The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-02-19
EIGHTEENTH Of MARCH.

The General Assembly, in fixing
a day for the electian Of delegates to
the Constitutional Convention, selec-
ted Tuesday, the 18th day Of March.
Wedo not know what particular rea-
son-if any-guiaed the Leglisla-
ture in the selection of this day, nor
do we consider the selection more
than ordinary routine business; but
the fact that the 18th of MARCH, is
the anniversary of the greatest-states-
man our country has produccdG-a
man who lowered in thought above
all his contemporaries and who in
his day was the Ajax of Constitd
tional Liberty-has impressed US
with the fitness ofthe selection, and;
more than ever with the Importance
and magnitude Of the issues to be.
fdecidcd. Our readers will UNDER
stand us better when we remind
them that the 18th of'Nlafch (l782J
was the birthday uf John Caldwell
Calhoun, the greatest apostle of De-
'nocracy andidflocaleself government.
The coincidence should augur for
the permanent redemption of Louis
lana from anisrule, aid for the estab-,
Iishmept Of q Home government.
based upon .n the enduring truths to
which the great thinker Of South
Carolina devoted his time, great en-.
ergies and talents up. tua.he hour Of
Ills death. Speaking in the Sedateg
forthe last.time, in'reply to Mr.. Cass1
and to Mr.. Webster, She fell back
We are told, Gin his seat exhausted,
and was taken to his lodg.hgs ahd
bis bed, whence he never rose again.
His death followed, March 81, 1850.
The intelligent; rejecting reader
may pursue the train Of thought
suggested by this coincidence Of
dates, and we are sure, if he be a
Louisianian who has suffered the
wrongs and outrages of radical mis- !,
rule, he will not go far astray. We
rather believe be will follow tile die
tates of noble and patriotic pasbd.o
Sos, and will feel impelled to aotLis )
utmost to make fLouisiana; as she
has aWell.earnedright to be, d free, /
sovereign State. 500 ri - sssusiaiosE
It fsnot now,s We wish to SAY, what
changes shall beimade i'll ionf STATIC
government. There has been, no
Constitutions Government ii IN Lou. !,
,isi5ana since Tie var var Alone sot,i al
the Confederate States, Iouisialniai !. .
remains without a government Of her
own people. s 80 5. - 1851,
What is to be done is to create j..
State out Of a territory; We are to
go behind TIE Radical returns. and.
construct govefnment suited to
advanced civilization and to the;'ab:
solute necessities sof the times ieIu e
this spirit, md with this skeysnotss
struck tile peopleaof Louisiana are /,
to go forward to- tire permanens /
redemption of their Slater Every >
other consideration must give .iWay.ii
Too long have we nil suffercd.-i
There must be no scramble brittle !.
position of Delegates The spirit
Of John CT Calhoun forbids this and :
all other selfish. or narrow. minded Y
considerations. The Democracy Of
which he was the great interpreter,
must not now-in Louisiana, Of all
the States prove recreant to it's sa- I,
cred trust. The 18th Of March:
May it be a day celebrated By pos /.
terity as the day on which the State
Of Louisiana was restored to Tho
rightfuI control Of its own people!
-[Ouachita Telegraph. F.s.,