New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-02-04
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| their delegates in Convention assembled, have
| been IN session ten working days, and have &C.
complished large amount Of important business.
4 They have proceeded with ther labors deliber-
| ately and determinedly, but prudently and ju-
diciously, and we have no doubt their action will
receive the unqualified endorsement of every true
citizen Of the Commonwealth.
| AS was generally considered appropriate, the
Convention organized and passed the Ordinance of
Secession in Baton Rouge, before adjourning to
the commercial metropolis of the South and South.
West. These matters occupied the first four days
of the session; and we imagine no intelligent
man will deny that such momentous question as
that Of severing the bonds which has so long bound
us to the Government of the late United States,
could have been discussed and settled in briefer
space of time. q
Having dissolved our connection with the late
Federal Government, and having declared the
State of Louisiana free and independent common
wealth for the time being, the Convention pro-
ceeded to provide for contingencies as they might
arise by beginning the work of reconstruction at
once. Accordingly, the jurisdiction of the State,
and an extension Of the laws of the United States
over certain important departments were adopted;
and the President of the Convention, pursuant to
the directions of that body proceeded to take pos
session of the Mint and Custom House. and all the
coin, bullion, and other property therein con.
| tained belonging, or supposed to belong, to the
late Federal Government. The officers of the
Mint and Custom House have forwarded their resig-
nations to Washington-haye taken the oath Of
allegiance to Louisiana--and have, we presume
ere this, executed bonds in favor of the Governor
guaranteeing the faithful and honest discharge of
the trusts eonfided to their keeping. The oper-
atoms of the Mint will continue as hereto
fore; and our able and experienced Collector,
Hon. r. FL. Hatch, clears vessels as regularly
and safely under the authority of the Republic of
Louisiana, as he formerly did by and with the au-
thority OF the recent Republic of the United States
So far, no interruption Of business has taken place
and none will take place in the future we are en-
tirely persuaded. The Collectors clearances are
certified to by the respective foreign consuls, so
far as the vessels Of their Governments are con
cerned, and no Abolition authority, no matter how
much embittered against the South, will venture to
Interfere with such ships or their cargoes The
Black Republicans, even if they had the power, |
which fortunately they have not, would be too pru
dent to attempt nythng of the sort, for the lead
ers Of that pestlent party are well aware that such
if it did not Immediately lead to rigid blockade of
all the ports Of offending Northern States.
The Convention has also elected six delegates
to represent Louisiana in the Southern Congress
which meets in Montgomery, Alabama, to-day, be.
sides transactng large amount of other business,
in regard to which the people will be fully Informed
in due season.
As yet the Convention have not done an act
Of which the State may not well be proud; and
from our knowledge Of the members, and the-fofty
motives which aetuate them, we are firmly con
Finced that when they arrive at the termination
# their responsible labors, they will be welcomed
W their various constituencies with the saluta-
ion" Well done, thou good and faithful sery-
.ntn
We presume the Convention will adjourn TEN.
,orarily in ten days or two weeks. Within that
line all pressing immediate business, can be
rotten through with, in all probability. But,
when the Convention will adjourn sine die is
altogether another affair, as the paramount au-
hcrity of the Commonwealth, in these rapidly
Hanging times, must be on hand at short notice,
o meet emergencies as they present themselves
" adopting and enforcing such measures as will
'est conduce to the general welfare and security.