The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-11
HAPPY AUSPICES.

One OF tho most gratifying Indications grow
ing out or the recent assemblngo Mt Baton
Rouge WINS tho very evident satisfaction, II
not enthusiasm. with which all classes Of peo-
pie and all varieties Of popular opinion re-
gnrded the new constitution. No matter what
differences Of sentiment cropped out on other
questions, there was no mstallng the fact
TINT everybody approved the result Of tho
mbors OF the constitutional Convention and
looked forward to It's adoption with the most
sangune hopes. Hero and there individuals
would discover Isolated or subordinate fea-
lures which. from their point OF view. might
have been better adjusted, but few, II any,
doubted tho broad proposition that In all inn
portant respects the new organic Inv is cal
culated to confer great and lasting ben
eHts upon tho people. It mny be
said, indeed. TINT tho very happiest
augurleB attended tho occasion. For the first
time since 1861 the real people OF Louisiana
assembled together for the purpose OF choos-
Ing their own administration under m or
ganic Inv OF their own making, and with the
| absolute certainty OF being allowed TO exer
else their privileges rs freemen, untrnmmeled
| and unmolested. It was d spectacle to fill the
patriotic breast with pride and Joy n pre-
| cious recompense for the sorrow and hurnilia-
| ton of tho bitter period from which we have
| Just emerged.
| Looking back from this suspicious epoch,
and recalling tho opposition which was at
first exhibited as to tho holding Of the Con
etltutlonnl Convention, we mny surely latter
ourselves TINT wo did we'll In urging that
measure with such zeal and persistency. Not
a single ons Of tho forcbodings which were
then entertained have been rehlIzed; not u
single one OF tho gloomy predictions have
been fulfilled. ,These forcbodiDgs and artlci-
pations were cherished and urged by many
whose opinions Ws respected and In whose
patriotism VIC believed. but we felt that We
were right In relying upon the awakened sen
| timent and matnred experience of our people,
and 1t Is among the proudoet chapters
In the DEMOCRATS history, this record
of the stubborn battle we waged
In behalYof the Convention. We feel sure that,
II any doubts or anxieties still linger In men g
minds, the future will transform them into
security and hope; yet we are equally con-
| WINGED that In nine cases out OF ten the trans
formation has already been effected, and that
almost universally this work which the DEM
ocKAT was first to suggest and most zealoue
to promote Is regarded with unnixed sat1s-
faction and gratitude. We congratulate the
people upon tho happy auspices which con-
spired together ct the Convention just hetd II
Baton Rouge. 1t was not strange at all
1t was most fitting II not inevitable
that the body which assembled to inaugurate
as it We're, the new departure, should be com
posed Of superior material and that 1t shoule
fuse with singular harmony and should ex.
hbit conspicuous holiness Of purpose anc
purity of deed. The entire episode was
fraught with price and promise for Louisi
ana 1t was the restoration Of strong mar
to his liberty and his heritage, the resuInp
ton Of functions and prerogatives long with
held; and 1t was enacted with all the impress
siveness appropriate to the occasion. 1t wal
the finishing touch to the splendid tableau 0
Louisiana set free. z+9- =mau