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"REPUBLICAN AT ALL TIMUlS, AND UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES."
VOLUME t. NEW ORLEAS, LOVIAA, WDAY JANUARY 7, 1.
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PROSPECTUS
,F THE
endk evor to establish another
I c anjournal in New Orleans,
a rptia trs of the LomsaiaNIAx ,
Pr , to v a necessity which has
i,., neJ sometimes painfully
r " r.t. In the transition state
in their struggling efforts
that position in the Body
I witch we conceive to be their
. revarlvl that much infor
guiilance, encouragement,
,1, rproof have been lost, in
the lack of a medium,
nuh these deficiencies might
I. We shall strive to make
:Nta desideratum in these
POLICY.
r motto indicates, the Lort
*c\ ýhall be "Republican at all
, .1 ,'lrall circumstances" We
.vdoutn the security and enjoy
,f broad civil liberty, the abso
i tality of all men before the law,
r: impartial 'listribution of hon
ni jatronage to al who merit
o,,, of allaying animosities, of
rtinxla the memory of the bitter
artmoting harmony and union
2 cla- :s and between all in
shall advocate the removal
ioal disabilities , foster kind
r(earance, where malignity
.1 r:,aitint reigned, and seek for
I ju..tice where wrong and
, prevailed. Thus united in
.:; ubjects, we shall conserve
w'rest-s, elevate our noble
a enviable position among
r St st, by the development
.uitable resources, and secure
ih,.ts of the mighty changes
Lwtory and condition of the
,:.1 the Country.
that there can be no true
oaut the supremacy of law, I
a strict and undiscrimi
` itration of justice.
TAXATION.
Sp port the doctrine of an
vaisin of taxation among
faithful collection of the
twfonomV in the expendi
S
c.nfunaablv with the exigen
t.- S)tatC or Country and the
r'- of every legitimate obliga
LDVCATION.v
hclj saastain the carrying out of b
'u"'tots of the act establishing ii
4.tnr0 school system, and urger
n.ttu~ont duty the education of
S-. ttha vitally connected with
-Ja enlightenment, and tbe seen
LI 'tabihty of a Bepublican i
FINAL.
a gera,1 manly, independent,
Cou coduct, we shall strive
(itur lpaler, from an ephem
1 temporary existence, and
btuo asis, that ifwe
rid,"we shall at all
'Lidlt EYRICH, Ia
aier M~I Natloner
. CASAL STREET,
Ne~w Orlbas Louuisina. 2
POETRY.
5
THE DEATH OF THE OLD YIAB.
B! KMT! AMEM NwOa.
Alas! alas I the Old Year lies dead!
And I am the Wind, the harper hoary,
That ehanted his requtum ever his head,
And told to the hills his sorrowful basey.
, v5eythimg osmes at last to sa end;
Dot to die on the moor, without pillow
or litter
The desolate moor, with never a friend
Not one, my God !-it is bitter ! bitter !
Deadl dead! So ! so! A lover at last!
And he died of old age, as he said he
should die,
With the poor old Larpe alone to oem
One glance on the spot where his ashes
lie.
I leant o'er his vast and shadowy form,
And raised up his shaggy and grizzled
head, 1
And felt if his grand old heart war warm;
But, alas ! for my friend, he was dead !
he was dead!
Oh! pity, pity ! I am so blind,
So old and blind, that I scarcely know
What house this is, nor am able to find
A bit of a pathway here in the snow: I
So blind that, although I anxiously peer i
Full high and low through the shadows c
of night,
I can only just guess from the things that
I hear
Which of your windows is now alight
ji
It is easy to see, it is easy to see
You do not love an old moan like me;
It matters but little whom he implores
On the poor old harper they shut their t
doors. C
But I will not call you unkind in there, t
For I know I am crabbed and old and
Wheezy,
And I carry in with me too much cold air,
My cloak is so large and my cape is so ii
breezy.
I know not whether you loved the Old C
Year, p
But I know a poor harper who loved
him more
Than even his own sweet harp, I fear,
Which he strikes in vain at your open. P
less door.
