New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-01-29
VOLUME XIII.
Fifth Representative District, Messr

Sixth Representative District, Mr.. John Pember
ton.
Seventh Representative District, Messrs. George
Clark and Edward Bermudez.
Eighth Representative District, Mr.. G. Octave
Leblanc.
Ninth Representative District, Mr.. p. Severe
| Witt
Tenth Representative District, Messrs. William
r. Miles, William NJ. Perkins and Alexander
Walker
Onmotion, by Mr. Lawrence, the Convention pro-
ceeded to the election of its President.
| Mr. John Moore, Representative delegate from
| the parish Of St. Martin, nominated the Hon. Al
exander Mouton Senatorial delegate from the par
ishes Of Lafayette St. Landry and Calcasieu, as q
| candidate.
| Mr.. John L. Lewis, Senatorial delegate from the
parish of Claiborne, nominated Mr. Isaiah Garrett,
| Representative delegate from the parish of Qua
| chita, as candidate.
! On the call of the roll, the following was the re-
| suit of the vote, to.wit:
| Messrs Adams, Anderson, Avegno, Barbin, Bar
| row, Bermudez, Bonford, Bonner Briscoe, Burton,
| Butler, Caldwell, Carr, Cook, Conner, of Concor-
da, Davidson, of Sabine, Declouet, DeBlanc, Dor
| sey, Dupre, Elan, Elgee, Estn, Fuselier Graves,
| Gray, Gill, Girard, Griffin, Hernandez, Hodge,
Hodges, Johnston, Kennedy, Kidd, Labatut, Law
renee, Lewis, of Benville, Marshall, Marrero,
| Marks, of Caddo, Marks, of Orleans, Martini Of
Carroll, Magee, Miles, Michel, Miller, Moore, Nc
Closkey, Mcfarland, McNeely, Norton, Olivier
| Bryan Perkins, of Lafourche, Perkins, of Madi-
| son, Perkins, of Orleans, Peck, Pemberton, Pro-
vosty, Richardson, Slawson, Smart, Swayze
| Semmes Stewart Sparrow, Scott, of East Felic
ana, Smith, Tappan, Talbot Taylor, of st. Charles
| Taylor, of st. Landry, Texada Todd, Towles
| Tucker, Valentine, Warren, Walker, Williamson
| Wilkinson, Wtz and York-81 members voted FOL
the Hon. Alexander Mouton.
| And Messrs. Bicnvenu, Bush, Cannon, Clark
| Connolly, Conner, of St. TammaDy, Cottman, Da
| wilson, of Livingston, Duffel, Fnqua, Gardere
Gaudet Heron, Hougl, Hollingsworth, Lagroue
| Leblanc, LeBourgeois, Lewis, of Claiborne, Lewis
| of Orleans Martin, of Assumption, Melaneon
| Meredith, McCoom, Patterson, Pierson, of Match
| itoches Pierson, of Winn, Pike Polk, Pngh, Ro
| man, Roselius Rozier, Sompayrac, Scott, Of Clai
| borne, stocker, of Orleans, Taliaferr0, Thomas
son, Verrett, Williams, of East Baton Rouge, ant
Williams, Of St. Helena--41 members voted for th'
| Hon. Isaiah Garrett as President.
And Mr. Pope voted for the Hon. John Perkins
| Jr., as President
REr APITULATION:
Hon. Alexander Mouton received. ..... 81 votes
Hon Isaiah Garrett received. ........-.-4 Al
Hon. John Perkins, Jr., received ........ l
| Total number. ..lI3
Hon. Alexander Mouton, having received ma
iorty of votes cast, was declared duly eecte
President Of the Convention.
On motion by Mr.. Lawrence, the President al
pointed Messrs. Lawrence, Heron and Roseliu
on committee to inform the Hon. Aexande
| Mouton of his election as President of the Coz
vention.
t subsequently, the committee appeared and col
Quoted to the Chair the Hon. Alexander Moutol
, the President elect of the Convention, who too
the Chair and delivered the following address, t.
, | wit:
Gentlemen of the Conventional arise to tend
to you my thanks for this distinguished mark
= your consideration. Fully impressed with sen
of the high responsibility thus placed upon me,
enter upon the discharge of my official duties wi
:. a sincere desire so to conduct your proceedings
to afford Justice, full justice, to You all, as mel
s bers of this Convention and as my colleagues
representing the people of the State of Louisiana
Absent for many years from deliberative bodie
l. it cannot be expected, nor can l. myself, hope th
| shall be as ready in regard to their parliamenta
1t rules, as may be required in the course OF o
| proceedings With the indulgence and assstanC
d however, gentlemen, which expect to receive
| YOUR hands, l trust that you will be not all
e. gether disappointed in my efforts to direct t
movements of this body. | am further encourag
,r with the idea as we'll as the knowledge and
Election, that the members of this Convention I
m derstand and duly appreciate the prophecies a
courtesies of life.
I'd We have met to dispose of an important {
icct, involving the welfare and reputation of c
Id State.
mistake very much the character of this boz
IN if calmness and deliberation do not mark its p
ceedings, and if we are to be disturbed by an2
and exciting discussions. At all events, we
i'd engaged in an important cause, the cause o
brave loyal and enlightened people asserting tn
nd rights and trust that, with the help OF God, tt
will be able to carry them out.
nd On motion by Mr.. Jules G. Olivier, His EXt
lency j. L. Manning, of the State of South Ca
er lima, and His Excellency J. N. Winston of
bama Commissioners to the State OF Louisa
Co. were invited to seats on the floor of the c
vention.
R. Mr.. A. Provosty, Representative delegate fr
the parish of Pointe Coupee, submitted to the
W. vention the following resolution, which was con
cred by unaninous consent and agreed to:
Res0lrcd That a committee Of three be
pointed by the President to report rules for
:, government Of this Convention and the mum
l. and character of the officers and employees
n. quired for the transaction OF business.
S. And the President appointed on said commi
Messrs. Provosty, Heron and Semmes.
". Mr.. S. W. Dorsey submitted the following T.
luton:
ION Re&0lUpd That p committee Of --- be
pointed by the President to prepare and rcpor
soon as possible ordinance providing for
withdrawal of the State of Louisiana from
present Federal Union, with the view to the es
lishment of new confederacy, to be compc
or Of the seeding States.
On motion by Mr.. T. j. Semnles, the blnn}
a. said resolution was filled with the word " ifte'
On motion by Mr. S. W. McNeely, the resolu
Ns' was further amended by inserting at the end til
of the following words, to wit: ''And that
committee be instructed to report on to-morro
'0A 10 O'Clock A. M
On motion by Mr.. Alexander Walker, the al
resolution was further amended by striking
thorefrom all after the word Union"
49,, On motion by Mr.. John Moore, the above I
utlon was adopted as amended.
Mr.. John Moore submitted the following
nance:
o AN ORDINANCE 10 dissolve the union between the ST,
son Louisiana States united wi heralne the
of Government entitled The Constitution of the
states:n
W. the people of the State Of Louisiana, in
vention assembled, do declare and ordain, al
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