The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-22
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Some of our country exchanges evidently
have not read the majority report or the EVIL
denes y ths Convention
E he funee 81 ea and def f.. abov.
from tho New Orleans DEMOCRAT of the thir
teenth instant.
graphs from the ea'liug editorial Of the DEMO
itics:,,,
against the senttmentality which demands that
the iniauitous Convention Of 1868 and its vii
famous work shall DO repudlated by the people
of Louisiana had hued in The time of Charles
[, they would have appealed to the English peo-
pie to submit 10 The eraction Of ship money as too
insignificant a E1atter about which to distract
tho country and dstul b the course of business.
They would huve denounced Sydney and
Ham pden rs Improbable and dangerous ae-
tators: and, had they succeeded, the Star Cham
any OF the despotic institutions Of that time
have over been sWept out OF existence to make
way for tho present order:
the only principle involved lanldkingsn co,astitu-
ton is dollars and cents. had lived In the time Of
Cpsar, they would have Joined in with the mo;
commended, as the, inspiration Of patriotism
and love Of order. the servileness Of d people
who dared not resist the empire.
THE great men of our republic-the men
who organized and mhdsit great and glorious
were moved in I'LL their great purpose. by the
on Whch the de-
a free people, said Mr.. Webster, is the pres
ervation Of their liberty; and liberty is only
to be preserved by maintaining constitutions
restraints"
What would the Great Expounder Of the
Constitution have thought of people of 8
State who should PROPOSE afer emancipation
from bnyOnet rule. to sit down quietly aud live
under constitution framed and adopted as
was the one Of 1868, or who should consent te
accept from q Legislature. dominated by mo
nouolies and rings, as grant of a modicum Of
1fhprtv th69o 1WPnfV.OnR amendments p
lOuachita Telegraph.
Brother McCranie should have continued
his search of the DEMOCRAT files, and under
three days later date would have found thu
following In the DEMOCRAT Of July 81, 1873:
ITO OUR BUSINESS MEN,
1T is alleged that the business men Of New
| Orleans are opposed to the Constitutional Con
| vention movement. We are told that some o
! them apprehend that the excitement incident tt
such a movement and the elections it may
| necessitate, will disturb and injure business
Others fear that Convention means the repu
| diation or reimbursement Of the State Debt an(
the consequent decline OF the State and private
credit.
| Conventionists is to attack the State debt i
/ utterly without foundation. We doubt IL this
objection to the Convention was original,
raised by those sincerely. concerned about tn.
/ State credit On the contrary, We are satisfied
| that it was suggested. by the monopolies ant
specnlating rings. who understand that TN
! Convention movement IS hostile TO their inter
ests. No word has been uttered By the leaders
| of the Convention movement hostile to the Stat
debt The rings and the, monopolies are th
parties who suggested and who have urged tina
the purpose of the Convention was to repudiat
or readjust the State debt;
| And now once for all we declare that TIL
Convention Democrats OF this State propose t
s and to the last by the state debt as it wa
| settled by the amendments OF 1874. The peop
| OF Louisiana voluntarily accepted the settle
| ment proposed by those amendments, and the
are in honor bound to stand by it to the utmos
| farthing."