New Orleans daily crescent., 1861-02-12

R0zier, Scott of Claiborne Scott of East Felician
Smith, Smart, sompayrac, Swayze, Taliaferrt
Taylor of ST. Charles, Taylor of St. Landry, Tex,
, da, Thomasson, Tucker, Ferret, Walker, William
!, Of East Baton Rouge Wilkinson, Witt and York
4, 6S.
The nays were Messrs. Bonford, Bush, Conner I
N st. TammaDy, Davidson of Sabine, Elan, Garret
Hernandez, Heron, Kidd Lewis of Orleans, Marx
of Orleans, Magee, Miles, Michel, O'Bryan, Pattel
4 son. Pierson Of Vim, Polk Pope, Richardson. RI
man. Roselius, semmes, stoeker Tappan, TODD
1. Valentine and Warren-2S.
I, REHABILITATION.
n Yeas ...............9.
Nays. ..s..=..........:. ....... 2
The section was consequently laid on the table
III Mr.. Tappan offered the following as an additiona
~ section to the ordinance:
That all citizens of the slave.holding States ma,
become citizens of this State after acquiring tht
1 residence required by existing laws and npon tax
ing the oath Of allegiance to the State.
afr. York proposed the following as an amend
ment to Mr.. Tappan's section: " Provided sucf
States join the Southern Confederacy,n which was
rejected
1 Mr.. Lewis, Of Claiborne moved to lay the pro.
posed section on the table, which was carried.
Mr.. Kennedy then moved to adopt the entire
l.
the ordinance, as amended, reads as follows:
| AN ORDINANCE Cancerning Citizenship
We, the people Of Louisiana, in Convention as.
sembled, do declare and ordain: That all free white
persons embraced in the following classification
shall be deemed and considered, and are hereby
declared to be citizens Of Louisiana, viz:
L. All persons who, at the date OF the adoption
OF the Ordinance OF Secession, viz: the twenty
sixth day Of January, eighteen hundred and sixty
one. We're citizens of this State.
Il Women Of foreign birth, now married, or who
may hereafter be married, to citizens of this State
4 and who have acquired or shall acquire a domiail
| therein. -
! 3. All persons now born or who may hereafter
5e born out OF the limits and jurisdiction of this
State, whose fathers were, or shall be- at the time
ct their birth or conception, citizens Of this State
Provided, however, that tile rights Of citizenship
shall not descend to persons whose fathers never
resided in this State.
T. Persons of foreign birth who had AT the date
OF secession aforesaid, declared their intention to
become citizens of the United States under the
naturalization laws thereof, or who had arrived in
the United States under the age of eighteen years,
and had continued their residence therein for FIVE
years before the date Of the Ordinance of Seces-
sion, and who shall comply with the further re-
qnrements OF said laws which for that purpose
and to that extent are hereby adopted as laws of
Louisiana with the exception, however, that the
oath to be taken by the applicant shall be of allie
glance TO the State of Louisiana.
o. Children of5persons specified in the preceding
paragraph, vino shall be dwelling in this State,
and be under the age Of twenty-one years when
their fathers shall be naturaiized as provided in
said paragraph and shall after attaining the ace Of
majority, take the oath of allegiance to the State
" z. Al persons being citizens Of the United States
aforesaid or citizens of any of the States that
have seeded therefrom, who may have come into
this State to reside atany time within twelve months
prior to the date of secession aforesaid, and who
shali after residence Of twelve months therein,
take the oath Of allegiance to this State Provided
that the oath Of allegiance shall not be required,
after the formation of Southern Coufederacy of
persons coming INFO this State, and being citizens
OF said Gonfederacy and of any one of the States
the same.
y BE II further ordained That the oath of allie
glance shall be administered in open court by the
Judge of any one OF the District Courts of this |
STATE, ana snail remain OF record in book to be
kept Tor that purpose by the clerk of the court,
Mr.. Davidson, Of Livingston, moved 10 recon.
'ider the vote on the ordinance just adopted, |
which was refused.
MIR. Lewis, of Claiborne, called up the resolution
leretofore presented by Mr.. Richardson, rela,
i've to the adjournment Of the Convention on
saturday next; when Mr.. Texada offered the fol-
owing resolution:
y ResotUed That all ordinances originating with
ne standing committees of this Convention shall
ave precedence overall other business
Mr.. semmes offered the following as substitute
or MIR. Richardson's resolution, which was ac
epted by him:
. tsesosoed, That this Convention, on Tuesday
leAt, lhe l2th inst, at 2o'clock P. NJ, shall be
dlohfned by the President, to reassemble at New
lrieans on the 18th March next or sooner, on the
all OF the President, or a committee of tbree tn
e by him appointed. "
Mr. Heron moved to amend by striking ont
Tuesday and inserting Saturday, which was
ost.
Mr. McNeely moved to lay the whole subject on
le table. which motion was lost
Mr. Martin, Of Assumption, moved to amend by
riking out g Tuesday, and inserting Saturday
eek which motion was lost. The same mem.
n then moved to insert g Wednesday weekn
stead Of Tuesday next, 2 which was also lost.
Mr. swayze moved to insert the 4th of March,
stead of the 18th, in Mr.. semmes' resolution
hich motion was carried.
NJ. Heron moved to strike out :" New Orleansu
nd insert Baton Rouge,n which was lost
Mr. Elan offered the following as an amendment.
ihaP the Convention rdassenble when the Presi 7
ent shall in his judgment, think proper J, which :
Inenament was rejected and the resolution Of M.
emnles adopted as amended the resplt of a cal
II the yeas and nays by Mr.. Martin Of 4ssnnn.
on, being as follows:
The yeas were Messrs. Anderson Rarrow Ron =
u, Butler, Caldwell, Cannon, Carr Cool, Con.
lily, eonnor of St. Tammany, cottman. Davidson
Sabine, DeBlane, Dorsey, Daaell, Fuselier, ia.
a, Gardire, Graves, Griffin, Heron, Hougb.
'dges, HongsWorth, Johnston, Kidd, Leblanc
Bourgeois, Lewis Of Claiborne, Lewis Of Orleans.
lgee, MeGollom, Mcfarland, Meredith, Miles, sIi.
ell Miller, o'BFyap, Patterson, Perkins of La
lfcae Peck, Pierson of Natchitoehes, Pierson n
VIM, Pike, Polk, Richardson, Roman, Scott Of L
ab9rae, scottof East Feliciaua, semmes, Smith, a
npasrae, Taliafefnp, Taylor Of ST. Landry, Tex. Il