New Orleans daily crescent., 1861-02-12


The Oath Of Allegiance.
Judge Kennedy, of the Committee on Citizenship,
presented the following form of the oath Of al
legiance:
Be il ordained BY the people Of the State Of
Louisiana in conre7tion assembled, That the oath
of allegiance to the State shall be in the following
form, to-wit
| do solemnly swear (or affirm) that will sup
port the Constitution, ordinances and laws Of the
State of Louisiana, and that do absolutely and
entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and
fidelity to every foreign prince, poentate, state or
sovereignty, whatever ind particularly. There
specify the prince, pOtentate, state sovereignty
of which the af1iant had been the citizen or sub
fect] So help me, God.
After some discussion, the ordinance was ordered
to be printed, and made the special order (or one
of them) for Tuesday, this day.
Ordinance on Postal Affairs.
The Ordinance on Postal Affairs, presented by
Mr. Walker, chairman of the Committee on Postal
Affairs, was called up and discussed,
The amendments proposed and adopted were as
follows the words, "as one of the contracting
parties,H were stricken out of the preamble, and
" should" was substituted for would'' in the pre-
ambIe. In the ordinance, the words shall be
continued" were stricken out, and the words,
will not be interrupted in the State of Louisiana"
inserted in their place ''may" was substituted
in the last line.
The Ordinance, thus amended, was adopted, and
in its amended and complete form reads follows
AN ORDINANCE Relative to Postal Arrangements in
| Whereas, the State of Louisiana owes it to her
citizens and to those of other States, that she
should not prevent or interrupt the performance
of the pending contracts for carrying and deliv-
| ering the mails made by the United States while
| Louisiana was one of said States,
| Pp I,t 1ba
| Convention assembled, That the existing postal
contracts and arrangements will not be interrupt
ed in the State of Louisiana, and the persons
| charged with the duties thereof may continue to
| discharge said duties until q postal treaty or
treaties shall be concluded, until otherwise or
dered by this Convention, or by some other COM
| petent authority.
Amendments to Constitution.
| Mr.. Olivier of St. Mary, on behalf of the Com
mittee on the Constitution, reported untavoraby
upon Mr.. Dorsey's amendment for equalizing taxa
ton except upon the property of non.residents liv
ing in the non-saveholdng States, which should be
taxed fve per cent. extra. Whilst the committee
were unanimously of opinion that some dscrim
nation ought to be made, such as suggested, they
thought it unwise and mpolitc to do at the pres
ent time The committee also reported unfayor
ably upon an amendment to the Constitution pro
posed by Mr.. Thomasson.
| AF' o!lFlef ueAL presented The following Orul
nance amending two articles of the Constitution
the subject matter of which was proposed, bu
discussed and referred back to the committee last
week.
AN ORDINANCE certnn Articles Of The Constitution
We, the people of the State of Louisiana, in Con
vention assembled do declare and ordan and i
is hereby declared and ordained:
/. That Article 10 of the Constitution of the
State be and the same is hereby altered so as tt
read as follows, to-wit
"Every free white male who has attained the
| age of twenty-One years, and who shall be Citi
zen of the State, and has been resident therein
twelve months next preceding the election, ant
the last six months thereof in the parish in which
he offers to vote, shall have the right of voting
but no voter, in removing from one parish tt
another within the State, shall lose the right o
voting in the former until he shall have acquired i
IN the latter. Electors shall in all cases, eXcep
treason, felony, or breach of the peace, be privi
legedtrom arrest during their attendance at, gonG
to, or returning from electons.'
2. That Article 80 be and the same is hereb,
| altered so as to read as follows to-wit:
" NO person holding or exercising any office 0
trust or profit under any Confederacy of States O
under any foreign power, shall be eligible as
member of the General Assembly, or hold or exer
else any oce OF trust or profit under the State"
After some little discussion, the above ordinance
without amendment was adopted.
Grimes and Offences.
The ordinance presented by Mr.. Tappan, of Or
leans, on behalf Of the Committee on the Judiciary
was called up, and adopted with two slight amend
meuts. One amendment was the striking out @
the first section the words, "and other offences ;