effect. Another point I submit, ms that the resolution I have introduced to day, is of a (fiterent character frozin the on.* peawed on last Monday. I therefomS aypesl from the decision of the Chair, eid on th4peal, I shall vote against sustaininghair. Mr. Ray tated yesterday that in my opinio4a an unconstitutional re solution; drat was my individual opinion, ant the opinion of the Sen ate. The Senmust act upon that sub ject before % be regarded as umeon atitutiondl. t resolution has been adopted by as a rule by that body, and, the Senate reconsiders that, it is bizj and must be enforced just as an Institutional act of the Legislature 4ling upon the people until the Coyeclare it otherwise. The Presi4 The Chair will have to adhere to itssion of yesterday in rul ing that resolb out of order. I ruled as I did yest4 because I considered that the Senadl passed that resolu tion the previlay and was bound by it. Now, if taker of that resolution has discovered he has made an error and that he helated the constitution, it is no fault de. I can not stultify myself to-day }tertaining this resolu tion. I took tilsition yesterday that if the resolutiotich was adopted on Monday was O'titutional it should not remain on inutes; that it should be reconsidered put in proper form. I can not, in d11v duty suffer it to be covered over in' ay that is proposed. Mr. Blackm#The same question that presents i4w is the one that presented itself ay. It seems to me that this difficiight be obviated ; that it could be bi by parliamentary rules. That res4 has been passed, and the Senate iid by it until it is reconsidered. TO the view of parlia mentary law that I shall be forced to sustain the Cli its decision. Mr. Couplandlat resolution was passed by a ms f the Senate on the first day of its , and it appeared upon the minutej next day. Those minutes were addby the Senate and consequently thiolution became a part of the officidual. It is therefore binding on the Simntil it is repealed by its own action. Mr. McMillen :,od deal is being said to day, an od deal was said yesterday when abject matter was brought up, abohunconstitutionali ty of the resolutikch was adopted day before yesterdfore the Senate. Much is also beinpir. President, of the conflict which between the mo tion which has j offered by the Senator from d District and the resolution wlve just refered to. I would ask, ident, that that resolution passed be read by the Secretary. The Secretary re resolution. Mr. M =Millen: lution passed this body on the iday of January, the first day of th of the Senate. It is an expression hferenee by the Senate as to the m electing a com mittee to report r$r the govern ment of this body. motion that has ; been made here to the Senator from the Second Dis a notion to proceed at this tim that commit tee. The firm u plyfixes thej mode or the this com mnittee shall be ehe he metion I made to day isthat eednow to elect that commit d this motion made to-da amply be carrying out or o the reso lation passed Mon President of the Senate has * e anyj intention to base his on the un constitutionality of jesohadon. 1 Without assigning whatever, without producing -ary rule to govern his without 4 being5be to telluas does so, he i in an arbitraryniann thtth motion of the order. A I motion ho procsed elition ofa i Icommittee to repoles for ( the Senate is out of And why?9 IDoes the honorable ut of the I '18nate deign to in Seaor twhyit is outof rder he chooe to oiea igle -rule to I ntan abmnself in his 'table po- I I stiouiDoes he give a 94 iwonld justafy any otifg to Isastain him in the s' he has 4 Staken. Why can nut th procee , now to eleot that oomr' tlhasde-}: et termined to elect this committee, whern is the authority which prevents it firon n proceeding to do so. The aution of th4 honorable Senator from the Second Di. Il trict is simply to test this question witi u- the Senate, whether or not it h1s a right - as a legislative body, to proceed at thi i- time to the election of that committee. n Now, a word or two as to the constitn It tionality of this first resolution. In my u judgment, the constitution of the State - has no more to do with it than has the e Koran of Mahomet, or the ten com e mandments of Moses. I desire to say that I admire the manner in which the Senat o or frog Ouachita changes around in this l- matter. Yesterday he opposed the action I of the Senator of the Second District, a because the resolution pessed on Mon i- day was unconstitutionnal ; and to-4y y he opposes it because the Senate, on the n day before yesterday, resolved to proceed r in this matter by another resolution. Yes i, terday he was declaring it null and void y and to day he is raising it as a barrier to - prevent the Senate from going forward t in the transaction of the business of this a session. I Mr. Barber : I am in hopes, Mr. Pres I ident, that the Senator from the Second L. District will insist upon his motion for e an appeal from the decision of the Chair. This is a question that I am glad to see i brought up at this early period of the t session, and when the decision of the e Senate is taken,. I am satisfied that the gentlemen who voted on the side of the r Senator from the Second District will stand by him. When that test is made, it will then bring the question up fairly - and squarely. We are all anxious to see I it. Then we will have an opportunity to express our sentiments, and to ascertain s the object of the introduction of this re solution. I, therefore, second