The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-02-04
LOUISIANA.

I The n " York TriBuse i,tyt,,..
2 the state oC things in Louisiaa7, ,Bs ,hs
n fleet of General D4SKs Pfoclams,io.,
I. remarks:
q 'h!The moy ucnt for The restoration
: Lousiana to The Union las received
sudden accelcra,ion ly the proclamation
oi General Bsnks. An election Is order.
CIT On the 22d Of February for Gvyerro,
oud other State cfitcts, who are 10 W.
insiollcd on the 4ih ol M reb; IN election
ON day not fixed is % b, bcld for uor,.
bcr' o Congress; and an election .f del,.
g'tcs 10 a Constitutional Convention Is an.
ncInecd on lbc brst MOrdsy VI April.
Tue Proclametion, however, E.e- Cur.
tLcr than ue--ly 10 sct In notion 20,
~"nehnc'y Of State Go,,rnmrnt. Iti
declared that the tuud dlmentll lsW OF ibq
State is partial law. and by y',tae NJ ,,
ell parts of tho Constitution and laws II
Louisiana which fceogni.,, regulate ut
'''H'' 10 Ssv'ry rre anUullcd, bSGsv,s
'inconsistcnt with tho present condition
oi public aIuirs aud inapplcsb - any
eIasa IT p.r'ons now cx'2ting within ts
Limit - IuSsmuch IA cpnz,N-.-li. po--
tons OF Louisiana were Cxs,picd from
lhc u r'nclamglion Of FtecdOm, General
Banks ordor must 10 regarded ia ths
light OF m cxtcnsien " the Emaneips.
tlon pclicy, nnd IN anticipation OF tho &c.
ton OF the Convention.
/ Tue qualifications Of voters 5t the CLOG.
,ions are clearly d,hnod, mud the re ,,Is.
i ,rs,iono under the M,ltry Governor ans
c ito several Uaion dissertations 1, COG.
!. firtncd und approved Ii hv the latte.
. are meant Frec-Statc associations, of
T. wb'ch We recently Gpye an acc nat, TIC
= anti slsvcy Uui.g!gt5 are to have con.
y troll oCllc m yomcut to a ecr;sis fai'ni.
h II i announced thar the basis OF re.
: preSsntaticn in the Cpustitu'ionai Con-
, voGtion IL to b. fx'd hereafter Tho
matter Is ore Of such iY'portancr that VIC
wish Gei o 'sl nIBks had opcH.r DECLARED
his intention Under the Constitution
of 1879 the basis Of representation vas
tha total population in each purisb, anJ
thlrysult was That the country parishes
wherein lay Ito large pllutalilns aud of
which the negro population wJa IN czcesa
OF the whites, we're practically controlled
By the planter. ard sent mij ritz oftc,
prcsrn'aliyes Z, the IT,. isiaiuro. Il tLii
basis were nov to 10 adopted theTo 10
reason to fear that the Fr,c Stat Party,
which rcckans undoub ediy among its
voters m m'jjiDy ol tlos entitled 10 voto
at all, mny b culnum5crra In tic Cot
vcn:ion b. tho slaychodrg inter st th1i
still clutrols the country parishcs. No
one doubts ,Lat New.nrleuna viii 20 fof
Emancipation. Under he a apportiOn.
ment, tho Parish Of Orl uns is eut.t edta
but FL representative, una whit b1.s
she would have d, aud ss tn o,G l. gis.
! turc eonsiet ol Lu' 03 N NIB rs, ih?
difference was Of greet coua, quruee.--
We cannot suppose that Cyucsol B'nks
int uds TO pCrpctultc the old snd unequal
ratio. II Ihc Fee State men arc to haze
the representation 10 which they are lair,
ly entitled, he must discard tht Cxistir2
basis and adept one mere cquitabie.--
The tone of his proclamation is 40 do.
cidcdly in favor Of q policy cf freedom icT
the State, that we are Encouraged 70 bee
Ii,ye that this is what he real y mests,"