New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-12-27
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On the 18th inst, the police jury of the parish OF
ASSUMPTION convened in extra session. The subject
of the deliberations related to the servile population
and the establishment Of suitable police regulations
for slaves A large sum of money was appropriated
for the maintenance Of patrol, which patrol was to
commence operations on the 18th, and continue until
the LIST of February next. The following resolutions
among others, were adopted:
Regplri Tina, no slave shall be permitted to sell or traffic in
the m this Gs s "a e an Stnc n for ali SUBJ
offences and in ease OF er o. r, op"
three months for subsequent offence All COSTS TO be
the expense Of the owner .., l..
visit he dtret piantaons in order ascertain
T SS he esa as a~ S n he the duty Of
report the grand jury at the next session OF N" district
plyng viii with skid sidg law "'' '
Good frequently results from evil and although
the slave may be reduced to actual, instead OF noml-
nal bondage, in consequence Of the Vaccinations OF
the abolitonists, he will in the long run, be beneht
ted and the tranquility of the community secured
while the peremptory laws of the State Will be en-
forced and observed, instead of being neglected and
condemned as they have been for many years.
Our friends in Assumption have made move III
the right direction They have struck the evil plump
upon the head They have commenced work we
trust will he carried out not only in that parish but
in nj, the parishes of the State The continual viola
tim of the statute which requires that there shall be at
least one white man to thirty slaves on every planta
ton Or elsewhere, should pc put stop to. Let the
district attorneys and grand ures of the respective
parishes see to the inexible enforcement of this law
Their loyalty to their oaths and their obligations to
their ellowcitizens demand of them rigid discharge
of their duty. Let every planter be he influential Or
uninfuentia, be brought to stern accountability for
disobedience to this particular law.
When this law was first enacted there was, perhaps,
no inexorabe necessity that called for its practical
enforcement. But times have changed; and to the
changes of time all must accommodate themselves, or
suffer the penalties that succeed an inevitable CON
sequence There is scarcely, in all human probabl-
ity parish in the State wherein the statute TO which
we have referred is not openly and continually VIC
lated Our public functionares restunder solemn OBJ
legations to end, finally and fully this unoward state
of things.
The same paper contains the resolutions adopted al
public meeting of the citizens Of the parish OF AS
suption, over which Gen. r. G. Martin presided, Mr.
G. L. Mavor acting Secretary, concerning the police
Of Slaves Central Committee of Vigilance, consist
ing Of five gentlemen, was appointed, and committed
of thirteen, one for each police jury ward, was alst
appointed. To the first committee all diiticultle
respecting the seryile population are to be referred
and it is made the duty Of the second committee tt
report to the first whenever it may be deemed neces
sary. From among the resolutions we quote the
following:
Be Rssq That committee Of ,hrtGei 2pponed on
charge Of police arrangements and receive all REPORTS an
investigate such charges suspicious circumstances as
brought their if deemed necessary they sinai
report Central Committee torurther action
all proprietofs OF slaves Keep
discipline their plantations and permit no slave to ehv
premises If be voided after sunset sunday au
necessity exists, that he shall have dcfe
stating place which he is Eoing the time OF ABSENCE
| the time Of his