New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-02-05
Neb ORLEANS 9ailg Grestent.
TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY s, 1861.
THE
CONVENTION OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
TUESDAY, January 30, 1861.

adjournment at the City Hall.
Hon. A. Mouton in the chair and 113 delegates
spresent.
The Convention was opened with prayer by Rev.
Dr.Palmer.
The minutes of last meeting having been read,
they were approved without objection,
1t tbeing past the hour for the regular business,
the President called up the report Of standing com
uittees
Mr.. Provosty introduced report on behalf of
the Committee of Arrangements, and, on notion it
wasordered to lie on the table subject to call.
Mr.. Elgee moved that all reports relative to
Federal Affairs be presented with closed doors,
but accepted the amendment of Mr. Walker, that
this matter should be left to the discretion Of the
chairman of each committee
The motion thus amended was adopted.
On motion Of Mr. Moore, the following resolu-
tion was then adopted viz
Res0red That committee Of three delegates
be appointed to receive and introduce the Com
mssonersf from other States that may be accredited
Tod this Convention.
THE President appointed on said committee
MeBsrs. Moore, Conner, of Concordia, and Roman.
The report of the Committee on Judiciary being
called up its chairman Mr.. Bonford stated that it,
ala YET, had no report to make.
Mr.. Perkins, as chairman, submitted the follow
ing ordinance reported on behalf Of the Commit
tee on the Formation of Southern Confederacy:
to iG tho appointment Of Delegates
a VIZ, the people of Louisiana, in Convention as
A sembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby
! NAsclared and ordained,
&Fst. That this Convention WILL the 30th day of
5aAuary instant at the hour of u NJ, proceed to
elelt by ballot six delegates TWO from the State at
large, and one from each Congressional District, to
REPRESENT this State in the Convention of seeding
StatesprOposed to be held at Montgomery, in the
Sate IF Alabama, on the fourth day of February,
1861, fer the purpose of securing concerted ana
harmonious action, and also of forming q ProVis-
ional Government for those States which have Sc
ceded and which may secede, and intend to form
Southern Confederacy
3D. That the said delegates be instructed to aid
in forming Provisional Government on the basis
OF the Constitution of the United States for such
States as have seeded may secede to be estab-
lshed and put into operation before the fourth day
! Of March. 1851, and that the same Convention Of
seeding States shall proceed forthwith to consider
and propose Constitution and plan for perma-
nent Government for such States, which proposed
plan shall be referred back to the several State
Conventions for their adoption or rejection.
Sd. That this Convention accepts the recommen-
daton OF the State of South Carolina that each State
be entitled to one vote in the said Convention upon
allquestions which may be voted upon therein
and that each State send as many delegates as are
eqna in number to the number Of Senators and
representatives to which it entitled in the
Congress of the United States.
/ 9TH. That if from any cause the said Convention
should not assemble at the time and place above
mentioned, then, and in that event, the said dele
gates be, and they are hereby accredited to any
Convention of seeding States which may meet al
any other time and place, having for its object the
formation Of a Government and the establishing
Of a COnfederacy, as herein before prescribed, and
which may adjourn to meet at any other time anc
| place,
Mr. Perkins then asked the privilege and waE
permitted to read the following joint letter from
the commissioners from South Carolina and Ala
bama:
BATON ROUGE, Jan. G5. 1861
Hon. A. Monon, President Of the Convention:
Sj1'-Permit US to correct an omission on ou
part in addressing the Convention in one particu
lar. The States of South Carolina, Alabama
Georgia, Florida and Mississippi have named thu
: 4th day of February, 1861 the time for the as
I semtlage of the Convention of the States which
have and may dissolve their connection with thu
Government of the United States, and the place
Montgomery, Ala.
Many important questions will necessarily CONF
up Immediately upon the assemblage Of that body
for its consideration, upon which it will be yer!
desirable for the State of Louisiana to be heard
and her influence felt and recognized. 1t is of par
amount Importance that many measures shall b.
acted on with all dispatch possible.
Prominent amongst others will be an early com
munication with foreign nations, and a consequen
recognition by them of the new CGnfederacy Al
! low us too to express hope that should the Stat
of Louisiana place herself in line with the State
which have announced their purpose of forming
Southern Confederacy, she may appreciate the i'm
perions Importance Of having her voice heard a
2 the very commencement of the deliberations O
Il the Southern Convention, and that delegates b
! appointed by the Convention over which you pre-
l side, in time to meet us.
Very respectfully, your oht srrv'ts,
JOHN A. WINSTON,
JOHN l.. MANNING.
gFe Mr.. Perkins, of Madison, moved to postpon
n any action upon the report of the committee o
the formation of Southern Confederacy, unit
copies of said report were printed and that it b
made the especial order Of business at o'clocl
PM, which motion was adopted
Mr. Semmes then moved, chairman of til
Committee on Commerce and Navigation that til
doors of the Convention be closed before the reat
ing of his report which was carried.
The Convention then went into secret session
and remained in session until O'Clock, P. M
when, on motion, the doors having been opened,
On motion by Mr.. Estlin. the Convention a
journed to meet again at O'Clock, P. NJ.
EVENING SESSION.
The Convention met pursuant to adjournment.
Present: Hon. A. Mouton and 98 delegates.
The unfinished business being called up, NJ
Semmes moved that the house be cleared, and th
the Convention go into secret session. which WI
adopted
The Convention accordingly went into seer
session, and remained sitting until s O'Clock,
When, on motion of Mr.. Lawrence, the doors
the House were opened.
The ordinance reported by Mr. Perkins, of Mac
son, as chairman of Committee on the Format
of Southern Confederacy, was then taken up, Sc
ton by section
The first section being read, Mr. Walker NOV
to amend by striking out of third line, first sectio
all after the word delegates to the words :"
represent in the fourth line, making it read
follows:
l. That this Convention will, on the 30th d.
of January instant, at the hour of II NJ, proce
to elect by ballot six delegates, to represent tt
State in the Convention Of seeding States, pr
posed to be held at Montgomery, in the State
Alabama, on the fourth day of February, 1861,
the purpose of securing concerted and harmonic
action, and also Of forming Provisional Cover
ment for those States which have seeded, a
which may secede, and intend to form Southe
Confederacy