the motion I for an appeal from the deision ei the Chair in order to aid the gentleman, and I in order that th4 Senate may understand exactly the position occupied by the Senator to-day. I consider that there is I more importance attached to this resolu tion than has been expressed in its intro duction, and that it is a matter that should attract the attention of every" Senator, whether he be a Democrat or a Republican. Mr. Campbell having offered an amend ment to the resolution passed on Mon day, in reference to the election of a committee on rules by the Senate Mr. Fish said : If that motion is seconded, I wish to offer an amendment, and I will state my reasons for doing so very briefly. I want this question tested. The contest seems to be exclusively upon one point, and that is whether this com bnittee shall be elected by the Senate or appointed by the President I believe that the committees should be appointed according to the custom of this body and of all similar bodies throughout the United States. however, if this amend ment to the resolution is passed I believe it will then be our duty to naquiesce with the majority and have this committee elected so that the Senate will be or ganized and can go to work. We have now. spent three days and have done nothing. My motion is that the resoln ties be amended so as to read that a committee of five be appointed by the Chair to report rules for the government of this body. Mr. Pinchback : I guess I might ais well say whatlIwant to anyon this sub ject no4r; but I did hope the matter would be postponed until to-n~rrow. We have takes three test votes on this question. One on the motion to adjourn ; another on the question of sustaining the Chair ; and another on flhe motion? to reconuider-all of whicla have gone in favor of the otier side. But it is amat ter of some eurprise to me to see the pos tics of certain gentleme upon thaisf@o r. It will be..noticedlby there card of the vote that every member of the Democratic party oupo ti &lor ofj this ooun. lass placed himselfauarpw4 in. favor of this measure ; sad that messee has been charged here by the prees, by the people, sad, I am tekl, by theDeo cratie Cautral Ikecutive Comomittee, ma a direct support of Meary C. Warmoth,J Governor of this Stats. Do they ragnm 'ber that those very papers bave, froma }1$67 down to the peseent time, slabase re tensed that self name Governor as a en thief as a vagabond, as a carpet-bagger. he as a renegade, and as everything vile is- that is contained in the English vocabu th lary ? Is it possible that these gentlemen it, here, repeesenting as they claim, the is honesty and the chivalry of the State, come here to give their votes in favor of u- this executive? Do the people know ay what their men are doing? Why is it to that they wish to change this old rule ? ie Why do they propose to have the elec n- tion by ballot ? Is it in order that the at committees zay be chosen by the ring ? it- And who composes that ring, ap made us manifest by the action of the. Senate to )n day ? Be'it sai J to their shame that it is st, composed of the very men who have n- characterized the man that they now ty sustain as every thing but a gentleman. Le I took the position at first that his Ex Ad cellency-as it appears to them at this s- late day he is-was an able man, compe id tent to lead the State, competent to to bring out its industries, and competent rd to govern its people without regard ias to race,color or previous condition. When I said so before, they said I lied, and the a- same was said of every man that spoke in ad his favor. But what do we see now? We see ar them now going back on everything they ir. have said. And if the result of their ac es tion is such as to make the black people ie of this State the unppliant tools of carpet re baggers, scallawags, thieves and rene ie gades, as they have charged, whose fault ie will it be ? It will be the fault of the ill Democratic Senators on this floor. Let e, me tell them that ; for I am prepared to ly sustain his Excellency myself when I see Be that the chilvalry is educated up to, that to point. You propxoe to make me his in slave , you propose to make my people a- his slaves ; you propos to help him to to rivet the chains together around us ; and ae if you can stand it, we can, and we will cd help you " to do it. That's all i have to Ld any. se Mr. Blackman : This seems to be a is very violent attack on the very small i- zpinority composed of Democrats that are in the Senate chamber now. I am it very proud to see that, though in the y minority, they at last have become of a some value. When I look back, sir, to the time of the first organization of the I- Senate, when some of my political col leagues, elected fairly and squarely by a the people of the State of Louisiana. were driven from the legislative halls by the s gentleman who has just spoken and his t, colleagues ; when I have seen that very a gentleman joining a faction for the pun L. pose of slaughtering the best interests a of the State of Louisiana; when he has - turned his whole strength, the strength r of his party and the strength of his peo e ple toward riveting the chains around 1 our inks, as well as around the necks I of his own race ; when I look hack at all e this, I am glad that the moment has - conie when his duty to himself, to his s race and to the people of Louisiana is i awakened into action. If he had acted r+ with the people of Louisiana, with the - old