The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-28
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lHE lNINlKt GhE@9.
The Amendments The Demand or the
Country for 81 Cons Til utionaio o
Convention.
Isl. Mary Enterprisel o
new CONSTITUTION will hs the battle cry Of
esn'p 81 and Whs ns
send men to the Legislature who win graute
them that right
shreveport Timesl
Louisiana to-day suffers from n constitution
pc It was rocked in the cradle Of corruption.
lts ahpmi nations cry aloud for correction II
torat st q nas ss y bR s0TsSaa ps
there can be no measurable relief from the
gTinding TAXATION. While 1t il the law Of the
state + t VIII lnrnsh an apple of dtseord be-
tween the races. II ~ an atfront to every man
Of principle In the State, and 1t must be wiped
out entirely. The people, will mark the men
voice Of The State is Tor new constitution. and
If the Legislature adjourns without calling a
convention. IL viii violate the trust committed
[Morehouse Carion.l o
The seventeenth amendments to the eonstitu-
tion which passed the Senate and have been
naElly adopted By the House are lacking, Of
lieve. intend to have. They fever proposed for
the present or any other Legislature to patch
UP that odious document which now dsgraces
our State, and which is enough to make all men
who refuse to wipe it from existence blush with
shame. We hope the people will so decide at
every amendment submitted for their consi ler-
alton This poltey. pursued by the friends OF
convention. will he successful
We would suggest further that no man be
nomtnated for the next Legi lH uie unless he
will pledge himself to vote for q constitutional
e,nyention ON b By simply aaPptins this policy
Assembly must be made to know that the rights
aud demands of the people shall not be treated
with contempt
Natchitochea vindcator.l
we cannot hs some of our CONTEMPORARIES
see evea one remove in the proposed amend
ments above the instrument they propose to
remedy
Instead OF restricting powers, MS Ia demanded
Theses amendments enlarge them. lusaad Of
abrogaing pernicious clauses, these amend
ments do not touch them. Instead of destroy
ing monopoiee. these amendments parma-
neatly fasten those which exist: End they are,
IN fact silent as a chatnel- house on every point
vital tp tho citizen nnn his int est
Public onnion here Is even more hostile to
the amendments than to the Radical eonstitu-
tion. and the Democratic vote in the coming
election. should these amendments be submit
ted, which we houe and trust they may not. will
b. almost solid against them.
new constitution is all That will satisfy pub
lie opinion. and the amendment scheme. the
offspring OF, CORRUPTION and cowardine, - is
damned by The whole body Of Louisiana's eiti-
sens at Its birth. @
O LRiehland Beacon,I AT
i IUbEF pTpDo51u amendments nave nDL Dbcn
rushed through the House With such haste as
they were rairoaded through De SenateO They
have been taken up and discussed aud amend
most eases defeated. But they are passing, one
by one, through that body, and ere this is In
print they will all have been passed and they
will be submitted to the people next November
for their adoption or rejection. Our advice to
the people will be to r jeet them. and for giving
ths advice we vii state onf reasons n fnll and
cuss the merits. or rather demerits. of these
proposed ametidmehls; but wifi, when they
have fssn by an v
our opinion Of them in broken doses, so that
our readaTsCnay digest them thor2nghly, and
agree with us not. We can cay now. hoWS
ever, that many of them are very objectionable
some actually, in ouiSpinion. unconstitutional
themselves.
We commend tho show at least Of dolihera-
tiolGWith which the House has dealt with these
amsnd% F 9peder i was
mands Of The people, which have been dsre-
gnrded by their chosen Representatives.; and
this manner, rs many Of these solona will hnd
to their sorrow. when they discover that there
are others besides the members of the press
who do not approve of their course.
In Justice to our Representative in the House,
we would inform his. constituents that he has
taken the proper stand on these, measures, and
we satisfied that. II given a chance to do 50,
he Will vote every time Tor II convention
TColfax Chronicle
In %, face of all the demands that have been
and are being made by their constituents, the
sa Go end q oap r e3y se asds al
ton and shove into the face of Louisianians1le
tattered and patched instrument that has
ali the Years as calling ' e and srue
we have just emerged from. With all the
effrontry Of which e,gotism is eanable, they cop,
and D" do t NO best We Y havs looked into the
matter, and consider II best that you should not
be subjected t. excitement moreover. you. IRE
And who. pray. delegated you this power Of
sponsor and right, gentlem,sn? Not, your con
st,qents most terai MY They call for con on
has that right been delegated ton Legislature.
which IN turn is run by 2 lottery monopoly? :,
thimble- rig game that played among tho ne.
groes as well rs some, whites. in our General
Assembly. Out upon the amendments They
don't 1T tho ease. Some are good as far ~ they
60 but they do not go far enough. It is hoped
that this matter wi yet be put In shape so rs
to let the people choose between amendments
and a convention.
tCarroll Conservative
The proposed amendments to the consttu-
ton, gotten mp 9,y the Joint committee, having
passed the ttoananimously. and there be-
ns ayar for fs pa sm s IN V e
for the benefit of our eadels s. they may read
aud study over the piece Of patchwork; oWhile
there seems to be so much unaDimitv between
Democrats and Republicans in both the Senate
1nd House on these amendmen s, there Is an
throughout the eSStire stsfte. Ii is true that
many people, thinking people. did not want
any convention Just now; twas time they
asked for, They regard che present eonstitu
ton as obnoxious inoIhe extreme, but they
wantei a breathing spell for the people Of the
| State. And white they hold these views. they
are as bitterly onposetDto patch work as tho
most earnest advocates Of a. Immediate consti-
tutional convention possibS can be- And when
the time comes D vote on the proposeC0lmend-
ments. they will be found solid against them in
company with the mass. of. Republicans who
now acHuiesce smilingly In the folly that tam
pers with the present Instrument. instead Of
| forming an entirely new one0in accordance
| with the requirements of the radical changes
| that have recenoy taken place. q
| [AIarksville Buletin.l
II the Legislature will not heed the voice oil
| the press far as to order Il convention, let it,
at least devise some means by which the sense
| Of the people can be taken or the measure
! We are willing hat the decision Vi the question
shonld be RENTED tn the people. to whom i
properly belongs, and thst.the opponents of the
measure should stand or tall by the decision
One thing Is tolerably certain-the amendments
fall far short az the nnhlin ha1nuD3 aO