Daily gazette and comet., 1860-05-30
DEMOCRATIC MEETING.

At "a meeting held this day at Academy
Hall, in pursuance Of a call issued by the
President Of the Democratic Executive
Committee Of tho parish Of East Baton
Rouge, Col. Louis Hebert was called TO the
Chair and Jas. Cooper appointed Secretary.
On motion of Mr.. Gusman, q committee
of Ave, com posed Of Messrs. Gusman, Her
ron, Knox, David and Bird, was appoint
ed TO draft resolutions for the consijera-
ton Of the meeting.
The following report was presented by
said committee, and unanimously adopted:
Resoired bg tie Democracy IF Fast Bdt0n
Rouge IN mas MEETING assembled, l. That
we disapprove Of the course pursued by the
delegates from this State Who withdrew
from tho National Democratic Convention
held at Charleston.
2. That as the National Dem ocratic Con
vention at Charleston, the highest polite
nj authority Of the party, have declared
the seats of the seeding delegates vacant
and recommended that the vacancies be
filled by the States from which their for
mer occupants came, among which is this
State and furthermore, as the National
Democratic Executive Committee, the first
and most authorative executive organ Of
the party, approved the action OF the Ma
Nltnti btflVNftIN tVnNtHtlff. ~ Ntr hbo
duty Of our State Central Committee 20
have called new State Convention for
the filling up of the vacancies existing In
the Louisians delegation, and its failure
TO do 30 plainly constitutes a neglect Of
duty to be censured by all true Dem ocrats
Of the State, and such as make IL proper
for other authorities to take the ma tier in
hand.
8. That this being the case, the two calls
for new State Convention "to assemble
~ Donaldson vile on the FIRST Wednesday
(6th) Of June next, for the purpose Of So
lecting delegates to the Nationul Demo
cratic Convention, TO be held at Baltimore
on the 18th Of June next, and for the trans
action Of other business such as may come
before them" made by the "Centrsl Dem
oefstie State Right Club Of New Orleans"
aud by DR.. Thomas Cottman, the repre-
sentative Of Louisiana in the National Ex-
ecutive Committee, are quite proper, and
meet our approval, and therefore, the Pre-
sident Of this meeting is hereby required
TO appoint IL delegates TO represent this
parish in the said Donallsonville Con
vention.
4. That, as II will likely devolve upon
Donaidsonvil Con nvention 30 make up q
new State electoral ticket and new State
fthtNUbtNN OtitiuittfNs w iiHhi Wv N't
egstss LIST, to urge the claims Of our fell
low -parishionei, Jas. Duncan Stuart, as
most suitable person TO fill the office Of
Elector for the Fourth District and I'd, TO
use their best efforts to have ordained by
the said Donaldsonville Convention that
hereafter the State Executive Committee
shall hold its sessions st the State Capt.
tai.
In accordance with the third OF the
above resolutions the President appointed
the following named gentlemen to repre-
sent the parish Of East Baton Rouge iu the
Convention to assemble at Donsldsonville
on the sixth day of June, viz
Mai. A. 4. Heron, Col. }. ID. Stuart, A.
l.. Gusman, X. l.. Knox, DR.. T.J. Bufiing
ton, u. +. Rhodes, Jules Bonnecsxe, ID. A.
Stokes, Capt. VIM. Sowoli, Aft. Duplan-
tier, Wilson Tate, X. W. Y. Newport,
Col. II. NJ. Pierce, and q. NJ. Thomas.
The name Of Col. Louis Hebert, was ad-
ded, by the meeting to the list Of delegates.
After which Col. J. ID. Stuart, and Maj.
A. S. Heron, in response 10 call made up
on them, addressed the meeting.
On motion, IL was
Resoired, That the newspapers through
out the State be requested to publish these
proceedings.
Meeting adjourned.
LOUIS HEBERT, Pres't.
JAS. CoorER, Sec'y.