Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-01-02
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.

pie, aud generally IN their advantage. !
For him personally we have the highest
regard, aud usually hear his opinions with
q profound Difference to his age, superior
intelligence aud honesty Of purpose. Bat
il il not impossible that person possessing
all these attributes may be wrong, and in
asinuch a, our correspondent, i'll private
letter Ia the editor, suggests with m nnh"'
coming sarcasm that little opposition from
Ms will do his cherished movement no
harm, we propose in brief space to furnish
tina, opposition leaving him 10 be the
Judge Of its good or bad result.
We have had but little to say editorially
about constitutional convention. The
subject has been treated If cNhaustiNrfy
in series Of communications III the Guar
dian. We could not improve upon thc.tcNt
or sense If the articles FROM pine Hills,
and therefore quietly endorse them. And
we find that with bat few exceptions the
people of Claiborne have done the SANE
True, oar contributor informs Hs that the
citizens in ward six in this parish have
almost unanimously signed petition to
the Legislature to order convention.
Doubtless that is true. We have often re-
marked that people sign petitions with
great rendnc-s-p,t itiuns too upon all
qucstions-thc same man frequently Sign
ing papers totally opposite in their nature.
For example II is almost universally con
coded that W +. Aycock is the hest tax
collector We have bad for ycars
there il no cause of complaint against
him-yct we observe with surprise that
men claiming to Ne his best friends are
signing freely an application for the np-
pointment Of another gentleman. Such
action is the result Of a singular weakness
which incapacitatrs some very good men
from saying no. Consequently they gre
n matter no investigation, but TO crafty
the man who has the paper they sign their
names and think no more about 1t, unless
they should he placed IN an awkward posi-
tiou 10y their teo ready assent. We Ven.
ture the assertion that an active canyasscr
could procure, against II convention, sigma
turr for signature with our friend. But
grant that ward six or any other ward j.
in favor of the convention, the DIM of the
multitude does not always prove the cor
rrctncss "f any proposition.
We remember, with somc modification,
| the fact that this very ward siA, 50 boast
ingly Haunted in our face, was singnlarly
| apathctic in the last election. and that
/ very nearly one hundred white men failed
to vote in contrs, the most important by
odds that has ever taken place III Louis
lana. And that very fact furnishes an
apt illustration of our own main reason
for objrcting to convention until We
| are satisfied that the power of the Radical
party III Louisiana is completely shattered.
The writer knows much about the diili-
Guilty of bringing ont the full party vote
in an election. Our contributor shared
With ~ the indignation caused hy the in
Difference of many people in Claiborne IN
the tall ot l-76 IN iallyns to the support
{" Inc P"''! IA thr overthrow "i the bel
t"2S dynasty. It + proper now To- con,id-
rr TIA" possibilities OF another Election.
Can "" hope or expect To present In, i~~r,,,S
of nu election for delegate, To- a cons cu.
t"h IN u h"i" Stirring form than "rr" the
's>ur~ al Year ago Atr Ne sue of bring
lns pui Tia" iull strength "f the white vote
Tan We create NnIh'nhi enthusiasm Ia
sweep All opposition h"i"lr uS' 'nr friend
VIII bear testimony that ~ every cam
paigu We haN" lahnrrd faithfully, and We