Gazette and sentinel., 1860-12-22
Convention is Secession.

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this parish, and elsewhere, to come to one way
Of thinking upon the course of action which
honor, our interests, the wrong We have
and the quinturle injuries in pro>pcc
tive il We delay, demand Of ua.
We cannot well perceive, now that the con
veution is 10 be held, what it can otherwise
do than take separate aud decided acton fer
itself With Il lively sense Of the aggrrssions
that the Black Republicans have heaPed upon
us, and in view Of the increase Of those az.
Sress'ons and the manscling Of ~ in an in
dissoluble webb, the moment that party takes
the rcius Of Government, is i the part of
sound craftsmanship. good policy or pure pa
t~rIotisn, 10 adopt a course dependent upon
the decision of our sister States Such re-
suit would leave the people As much in the
dark as % the course Louisiana will take as
before the convention was called-which was
far, we are sure, from being the intention of
the Legislature, or that of Gov. Moore.
What those who seem to have such a holy
horror Of Secession, and particularly to going
it alone" would have the convention dc, Is
more than we know. Would they have It ct
and pass q resolution for a future conference
of the Southern States, in face Of the fact
that several Of those States were already out
of the Union TOR would be, by resolution, hy
a certain day. and that there was 40 prob.-
bIlity Of tie others acting, with ref renee To
their future, until after the Inauguration Of
Lincoln Would such a ccrrsa be prtfcrahI.
to the course Of aseplratc and decided action,
upon the merits Of our own wrongs aad upon
the rights Of our own individual sovereignty Z
Or you'd z course Of such doubt and Indccr.
sion be more advisable or more wise than the
course Just recommended by our Senators aud
Representatives IN Congress, who t-i! Us that
''all argument is exhausted in Appealing to
our oppresS0rs to give US our rights and Sc
cure to us tie guarantees Of the Constitut On,
and therefore advise US to separate ourselves
from the Coufrdcracy-not during Mr.. Buch.
anan's administration, We presume, bat on
81 Of March, lS6li Can prudence s. 50 far,
or loyalty to government, as to place Us in q
men al or cowardly attitude before our equalsl
We have no question that an act, seeding
on the 81 of March, if not Immediately, will
be the result Of the Conventions Of South
Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, and
.rnhatlu T.xa, All &c tI,ca , N finn.
will take place before the convention in this
State. Does any one believe that their final
action would be shaped by the conclusions Of
our convention? Their conventions arc for
separation, and nothing else. What better
guide and precedent would the 'co operation
lists have than the action of those States up
on the same subject for which the convention
in this State is called2 Whuld they seek
through our convention a conference Of the
Southern States'-with those States which
had already seeded, or which had taken their
definite and final action as members OF this
Confedcracy? Would not such conference,
between a State of the Union and such for, ign
power, upon the subject Of dismrmberment
of that Union, be treason of the deepest dye2
Indeed, what is the Convention called for
Is it called for further remonstranceS with the
States? Is it called to dare them
to knock that chip cT our heed dgdih'-or
is 1t called to acknowledge that Louis ana has
no righttul State sovereignty Of her own, and
that her action in a crisis like the present
must be in CO operation and conjunction with
similarly situated States (many Of which
would already have acted upon their own re-
sponslbiliy) or take no action at oil Are
these or similar useless and indecisive acts to
be the Result Of the convention, or is it lnten
ded really to do something effective to allevi-
ate our political sufferings and prevent the
ruin Of our State, our fortunes, our f,milirs
aud our inheritancesl Co operation among
the Southern States, a convention for that pur-
pose previous TO the election Of Lincoln, and
IN view Of that event, aud determining upon
solne concert Of action in case such event did
occur, would all have been very proper and
very wise-but ROW, such a thing is out of
the question, it is too late. This is our hum.
Die opinion.
If We know anything of the purpose for
which the convention is called, and we think
We do it was-no for cooperation or for con-
with other States as to our duty-but
for the purpose Of taking such formal acton
as to demonstrate to all concerned and inter
that Louisiana UiH mecer submit 10 the
Naturalization Of Lincoln!
That action can be nothing else but Seces.
sion, Secession before the 4th Of March, 1861
blink it as we may, much as We may
regret such n catastrophe- VIZ can see nothinp