With the snow so white for his glistening
shroud
And the night so black for his funeral h
pall:
Ah ! me, that sorrow should not be loud,
Ah! me, that Borrow is not for all! ti
Low well I remember the good Old Year
When, a barefooted boy, he sat under
the pines,
This beautiful antique harp to hear, t
As I grandly chanted mine ancient lines. b
For, though I say it, this harp, I say,
Has more weird musie about the strings
Than all the new4angled things they play t)
In convent halls or the courts of kings. it
Your pardon. good folk, for I never came
here
To chant my own praise; but I came to tU
lament
The loss of my friend, whom I held so
dear,
And who carried my heart with him 01
where he went B
Alas ! alas ! my old friend lies dead !
And I am the Wind, the harper hoary, a
That chanted his requiem over his head, o1
And told to the hills hir sorrowful story. hi
Gone ! gone ! forever and ever gone !
Wonld that I,- too, might come to my v
rest !
But I cannot die-I must ever go on,
Weary and wildered, a thing noblest. 8
Hark! hear you not the voice of the se, as
Now shrill and load, now soft and low? to
It is calling to me ! it is calling to me ! i
It sayslImust go-itsanyslImust go.G
[ hndependent.L
-"I can marry any girl I please,' "
said a young fellow, bo~tingly. i~
"Very true," replied hi. waggishG
companion, 'for you can't pleaseH
any."
-A geantleman on taking a
volume of Gibbon's Rome to be
bound, was asked if he would have ch
it bound in Russia. "Oh, no," he j
replied, "Russia is too far oft I H
will have it done hare." H
-The man who "couldn't stand th
it any longer," basutaken aseat. be
th
-An editor complimcnts at
brother editor thus : "Mr. Brown
is a clear thinker, a reedy and
vigorous writer, and a Brat-rate
fellow to boot "
-It makes a great differemes *m
whether glaasea are used over or
under the nose. B
--You're a queer chicken ! as the DI
hen said when she hatched out a
duck Al
-To keep water out, use pitch; ;
to keop itinuse a ptcher.
-For vimw on the Rhine-look l
into apork barrel. T
flm Am lm I3v~ung
C Oreer TUnegte &
A NEW ?5EAfAR ELECTED
-r. R 0M-----
w SPEECH OP T. GREEN OAVIDOOd
- ADOPTION OF BESOLUTIONS
*1
wI riw. Seetawy, ca11 ed
theB MW to order at bmar-pautomr
s o'clock.
D. OCdy Stanton moved that
d Thomas Green Davideon be elected
temporary chairman. The motion
was mied, and Mr. Davidson took I
'his sest.
Mr. Davidson, upon taking the'
chair, said that he had consented to
r accept the position of temporarily
presiding over the House, because
r it was manifest that villanous pro- 1
, ceedings had been set on foot to de- 1
feat the expremed wishes of the
majority of the House, and he had i
always been ready to lend a hand i
in suppresing violenee and il- c
legal meomies, from whatever quar- e
ter they might issue. He declared I
r that the action of the minority at (
the session at noon was illegal, and b
the measures pretended to have been v
enacted by them were illegal and a
without force, because of their utter 1
illegability, etc.
Now the House is prepared to
call the rolL Fifty-three members 0
present, and a quorum. n
The Speaker said the House was
now ready to receive resolutions. A h
proclamation from the Governor w
was here read. G
Mr. Kinsella and Mr. Waters
here entered, adding two members °
to the list, making fifty-five in all. u
Mr. Dewees then offered a resolu
tion that the seats of the members C
from Cameron, Tangipahoa and 'ý
Grant be declared vacant.
Mr. Stamps, of Jefferson, objected it
to ousting the member from Grant
because he was colored. U
Discussion here arose concerning a'
this point, Mr. Carr taking the floor s'
in support of it, Mr. Kenner 01
against it.
The Speaker made a suggestion 8
that he was opposed to unseating 0o
anybody without their being heard, f'
and in this the Speaker was at n'
once sustained unanimously by the
House.
Mr. Ong, of St. Bernard, offered
a resolution condemning the action b
of the members of the House, which v'
had met at noon, denouncing their
action as revolutionary, and as sub- n
versive of the government.
Mr. Kenner here made a sharp p1
speech, supporting the resolutions, P'
and denouncing in the strongest
terms the action of the United °
States government in arresting the ti
Governor and members of the a
Legislature, and denouncing the '
action of the sainority in proceed
ing to attempt to legislate while the a
Governor and members of the A'
House were in durance. a1
The resolutions of Mr. Ong were
then put to a vote, and were car- to
ried unanimously. ra
Mr. Carr offered a resolution do- H
dlazing that the office of Speaker G
be declared vacant, mad that the en
House proceed to SI the same.
