New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-02-04
Ban G)rlcaIs Daily Crescent.
f0NVENTl0N Of Tue STATE Of LOUISIANA,
ornxC 1AL u UR n a l.
SATURDAY Jan, 20. 1861.

SATURDAY jan 70. 1861.
The Convention mes pursuant to Adjournment.
Present Hon. a. Mouton, President, and II
delegates.
Pending tae reaiiaE d The Journal, on motion b
Nj PFovssty, the reading of the names Of til
standing committees was dispensed with.
me Journal of yesterdays sessions of the Cor
vention was approved,
MID Pfavosty submitted the followinrre
Resolved, That this Convention accepts til
proposition Of the Common Council Of the CITY Q
New Orleans and that when it adi0urns to-day,
will adjourn TO meet in New Orleans on 4uesda,
next, the 29th instant And
Resolasd ftaRhss., That d committee of three b
appointed by the President of this Convention t
confer Sgeh The said Council OF New Orleans as tt
fha location and all necessary arrangements fol
this Convention.
Mr. Mpere moved to amend the foregoing reso
luton by inserting instead Of the words to-day
the words the sosf Of this month";
Which amendment, on motion by Mr.. ELAN, wa
ordered to lie on the table.
hIr. Flaua offered as a substitute for Mr.. Pro
vosty'sFesolution motionthat committee of five
be appointed to examine the Methodist church d
Y this place. which was rendered to the use Of Tho
# Convention, and report on its fitness for such par
pose,
A ell for the original question, Mr.. Provosty's
resolution, being made, Mr. Heron demanded tbs
yeas and nays thereon, which resulted as follows
Measrs- Adams. Avegno, Barrow, Bermudez
Biensenn, Banford, BFiscoe, Burton, Butler, Gald-
wen. Cannon. Clark, Cock, Connolly. Conner of
st Tasamany lsottman, DecIouet, leblanc, Dor
sey B1lsff, Eapre, Estlin, Fnselier, Gladden. Gar
rett, 5irard, Hernandez, Hodge, Kennedy, Laba-
tut. Lawrence. Lagrcue, Lewis Of Claiborne Man
ming, Marshall, ldarrero, Marks of Caddo, Marks
roll, ESagee, MelaRcon, Meredith, Miles, Michel
Miller. AeCIeskey. McGolIom, Mcfarland, Nc.
Nicely, Norton Olivier, Perkins of Lafourche, Per-
4 Rins III Madison, Perhins$o Orleans Peck, Penn
berton, Pierson Of VIM, Poik, Provosty Pugh,
: Roseiias, Rozser, sawson, Smart, S#ayze, Semmes,
Stewart, Sparrow ,sompa Scott of Claiborne,
Stacker, Tappan, Talbot, Talaferro, Taylor of st.
] Charles, Taylor Of ST. Landry, Fhomasson, Towles,
Tucker, Valentine, Verret, Walker, williamson,
Wilkinson w Itz and York 81 yeas.
Nesgrs Barbin, Bonner, Bush, Carr, Conner,
d Davidson, of Livingston, Davidson of Sabine,
Elan, Elges, Fuqna, Gardere Graves, Gray, Griffin,
Heron, Hoagh, Hodges. Hollingsworth, Kidd, lie
Blanc. LaEourgeos Lewis Of Bienville. Lewis of
Orleans, Moore, 0'Bryan, Patterson, Pierson Of
Nachftoches. Pike, Pope, Richardson. Roman,
4 Scott Of East Fsciana, Smith, Texada, Todd,
Warren, Williams Of East Baton Rouge, Williams
De st HeIena So nays.
Consequently Mr.. Prosostys resolution Was
adopted
Mr. Faqaa then called up the substitute offered
BIZ Af. BenFenu, for his resolution 10 refer the ac-
tioa of this Convention on the Ordinance Of Seces-
Y sion I'll The people, and demanded the yeas and
mays shereupon.
