Daily gazette and comet., 1860-12-14
TIE CONVENTION BILL.

dedicate the hand thereof and the pen
il g,asps, TO overthrow the design Of
the parties at whose pleasure and OK
ira session of the Assembly has been
called. and a bill pushed through,
without the usual courtesies allowed
in the debate Of minor questions. We
have IL before us, n monster in its
features, bearing no resemblance TO
anything gone before. II has arisen
into life not according to the laws Of
natural growth; it has not been talked
Of by the people, but comes upon us
with all the fury Of the thunderbolt,
lust a. IL was fashioned by our mas
ters who have resolved that nothing
will satisfy hem but a dissolution of
the Union. There is no time TO con
slider. no time to debate. The ques-
ton is not for the people TO decide
There shall be a Convention. The
G., vernon recommends it to the Leg
islature. and that body assemblies Mt
the Capitol merely for form sake, to
receive the work and give it the
authority of law work already done
for them, aud as Pll known to the
chief priests of ii League, before
as after. All prais' 20 the few mem
bers of either Hold who had the
manly courage and 20 true Republi'
can spirit TO question 10y what right
and under what authority this hasty
work was being done-wbo dared TO
inquire into tho "urgent necessity
claimed for this hasty action. The
Convention il ordered-tho Procla-
nation il out-we are allowed TWEEN
ty-four days from this instant to select
our delegates; this too in the face OF
the well known fact. that it takes from
two TO threo weeks TO convey intelli-
geuce TO distant Parishes. II no cleo
ton is held in many Of tho Parishes,
land It requires no foresight to pre-
dict this), then the gentlemen who
assemble, having fewer Of the people
to contend with, may commit the
State to the next feature in the pro-
gramme. What it is, is only known
to the favored few who cluster round
the master spirit Of the epterprise who
dwells in the city below. Is il to
withdraw Louisiana from tho Union,
because Of the election of Mr.. Lincoln
to tho Presidencyi Hardly this
There are ulterior designs TO which
the election Of Lincoln 10 the Presi-
dcucy has been made subsorvient.-
We are without Government in
Louisiana, so far rs the action Of the
Governor and the Legislature can ex-
tend their influence. Thank God for
it, we have an order-loving, law-abid-
ing population, and have little to fear
from tho military despotism created
by the same authority. The people
have no representatives to appeal to,
in this dreadful hour. That body
having usurped authority never dele
gated to them, have shown themselves
superior to the people, and may do as
they like, when they return here, for
the session in January.
What n task is thrust upon us, we
few, who feel as nearly and dearly re
lated 10 Louisiana and her interests.
as they who are crying for the war
dogs TO be let loose. We feel unequal
to the task which every American in
s,inct nerves us to undertake. Will
our friends aid us-will they do with
their pens what we cannotl We count
upon such, without knowing who they
are. Any word TO turn aside the po-
Htical guillotine which is already erect
ed, will be received as an offering on
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