Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-09-25
OppositiSa 10 the new t~t0nstitu-
! iOn.

Il i Hg H@UDffEtg Jus hh afAsbiS Wt1s1sa -
lYtopose ID sollow -- aud toitcll sdlaae VI
lais nulhts. The tenor Of the hfaia1u II
Eagaulst The charge that Che dstf1odrney ~
d tarty oppose the new constitution
1.-THE editor. cites the resttlt oT tlle election
for, and against the calling Of a cotiveii.
ton to tfaNia the law constitutions ~ tl,ir
parish, 70 ahow how far pefty feeling went
III tile idatter. We are ftudy to admit
that the asiliig Of b een ve1tiub was not
popuiar here but why, d lafgs pfopor'
! ton Of III, voters here eepaufted Ia tile
sentinieDt' iliat Il new instrument was es.
genital, bt.t a jealousy existed ~ we might
more respectfully designate the feeling by
calling II pride they were atfaid That
New Oaeais wanted the Capitol OF The
State to rest among themselves. Money
had little weight IN The matter, bit The
pride Of retaining The sessions Of the 6eu'
efal Aseptnbly at this place alone prompts
ell the & expression against the assembling
Of il esn ventlon, 1bis The Advocate
knows,
10 prove that the opposition ID HE pro.
posed constitution does not rest with the
democracy, ne Adpeeats calls up the
course Of Messfs Hosstius and BHNJAs
MIN In tie convention Of 1915, and Of
Messrs ltuNT, B%HApFoRp, kBNNEH and
other why's III tile late convention, all Of
whom Ht%rennously opposed the total pop
| ulatioa basis Us being unjust. We were
| present when The articles of tue proposed
instruments were being adopted separate.
ly, and when the action OF that body was
called 10 this article, we distinctly reliiein.
Der that several wings expressed them.
selves as voting for lie adoption BECAUSE
they could do no better, And the Adty.
cate says Mr.. BENJAMIN ''advoehted II and
voted for 1t as M tt,,eats,t.' Il the u.
s. Senator elect, to discard all sentiments
Of ef,aedteaeys AT the noxt session Of
our United States senate, suppose for q mo.
ment, that an attempt TO repeal or diminish
the slave representation be made, what
would the constituents Of Mr.. BENJAMIN
expect from him1 would they DESIRE that
injury he henped Upon insult, and that Me-.
BENJAMIN silently acquieaee In the move-
ments Of the enemies Of The South We
answer not , the voies 1f Louisiana would
be loud aud imperative In her demands
Of her Senator, She would demand the
yindseation Of southern rights at his hand
Shoald Mr.. BENJAMIN who was expected
In The late convention to vote against this
measure, when IL was "all he could GET
In tie Senate Of the United States, vote
against es1eaies,ty land aons IN this State
viii deny its espedieney) he would have
the finger Of seorn pointed at him as he
moved along, aud be branded as the 60.
| worker of ubolitionism. Who win deny
thiss certainly not oaf neigAbor-tle 4d.
| uoeose.
Next comes the citation OF those most
excellent journals, the W o. Crescent, and
Concordia Intelligence, these we would
say urge the adoption Of the new eonsti-
tuition. The former being the Convention
Journal, is no bar to the expression Of the
sentiment Of its editor, the Constitution
does not provide that the ofioial Journal
shall concur Ia All the sentiments Of the
body who framed IL. Aud il relation to
the latter able, aud influential Journal, up.
Oh the basis Of representation it speaks
best for itself. Read extract Aug. 9Th
IA mistaken impression seems to have
gone abroad that the Concordia Iateili.
yssscey Is opposed to the ratio OF repre-.
ssntation, based on the entire population,
free and slave. This Is a mistake, as II Is
too much Id favor of C~oncordia and other
great planting parishes for us 10 object.
We published correspondence opposed TO
/, before The basis was adonted' In, reserv.
ed our wi individual opinion, Surely we
shall not complain, II the parishes where
WHITES are more numerous ,aaii o'acks 90
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