The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-28

5 so f9fyiss2q b@'s &c ss SSeE
git in New Orleans on the second Monday, ID
Jan,laty follaw@g, and providing ,fDther that
all during the coming year, The passage Of
such an net would at least be accepted IA an
earnest Of the sincerity Of the Legislature,
about which, we are sorry to say, many DOUBTS
!, In ID country parishes there is but one sen
timent %, regard TO the SO. enlled reform Of the
pr@ent hegisature. and that Is one Of uni
yersal dissatisfaction, and disappointment;
Those members 90 Imagine by their present
COURSE nat they are fn,y repfesenng Their
viii be Sble' to stem tO tde bow Selling tti'n Ii,
50 strongly against them. are living under q
a sau Gsp s ap aetS a A F SsbaE
ing friled with. Instead OF bread bey0eel the
b eeisla has eiten them but a stone : Amid
oiearHetther The patty viii have0 disavow It's
representatives or the people will disavow the
party II Is last coming to this and in 10 I'M
friendly spirit, we soletnnly warn the Legisa-
fWest Feiciana sentinelJ
In the discussion which has been 50 generally
Srried on IN the eou Gry press for the past two
lRonths uuon the subject Of nstitutonal
convention. we have taken no hatt whatever up
to the present mom,ant; Our silence has been
posed in the intelligence. patriotism and dispo-
aitinn to the reformation ofthe manifold abuses
saddled upongls in the present organic law of
Pour State, which we supposed aeuatei the
spirit of the great majority II our legislators
We have never doubled for an instant until
reluctantly, forced to Do 80, that the leegis-
and measures an 1t Their disposal to
the express wishes OF an overwhelming. ma
jorily Of the people of Louisiana In this we
have been wonlly disappointed. our trust
misplaced end while we acknowledge that there
mamIprG OF the General Assembly
whose devotion TO the interest Of their State Is
unaouh ed. whose reputation Is without SPOT
tifying confession that the present Legislature,
as body, is q miserable and pitieble failure,
Viewed in the light of the authorizations ,whin,h,
the people had right TO and did
y rfcs9ant to the ea saesea rs r9sts
Q few. bill and amendments which are singular
" defective and inaheanale, the present Legts-
Iature has absolutely offered to do i nothing for
money In bringing forward few abortive aud
imPe"ile articles denominated amendmens;
Wish ske not at The rem roe, 81 the ey anu
Instead Of ali attempt to eliminate from the
constitution the DANGEROUS ambiguity
nnrpofs r nesgnea by win Tap which g'f IL
language Is clothed. aud which is one of The
most fcarful imperfectiuns. of the instrument
we are treated to batch Of propositions rela-
tive TO n reduction of few snaries, ec cues
lions Of small moment when weighed in the
scale beside The more important ones which
they g. Professionally ignore Instead Of the
Louisiana Lottery COMPANY with its damnnble
influences being cru he'd, we are confronted
with evidences pointing but, too unmis'akaby
to the exertion If those influences within our
very Legislative halls,
In unison then with the almost unnnimoua
voice Of the country urees, and with that OF our
able contemporary, tho New Orleans DEMpCRAF
| wa call upon our Legislature TO spend the teW
remaining days OF 'heif session an ACCOMPLISH
ing something for the people. II they ADJOURN
without constitutional convention. OF Mt least
submitting to the people the question cf calling
one. they will close their career amid the con
tempt Of oil honest citizens of the common
wealth. O
Diamond Watches iawety, etc. etc. at Hart 3
auction sale to-day Mt II IL M .Iu