New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-03-14
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cur acceptance Of the action Of the caneress If
the Confederate States at Montge ,msrv leaving /
out Of view the frutlessness Of tha attamnt moth
ing could be, at this time, n ore limed or inju.
iicious.
By a vote Of neariy seven to one the Convention
Of Louisiana determined that her connection with
the old Union should cease. The Convention not
only decided this question promptly but sent dele
gstes to the Convention at Montgomery to partci-
pate in the formation of general government for
all the seeded States OF the South. That Govern
/ Inent has been organized, and the action of our
Representatives in the Southern Congress is sub
mitted 10 US for our approval or rejection. Al.
fhoughit is case where it is Of the utmost import
ancc shat we should act with promptness and
decision, there those who counsel the hesita-
ting, temporslng useless policy of submission of
the question to the popular vote.
Even if precedent were in favor of such policy
which is not the case-the circumstances are
such that it would be a most unwise proceeding.
Everybody knows that the issue was distinctly
| made, in the election of delegates to the present
Convention, whether Louisiana should unite with
the Gulf States or not By vote approaching
unanmity, Convention representing the sover-
eighty of the State decided that Louisiana would
cast her lot with her sister States of the Gulf. The
action of the Convention was warmly approved,
and no symptom of dissatisfaction, at all worthy of
| consideration, has since been exhibited Up to
/ this time State has been recognized one of
the most loyal and determined of those which con
stitute the Confederacy of the South But now, at
1 a most inopportune moment. we find advocates of
/ procrastinatng policy which, if adopted must
bring Louisiana into discredit if not disgrace with
oil her sisters of the Southern Confederacy.
frl.. e., ~,
ton to which we have alluded are of the most ex-
i traordinary and indefensble character. 1t is said
that the acceptance or rejection of the Montgom-
cry Constitution must be decided by the people,
because the people are the source of all political
power and authority. Grant hepremises and the
conclusion BY no means follows. If it be intended
to declare that ours is pure democracy, like that
Of Athens, where the people met en- naasse in the
market houses and decided ali questions of egis-
lation we unhestatngly deny the proposition
That is not the sort of government under which
4 we live. On the contrary, ours is representa-
tive government, where the popular will is ex
pressed in the choice of delegates and deputies
and carried out by the same agents. So far as
Louisiana is concerned, that popular will was most
Enthusiastically expressed in the late election of
| delegates to the Convention. Those who would
remand Louisiana to the position of an independ-
ent State, acknowledging allegiance neither to the
! old Union nor the Southern Confederacy, will
Il make an experiment upon our form Of govern
ment, the consequences of which they do not fore
see, and are not, we think, prepared to meet
II Only one question remains to be decided. It is,
4 whether Louisiana shall become member of the
Southern Confederacy, or an independent com
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