The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-01-14
The s.reat Southern Con tien.

own metropolis, the City Of New Or
leans. The Great Southern Convention
first met at Baltimore. then at Charles
ton and Memphis, and now in New Or
leans for the fourth time. The pro
oeedings Of each one of these three
several conventions, are before us, and
we are unable to see one single
act Of practical utility tlat has YET
been done. still we have no objec-
ton to urge against anything great,
and certainly not great Conventions
because they serve to get great men
together, and give them an orpcrtuni-
ty to be sren, heard and felt and
they Eeem to be the very thing desired
in political peace where the stump
cannot be resorted to, in order to de-
velope the latent resources of the ma
ton. It is lamentahle indeed when we
come to reflect seriously upon it, what
great crop of great men are yearly
produced like cabbage heads, in this
great country, who "horn to blush
unseen waste all "their sweetness on
the desert air." Therefore we argue,
that lf,he world in its ordinary rotine,
will not bring about confederation Of
events to levelopc The many gems of
puresi ray serene. the dark unfathomed
cave Of ocean bear" why it should be
forced into measures either BY ariif-
cial wars, or artificial conventions );
gotten up for The purpose.
There is one fact, however, in con-
nection with this great Southern Con-
vention, which the good people of this
nation should calmly cousi Ter it isl
the fact, that a feeling Of sectional cn-
nifty is ongenderc,l hy it, That is, man
ifessed in such manner as to give a |
degree Of respeetabilitv TO it; and this
wrankles the wounds from which the |
life's blood Of the republic is now flow
ing ssfposc that The primary d.
ject Of this great Southern Convention
should be, to point out path for
railroad to the Pacific , Is not the
whole union alike interested in such
an undertaking? And is 1t not one
requiring the united energies of the
nation And pray. what has been
accomplished BY the great convention,
which has been meeting regularly the
psst four years to talk about the mat
ter. Nothing. We make no doubt
that in q brief period Of time, there
will be as many As four or Eve differ.
entt roads through The Continent con-
Meeting the two oceans. but not a sin
gle bar Of good and sufficient iron will
ever come out Of the gas works Of the
Great Southern, or any other conyen-
ton. II Southern interest, is not
identified with Northern, Eastern and
Western interest, in such great nation
al works, what has caused a division
Is not that great bond Of union-the /
silken cord that uuites nation Of
twenty-one millions in one glorious
Rerublic-the Constitution-still be-
fore us, unviolatcd ? And are there
not good men and true, in every sec
ton Of the Union, ready to lay down
their live BY il? Then why get up
sectional conventions, that popularity |
loving politicians, may vent their
spleen upon other sections What
good is to come out of it I? If there
exist q jealousy between the North and
the South, it should be the desire Of
every good man and true, to quiet it
and bring about reconciliation. IT,
the South does not flourish SO extern
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