New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-11
WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST Ill, 1852.
THnRabAr. July o. 1852.


| - THussbAY, July &c. 1852.
| The Convention met pursuant to adjournment
The Rev Mr. Woodbridge opened the proceedings with
prayer.
| Present Hon D. r Kenner, President Of the Congen-
| ton in the chair. and eighty.two Delegates.
The President laid before the Convention connuni-
cation from the ladies Of the Presbyterian Church asking
the Of the Rotunda Of the State House for the pur
pose of giving entertainment and concert Monday
| the Cd day Of August.
Mr.. Benjamin, behalf Of the Committee Style,
| submitted the following report:
| The Committee Style respectfully report that they
have no change recommend in Title Three Executive
| Department
In Title Four Judiciary Department the only change
recommended is in the phraseology of article 6S which
| they propose as follows:
Article 6S Any that may in the Supreme
Court from resignation otherwise shall be filed by
election for the remainder of the unexpired term but if
such remainder do not exceed year the vacancy shall
be filed by Executive appointment.
| In Title Five Impeachment the committee propose no
change. Respectfully submitted,
J. BENJAMIN, Chairman
| On motion the above report was concurred in.
Mr.. Phillips offered the following additional article
Article. Whenever the Legislature shall contract
debt exceeding in amount the of hundred thou
sand dollars unless in OF war repel invasion.
suppress insurrection they shall in the law creating the
debt provide adequate ways and for the payment
of the current interest and of the principal when the
same shall become due.
And said law shall be irrepealable until principal and
interest are fully paid and discharged 4
! On motion Of Mr Couney above article vas laid On
4 the table, subject to call
| Mr.. Roman offered the following resolution:
Ro!r That the Convention will hereafter hold after
sessions, commencing at and that when the
Convention adjourn this morning it adjourn to o'clock
|P. NJ
Mr. Sanddge moved to strike in the above reselu-
ton /" 5 oclock,'' and to insert oclockr -
Mr.. Connely moved to lay the resolution and amend
| ment on the table
On said motion the yeas and nays called and re-
| suited as follows:
Messrs. Addison Castelanos, Connely, Hatch, Hays
Hargis, Heron. Hernandez, McMillen, Ronqno Staes
Shaw, Scarborough Tatman, Talbot, Waddll and Whit
| tington-T7 yeas.
| And Messrs. Akenhead Avery, Andrews Anderson Of
Carroll, Armant, Bradford Benjamin, Bernard, BeaIe
Beard Bienyeuu Brother Boudousque, Buiard Buisson
Carter Gollens Cotton Conrad Deony Deelouet Dufour
Dugue. Edwards of Orleans Edwards of Wellington Egg
gleston Eustis Farmer Gardere, Harris Hough Hodges
Hunt lsaacks, Jennings Jourdan Jones, Key, King o
jackson Lapeyre, Leefe Leblanc LobdeI Lyle McIhen
ny, Mathews of Orleans Mathews of P c. Marrero Mar
tin Maher, Monge, Nichols, Olivier of st. Martin Pal
frey Paxton Patterson, Preaux, Price Pierce Phillips
Pugh Reeves Richardson of Ouachta Richardson of st
Mary. Rixner, Risk, Roseius, Roman Roysden, Robin
SON. sanddge, Smart, Shelton Smith Of West Feliciana
Smith Of Winn. Simms Stewart Taliaferro Todd, Var
Wickle, villere, Williams and Wilcoxon-s3 nays.
Consequently the motion lost, and the resolution
was not laid on the table.
l Mr.. Roman then moved to lay upon the table tn.
amendment offered to the above resolution by Mr. San
ddge, which motion prevailed. and the amendment ac
cordingly was laid upon the table and further
ton, the resolution was ad pted without amendment
Mr. Palfrey presented the following as his reasons fo
the vote given by him yesterday the substitute of
fered by Mr. Benjamin to article IA, reported by thu
majority Of the Committee General Provisions, ant
asked that the same should be spread the Journal which
was granted
| July 90 1867.