His first motion was to declare afl PE
the eoc1ee of the House vacant, but tli
be amended souasto include only
the Speakerahip.
The roll being cmtled on the D
peinage of the above resolution, it as
was carmied by fify-four votes-- J
uannimoufry
Mr. Dewees here moved to go Be
into sa election for Speaker. The ci
Ibllowing were the nominee.: cc
Brewster, Oasrtkamp, Kenner, tii
Browe, Davidson, D. W. C. hrown, a
I W. qiun, tworrn amid watens fa
AU *iaharw their anames except
Brewste .adOarathamp. The null c
being eailed, Mr. Mswater, of
Omeehles, ieumised ~tsotewa votes w
votes sealidg. Mr. Ikewhr was w
g then elected unaaimously, and as
carted to the chair by Mesers.
d Cochrane and Carr.
Mr. rewster then took the chair,
D and made a short, mess speech, say
ing he was for refoi* and the striot
e ast economy. He * into the
Speaker's seat an u ºntrammel
a edand he had mad not a single
N promise. His aim -would be to re
duce the burden of imation in the
y State. He urged uypn the House
to make a record thXt would reflect
g credit upon this seaqion of the Gen
eral Assembly, and one that their
a constituency would feel proud of,
r and that their ehMn would not
be ashamed of. He would not
,t thank the House now, but if their
1 record at the close of the session
1 warranted it he would then thank
r them. The Speaker was now sworn
in by the Hon. Thomas Green Da
videon.
The last named then took the l
fdoor and spoke in defense of certain I
charges that had been made against
him in the issuance of warrants by 1
Dewees and Carr. He said that be
was perfectly thunderstruck at the
impudence of Carter as exhibited
I in his speech of yesterday. The
charge that he (the speaker) belong
ed to Governor Warmoth was a lie. i
But between Gov. Warmoth and t
General Grant and the Custom- t
house, he was for Warmoth. He ,
was no Republican, but a Democrat, J
and not a Democrat that could be $
bought by the Customhouse.- c
Those other Democrats who were o
being fed and slept and liquored
on board of the Wilderness he had b
nothing to do with. He wanted to it
make a record before the people, and
he was satisfied that the people
would indorse no coalition with C
Grant .
A resolution was offered that a lc
committee be appointed to wait S
upon the Governor and desire him d
to provide means to protect the fc
Capitol and the members from B
violence and intimidation. a
Mr. Stamps made a speech, say- E
ing that he had always been for jc
Grant, but that if he discovered b
that the President indorsed the a
action of the United States commis- is
sioner in arresting himself and w
others, he would not be for him. ce
He went on to denounce his arrest vi
as the most high-handed outrage is
on record. Since he had been a ti
freeman he had never felt so bad ; a
never felt so degraded. a
The previous question having is
been called, it was adopted unpai
mously, and, the yeas and nays ti
being called, fifty-four members w
voted yeas. n,
Mr. Worrall, of Jefferson, then ai
moved that the present officers of cl
the House be confrmed in their ti
places. The rules were not sus- F
pended. 1
Thomas Green Davidson here ai
offered a resolution of confidence in ti
the Governor, and indorsing his y
call for the extra session, and
spoke in favor of thesame. hi
The previous question was called, ko
and the yeas and nays called, fifty- m
five members voting aye, the Chair e:
asking to be allowed to vote.
Mr. Dewees moved as a substi- al
tote to the resolution of Mr. Was
rall, concerning oSeera of th w
House, that the Sergemat-At..Arma, tk
Chief Clerk and Minute Clerks be hi
confirmed in their places. a
Mr. Worral moved to include j. hi
Piackney &nith, Warrant Clerk, In
the list of o~oors.
Laid upon the trkld.
The original amsmmetof Mr.
Dewess was them adopted, with sa
amme umet, imclhsig the ()ie
Mr. Murmy, at Odsfnas, here of
Lered a usecution daeltking the smut
cf George W. Carter, betasus of
conduct inbinomiag a ense
tive, set., andfor semodd
mlea to deuuive tim majorftycit ito
fail sained and the resoluilom
earyjad by 49 to 6.
