Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-03-15
Meeting Of the American Menher.m
the Legislature.

rican party in the Legislature Of Inu;.;.".
held on Tuesday the 18th Of March. Jsi0-
Gen. W. NJ. Kidd, Senator from Jaclson ~,
ish, was chosen President and H. N. Fav,..
OF West Baton Rouge az Secretary.
The meeting being organized. the follow;,.
resolutions were unanimously alopted
LIST. Rendered, By the members Of the Ann.
rIcan party in the General Assembly, that ".
cordially endorse the nomination. mad. H.
the late Philadelpn Convention Of M,ll,y
Fillmore and Andrew J. Donelson. and th,.
we pledge ourselves to use all honorahle ~.
e~rtions to secure their election to the re.non.
sib!e positions for which they have been
chosen. '
I'd. Reso|ued, That We will Join the Amer.
lean party of Baton Rouge in a meetip. 10 h.
held on Saturday the 18th inst, for the pur.
pose OF ratliying the above nominations.
3D.. Resovied, That the friends of M;lla,d
Fillmore and Andrew J. Donelson. in each Of
the six Electoral Districts in this State. H..
requested to hold Dist rict Conventions on tn.
first Monday Of June next, at the following
places, to wit:
For the First Electoral District, compo..d
of the parishes of Plaquemine and St bernard
the Third District, Of the. city Of New Or!ean,
and Faubou1g Irene in the city Of New Or.
leans.
For the Second Electoral District. comnos.
ed OF the Second District Of the citysoi New
Orleans, with The exception Of Faubourp
IRENE, aud the First District Of the city Of
New Orleans, in the city Of New Orleans.
For the Third Electoral District, eomposed
Of the Fourth District Of the city 81 New Or
leans, that part Of the parish Of Orleans living
on the right bank Of the Mississippi. the mar.
ishes Of Jefferson, St. Charles, St. John the
Baptist, st J.mes. Ascension, Assumption,
Lafourche and Terrebonne At the town Of
Thibodanxvile. p
For the Fourth Electoral District. cou,pos.
ed Of the parishes Of Tammsny, Washington,
Livingston. st. Helena. East and West Fell
ciana, Point Coupee. East and West Baton
Rouge. and lberviIle. at Baton Rouge.
For the Fifth Electoral District, composed
of the parishes OF St. Landry. Calcasies, 81.
Martin, st. Mary. lafayette. vermillion. Ra-
pices and Avoyelles, in the town Of Opelou-
sas.
For the Sixth Electoral District, composed
Of the parishes OF Natchitoches. Sabine, Vim,
DeSoto, Caddo, Bossier. Bienville, Claiborne,
Ouachita, Caldwell, Jackson, Union. More
house, Concordia. Tensas, Fanklin, Catahou-
la. Madison and Carroll, at the town Of Min-
den in the parish Of Claiborne.
To select, each, one electoral candidate and
one alternate. pledged to the support Of TIE
above distinguished names tor the Offices a
President and Vice-P President of the United
States.
4th. Re,olred. That we recommend 10 tie
American party oil the State Of Louisiana the
holding of q State Conver ton in the tOwf Of
Baton Rouge Oh the third Monday in June,
and that every parish elect delegates 70 mid
Convention.
5th. Resolred, That this meeting reeous-
mend to the American party OF Louisiana
that the State Wigwam and all Subordinates
be dissolved and that open American Clubs
be established in their stead.
9th. Resolred. That a committee Of six be
appointed by the chair to draft an address to
the people Of Louisiana a. coming from the
members Of the American party ofthe General
Assembly, setting forth the nnconstitutio''a'.
illegal and unjust acts Of the DeInocIa tlc pat
ty IN the present Legislature, with respect
to the contested seates of members IN both
Houses, and their unprecedented and tyTsn'-
cal course it removing the Sheriff Of the PAT
ish of Orleans without assigning any scts q
NAL administration or malfeasance IN once.
The following gentlemen composed tbs
committee Messrs. Walker. Burlington, Cat
dere, Alexander. McDonol and Dupesies, 70
which the Chairman, on motion, was ADDE'S.
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