The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-04
MOREHOUSE PARISH.
.rur NECESSITY OF a NEW CONSTR
TUITION.
,whp Parish Nominating COnVenClO"-"""
aInates for Ofiee-The renee
straddIers Crops, Etc.

straddIers-CrOps, Etc.
re..oio1 Correspondence of the Democrat
MoRrHoUsE PARISH, La June 3d. 1873
H,titor Democrat-Most correspondents be-
,vsu their letters by fulsome eulogies Oh your
vnl,,able journal" "your able organ, cue"
with soothing stroke now and then iol Vlio
editor, hoping thereby to secure place III
fhe columns OF the paper he controls LOT ID
vantilation Of their ideas and to gratly
species of vanity we all possess Oh seeing oul
Nominations in print These may an po
ascribed to your correspondent, but ne Otllhhs
he has the good of this people anu oCaCe az
heart, which induces series Oh le'VeEs llolll
ihis quarter.
n II always does me good to ascribe honor
u whom honor Is due. and at the FISK OF
Aheae imnutations I shall not hesitate to say
that the DEMOCRAT has done and Is dong
a most noble work, In this heretofore Radical
anenrsed State, and that the people fully ap-
preeiate il. How could they do otherwisef
what other organ has fought their battles SO
nollly? Do men forget how they pined Tor
manly outspoken journal in the years gone oy'
when the heel of the tyrant and oppressor
was on the necks of our people ana the hahus
of swarm of imported thieves and home
made allies were busy in the work OF plum
elering the public treasury and beggaring our
already impoverished State? In vain did
ahey look for the city press to sound the toe
exin and yindicate the constitutional rights OF
she neople; save only the noble old Bee, not q
vvnrd greeted their ears to cheer their hearts,
~ nafalyze the arm of the despoiler. Thank
elod we have the DEMOCRATl That the PEG
ole appreciate it and bid 1T god-Speed III the
noble work in which 1t has been and ls now
40 successfully engaged Press on, until the
Inst ring is smashed and the last monopoly is
crushed.
Excuse this depression, and permit me TO
say q word on politics, crops, etc, as DIien Eg
forgetting that space is an item with lourhal'
hats which most scribblers fail fully toappre-
eaate
The question Of
A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION,
strange TO say, is being made the subject OF
violent controversy in some quarters; buU
with us there Is but one opinion, now , r4Gto
can be any sentiment averse TO a convention
and an entire BetC and republican cohstltuJlonl
seerns strange TO one who has had MS heafC
sat ON reform for, 10 these many weary years,
and whose every ambition mas Deeh 70 wipe
@nt the last vestige OF oppression ana mis-
rule. SO odious was this miserable instru-
Nnent regarded by all patriots OF this state
ahat there was never day or an hour during
the long reign Of the rioters when IL was noI
euntemp plated to expunge 1.-THE Wlole o. Il II
from the preamble to the signatures OF the
vile carpet-baggers and traitorous scalawags
who framed it as an engine OF oppression
She moment the opportunity arrived
when we had the power TO do so. PasSlhg
strange that this travesty upon repnr4ll I 3
government can be tolerated now! That a
few rude patches on this miserable Radical
garment can make it fit for freemen, or that
6y d little auack doctoring by the ring men
n can be transformed into suitable organic
Jaw for honesty, economy and Intelligence
III ia painful 10 all who have the interest OF
: mr. T,J5t1t lid The sneness of the Democratic
party al heart to see that this question Gun
possibly be made to divide our forces. IL
must not be! In any event the people are
right, and no matter how local politicians OF
Ahe various schools-from the straightout
Democrat to the meanest time-serVer ana .L
9enee-straddler-ma differ ana Wrangle, Cne
convention will be called and Louisiana be
Blessed with good constitution, unqef WHlen
honest and economical government Will DC
guaranteed for all time to come. with US
THE PARISH NOMINATING CONVENTION
mas not vet assembled, but there Is some stir
among the local politicians tso called and
ward manipuators to Elk UP" for parish
officers, and with us as In every other parish ID
ahe State the fence-Straddlers are coming tC
the 'front.' ia grand SbylS-h peLiSS III ny ~
ahefn all eager for some OF the spollS. Wha'
4 formidable host they would have made IL
3hetrying hours of the past, when they were
aaIinp aid aud comfort to the enemy, ant
Rhpp avery good recruit counted had they
rushed forward and done manly battle Tor tht
sfrht. Not so! Poor creatures! Ihose wht
adlifI the work then smile and pity them now
All the while throwing cold water on Ih'
active effort Of their betters and tauntlnf
them with BourbOniSm and as extremists, L
flIv becomes them now to be slipping over OF
the winning side, and still more to be claim
inq any of the hOnOrs and emoluments O
afIce. to say nothing of a monopoly. Can WI
mo an lost to duty and the interests of the PEG
ple as to permit them to do it This ex
plains fully to thinking men the complexion
81 the last Legislature, made up as IL was
ahis class of men, who stultited the part!
claiming to have elected them. 1t gave W ar
moth and the Rump Legislature OF the rack
ard dynasty an opportunity to taunt Tn
Demoeracy who claimed all the virtue Will
the truthful charge that Their, virtue, did no
allow them to touch their pockets. Such mel
should not have the opportunity again to mis-
represent the intelligent people OF this State
But of this more in my next.
Planters complain terribly oil
THE RAINS,
which so impeded work that the crops wer
taken in many places by the grass, which ma
naffled their best efforts to get rid Of it. Cor
ID generally made, and 1t Is q poor, crop !
many portions Of the parish, and parucuiari
as compared with last year. Cotton, thong
grassy, is pretty good and Is still growing
Some planters have had TO throw out POI
1ions OF the crop. The health oil the couhtr
is good. Ur,,
TWE COUNTRY PRESS AND THE LOT