Resolution reconsidered sad the
,econsideauMe laid em the tahie.
Mr. ff...r, u ouisama., usrm a
ressla~s Imdenimg th. adiDs of
s- the Governor in ohling the tstra
e. session of the Senate for the election
of a successor to the late Oscar J.
r, Dunn, and indorsing the action of
y the Senate in electing the Hon. P.
I- B 8 Pheabbaek.
C Oarried.
*Mgl 0msr offered a resAlation that
I the ermgeepat-AArms tak, charge
of the State goose until ten o'clock
a to-morrow morning, until which
e time the House adjor-ned.
I Carried.
r iMmT fu Y ºR waf.
The members of the House, after
adjournment, sent the fallowing ad
r dress to the executive:
soome or 3 mmzrrvm or IOFLarIAxA,
New Odeans., January 4. 1MM2.
To Hi. Benefly H C. Warmoth, Gov
S's-The undersigned, members
of the House of Representatives,
lay before your excellency the fol
lowing facts:
During the session of Jan. 3,1872,
a majority of the House evinced a
disposition to displace the Speaker,
George W. Carter. A motion to
that effect was offered, but the
Speaker refused to put the question.
An appeal was taken from this rul
ing, but the Speaker refused to put
the appeal to the House. A mem- °
ber then put the question and it"
was carried by a decided majority. g
But notwithstanding this fact the
said Carter held possession of the 0
chair, and although the House had"
ordered the hall to be cleared, he
(Carter) called around him a num
ber of men whom he had seerated t,
in his room, in contempt of the
order of the House.
A few minutes before the hour for
convening the House to-day, eigh- a
teen members of the House, all be- p
longing to the opposition against
Speaker Carter, were arrested by
deputy United States marshals and s'
forcibly carried out of the State b
House upon groandless charges I
made by his friends and partisans.
Deeming this a trick to obtain a ma
jority of the House, enough mem
bers absented themselves to break
a quorum. Notwithstanding this
latter fact, the Speaker proceeded
with the business of the House,
contrary to the constitutional pro
visions binding the power of a less
number than a quorum. He arbi
trarily directed this minority, and
caused the pretended expulsion of k
a number of the absent arrested 9
members.
He assumed, among other things, at
that the House had clothed him
with the power to appoint a large a
number of assistant sergeante-at- L
arms for the purpose of taking "
charge of the State, and preventing I
the ingress of the police thereto.
For these and other misdemeanors
Speaker Carter has been deposed
and ejected from the Horse during lo
the extraordinary session held under
your proclamation of this date.
Apprehending that Carter and _
his partiesans wml attempt violence
to regain his lost positioin, we de
mand of your Excellency, the ebilf
executive officor of th 5tate, thto
you take measures to prevent such az
attempt. U
We state to your Exeflluanythat U
we have no doubt of the power of d
the House to protect its members,'
but we feel it our duty to take this 1s
action in order to avoid riot and ci
D. A. Cochran., Lafayette.
J. Dsrziaburg, Point. Coupee. 02
H. C. Toums.r, Peims.coupee. 6
A.Belot, Oresmas.
Chares. Abel, Boealer.
John Gazathamp, Joe~rson.
W. 3. eanuMs, (Inuane.
Nemry lly, a. James.t
Glecigs Washington, Concordia. y
Thomes. Muan, Or0sa.m
Thoas D. Woarni, Je~.oso.
0. Ra kewswe, 0upchts.
LW. Fa.lhwwn, Csaiwil. U
ZEmaen 3enses SL Nary.
P. Wndrk 'I'euboamus
Jeha 3. Bows., Isssas
w. c. Kinesis, (onems.
W. B. Whugiled. kImale
L W. Dews.., DeSoto
Msrtimur cas, De Suto.
P. Pentseli, YeraU1n*. d
r. e. Davldeom, tikgstas. wu
ra Henry L Pond, iest Felicians.
in John J. Umeaw, West 1e.5edam
Raktrd Saelf meshisshee.
o. H. Hempstead, Iberville.
Henry Demrs, 19L John the Baptist
P. J. W. Qulan, WadWeds, Gaesas.
P. Harper, St Charles.
Wiaiam Crswfored, Bapides.
