Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-01-23
The UacOnstisutionaI Convention.

| ly session at New Orleans. They have
hammered out a long string of balder-
dash which they are pleased to miscall
Articles of new Constitution, for this
State, and, we suppose, are silly enough
to believe will be accepted by the peo
| pie. AS matter of course, this infss-
nous document will be indignantly re-
| iected by the intelligent and patriotic;
thus defeating the attempted Africani-
zation of tue State, and preserving the
remaining remnant OF our local govern
ment;-provided, that illegal eabal at
Washington, called, through courtesy.
Congress, does not pass another destruc-
| ton bill fixing the matter so that a ma
iority of the votes polled on the ques-
ton of ratification is sufficient, in lieu
of the clause requiring majority of the
registered voters. TX Us" 70 10 i'@'
lH Even, should this be done, and the
State rush back into the Union, from
4 which, they contend, we never seeded,
lit can only be regarded as a temporary
! affair No one of sane mind supposes
for "a moment that the highly intelligent
der an abortive government fOisted upon
them by an irresponsible and unprinci-
pied conclave of ignorant negroes, and
Their white equals. When,iin the course
of time, our governmental institutions
need changing in order to Keep progress
with the advancement of the age, it can
be done by the citizens, proper, of the
tState-men possessing integrity of char
acter, intelligence and honesty, and
whose every interests are identified with
the prosperity and good government of
the State, without the assistance of our
former slaves or their would-be COM
peers The white man was ordained by
Nature with powerful reasoning facul-
!. ulties and gifted with the power of self
government. Since his creation to the
fpresent time, the white man has contin-
ned to exercise it, nearing perfection
with the increase of knowledge and the
extension of civilization. That the he
gro was differently created, and is inca
fpabie of selfgovernment, and, conse-
quently, unworthy of liberty, the his
tory of the wsrld conclusively proves.
The State has been put to a large and
useless expenditure in defraying the eX-
pesenses of this uncalled-for Convention;
that, is, should the tax levied for that
purpose ever be collected. We could
have been saved this expense by Con
gress submitting, directly to the people
the Constitution they had provided fol
us; Instead of by the circuitous route OF
State Convention. We prefer acting
with the principals rather than their un
der-strappers. Let "the powers that
Unfortunately be' imperatively dc
mand Of us what they wish us to do
4 and have done with the matter, then
we can act with more certainity-know
) ing who, what and where we are, and
probably, what is to become of us. %
The Constitution which will be sub
mitted to us, and which this Convention
Z Twill pretend they framed, was marked
out long before the election for Dele
gates to the Convention; and, besides
i any one possessing the intelligence O
that of an oyster, knows full well thai
that body has not sufficient brains fol
such work. Congress is awaiting the
, action of public opinion; as soon as this
.. assumes definite shape, in their minds
the Convention will be ordered to adopt
a Constitution Notwithstanding JUS
as they are told, after the manner il
which the negroes did in voting.
i Gen. Meade issued an order on the
18th instant, removing the Governor
| and Treasurer of the State of Georgia
and detailing for duty Brevet Brig
Gen. Thos. II. Cruger and Brevet Capt
, Chas. +. Rockwell to fill said offices
= respectively, Cause-impediment tt
. the negro Convention, whose attempted
object was to rob the State Treasury.
A few days before his removal, Gov
jenkins issued an order suSpending the
collection of all State taxes until the
LIST of May, next. Would it not be wei
\ were Gov. Baker to issue a like oFderl
h.H tH' $500 a------- .rlr
II RESfovAL.-Messrs. Jack & Piersor
lbave removed their T,aW--offic e one door