New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-01-31
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The south y satisfied With the princi,,e. Il ~
hansas and Nebraska bill, and It Is to be fIonfd kEv
will be adopted by the returning eood sanas II ;r
Northern brethren. To use the language of Mr. GILL
houn, that great statesman, whose sagacitv 20 seldom
deceived, and whose wisdom 80 rarely erred they are
the principles Of "Jnatlce, the constitution and sei
ton Of Southern rights can be settled. can be set
tied on that ground simply by non-acton, BY leaving
the territories free and open to the emigration Of all
the world, and when they become States To adopt
whatever constitution they please with the single re
strlction to be republican IsS q $#sss sss5s
Ihe party cry that no more saye States are be-
admitted into the Union is not only an insult To the
slave States-not only direct violation Of the consH
tuition but acted upon by Congress, will be fatal to
hold it to be certain, that if the time shall ever
come when the South shall be III clear minority n
the Senate as It the House and Electoral Collage
that the aggressive spirit Of the North will direct the
legislation of that the South will be obliged
to abandon the Union. We must always be in mi
norty in the House Of Representatives and the E1ec-
torai College, and to guard against the wrongs that
ma5ores are prone TO inet, the South Iafist not be
IN a minority in the Senate. iii /. III 5
n IS worse than useless to Disguise fro1a ourselves
Inc tendency Of events. Heretofore; the safety Of
sne south has been in party; now its only hope of
salsIy y ID Jet Us aim at higher security and
that without change in the constitution, can he
found only in at least an equilibrium in the Senate
me Nortn struggles to destroy the equilibrium that
she may have like ascendancy in every branch of
me Government we must have power some where to
protect ourselves The North demands superiority,
not for its protection but for our Union Wheneyer
therefore, it shall be made to appear that We are not
to be permitted to guard ourselves frnsn Eroug
whenever it shall be8nade to appear tlat AZ more
slave States are to be admitted into the Tnion fhq
time for separation will have arrived POSTPONE N,
and it may be impossible ourselves and our ehidren
may become the meanest Of yassaE under the forms
OF constitutional law, and we shall have forfeited
deservedly our heritage Of freedom and the memory
of our ancestors be but the brand of our own shame
In democratic governments, such as that Of the
State Of Louisiana, where all power is lodged III tie
people, and their will is made known through the
balotbox it is obviously Of the first TINT
that will should be fairly and freely expressed. Suf
frage is both right and a duty, and the laws to
secure the freedom of its exercise should be stringent
stern and free from all ambiguity.
Popular election is the root of popular government,
and popular elections would justly be regarded with
scorn, if by party combination individual violence.
or the forms of law the voice of the majority should
be suppressed, controlled OF disregafded
The purity of the balot-box, SO large a theme for
defamation and so essential to rghtfui government,
Is an idle dream if the protection of the baotbox he
regarded as secondary consequ uence AS no party
excitement can justify or excuse fraud in voter 50
no party excitement can Justify Or excuse the destrc
tion of the haotbox; and he is bad citizen OF the
republic who would palate directly or indirectly The
acts, the corruption, the Intimidation Or the Fiaence
BY which the wishes Of the majority are silenced Of
defeated. s=lfs' 'f#S e't e.