L C. LBaddhhs 8t ragms.
W. D. 1ley4, L palemse
Dewitt C, Brown, Asseesta.
k H. Whbosey, Pbhquemsne .
h D.A LMarstabh, am.Vanli.
H. Baby, Natldbtoebeu,
D. Cady Stanton, Boesier.
P. C. Me' I ; tenth Rdpemseleative
District, New (rle.s.
C. F. Huston, East Felicina.
P. Dae, Ousana.
r am aiget arta
r . Oplatek, Orlesas. .
Milton Yorrs, Ascension.
V. B. McCarthy, Sixth Repesestatlve
District, New Orleans.
B. G. Gardner, Jefferson.
S. Marvin, Cheshonla.
L J. Soars, Avoyelles.
George L. Smith, Cando.
W. H. Waters, Orleans.
T. B. Stmps, Jebtenon.
B. H J. eanner, Orleans.
David Young, Conoordla.
Themes Omg, 8t Ueruard.
&rrar or Looanuxa,
Emuative Depeatmee t
New Oueama, Janaq , 1873).
To the People of the State of Leoisiana:
Whereas, a conspiracy has devel
oped itself in our midst, threaten
ing the eomptate oveuthmw dr the
gwo memt by illegal and revMlu
tionary means, shown by- the serest
of the Governor, Lieutenant Gover
nor and members of the Senate Sad f
House of Representatives, at the
moment of assembling, by the Uni
ted States Marshal, on writs of a'
United States Caomuimi hr, upon
false and frivolous chages. and,
Whereas, daring. the absence of
a large number of the House of Be
presenatives so arrested, an effort
was made by the reuakiag mem
bers-less than a qaorum being pre
sent-to declare the seateof a num
ber of the absent members vacant,
and the substitution of other per
sons in their stead; and
Whereas, such proceedingsendan
ger the peace, order and liberty of
the people and threaten the over
throw of popular government; and
Whereas, I have been requested
by a committee appointed by and _
in behalf of the House of Represen
tatives, and in a petition signed by
fifty-five members, they being three
more than a majority of the body,
to take immediate steps toward the
protection and security of the mem
bers, in their deliberations and en
actments;
Now, therefore, I, H. C. War
moth, Governor of the State of
Louisiana, by virtue of the power
vested in me by the constitution and
laws of this State, do hereby can
tion the law-abiding people of the
State to refrain from giving couats
nance or support to any measure
looking to the subversion of the
State government.
And Ido further call upon all
good citizens of the State to refrain
from participating in, or ensour
aging by their presence, any move
ment that has for its object the
overthrow of the State government
and the substitution therefor of '
martial law, but to pursue their I
usual peaseable avocations, and to
diseourage may oeachemeait er die
rease.Amoag the peopla. The Stats
is amply abl, to protest its own
citiseaa, and theautbority vested in
me by the constitution and laws of I
the State will beused to its fallest I
eztmnt for the protection ef the !
General Asembly and the -nurt
of the lves and property etall the
citizens of the cmmonweeltb.
Done at the city of New Orleans,
this fourth day of January, inathe ,
year of our Lord one thousand a
eight h..d ml seeveonty-two (
mid of the i d ceof the
United States ties ainstyduith.
By the Governor :
B. C. WARHOTH.
J. W. Fgunra,
Assistant Secretary of State.
-A Western editor wishes to
know whether ltho law recently
enasted against the carrying of
deaily weapems app~ss to dehon
-who cssry gls thefr peaket [C
RLTMS ON AD ainggg
Squares Imo mos 3 fhs 6 ot yr
Two i I22 It *u
Three 3 12 30 a 50
Four 15 25 35 5 70
Five 9o 35 45 4 585
Six 24 42 50 70 100
I CoIm.. 45 M5 130 17 950
Al baeir.. aseiaes of advertlueimets
t be ebared twenty unato per Um each
e e Ppuin reutsd with aeatamea
with ashions,"
so
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man iveto all
who may wish to sesure our services.
Iv,ý Cf ý SIONAL.
JOHN B. HOWARD.
raw oiiwi
26 SI6hrIen Si-eet 26
New Orlans.
Prompt attentim given to eiv
buaineeu in the several eourt. of the
State.
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