The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1861-04-03
The Peonle.

These short words are powerful! Caucuses and
cIiques may work wonders for time but when the
PEOPLE are once awakened from their fancied dreams
of saetytheir pepous condition pointed them;
that ALL power has been wrested from Them and that
they have been eyeed to the condition of the brute
erestion-to be taxed, but not to yote-by the very
leaders who had used Cceronan eloquence to convince
them that call men created equal and the masses
were soyeregn!-they rise in their might, and
hurl from power all usurpers!
We cannot refrain from adopting the language Of the
Baton Rouge Comet which says is passing strange
how the people Of the old government, well as the
new-which has not yet got fairly on its legs have
passiyey submitted the action Of handful Of gen
emen, who are even now, busy shaping things to suit
their own purpose, without murmur from any quar-
ter We say strange; but that is word that ought to
be Immediately expunged from American edition
of the English lexicon 1t may be partly accounted
for in the fact that the good and people Of all
sections satisfied that the time has come for final
settlement of a question which stripped of the trum-
perry Of mere placehunting tricksters is of the
class that is exclusively in the hands of overriding
Providence Whether the African shall be made 10
play part in the history of civsation that be shall
the beasty barbarisn of Dahomey will never
be much affected by legislative acts the proceedings
Of conventions, who refuse to submit to the people
their and doings for their approval rejection
Out Of the prevailing anarchy however, one good
thing must certainly come, and all parties interested
might vel make up their minds to it. 1t is this
we of this section of the Union mean to go to heaven
(perhaps) just like, and do not to be inter
ferred with by Others who neglect their own business
to interfere with ours Mind your own business, is
a maxim for politics as well as religion. We intend to
do this as far can aud do not Intend be inter
ferred with in rights either at home or abroad
Talking about home, which is dear us the doctrine
of the golden rule, often referred to in individual
myself and it must follow as the night the day, thou
cannot then be false any man. 1t is said this morn
ing that the convention still setting in New Orleans
has assumed commit the State to constitution pre-
pared for the southern conederacy If this precious
piece of work has not already had an ordinance to
settle it. let few brief words sink deeply in the heart
of that body if it has any heart Gentlemen, you
have already by common consent transcribed your
power. You have assumed the right to mend the con
sitution of the State, elected members of your own
body to Montgomery, who have assumed to form
congress, elect president form cabinet make laws,
and touch the nearest and dearest rights and interests
of the people, without word of consent from them
Do you suppose for moment that the people viii
tamely submit to such things? If SO, you have very
poor opinion Of their ability see where the ship Of
State is fast drifting The argument that there is
time, may pass for some things that have been done
but it will not hold when the people are told that they
must surrender their liberties to the feww have so
far secretly planned their schemes for double pur-
pose. Talk not Of liberty and the rights Of the PEG
pie YOU who are making war on them