Ivotsd on yesterday against the substitute of Mr. Ben
amin of Orleans the article ia as proposed by h
Committee General Provisions for the reason that in
asuch the next preceding article adopted by the Con
yention gives authority incidentally for pledgng tn
credit of the State of Louisiana in aid Of interna
improvement beyond the limits of the State, conside
that restriction requiring the consent Of the people
such pledge for specific purpose essential to pre-
serve such authority from abuse
! [siguedl W. T. PALFREy
Mr. Pierson having yesterday voted with the major
ty against the adoption Of the article offered by
dill under the head of General Provisions moved for re
consideration of the same which motion was lost.
Mr.. Shaw offered the following resolution which read
as follows to-wit:
ResoceH That thousand copies of the Constitution
be printed in English and five thousand copies in French
for distribution in the several Parishes Of this State
Mr.. Staes moved to strike ont five and insert TEN
which motion was lost and.
On motion the, resolution adopted without amend
mept. ,
On motion OF Mr., Phillips the Convention took up fo
consideration the article previously offered by him th
morning, and which was, motion of Mr. Connev laic
| Oh the table subject TO call
The article being read Mr. Phillips moved its adop
ton On said motion the yeas and nays called ant
| resulted as follows:
1 Messrs. Akenhead, Avery Andrews Anderson of Car
roll, Addison. Bradford, Bartlett, Benjamin Resancon
Bernard, Beae, Beard, Benvenu Brother, Boudousque
Boyer Bullard Buisson Carter Cotton Conney Conrad
Delony, Declouet. Douglass, Dufour Dugue. Edwards
Orleans Edwards of Washington Eggeston Eustis Far
mer Gardere, Guion, Hatch Hays Harris Hargis Her
Hernandez Hough, Hodges Hunt Isaacks Jennings
Jourdan. Key, King of Jackson Lapeyre, Leee Leeds
Lobdel Lyle Mcihenny, McAIIen Mathews of Orleans
Mathews Of Point Coupee, Marrero Martin Mather Moss
Monge Nichols Olivier of st Martin Olivier of St Mary
Palfrey Paxton, Patterson Preaux Price Pierce Pier
| sou, Phillips pugh, Reeves Richardson of Ouachta
Richardson Of St Mary Rlxuer, Risk Roselius Roman
| Roysden, Ronquilo, Sanddge. Staes. Smart Swazey
Shaw, Scarborough, Shelton, Smith of West Feliciana
Smith of Winn sbley Simms Taman Talbot Taliaterro
Todd Villere, Waddll, Williams, Wilmington and vii
coxon-l03 yeas; and
Messrs Arman Castcllanos Collens Jones and Sbley-
! 8 nays.
Consequently the motion prevailed and the article wa
| adopted
Mr. McMien offered the following resolution which be
| ing read was motion laid on the table.
Resoid That in taking the of this State shal
be the duty of officers appointed for that purpose to ex
clude aliens and all other persons who not perma
| nent residents of this State.
On motion of Mr.. King of St. Landry, the Conyentio
took up for consideration the majority report the spe
cia committee appointed to district the State judicial,
The report being read, Mr. Phillips offered the oown
| as substitute to the same, to-wit
| FIRST DsrRicr.-That part of the Parish of orlear
situated the left bank of the river except Lafayette
| SFuosp Decentralization, Lafayette included; tha
part of the Parish of Orleans the right bank St Joh
Baptist, lSt Charles, St. James, Ascension, East Bato
4 Rouge Fast Feciana, West Feciana Livingston, 81
Helena st. Tammany Washinhton, St. Bernard, Plaque
mines.
THIRD Observation-Disclosures, West Baton Rouge, 1ber
vile, Poiute Coupee Lafourehe Terrebonne Avoyelles
Cacaseu, Lafayette Sabine4St Landry, St Martin st
Mary, Vermlion.
Fourth Decentralization, 0uachita, Union, Tensas
Rapides Nachitoches Morehouse Jackson, VIM Frank
lin, DeSoto Concordia Claiborne Catahoula. Carroll
Caldwell, Caddo. Bossier, Bienville