residents of the State, representing, is he says, the chivalry, the pride, the patriotism and the wealth of the State, it might have been different. We offered to meet him upon fair and equal terms ; we accepted the situation as the gentle- I Sman aaked usto accept it ;we accepted l cvery measure that he saaedua to accept; Sand in spite of the liberalityof this peo- 1 Sple whom he denominateg the chivalry 1 Sand the wealth of the country, what did .we see ? That the gentleman joined in a oPlxosition to us for the Isporspe of irvet ruig our chains more strnmgly. The pee a ple of the State of Louisiana axe now ne-' >presented in the Senate LChail liy on i y sexen emo~ucrata. rhti eualt.l Sof the gentlenman's achinm; anm4 he now 1 - la. the andaeity to apgueat to a Are a Swe tobe slahtered in cold bleed, and a -then be aPlaledto for symypathyM 1y I SGod. Mn Presdext, Mmsensto me that] Ejit istime afor the Demograts~ofrak. caase Lyof themseh Weamegtweaue to tiue a i*.enderme rciisof e erbody ; lealby 1 S*em ackagain. I think it is &iR3 for a sj t alucreiv erseles for sao is ,jnnttknse s e the i :a -ja casinom wlmjheeapewlta saa beqinizg a to phew t:naheba t! w vrr low, tl.,t I * tlhe gentlemu'n h* .SI s'-I to pawjghs MtseU.MesiagoI oat t~mnnmwere lit see by the gestlesama, and teld bias "the ser? measent you par tAsse kietuos mefaureq your heed will fall, aid so will the heod of your " . fall; and so they did fall, and God be thanked for it. The gentleman abys that we have formed a coalition with H. G Warmoth, who has beegi denounced as a carpet-bag ger, as a thief, and ti everythng vile " that is known to the Engih toeige. I tell the gentleman now, and I tell the ! Governor of the Stabs of Louisiana and a his party, that the Deagm tMushae form r, ed a coalition with nobody but their e seven little selves who reps e tmtheir people upon this Boor. We are seven a still, and we will be seven thend. e We will form a coalition with n4odv not with the Governor and £ faction t or with the Lieutenant Governor and r his faction. We stand here determined t to do for our people and for our constit ? ueucy what is right, and proapr, and - .just ; and if the man represseued by the other faction is usch as we Demsocrats ? can support, they will ind us as one man simtainrng them. If on the con - Crary, they attempt to pats such resole L dons as have disgraced the annaof 1- g" islation in Louisiana, then we are not with them. We will do what is right for the people of this State. We do not sup port the faction of IL C. Warmoth, nor (do we support the faction of Oscar J. - Dunn. We are seven now, and we will be seven when this session closee t An to the giving over of the State to Mr. I Warmoth, we do not propose to do it We propose tb give the State to nobody. E In the first place Wre hale not the power 2o do so ; and in the next placo if wa r had the power we would take it ourselves. But what we do propose to tio is to - stand by the Democratic party, be it a C. Wa moth with his faction urOacar - J. Dunn with his faction that proposes - cocontrol the Legislature of this State. t We have the best interests of people of .All parties at heart. That-is the position I thnt the Democrats occupy in this Senate º chamber. As to the allegation of the Sgentleman that we have turned over, we t have not done so. We oocunpy the same position that we have occupied for three years. We have been trying to obtain for the people what belongs to them, and to I work for the best interests of the State. l Now, -r. President, what is the pro. ) position before the Senate ? The proposi tion is simply to sleet a commiettee to make rules for the government of the Senate. I certainly have no eoamplint to render against the presiding offir of the Senate, because, for the last to yearh, he has acted with impartiality sed with fairness toward the minority ; bat when it comes to the proposition whether we, in in our sovereign capacity as Senators, shall have the right to eldct eomenittae, or whether the Lieutenant-qovernor shall appoint that committee, Imast vroe to retain my right as a Sonatwr. When we vote for a resotution of this kind, can it be said we are voting against the gon tloman and his party? ,o are doing simply what is done in the Unite States Senate, or in any otherutemate, and whim we do that we do not propose to empro. muse ourselves, either with one bdtion or opinion only, and the Senate will decide wfiethor I am or sa net right, I dose by reiterating that the Predilont of the S.. numt' has given ameoen, masa very strong reason too, why, this estiss was ruled out; and that remus was theAs~t. had-' already adepted a smsointom e& that, subject.. Mr. Cmsppbell: From my aseqaintanes. with tihe gentlema from Onachita,1I have '. noticed that his maui characteristic is a tendency to cast an imputation ujpo any one that opposes him. Now I am willing to allow that all the courage, infe geei and virtue of the Senate aresou tie dde of lb. Renater from Omachita; t I wi.1 tomany that there is nothing in ftywor to justify the insinuation that wpi I any secret motive, or say other objr thought, whatever, other tbul' Senate considers itself abl, to own commitnee Now, I wihto dek fhe S* quleatlon: Suppose thi yes .bad not ineludu the words but simply resolved the Jator should elect a eumanit)*es iItdm andsubapupose, r wbay ~ ferpty proper to prosiw a h He has admitted, tha' **Ai ality of thst rusolj , t n'ot be sand theatamotions1 ta altuer the og. f Ufto 'waJ