The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-05
The Democratic Central Con mittee and tie
Committee of Seventy.

1t is with extreme qualification we again re-
| cur to the wise action of the Democratic Com.
mittee in adopting the resolutions and acced-
ing to the very modest request Of the Cora
mittee of Seventy to change the place Of as
sembling the convention from NV Orleans to
Baton Rouge. Our pleasure at this happy
event is not a little enhanced by the contem-
plation Of the frantic rawlings of Kellogg or
gans, open and covert, at the Illustration o. all
| their efforts to produce q dismemberment OF
the white people OF this Stat.
Had the Democratic Committee failed to
adopt the suggestions of the Committee OF
Seven y. AMI the generous assistance protfered
by them, the act would have been suicidal to
all hopes of redeemed Louisiana. Although
the Committee Of Seventy was unconditon-
ally pledged to issue an address in the line Of
its resolutions, yet the rejection Of their mod
crate request, involving no sacrifice OF princi-
pie, would have been disastrous in the ex-
IRENE, as the disafected elements in the coun-
try would have been strengthened in their
opinions that the reluctance to concede the
apparent trife suggested by the Committee Of
Seventy must have been from some covert and
SIMS er purpose, and would have stirred up
anew the smouldering fires of disatfection.
breaking the unity OF the party and postpon-
ing indefinitely the redemption OF our State.
To have rejected the request, and spurned
the protfered aid Of this powerful non-par,i-
san body, SO conspicuously distinguished for
the last two years. for its disnterested SER
vices in behalf Of the people of Louisiana,
and SO deservedly popular in consequence,
would have ended III utter ruin happily OBJ
vious to the very sagacious gentlemen who
compose the Democratic Committee.
We will take this occasion to make few re-
marks upon port on OF the request ofthe Com
mittee of Seventy, which, for obvious reasons,
WAS not alluded to by the Democratic Commit
tee. We refer to that part which asks that they
would . remit to the Convention the shaping
and conduct Of the ensuing canvass The |
Committee Of Seventy being non-partisan
body, are probably not aware that the Demo- |
cratic Comm ttee is not a creator but the |
creature of a convention, which is the direct
OISprlHS VI iiie people the source oi hH po- |
litical power The authority and functions
of the Committee, in regard to a convention,
are limited to The time and place Of its
assembling, and to the apportionment Of its
Its existence as committee ter
inmates at the moment Of the organization of
the convention.
With the convention, no matter under what
auspices il may be called, lies the whole power
to conduct and shape the ensuing canvass
by any committee, and re-
sponsible to the people alone.
We look upon this simple act of the Demo-
,ratc Committee, although int Unsteady Of little
Importance, yet as a concession to the country
md courtesy to the Committee of Seventy,
IS all important in its consequences. The dis
organizers will be foiled, the factions deprived
If the pretext for disaffection; whilst the
yhole body Of the people who have perma-
lent interest in the well being Of the State,
will now unite in perfect accord, to redeem
louisiana from poverty, degradation and ruin