New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-03-11
Louisiana and the Next President,

Our democratic friends have held their State
Convention. By the agency of the telegraph,
the result is intelligibly before the public.
Douglas, Notwithstanding the Jealous, but
rather covertly skillful advocacy of our CON
temporary, The Delta, was &c eliminated. y
That ticket of Mr.. Buchanan and John Slidel.
suggested by some disinterested gentleman in a
northern paper. fared so badly that its friends
turned around and drove the friends of Doug
las and g the young democracy y from the field.
The veterans were not willing to submit to any
thing like child's play Buchanan or Cass, one
of the old politicians in the party, was their
choice and so, they nominated the latter Cass
is an able statesman, though not of the first
order of talents; but he has a history behind
him which is an arsenal of weapons for attack.
This is awkward, and does not meet the views
of the young and ' fierce democratic"
But our neighbor of the Delta was determined
that things should not pass off in this way; and,
like another Vulcan, he set to work to manufac-
ture thunderbolts. He is thus reported in a dis
patch Of yesterday to the Picayune, a neutral
papcr
Judge Walker introduced set resolutions to extend
the right of suffrage to the election of all officers by the
peope limitation of the power of legislation prohibition
of chartered monopoies annual sessions the Legsl
ture which were adopted.
Jude Walker stated that it necessary to pass these
resolutions in order to defeat the wings who had stolen
their thunder.
at was necessary to pass these resolutions
in order to defeat the wings This was the
idea of our shrewd neighbor of the g indepen-
dent" Delta; and, of course, the resolutions
were adopted. Had our neighbor any other
ideae Was this valuable suggestion necessary
to secure the passage of these resolutions? Could
not these resolutions have been passed in the
last campaign before the virtue of wing &c thun-
der" was discovered Is there anything else
to be borrowed of the wings and are the wings
willing to give up their g thunder'' why have
not our democratic friends taken an earlier OPP
portunity than this-the eve of an election to
reclaim their stolen thunder''' And why do
they claim it now, only &c in order to defeat the
whigs"' 1t will take our plausible and reli-
giously independent neighbor of the Delta
some time to explain these things,
The wings will meet at Baton Rouge on the
18th of this month and with the Yankee priv
ilege of guessing, we predict that they will re-
solve in favor of these things:
lsT, FILLMORE, for President; ONES, (of Ten
nessee,) for Vice President.
%. thorough change in our present barbar-
Gus and restrictive State Constitution
81. What our democratic friends appear Ia
have been afraid to meet--the Finality of the
Compromise Measures, and the prompt suppress.
sion of all sectional agitation, whether it CON,
from the North or from the South.
4Tu. A full endorsement of the noble platoon
adopted by the wings in the elections of last Ne
vember. That "Platform'' was and is as fol
lows:
l. Resol,ed That we look upon the Wing party as til
great eonscrvatveparty of the cnunywhnse princpi
are pest adapted to foster domestic industrytu deyeb
the resources OF the country by udieous system of in
trhai improvements, and by wise just and emerged,
Of the affairs of the nation to advance
interests abroad
Resuiced That We REGARD tbe GO az ronst
.iohat honorable and expedeut-to be founded in
iargea ana enlightened patriotism and that all efforts
impair its oogations destroy its sautary influence
whether they spring the afnitionist or
hfe aks nnconstituonaland at with the best inter
csts of the country.
Resloed That the Constitution of the State has failc
IN the great objects for which created that it liza.
prevented the development Of the resources Of the sta
checked its agricultural and commercial lynnco,p.r
and hung as an incubus around the energies nf ma me-
pie and, that the whig party it to Themselves and
The country to support for the nayt n,, a.',
who is not in favor of the passage of bill for liz nr
date calling OF Convention. to change and ramo,l
the organic law will unetter the energrs of tr nrn
and enable the State take her station among h.r
States, in social and physical improvements ''''
Resotred, That among these constitutional and staff,
tory changes, recognize
An Elective Judiciary
An important reduction of the fees of Office particular,
in tile Parish of Orleans in order that the people be Ne
leyed of system of taxation the oppressive an,
unjust of any that exists in this country,
a homestead exemption clause and legal provision
by which moderate amount of the absolute necrSsarp
OF life and the wages Of labor shall be exempt from cXecl
ton.
well regulated system Of Free Banks-So guarded an,
protected that while i'll its operation it shall dise thu
benefits Of accommodating capital it shall the same tim,
afford safe circulation that shall be convertible int,
specie at all times and under all circumstances
The delegation Of the necessary power to create ana
foster wise and liberal system of railroads manufacture,
the labor and develop the resources of the State
The adoption of perfect system of public cduca
ton by which the acquisition of knowledge shall be place,
in the reach of all classes Of society
3rH. positive pledge to vote for no man
nominated or not nominated by the Wing Ma.
tional Convention, who is not sound in opposi
tion to sectionalism, freesoilism, disunion OF
notification, and fairly in favor of the binding
force OF the s. compromise measures" This reso-
luton will look in curious comparison with the
resolution g tha State Democratic Convention