New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-03-30

SECRET SESSION.
According to previous resolution, the Convention
went into secret session, Mr. President Mouton in
the chair.
The journal of the last session was then read and
approved.
The President submitted the following commune
cations from the Hon. Charles NJ Conrad:
Hon. Alex Mouon, New Orleans La:
Dear Su'-l enclose you two communications
from the Louisiana delegation to the body over
which you preside, with request that they be
presented as early as practicable.
The delegation are of opinion that the one re.
lating to the transfer offered should be presented
in secret session, and should not be made public ;
as to the other, the Convention can decide better
than we can as to the expediency Of making it
public.
Your ooeaient servant Sc "a ,>-r
MONTGOMERY, Ala, March :, 1851.
The following are the communications referred
to, as being enclosed in the above:
MONTGOMERY, Ala March q 1861.
To the Convention of Louisiana
Gent2en2en-You will no doubt have obtained
through the public papers general knowledge of
the progress which the Convention has made 10 its
labors, but we have thought that communication
directly from ourselves might be acceptable.
Having adopted u Constitution for a Provisional
Government, we proceeded, in obedience to your
Instructions, to establish Government under that
Constitution, and to put it i'll immediate operation
As no free Government can exist without laws
to guide and control its action. the enactment of
the laws necessary to put the Government in Ope-
ration embraced a wide field of legislation. We
had President, it is true but he was without the
executive departments, whose aid is indispensably
necessary in the discharge Of his duties. The
C0nfederacy was without Judiciary without q
postal system. and dependent tor its mail facilities
on foreign Government thatmight withdraw them
at any moment; without the means of establishing
intercourse with foreignnations, without an army
or navy, without money or the authority to pro.
cure it in word, we had a Government on paper
only. ..
10 supply those deficiencies and avert the evils
which would necessarily have resulted from this
state OF partial anarchy, required prompt legsla
ton, and the Convention has labored assidnously
to provide it. The result of those abors has partly
been made known to you in laws which have beer
published; others are in the course Of prepare
ton and will shortly be completed.
That these laws will exhibit traces of the haste
| with which they were prepared, and will be found
defective in some Of their details, entertain no
doubt, but we have the consolation to reflect that
any defects that may eXstin them may be corrected
| by the regular Congress which will at DO distant
period be elected under the permanent Constitution.
The Convention is now engaged in the discussion
OF this Constitution and, as four or flYe hours OF
each day are devoted to this purpose, we nope thaf
it will be in onr power to submit 10 your CONSIDER
/ alton in the course of eight or ten days.
In legislative body so numerous, ana employed
Il in 40 imDortant q work the formation OF new
i Government and the inauguration OF It's policy, in
Stvi6nal differences of opinion are, of course, una
yoidable but it affords us pleasure to be able tt
announce to vour honorable body thatthe proceed
mrs of tie Convention have been marked by
shirt of harmony rarely to be found, and by dis
position to sacrifice all minor considerations TO tn