Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1870-02-12

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Hiding their heads while he's upon his wsy."
On the reasse,nbling of the representatives
Of the New England IsMs, the Conven,icle
presented, to all appearances, many new
elements Of dissen<ion. The populace, who
had evincsd no great interest, in the proceed
ings Of The frst Session, assembled now in
force, and seemed disposed to encourage
HtuAus in his opposition 10 the phiIan,hropists
II must not, however, be supposed thai this
manifestation Of popular feeling was brought,
about BY a unity of spirit with SluAus, or by
any preference for his peculiar views. /, was
simply the outward expression Of that spiri, Of
contrarie,y and contention, which is insep,.
rabIe from fanalicism-that love of discord OH
which the lsms live and move and have their
being.
When the assembly Was called TO order
Dement'S opened the proceedings by pompous-
~ quoting The Stanza that introduces
this second report; and hoping that no
one i'll that assembly was SO dull as no,
to SOC how admirably his quotation may be
applied 10 distinguish the grea, lnminarie<
Of the political armament from TIL.
minor orbs. He then made a brief refer
ence 10 the discordant remarks that marred
The harmony of the preceding Session, and
begged 10 observe that both The contendiny
parties had lost sight Of the main poin, "a,
Issue. Since he aud all his feilow.del.gaies
had At heart The same inject If desire, lie hoped
that strife, enmity, and ilI-wiII, would be KEEP,
in allegiance; at least, until tina, obsolete
instrument, called the Constitution" should
be snilably disposed Of, or altered to sui, the
progressive IDEAS Of their beloved New
England. When tina, important point should
be ~eff'cted, and some feasible scheme of
Reconstruction hit upon, then. minor points
OF difference would not signify; and they
would, doubtless, be>a'I happy 10 assist each
other, like virtnous citizens as they are, in
the discharge Of the public offices.
But now, said Dement'S lend me yonr ears %
The grand object is to reconstruct At all
hazards. Yes, he repeated Reconstruction
must be grappted with. There mnst be no
sqasamis,ness OF scrnpnlnsi,y about The
means; no rejecting of any instrnmen,aIity
that car be made available. Whips, letters,
dungeons, hallers. axes, with the auxili.ries
Of abuse, misrepresentation, caIumny, and so
forth, are all allowable in a cause having for
its ain the infusion Of new life into PROSTATE
.nalionalities.
Armed with these aids and appliances,
continued Dement'S, all opposition to our
onward march must disappear, even as the
stars in the armament grow pale and hide
their diminished heads while the grea, lumin.
ary Of day traces his golden orbit over
successive meridia"s! partial cheers, with
loud calls for Stahus
StuAus, proud Of the consideration accorded
him, though, that The instrumen,aIilies sug-
gestsd BY Dement'S, we're the vary worst
improvers Of society. Still, II there we're any
reasonable probability thu. the result would
be governed by the approved .naxim,- "share
and share aliks,n l,s would no. be disposed 10
offer 'nnr!' opposition. Ills Knowledge OIL
history, h"wsses, lad taught him, tia The
o"ss~q"eaees prescribing from such
causes, are, invariably, robbery, swindling, aud
oil manner Vt ctimea ", ens sde, aud asurada-
ton. poverty, aud moral and physical ruin on