Gazette and sentinel., 1860-11-17
ORGANIZING In NEW ORLEANS.
South Carolina and the Blue Cockade
Endorsed and Upheld.
Enrolling of Minute-Nen!

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and animated meeting was held III New
Orleans on Saturday night last, at Ar
mory Hall, irrespective Of party" of
which DR.. G. w. Mott was President,
with a large number of Vice Presidents.
We make a synopsis of the above
journals remarks, to show the senti-
mcnt that prevailed
ii. H. Chalmers, DIR. G.. ". Austin,
J. NJ. Bonner, Mai. w. c. Capcrs, Judge
Cotton, J. j. Michel, II. st. Paul, DR.
Mcfarland and Il. NJ. Hunter addressed
the meeting.
Mr.. Chalmers said he was no longer
a party mamie was a Southern man.
We Judge by this ne must have been
! either a Bell man or a Douglas man.
Mr.. Michel asked if we should submit
to our enemies or resist them? ere
sist till death y was the wild response
DR.. Austin preferred quick action in
the hour of danger. Southern men
should unite as one man in a crisis like
this. \ southern sentiment should 60
vcrn us truly. Loud cheering.
Maj. Capcrs said he had been a Bell
man, but now he knew no party but the
/ South.
Mr.. Hunter called upon all mcn to
forget their diffcrencics, and cooperate
in the common cause Of the south.
Judge Cotton was not for waiting for
an overt act, not even submitting to
the Inauguration of Lincoln. He was
for inquiring into the business of all
strangers found amongst us.
Capt. st. Paul spoke with great car
nostncss His Company, the First
Chasseurs a Pied" had rendered their
services to the Governor. 1t was com
posed of young men, but they were
willing to shed their blood for their
country. Great cheering.
Mr.. Bonner said he had been a Doug
las man but when the State elections
from Pennsylvania and Indiana came,
he was a southern man. 1t was an oc-
casion for all men to come forward and
enroll themselves under the banner of
the south.
a sample Of the Blue Cockade was
shown, and every person DESTROYS OF
i wearing one, as an evidence of theiI
( determinations stand by southern right
and southern integrity, was told that
they could get one next day at the Ar
mory Hall. 5000 persons enrolled theil
o names in less than two hours.
i \ resolution vas adopted, calling thu
organization "The Southern Rights As
. ISOLATION of the State of Louisiana"
The following memorial to the Gov
q ernor was adopted, ard signed by abou
e 800 persons:
y To hi. ExceIlency, I. o. Moore. Governor of tn
: State OF Louisiana:
. The undersigned, your memorialist'
b citizens of New Orleans, and of tn
State of Louisiana, deeply impreSse
with the conviction that the result
the recent election for President Of tn
United States, in elevating a Black RI
publican to that high Office, is evidenc
e of a dcep-seated hostility on the part {
the North, towards our State in con
mon with the other States of the SOuti
and in view of the fact that many of OF
~ sister States are taking counsel throug
their Legislatures as to what shall
done in this emergency, would respec
q fully request your EXcellency to co
vene the Legislature of our State at
early a day as practicable, to take SUE
measures as they may deem necessal
aud proper to vindicate and secure Of
~ rights.
The following constitution of the c
ganization was unanimously adopted
Whereas, 1t is certain that an AbO
H. ton candidate will be elected to t
Chief Magistracy Of the Union, up