The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-09

eral Assembly are evidently not eaual 70 the
t,reasioii which presents itself tD them. Public
opinion is elain6rous for radiral reforms. F9f l
a new constitution which WILL at one iell
swoot,. wipe out not only present corruption
hit bar future Legislative, judicial andlexee-
,itive slllainy. z,..a.....
On this uoint DIR Legislators stand in strange
contrast with their masters the sovereign
people. They are. neither harmonious ~. i.t
| homogeneous And II we are tu Judge tlat
small men are incapable Ut else than lst ",
notions, matter contains no lninuth whefeWith
to contrast the assembled wisdom OF the cap
itol ,.....,.....,., &,
thai Indy mistake tlieir vocation, and oyer
lean their standing IN o,it party, az wei as
assume too much for their ability we nave
moi delegated to them the palm Of party Lead
etsIin al, office their actions wutilh stem TO
Indicate they had usltped.
soma of these legislators have strange iHeas
If aiding The SUCCESS Ut party promoting
| The end If party organization, number live
within the shadow Of fear fear q Northern
| That Louisiana shall be governed, not
for the benefit of the. people and luf
| the happiness and welfare OF the, ati-
gems Of the commonwealth, but 10
nlat Northern Radical eensufe; ana theae
mn,i Of course Imagine that what they, don't
| know about craftsmanship is not WORT, kn nov,
| inp There Ia still another class TINT ls iilled
with the idea that The enemy VIII uisln,t,eei,h,e
that Victory rait he won only nX ailuWiHk
| the uppositiun to blundef and split. These are
| Tho Tsop lark -and the-fafmer statesmen. Wlin
are constantly laughing ut Mieawbef i. tnf
| hpinr a fool. and are constantly acting MI
rawber without knowing 1t.
| And there is another point we desire 70
make. much as we regret 10 descend 90 u.
There ID to-day perhaps, more mean, netty
| ,ivalries among our legislators than nan be
| imagined In one short day. Imagination has
fundlv traced IN the mind Of more than one
| wit, man his eminent fitness To occupy The
| tinyprnois phait In 1880. Mufe tllah one
| asptpa 10 head o,ll state ticket next glberha-
| ta,,ial alentinn. and there are not few who
| ba,,s to- name n Governor and then own him
after he is in. This with the nitiable lack :, OF
/ brains not one with commanding superiority
| oypt hjasfelIows dead level ut tnedlotfity,-
reduces o,lt Assembly to diHorgahized tab-
| bic No..
We have friends among these people; they
arr, in fact, all our friends, but eanHuf ana
duty az a faithful journalist iinpeF us to these
uttelances. which, however harsh they may
seem. the very peril u our SITUATION hipeih-
lively demands Of us. ,,, ,,...
| iTd2,lav air ne,te atn more united than
| thew wifi be next year. Safety and mutual
| p,1,artiun has fused them into q nass nothing
h,,t Tie fui,lest treaehery can dissolve. Defer
| Tho f,fillment Of the sacred pledges ladf
| hv the Democratic party Of this state,
| ia the price for its lease ct power, ana lhe
neople. disguised, burning with Indignation
III The deception practiesd upon them. VII
break up Into disotganized bands, each seek
inp safety that can never be realized, anu the
decentralization pf Louisiana. with its pure es
aenep the Authorization Ut the common
wpnlth and the degradation Of lts citizens. l,n
comes an accom- plisled fact even beyond tllt
| wiltlast dream OF Its piuppllatUfs.