The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-02-21
THE COUNTRY PRESS.
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Lincoln Sentinel
The constitutional amendments have passet
The Senate unanimously, with one exception
to d few articles, and with but slight chang
mittee, and without debate. It matters not nov
how hastily the House acts upon them, no'
what influences may be brought to bear upo1
Legislators the people i we mistake M nqt the u {
and will elect no man for Representative wht
is not pledged to wipe out the nbominable
abortion called the constitution The mutter
ings Of q terrible reckoning are being ~ hsalt
NIL over the State and this people Will moi
stand much more trilng.
EMorehouse Clarlon,] r..
The amendments will, In n measure, give
The people sone relief but we still adhere tC
the position taken by US in the past In favor
Of q convention, md although the question #
settled for the time bring, we hope those o
our exchanges who are the same way of think
ing MS ourselves will renew tine tight for 9
new constitution at the nesting OF the next
of which will ie'electcd this coming fall. We
want that aooursed thing. the preseut con.
stitution, swept out of existence We don't
believe In patching,up the od rotten concern
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shreveport Times
Should the present Legislature fail to call a
constitutional convention the indictaions now
arc that this question will be made the issue
in the next election Of members Of the Legis-
lature In this event the duty Of that body
will be simple--to meet. pass an aat cslling d
convention and Immediately adjourn. The
body need not be In session more than eight
O rtcn days. This is the programme which
we shall urge and we hope our raRtempora-
ries will cooperate with us in this matter.
The people demand a convention, and If their
present representatives disregardtheir wishes
they should elect those who will regard
them.
St. Bernard Eagle.l
We will not change our mature opinion rea-
tive to the inevitable and potent good which,
We think, you'd follow constitutional con
yention To-day we are n stronger advocate
for u convention than we were at any time.
We are SO stubborn upon this question that 1t
will require something more accepta BILE than
the batch OF "nmendments'' offered in the
guise of reform To move us from the stand
which we have assumed We are suuarely,
uncompromisngly In favor Of convention,
believing, as we have previously intimated,
that the present General Assembly. consti-
tuted in part Of Democratic and Republican
FOSSILS. will accomplish or attempt nothing
calculated to relieve our State constitution OF
its yshamefully odious defects such acts ns
thoso maintained through bribery corruption
[St Mary Tnterprieel
They, say that two-thlds Of the members
of the Legislature are opposed to q oonstitu-
thirds of the members OF the Legislature
don't know or appreciate what is best for the
interests Of tho people of the State Of Louisi-
ana.
"Oh, yes says everybody "a new eonsti-
tuition Ii absolutely necessary: but there is a
great difficulty in the way"
Now, we contend that II n measure be neees-
reaching 1t be difficult, our statesmen should
be made Of such stuff. and should be fruitful
In such resources. as would make the attain
ment OF the thing certain and sure. wherever
1t is essential for the maintenance of govern
mental strength and justice.
lMnden Democrat
The people can act Tor them selves. nd have
been, and are now, demanding that the Legis-
lature call convention. II they fail. as lead
ers. they will have falsiiied themselves In re-
fusing to make good promises made to the
people promises they have made In every
struggle to secure the reins of government.
They pledged the people to call u con-
stitutiunal convention rs soon as they
succeeded in orerthrowing the Radical
party. 1t has been held out as an nd,lcement
to the people to rally ut the polls on the day
OF election. 1--WE will have new organic law
and new order Of things as soon as we get in |
power has ever been the battle-cry. The
great mass of the people, according to our
theory OF government are the controlling
power, and when Legislators refuse to listen
and net according to their dictates they be-
come ut once unfaithful public servants. The
people the master, and the official the servant
is the true Democratic principle. Q
& East Feliciana Patriot Democrat
Long before the assembling Of the Lcgsln-
ture, we advocated the calling OF a conven-
ton for the express purpose of expunging
tho present and adopting new constitution
for our beloved Louisiana.
!, We mentioned then. what we reiterate now,
That the present organic law of our State.
having been framed and adopted by a set of
thieves and cnt-thruats to suit their own ne
iario1s designs, was shame and disgrace to
an enlightened and patriotic people, and
la l,fyx r,aI ,,t}
and forgotten.
In our Issue Of January 9Th we vent SO far
as to suggest to the present General Assem-
bly, the propriety, Immediately upon their as
sembling. Of first, passing the revenue bill
second calling q constitutional convention, I
and third, Of adiourning.
What was Mt first earnestly called for by O |
few outspoken country newspapers is at last
being seconded by almost every Journal (some
city papers oXcepted1 In Louisiana, and every .
therefor.
What we called for on the fifth Of January.
and to go back even farther. In 1877. a consti-
tutonal convention, we advocate now, and
shall struggle for to the best of our humble i
ability. !
We believe people who have redeemed
themselves from bondage which was both |
CALLING and degrading in the extreme should :
wipe out, and that at the earliesto practicable {
moment, every. .vestige OF constitution caIled /
dirty and unprincipled characters as War
moth, Kellogg, etc.
Lafayette Advertserl
During every. campaign since reconstruc- ]
tion, and notably the one of 1876 the dctest- ]
able constitution Of 1868, which was pinned
upon the State by Federal bayonets, was very S
justly denounced as an instrument under
which the people had been continually robbed, 1
pillaged and oppressed, and was held in most J
hateful and odious remembrance. Democratic !
and Conservative speakers and newspapers 7
through the whole State. were eloquent i'm \
their denunciations Of that Infamous docu-I a
ment. and in demanding its immediate abro-
cation and the framing of u constitution by
the people and for the people. =
Tho Democrats and Conservatives we're
finally victorious, but as yet the legitimate a
fruits OF that success are withheld The r
troubles and peculiar circumstances occur
ing In 1877 excused the non-fuliiIlment of the
pledges made during previous campaigns. 9
Tho Legislature now In session, with reck less Q
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