recur to the scenes recently enacted in New Or
leans with pain and umiliat polls disgraced
by turbulence the ballot boxes broken, men threat,
ened, wounded, and murdered; nor hiss blo0dshsa
ceased since the election. NJ u II " y y
The recent political contest has inaugurated an era
Of crime in New Orleansy heretofore distinguished
Tor her Love OF peace and order There must lie fault
in the law or its administration; there must be soIe
thing radically defective in the government Of the
city, and if soft should be thoroughly remodefe
am not aware ofany subject of higher Importance
to the people of this than the prosperity of New
Orleans her true interests are the interests Of the
whole South her credit is the credit of all hersin
proyement promotes the Wellbeng of every citizen
she lis the metropolis Of the Statethe metropolis oi
the Valley Of5the Mississippi. No jealousy of her
growing greatness should disturb the harmony of oul
eounsels ;nor inpatience check thorough inyesti
gatidIin into her wants and condition charter tha
Will not hamrae1 the freedom OF her action is tina
which she most needs; taking that she shall b
without power to inhict injury the rest f State
and taking that her power snot used to tant th
purity OF the baiotboX. There should be thorough
reform in her corporate organization thorough re
form in her right of taxation all unae restriction
in her commerce should be removed; all impeachment
that narrow laws put in the way of her onwart
march to the great destiny which most assuredl
awaits her should be promptly and effectually des
| troyed. t5 E-r'rs- ~ 4.i sr
1t is impossible for New Orleans properly to govern
herself il with each successive year her charter
materially changed her charter should be mad,
without regard to party exgencies, and adhered tt
| without regard to party results. .iptEg#
New Orleans exercises large control in the legis
lation of the State and very large influence in gen
eral elections; hence, every restriction should be
placed upon her to prevent her corporate power from
being abused to promote party purposes 80. g--L
1t is much to be feared that those who have had
from time to time the control of the city government
used it to perpetuate their own power; and vacil
lating policy in the legislation is the natural and
necessary result. IL ..,,. ...r [z,,.r
Political ascendancy, attained through the unjust
tic political parties and the defeated combination III
a temporary majority in the Assembly, modify the
charter to promote its own future success. 3 IA
Let us strive for better things hereafter, protina
by the past, and trusting that the late dsgracefu
scenes in New Orleans will be warning that will b
needed by all good citizens give to the city jug
charter, and leave the future in her own hands.
is but recently that Louisiana has been thoroughly
awakened to the necessity of internal improvements
years ago. under habits of prodgality, arising from
an inflated currency, the State squandered her thou
sands and the public mind, SO grievousy shocked b,
the entire worthessness of the result, arrived at th
conclusion that the profits of great enterprise
not worth its cost but the magnificent fruits that il
our sister States rewarded the energy and the skill
OF art, gradually awakened us from the apathy int
which we had fallen, and contradicted the theories
our own bitter experience. y jia" r5sffH=5rA 81
The constitution Of 1862 opened for us by judiciou
provisions large fields of enterprise; the three grea
works commenced mme ediately after the adoption O
that constitution properly received all the encour
agement which could be afforded by State aid. ''y
Bearing ever in mind the salutary warnings Of the
past we should continue to foster these and other
works that the times may demand. s4'lgf
Liberal in the assistance which render, we should
be rigid in scrutiny into their management and
exacting in the restrictions require for their hon
est administration. E vi g.UG ~ f.t2 4{ }.l r.i Il.
Bountiful as nature has been to Louisiana the skill
of the engineer issti essential to her full develop.
ments. With Is 100000 Of acres Of fertile lands,
hardly tenth is in cultivation; with sea coast q
third in length of the State we have tonnage almost
in its infancy With q capacity to produce all the
cotton needed for the British Empire, and all the
sugar required for this great conederacy we are as
yet laggards in their growth. With thousands OF
miles Of internal navigation productions frequent
ly eau find no MARKET and North and South Louisi.
ana are strangers to each other. 80 T.. .z}.
Toward the cultivation Of these millions Of acres
towards the improvement Of these miles of navigation
towards cementng together these sections discreet
and timely legislation can do much. As yet nothing
absolutely nothing, has been accomplished. .55
A fund for internal improvements has existed for
years. Large amounts OF it have been expended
Yet it would be difficult for even curious inquirer to
discover any benefit that has resulted from it. l.
It is passing strange that in popular Government
without privileged classes, without stipendaries on
the bounty of the State, n1ismanagement and reck.
lessness should be tolerated. May the future redeem
the of the past and striking boldly and freely
at all maadmnstTation vindiCate the purity and the
wisdom of republican institutions, while we promote
and enlarge our material interests. G7E1'.I
Comparing the constitution of the State framed in
1872 with that of ls45 and that Of 1852 we recognise
important and material changes. We have not been