New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-02-07

e practice, when these rules are silent inexpcit
JeHerson's Manual, or Cushings work ON Parla
VI mentary Law, shall be considered as authority.
L Mr. Kidd submitted the following resolution
Il viz: r
r Resolced That rules and regulations prepared b,
the ComElittee on Rules, etc., be and the ar
. hereby adopted for the government of this Con
= yention.
Mr.. Estlin offered the following amendment, viz
u ResoIued That the Goth Rule of this Convention
/ be amended by striking out the words " or mem
i bers.h v'.-3@- .-e-----,#
L Mr.. Walker offered the following addtiona
e amendment:
: ResolUed, That the Secretary of this Convention
r shall keep the minutes of the proceedings OF the
Convention in secret session separate from the
minutes of the other proceedings; that suCf
a minutes shall only be read in secret session, aIG
shall not be given to the Printer of the Convention
until the injunction of secrecy is removed by reso
: luton Of the Convention.
: Resoiued, That the Convention shall go into
! secret session, whenever. on motion Of a member
tshGl be so determined by the Convention; thai
such motion shall be privileged motion, and shall
always be in order.
Both of which amendments being accepted, the
foregoing report of the Committee on Rules and
Regulations, as amended was adopted.
Mr.. Rozier submitted the following resolution,
viz:
Resoloed, That the Secretary of this Convention
be and is hereby authorized to appoint an addi-
, tional Assistant Secretary.
Which was, on motion of Mr.. Elan, referred to
special committee, consisting of Messrs. Rozier,
Elan and Richardson.
Mr.. Griffin submitted the following resolution,
which was adopted:
ResoEued, That the President of the Convention
4 be and he is hereby authorized to appoint Post
master for this Convention. En-.
Mr.. Johnston then offered the following resolu-
ton: s.. .....,. ,..
Resotoea, That the Convention elect reporter
exclusively for the purpose OF reporting the de-
bates of this body
/ MIR. Stocker moved to lay this resolution on the
table, and Mr.. Johnston demanded the yeas and
nays thereon, which resulted as follows:
Messrs. Anderson Barbin, Barrow, Bermudez,
Bienyenu, Bonford, Bonner, Burton, Caldwell Can,
non Carr, Conner of Concordia, Conner of St.
Tamnlany, Davidson CT Sabine, Declouet DeBanc,
Dorsey, Dufel. Dupre, Elan, Elgee, Estlin, Fuse
| ler Gardere, Gaudet, Girard, Graves, Gray Crit
| fin, Heron, Hodges, Hollingsworth, Kennedy, La
batut Lagroue, I.eBourgeois, Lewis of Claiborne,
| Lewis of Orleans, Manning, Marks of Caddo, Mar
tin Of Assumption, McCoHom, MelanGon, Meredith
Michel, Miller, Moore, Norton, OBryan Olivier
son of Natchitoches, Pierson of Winn Pike, Polk,
Provosty, Pugh, Richardson, Roman, Rozier, Scott
of Claiborne, Scott of East Felicana, Slawson,
Smart, sompayrac. Stewart, Stocker, Taylor of St.
Charles, Taylor of St. Landry, Texada, Thomasson,
Todd, Towles, Valentine, Verret, Warren, Williams,
of East Baton Rouge, Wilkinson, Wiltz-81.
Those who voted in the negative were Messrs. |
Avegno, Briscoe, Butler Cook, Davidson of Liyings-
ton, Fuqua, Gill, Hernandez, Hodge, johnson. |
Kidd. Lawrence, Marks of Orleans, McCloskey. |
McNeely, Mics, Perkins of Lafourche, semrnes, |
Sparrow, Swayze, Tappan, Talbot, Taaferro,
Tucker, Walker, williamson and York-29.
Yeas 81; nays,29
Therefore Mr.. Johnson's resolution was laid on
the table. -.0 s9
Mr.. Semmes submitted the following resolution:
ResolUed, That the Committee on Military and
Naval Affairs be instructed to inquire into and
report, as soon as possible, on the eXpedency and
necessity of sending reinforcements from Louisiana
to Pensacola to aid the troops of the Republic of
Florida before Fort Pickens
Which resolution, motion by Mr.. Perkins Of
Madison, was laid on the table. -, Nv
Mr.. Taylor, of St. Charles, submitted the follow.
ing resolution
Rescued, That the Military Board created by
the General Assembly at its late extra session, be
requested to report to this Convention such action
tons, looking to the organization of a military
force, in their opinion the interests of the State
demand, and that the Secretary forward a copy of
this resolution to the president of the board.
Which was adopted.
Mr.. Barbin submitted the following ordinance:
AN ORDINANCE alter Constitution of The State of
Louisiana, in reference to the officers of the State
We, the people of the State of Louisiana in Con-
ventlon assembled, do declare and ordain and it is
hereby delared and ordained, that the one hundred
and twenty sixth article Of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana be and the same is hereby re-
pealed. {
Which ordinance, on motion, was referred to the
Committee on State Constitution and Protection of Z
Private Rights.
Mr. Stewart submitted the following resolution
which was, on motion, referred to the Committee 8
IN Finance and Contingent Expenses:
ResoEUed, That the exclusive right and privilege i
Of this Convention be and the same are hereby t
granted to Edwin L, Jewell, to have engraved
autographed or otherwise copied, the Ordinance -
Of Secession, lately adopted by this Convention.
Mr.. Norton then offered the following resolu.
5ons viz:
Resoloed, That the delegates from the State of :
Louisiana to the Convention of seeded States to
be held at Montgomery, Ala, on the 4th day of 4
February, 1861, be and they hereby instructed a
q resist every and any attempt to reopen the ,
African Slave Trade, under the authority of any
government, COnfederacy, or Provisional Govern j
nent which shall be established by said Conyen- G
ion of seeded States and to protest. in the name r
If the State of Louisiana, against any Constitution
which shall leave the subject of reopening the Il
laid trade question for popular agitation and /
1arty strife. s
1. hesolued That our delegates aforesaid be fur =
her instructed to have a clause inserted in the =,
Constitution of any Government which may be or l
iained and established by said Convention of Sc
,eded States, forever prohibiting the introduction
# slaves from any foreign country, province or !
State, after the LIST day of January, 1862. =
Mr.. Miles moved to lay the foregoing resolutions
IN the table, ON which motion Mr.. Norton de- c
handed the yeas and nays, which resulted as fol- \
ows:
Yeas : Messrs. Anderson, Barbin, Barrow, Ber-
nudez, Benvenu, Bonford, Bonner, Briscoe, Bur- :
on, Butler, Caldwell, Cannon, Cook, Conner of :
Joncorda, Conner of st. Tammauy, Davidson of
livingston, DeBlanc, Dorsey, Duffel, DuprG, Elam
Euselier, Gaudet, GLADDEN., Gill; Girard, Gray, Her.
on, Hough, Hodges, Hollingsworth, johnson,
Kennedy, Kidd. Labatut, Lagroue, LeBourgeois,
lewis of Claiborne, Lewis of Orleans Manning,
farks ofCaddo, Martin of Assumption, McCollom
lcNeely, MelanGon Meredith Miles, Michel, Miller,
toore, O'Bryan, Patterson, Perkins of Lafourche,
'erkins Of Madison, Pemberton, Pierson of VIM,
POLK, Pugh, Roman, Roselius, Rozier, Scott of '
claiborne, Semmes, Sawson, Smith, Sompayrac,
sparrow, Stocker, Swayze Tappan, Talbot, Tay- +