ME Perkins. of Madison, having first asked and |
obtained leave moved to refer the ordinance
offered biz MI Polk, on yesterday, 10 the Commit
tee oil Judiciary and Federal Jurisdiction and
Property in Louisiana Which was carried.
hr. Faqna's call for the yeas and nays, which
being then ordered, resulted MS follows
Meas5s. hernandez, BienveHu, Bush, Clark, Com
nelly Conner Of St. Tafnmany Cpttman, Davidson
Of ssbine. D1ffa, Fnqua, Gardere, Garrett, Gandet
Heron, Hengh, Lagroae, ia Blanc, lie Bourgeois,
Lewis Of Claiborne, Lewis Of Orleans, Martin Of
Assumption, Magee, Melancon, Meredith, McCol-
lom. Patterson, Perkins Of Lafonrehe, Pierson of
Eacbi6oches, Pearsnnof Vim, Pike, Polk, Pagh
Roman, Rnselius, Rozier, Sompayrae Scott Of
CIab0rne; Scott Of East Feliciana, Stoeker ITALIA
ferro. Thomasson, Thicker, Yerret, Williams Of
East Baton Rouge, Williams Of st. Helens-43
yeas,
HessFs Adams, Anderson. Avegno Barhin Bar.
row, BotlfeFd, Bonner, Bfiscoe, Burton Butler.
Caldwell, Cannon, Carr, Cook, Conner Of Con
cordia, Davidson 81 Livingston, DeeIeuet, DeBlanc
Dorsey Dupre Elan, EIgee, Estlin, Fnselier, Glad
den Graves, Gray, Gill, Girard Griffin, Hernandez.
Hodge, Hodges, HoIlingsworth, Johnston, Ken.
nedy Labatut, Lawrence, Lewis OF BienyiIle. +
Manning Marshall, Marrero, Marks of Caddo, ii
Marks Of Orleans Martin of Carroll, Miles, Michel 81
Miller, Moore, MeCloskey, Mcfarland, McMeeIy, Q
Norton, Olivier, o'Bryan, Perkins Of Madison, r
Perkins OF Orleans, Peck, Pemberton, Pope, Pro-
RnstyS Richardson Slawson, Smart Swayze. hi
Semirea, Stewart, Sparrow, Smith, Tappan Talbot d
81 81. Charles, Taylor Of St. Landry, Tex
ida, Todd, Towles, Valentine, Warren, Walker,
Williamson. Wilkinson, " liz, and York-sa nays. y
Therefore. the said substitute was lost
Nh, Perkins then called mp the following ordf-
rance 81 secession, reported BY him as Chairman
Il the Committee of Fifteen: IL
IN dissolve The union between The State Of ~
ente coiist Il lie intes S,aas fl
WE, the people Of the State of Louisiana III Con
ention asse hed, do declare and ofdain, and IT, -
! hereby declared ana ordained, Thar the orai- IA
lance passed BIZ us IN Convention on the 22d day no
t November IN the year l8l1, whereby the Con ~
Tuition ef the United States of America and the =
mendineafs of the said CONSTITUTE ~ ere 6ontaf
nd all laws md ordinances By which The state Of 81
oaisiana became b member Of the Federal Union
and the same are hereby repealed and abrogat &c
atf tlas Inc union hiSting between Lon ct
ana aiid other states, under the name of The Inc
nited States Of America, Y is hereby Dissolved 81
tRe de FARTHER declare and 0Tdai7s, That the
tate OF Louisiana hereby resumes all rights and me
oweEs heretofore deleg TO the Government of Ne
ie United States OF America that her ctzens are or
Dsoived from MI allegiance TO said Government Get
I'd iia she ii full possession and exercise OF
lose rights of Sovereignty which aDnertain to 4 .
ee neutrality-suspicious. State blo
w declare and 9rGain That all rights les
,quired and vested under the Constitution Of the
nifed States, or any net of Congress, or treaty l
under aIy law Of this State, and not incompat. tos
ne VIII this ordinance, shall remain iii force and 4
ave PIE same eject as this ordinance had not de
een passed. Il.
Lewis, Of Claiborne asked that he together disi
It'll fhase who might desire it, elected on the Cd de
,aratien ticket Al Delegates to this Convention po
allowed "a retire and consult together as the
'tion they would take on the ordinance Of seces M
On reported BY the Committee Of Fifteen. L
Mr. Perl ins, Of Madison, Withdrew his call for M
9 yeas and nays, and, on motion by Mr. Dapre. ven
Q leave asked for was granted until O'Clock. Can
owing az interval Of twenty minutes ma,
On the return 81 The Delegates to their seats. Dui
d at o'clock, The Convention was called 10 He1
ler, whom Mr. Lewis, Of Claiborne asked that Lac
cooperative Delegates, as their respective Bal
mss aFe called, might be allowed to express de
,r reasons for the vote they might give on the con
5fnaasn M