[189] _Ibid._, 1870, rear, 191. For full account of the trial see Impeachment Proceedings in rear of _Ibid._, 1870. [190] _Ibid._, 1870, rear, 176, March 3. [191] On the authority of Herbert, _Why the Solid South_, 410. [192] “I found that the books were not written up to date, or those that were written up, the columns were not footed up; addition had not been made. A great many appropriations had been overdrawn.” Sen. Jour., 1870, 66. [193] House Jour., 9. [194] For the full text of the message, see House Jour., 1870, 9 ff. [195] House Journal, 1870, 9. [196] They were very generous with the fees for postage, lavish to their officers and employees, made a specialty of special committees, passed a most liberal and loose pension act for the veterans of 1814-15, and took active steps for the erection of a new state house. They had learned nothing from the deficiency in the revenue of the preceding year but proceeded to quibble about levying a tax of four or five mills though Federal investigation would show that agricultural property could easily bear a heavier tax. Sen. Jour., 1870, 41, 57; House Deb., 1870, 238; Sen. Repts., 42 Cong., 2 Sess., No. 41, Pt. i., 203. [197] “But I say, take up the city charter bill, and if you do not, I assure you that you will not make much progress on the school bill.” Sen. Deb., 1870, 783. Also House Deb., 200. [198] “I now make a fair, honest proposition to the friends of the bill. If they will give me time--say till to-morrow, to read this bill, to examine it--I promise then, upon my word and sacred honor, that I will not oppose its passage by resorting to those parliamentary tactics commonly known as filibustering.” House Deb., 1870, 74. [199] Jan. 21, _Ibid._, 48-57; Jan. 24. [200] Sen. Jour., 1870, 12, 13. [201] _Ibid._, 216-22. [202] The militia, registration, and New Orleans charter bills had run the gauntlet of the Senate but were still pending in the House. [203] The House had already consulted the attorney-general about the constitutionality of prolonging the session. House Jour., 1870, 97. [204] House Deb., 1870, 295. [205] Laws of Louisiana, Extra Session, 1870, No. 70. [206] Sen. Reports, 42 Cong., 2 Sess., No. 41, 279. [207] McMillan charged ineffectiveness of the law. “There is not in my whole parish, as far as I know, a single schoolhouse, no sirs, not even a shed devoted to educational purposes. There has not been a cent of the taxes raised for educational purposes expended in Carroll Parish since the war. We have a statute providing for a system of common school education, and under that superintendents have been appointed. The salary set apart for such officers has been punctually drawn.” House Deb., 1870, 115-16. [208] “Under the law of 1869 we find that the sum of $262,000 would be required for the salaries of officers, leaving nothing with which to pay teachers, or build or rent schoolhouses.” New Orleans _Republican_, Jan. 25, 1870.