New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-16
LETTER FROM "a TRUE DEMOCRAT },
BATON Roueg. February II ,se

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that the people were sovereign, and had the right
TO think for themselves, act for themselves, in all
matters pertaining to their political rights and inn
munities. ! thought that, in our democratic form
| OF government, there was no authority above the
people-that they were the only source of political
power, and have, alone, the only legitimate right
to regulate their political and governmental CON
Germs az to them shall seem most meet and proper
But it seems have been aboring under some mis-
take about this matter-tllat such an idea is men
tai hallucination of mine, and that the people OF
Louisiana, more especiallythe Democracy, actually
don't belong TO themselves, but to d geeonsttut-
ed, invisible dictatorship located somewhere in the
parish Of Orleans, calling itself Parish Commit
Zee, having Secretary pro tenn. to issue it's diet
ates, commands and pronuncianientos, requiring
their imperative obedience and submission thereto
This Parish Committee, this self-constituted auto
cracy, has recently taken upon itself to issue the
following bombastic pronuncamiento, viz:
Resolued, That tie recent overtures issued BY
Messrs. Defony, Gray, Heron and others, to the
KNOWN otiings and other opponents of the Demo
cratic party, TO come into the Democratic primary
meetings on equal terms with Democrats, in the
selection of Delegates to the Democratic State Con-
venton at Baton Rouge is proposition for the dis
solution OF the Democratic party, which we con-
demn as faithless and presunptuous
Now is not this the quintessence Of pomposity Z
ps.'y iafish eoinniteee, With sel-lhha'so dig-
my, Pie7uhes W uenhe anu dicIase 10 tue oehio
"@e sll'i ~ shli nos coilsaiute W
M Vi liaii' III oraef thae ne may aet
with the Democratic partyi Was ever impudence
more consummate? Was presumption ever more
supet'as'se.y .iu'clious man ms II SO, nave
~ siioii,a ~ y
9een ele ies " 'iiis eoiliitee "neh
"'s'Noleu IN soieiih eolislafe' "ilh s"oiieh
,s, I, A9sus ~ "ohaeiiui eul.t' taha iass
'ie poi.en'o0s inae5seioAs uias saAneieo
a'out 'nsn iet.u.es' u .e oufs1ls Imagination
% " sHii'iihAse h.essfs' peioAF eray ana
iiFiioh aHu o'hers' Hhy sr, you might haFe
plainly seen IN every liniaInent. az
How they md fxed tleir for deceit,
lnes 9,oh4a,ea t'itehe9d 'ei9re fhsy speak,
Hthi Whtst nave s.Deiehy, tray ana hef-
ron done, that this Parish Committee should take
mon itseH n its lrt, NIL, ~ -
a ftt,r.s 81 81
.os' "lu = psaoas why Simply 10
commend % me people oi the respective parishes
to unite and act together in view Of fhe periIs
threatening them all alike and ia send tbe;r de1o
.,+oss - ~ 1,a.;a e,..,s r,IeEN
aa,ss ~ Dst4e,o y ~, asA.s ool,sentioh ana
are not the people Of the parishes the best judges
Of their own political concerns and can they NOT
dare to act without the edicts AM, conn,a,,gs of
ti p..;ar ~. 7.
made and ordained the dignitaries OF this commit
tee as masters ana oyerseers over the Democraey7
that tbev el,oud depop,ca ,,entIo,o,, o :. f;,l,e
- "'tea.
aau pfesuilptuous because they VIII not kneel
and fawn around The feet Of John, King Of his
faithful tribe!
Ana nav. if thc reader vii, a,cnae mo e.
A4'a Ao'i 4 - tsSiSi Miii eNeuse ite lor pay
tee than it is wsrthy Of, will proceed to furnish
some other acts of faithlessness and presumption
w,hief, Il yvopld co1n,na,,i IL te;r cov,s;dar4
to In tba
II I'M c,1laus ior '7peaker
OF the house 81 held 10th January
last, the Hon. N. D. Coleman offered the following
preamble and resolution viz.
considerine III nreca qerts est.,,,;s,aa !, Y i,
Dea1oeratie artv II fba m ta ~ 1e
tcs afnat II H. pa = ~ esteT pa
tie Sneakersbp and tbe eonrse adontaa ~, 4ha lpa
Democratic State Convention of Mississippi, con
sentng that aii without distinction Of party should
uatian ~ G rharas ps s.s.i .ne ne
as one Of the delegates at large acts ma1ifest;5a
a eonmendable desire to bury all dead issues fer
sne ol sseHr!is, lortliylh ana pefpetn-
,si ~ 49, I.e me e,.-
alarming the people Of tie siaveIoldng stafes AZ
the imperative necessity Of concert of action, pre-
pa..sausS y lne aEganlzahion oI the charleston
ID maintain and nratect onr rhts ana r : aiI y,
future aggressions against our institutions
re q iesosted, That AZ the members elected to
s,,,s alp VIII pieage themselves TO
welf nc the Dannosrati n,ninaes ~ e ,l ag. as
Convention, be admitted to participate III Tia IA.
Ibefahons OF this body, and invited to take seats
WI .le pfisheges ol members OIL inns Democratic
Nh vote beino callad for nnor ~ 49,. -
luton, resulted us follows:
Yeas: Messrs. Barry, Berry, Brusle, Burton5
Bush, Coleman, Dngas, Evans, Heron, W. L. Knox,
d. Poh.ar h - Mar fhps randall
Nars. Messrs. allen 4rmant hnst R;o,t,a.,,
Bond, Breithaupt Clark, Cotton. Davidson. Desses,
sarl Dup1y, Ewing Fuller Gannt, Harper, Haynes,
pa Mil. lS;a,, Ky aiafhs Mat.heWs, hlc-
seau. Smith. Soils. Tareton Theriot Hoa
hies, NJ. yoorhies, Wise-34.
And now am authorized by Gen. Phillips to saw
that in the parish of DeSoto the doors were opened
for the admission of the Opposition party into the
Democratic Convention to nominate Legislative
candidates. upon a similar invitation. and that
about one hundred Of the Opposition did avail
Of the invitation and partcipafed IN the
In tl,a ,,a,;sI, of #fs..1aa T o,,,s o y, ", !,
..,,,a -, $ - sss'i " ehas slie
fron, tba How w N Ii, - AZ: -. -io.e
me TINT il narish ,,,,,e,,to, -
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