New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-03-09

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people. The choice of delegates would take
place on the same day the people elected for or
against convention, and a suggestion he had
heard, that the time for this election should
1 be on the day the parochial elections were held,
was, he thought, very good. The unnecessary
trouble and expense of two elections were avoided,
and if the people decided against convention, no
| expenditure was incurred. The only question,
then, for the decision of the House was, would
they allow the people an opportunity Of deciding
this matter for themselves? v#,
representation allowed the city of New Or
leans, by the present superintendent under the
so-called Constitution of 1864, had properly been
subject Of complaint with the country. The city
did not desire such an unjust predominance as
that apportionment gave her. The city represent
| tatiyes had, therefore, agreed to take the basis
establi he'd by the legislature in 1853. That the
basis of 1850 would give, perhaps, stronger
representation to the country than it was at pre-
sent entitled to might be true, for while the popu-
aton of the city had increased since 1859, that of
the country had decreased, yet the majority of the
city representatives would waive objection to that
gfouhu anu Melhpets - o Iiie oountiJ niisnN NOV
again nave 80 ia'orapie an opportunity ., feoo''
ering thelr feiaelVe representative strength
Mr.. Mcconnell reviewed the lengthy preamble
to the bill, setting forth numerous reasons why
convention should be held, and said he was not
Weaaea " Ine pfealnDle. ~ niishs pe ainehoeo
OF ai struck QUIZ so lar az ne was ooheeinea' pu'
the act itself--the substantive bill providing for
VIC eieeton-ne neio W De 1Ao noa. Anpoi eah
measure VI lie "eas'oh. ing apP!Da'nis eoHe VI
the session oid NOV aho" .iuii discussion 81 'ne
quesnon' pu' oh7 piihoipi9 ne WYNN =,
cali attehtioi 10 ihey hpo peeh acung uhnef the
soeaiied Cohsll'uaoh Oh 1905 anu II tne Assemo!
4 aoJoufheo SiIhoue sishhyhg i1s fepuaiatioh o.
tia. is.t uii'ens' ~ y ouit pe si'~eu' iAe Aievi
1apie inference AZ asning toh ana ELSEWHERE Wouie
De lha' 'is iegisiatufe regaraed Inc convention o.
ieof as iesany orsahlHeu oooy, anu enat us acts
were were opiigatory upon tne otate. ana what mlgh
the enecS OF tnat De! Inc convention IN ADJOURN
ing autnof1zea 1ts president 70 call II tosethel
AGAIN az ms pleasure, ana WONG gentlemen nazafe
announcer colVentoh Oh mat pooy ana iease Wlthif
its power the character OF the state and the rights
oi"tne people, rms they would 40 u mat con
Vehton was hot dlsnhcuy repudlated. lie nae
'aheh lae Cohsstu''oh Oh 1904 AZ part 81 the gov
ernmeht circumstances piaoed over hinl' out NJ
mad hos taken tfal cohssittion as the organic law
q the slate. Every lawyer would UNDERSTAND lt
Ehls als'ihctoh. bat no" an opportunity was pre-
, sehted Oh Denying the validity OF inc insEumen
as CONSTITUTION ana Il hHa1 aehlai was MOI mao
s'lehce "onia De deemed aeqniesence ana SANCTION
, Mr.. Mcconnell having further argued to sho7
that the Constitution of 1864 was not eonstitu
f ton, by reason Of its being the act of small
3 minority, and of never having been submitted t
the people of the State, he concluded with an ap
peal to the House not to be deferred from pei
4 Torrance OF duty by representations of dispiea
sure from Washington. President johnson ha
! shown himself an advocate of the rights OF tn
people, and he would not fail the people OF Louis
e ana in this case. a# s="
Mr.. ThieneInan advocated the passage of TIL
e bill. He could not conceive how any gentlema
j could vote against proposition to submit TIL
question to the people. 1t did not become tn
House TO distrust the people, for they were fun
i competent by intelligence and discretion to appre
: ciate the existing stete Of affairs and decid
y wisely. e-s. .-4.a -gs3.ys4s. 5.e .u-s4 ..rt r
1 NJ hehe ohered an amendmen'' we dia nc
near ~h'cn was aecep'eu'
MT. seaman al inc extra SESSION. 'hought II III
earliest ausy W propose eohse'l'1on' put III
~ens VI i'sisios uteei 'ne .'.o, =. ,'o7
uii'ii uie,e was nv ',ioO nau u'e
accep'eu do WIG ~ vol o'u ,oni On =
lau seeh anu h9"to ne 'nousn e4uaiy W .aai
rfesiueh' 'oh,'soii feooe n'"ou u'. ooiise''uNoN
, ueh'eineh haa gwen 'ailous ieasons ~ sonVei
uoii' anons s.on one' .ns' .n' "no'e 'uu'J,a'y an
'Ae o'ass ohioeis snouie We pus ouS NJ GUY
ho' 70 lor 'la'. NJ huu Nv ,ii.nus ~ iematu NJ
eleiiies " pulis'i' NJ siiuuu 70 .ueu ~ ta' !.
1eres.s u tne peopie. =. eonsiueieu 's@'
!, many respects' @h inopp'i'uho siie ioi GU
l. Vehuoh. me expense, III WE present. ilpose1lsne
s coiiu''loh u VIC peopie anu WIN an ''a'
treasury was serious opJec'ion. Again.
}, were IKE hahomme1s CONN., suspehaed oetwee
heaven ana EARN. we o'a NOT Know "h ~, OF
l. STATUS was. NE oniy hiie" VIC ~ere nov allome
% representation IN congress anu were uhoer mari
e law. nc iplsn.. suppof. :" pioposi.ion W suoi,i
inc s'hsie quesaol' % q oonsen',o W 'ne peopi
ai pat ne "oula ho' appiose tAa' pay VI 'h' VI
m Wnicn put uae peope 70 'i's 'iouoie anu eAPenS
e Oh eiecuns oe'esa'os peioio ~ "ae Ao"A "A''i'
'hey "oaiu hl'e d ooh'oA''o'' "a NV =
l. Mr. Tucker admitted that the gentleman Wf
e. had just addressed the House vas originally OF
of the hottest OF all conyentonlsts. what ne
a. light had fallen upon the gentleman ne dld nj
know. The committee thought 1t would say