Litchfield enquirer., 1861-01-31
1ems at tas Reek.

HE LOUISIANA state convention, on Saturday,
 passed the ordinance of secession, in the same | terms in which it was originally reported from
 the Special Committee of Fifeteen. to whom the duty of preparing it. had been intrusted. The
 vote on it's passage stood, 11a for, to r against it.. A delay ordinance, proposed to be substitu- ! ted for the Committees report, was voted down
 on Friday by large majority. It was the evil
 dent intention of the leaders in the Convention
 to discountenance delay in every possible man.
 ner, and the final action was pressed with almost
 indecent haste. As an evidence of determina-
 tion to disregard even tue wishes of the people of the State, it is only necessary to say that a proposition to submit the ordinance to a popular | vote was voted down, 84 to 45 The resolution accompanying the ordinance, declaring the right of free navigation of the Mississippi and it's trib utaries by all "friendly powers," was passed unanimously. The Convention then adjourned to meet again ;n New Orleans on the 29th. Six States have now declared their connection with the Union dissevcrcd-SouthC Carolina on the 20th of December, Mississippi on the 9th of January, Florida and Alabama on the 11th, Georgia ca the
 18th, and Louisiana on the 18th THE SECESSION OF LoUIs1AyA-The delay or dinance moved to be substituted for the secession ordinance reported by the Committee of Fifteen was voted down Monday by immense majori- ty in the Convention.
 Commissioners Manning. of South Carolina. and Winston, of Alabama, made eloquent address ses in favor of immediate secession. There was an animated debate last night on the resolution for submitting the secession ordi- nance for ratification to the people. The advo- cates of immediate secession abstained from all debate. There was no extreme opposition to the ordinance.
 The vote on submitting the ordinance to the people, was taken this morning-ayes 45, nays S4.
 The debate closed, and vote was ordered. The galleries and lohbies wore intensely crow ded, and deathlike silence prevailed On the call of the roll many members were in tears The Clerk announced the vote-ayes 113, nays Hand the President declared Louisiana 8 free and sovereign republic. Capt. Allen then entered the Convention with
 Pelican flag, accompanied by Gov Moore and
 Staff and put the flag in the hands of the Pres- dent amid tremendous excitement. 4 solemn prayer was then offered, and hun dred guns were fired. '- The Convention adjourned to meet in New Or
 leans on the 29th inst.
 Before the Convention adjourned, the resolu- tion accompanying the ordinance, declaring the
 right of free navigation of the Mississippi river and tributaries to all friendly States, and the right of egress and ingress to boats on the Mis-
 sissippi by all friendly States and powers passed { unanimously.
 i gold pen was given each member with which
 to sign the ordinance of secession. Tho passage of the secession ordinance by the
 Convention is hailed with great joy in New Or | leans. The Pelican flag is displayed everywher
 throughout the city, and salutes are being fired
 in honor of the event. s-,-ias 1 All the federal officers of this State, except
 those of the Custom House, will immediately re-
 sign the passage of the ordinance of secession. lHc eXciSc OmcerS VIII Ue COntlUueu. SO dS nOt
 interrupt our commerce until provision is made I by the Convention for the State to assume the
 custodianship of the customs.
 So LOUISIANA has seeded, and has eyen gra-
 ciously proclaimed that the navigation of the
 Mississippi shall be free. We can tell the anna
 teur traitors of that State that the great North
 West, and indeed the whole country, will never | owe to their permission the right of using thal
 river undisturbed And whatever may be their final destiny, one thing is certain, and that is
 that Louisiana, which we bought and paid for, l and which is necessary to us, can never go out
 of the possession and control of the United States, until the military resources of the United States have been annihilated. The truth may as we'll
 be understood and appreciated in Louisiana first as last.--7ribaas. e~3t THE INDICATIONS from Missouri are, that the convention, soon to sit, will be filled with Union men. Texas, it is feared will elect secession convention.
 Howell Cobb, it is rumored, is to be indicted by the Washington Grand Jury. THE ALABAMA state convention has adjourned until the 4th of March next.
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