The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-08
The Country Press.


1t is not little astonishing that the coun-
try Press cannot fnd a moment now and
then, 10 say something about the new con-
stitution, than which, we conceive there is
nothing of more importance to the welfare
and prosperity of the State. But no the
body polite is too much engrossed with the
Presidency. There is prospect of reaping
harvest after the election, by having it to
say. well I supported him" And files
will be referred to, and speeches-and club
meetings-and noisy grog shop assemblies
of deTagogues to prove the deserts of the
three millions of applicants that now dream
of obtaining an Office, for being faithful to
cthc Cause Will it not be said then that
Maj. Blank established paper-a Cam
paign paper at Pompeii expressly to lie for
the cause, and msleaG the Ignorant And
will not Col Blanks speech be referred to,
that was made in the Spring, on the banks
Of the Tickfaw, OF course it will and he
will be rewarded, just in proportion as he
has lied, and made fool of himself
How can we expect with snch paramount
things of importance before the country
press. TO get it TO say anything about the
New Constitution Not at ALL The Lo-
colocos must oppose it, because the Wings
made it. and the country editor must refer
TO the city editor for his opinions on the
subject: when every one knows that the
basis OF Representation is bone for the
city to pick at Our friends of the True
Delta have had it all to themselves, and
picked the bone TO pieces. The True Deltas
able leaders are adopted by the Southern
Democrn' and the Democratic .4dpocafe, and
the Democrat Campaign paper, and they all
enighten us with the information that the
Constitution is autiTepublican. The South
erm Democrat says:
it is quite clear that the convention was |
assembled for the purpose of advancing the
interest of Spectators. The action of the
Legislature under the provisions Of the con-
stitution of 1915 submitting certain amend |
ments to the people. covered all the ground |
necessary to accomplish the protested OBJ
jects internal Improvements. free banking
extension of the electoral franchise an
elective rrliciary-which principle, by the
by, the Wings have become recent converts
to-and yet, as we asked before, the result
Power to restore to the old rotten system
Of banking-meaning plumber of the fruits
OF the laborer's hire, and then class him
upon the total population basis, with a
species Of property called a negro.
This Sounds very pretty and when read
of from the stump by some fellow of stong
lungs has telling effect.
We like the New Constitution because
1t is Democratic-because it confides to the
people unlimited exercise of the elective
neutrality-suspicious. which the Philosophy
of Politics has thought proper to guard, but
which have been well tested by sister states
in the Union and are found to be in the best
hands under the control of the sovereign
people,
We took occasion to speak about an
elective judiciary whe:. the question was
being debated in the Convention We
thought it njudicious to embody it in the
organic law at this period OF the history 81
our State. Our reasons for this opposition
are briefly sumed
Our State is too spare'y populated the
means of intercommunication too meager--
the taste for literature too limited-the
public school system too lame-and the
country too much under the influence of
Ward clubs and hungry politicians. These
are the reasons why we objected to an
Elective Judiciary and thought it better to
let the matter rest for the present with the
Executive.
Is it an anti-republican feature Is the
basis of representation feature anti,repub-
lcan2 Is the power 10 be conferred on
The General assembly anti-rcpubican =
Ne challenge the whole country to prove
t by any-other than the garbIed--but ill.,
,enious argument already ad9ucod t