New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-12-22
The Candidates and the Public Veal.

| The Candidates and the Public Veal.
Messrs Editors efhe Creceat-But few months since
deep and absorbing interest pervaded the whole
munity as to the acceptance rejection of the Con-
stituon and now since its acceptance that solicitude
to have subsidized and the benefits which were ex-
peced to follow from liberal organic law, pre-
sumed as necessary consequence follow the adoption
OF the Constitution We like the indolent farmer
to think it is only necessary to the seed and to leave
the rest to Providence While Providence with kind
and benefcent hand ministers much the wants man.
yet having endowed him with the faculties necessary
accomplish the ends of his creation
he may scatter without proper attention they will either
turn to tares or be with weeds And while much
has been accomplished in the adoption Constitution
which unfetters the energies the people, and renders
the resources of the State susceptible being developed
yet the adoption of that Constitution is the establish
ment of general principles requiring specific legislation
give to them life and vitality It, therefore becomes
matter of deep and vital import learn the past
ton and present opinions of those whose duty will be
by legislative enactments give such direction these
general principles will nure the veal or woe of the
country. H..
Tit desirable that the State should be relieved from
the restrictions of the old Constitution and be permitted
to take such steps will tend develop its
and to enable it to enter into honorable rivalry with
Its sister States of how much importance it that the
Legislature should be composed Of whose opinions
and whose past action show that they felt the necessity of
this reformation and that their OPTIONS are in keeping
with the progress of the age Useless indeed will it
been to have established liberal organic law if the
coming Legislature shall be by opinions and
sentiments in keeping with that liberal policy The adop-
ton of the Constitution spread buoyaney of hope
over the whole land which felt in every avocation
fe Each one felt that the chls of winter were gone
and that the spring time had State and city
rites rapidly advanced and witness the rare and
pleasing fact that they above par estate
felt the genial warmth of the hoped public improve
ments, individual enterprise has new impulse
which If not checked in its development will soon make
New Orleans in reality the Queen City of the West
Strange then is it that those who SO deeply Interested
IN the prosperity of State and city should so calmly
and quietly on the coming election while party lines must
necessarily TO considerable extent govern the contest
yet there are questions of domestic policy of such
manding Importance to claim the serious consideration
of those who feel that their hopes destiny are denti
fed with that of the city and State Upon the coming
Legislature will devolve the important duty of establish
ing that policy which, while protects the State from
prodgality yet will the completion great
lines Of internal improvements enable them to ac-
compish their great and important mission On it. too
will deyolve the duty of establishing system of free
hanks, which, while it will concentrate capital and thus
facilitate commerce and manufactures yet will be SO
guarded ana protected as to the community from
reckless SPECTATORS and rredeemabe currency How
careful them should the people be in selecting the agents
who are to carry out their great measures
Surely prudence and the ordinary dictates of rem
son will counsel them to intrust the maturing of
these important measure to those who were opposed to
the adoption of the Constitution Those who were
so lar behind the age as to prefer the restrictions
old to the liberal provisions the new Constitution are
not safe agents to develop tho principles upon which the
new Constitution rests 1t being question then of vital
Importance, the people have right know what was
the course which the several gentlemen are now can
ddate for seat in the Legislature pursued in the
adoption of the Constitution
Did they vote for against it If against it was their
opposition founded upon any other provision than the
basis representation? If So what those provisions
and what the remedies by which they propose to cor
rect those imperfectons? II elected what will be their
policy in relation to the present projected railroads and
what facilities will they afford for the future development
of the country?
What will be their policy as TO the establishment of
system of free banks
These questions Messrs Editors are most pertinent for
it is said the street that many of the gentlemen who
are aspirans for seat in the Legislature not only voted
against the Constitution but opposed to the
call for Convention Surely those who prove the de
auctions OF their reason or who in their daily avocatons
have felt the necessity of change in the organic law
are not now willing to lntrus the duty of giving vitality
that law to the hands of those who believed not in the
necessity of that change and who opposed to those
changes on principle
With the hope, Messrs. Editors that you can furnish
some light on this subject have presumed trespas on
your time. yo1rn.
I'VE can only answer our correspondent by
saying-that we believe all the wing candidates
the call for Convention and voted
for the new Constitution and that all the dem
'cratic candidates opposed and voted against
both; that the clear deduction seems, that
whilst the wings were, the democratic candi-
lates were not in favor Of free banking, liberal
franchise, liberal internal improvements, etc
Ed. CRESCENT.
The WRECK OF The WESTERN WoRIp,-We are informed
ays the Vicksburg Wing of Saturday, by gentleman
rom above, that portion of the of the ated
teamer Western World was landed in the eddy near
)nekport La about fourteen miles above this city by
,even white men, and one negro. There was two dead
emae children taken from the wreckone supposed to be
en or twelve years Of age with auburn yellow hair
lhout eighteen or twenty inches in length and the other
abont four or five OF age. No marks were found
,bout them to distinguish them but they were evidently
re Mfr1, 4lnf It.