, 1866-08-02

TIL: LOUISIANA slt:tsz;l.t.yOS.

lS'4 fhc 1'rrtrxt iur Whhlcta'r
,nn.sacr. IF tnion mrn anl ncGra:.. md
II will t'rnf Interest tn thr public t" learn
something i,msr than l,ns ysl frrn published
In rrgnr,l |" TIN. tssiy. its f<l"ry, 1t. MI.
tls"rty. NIL, It. latrrm-rs.
Eatly ln 1s':l. t;r,mra1 Banks, t!.r,, sosn.
n,andne tl,r i,riartlnen, "f ll,r t;ulr. nj Tie
request nhl st,llcllatlnn "f PRECEDENT Lnru1n.
Mrlrrls"'1. III" Ia.k ol organizing n loyal
Flute t;nyvrnnIrnt. will view ii rc.l"rl,Iy
lonisl!.,sa I" ttlr tnlnn. llE- first rtcp Wis
t"enil M rlrellnu III Sta.e nrrrs, uni lI!!s
rlsYi!il ttn'k },lAre M tlsr I'll &'ny nl
February, lAa. AluMt tasirtrrl th'lls:t',l
sa!rs we're rnst, uMl Ailrl'nei llnM WAS
tl.s.n toy, r,sor J. aIudi.tm Wcil1 THE Vrus-
tnt t;nyslner} L!rutcnuni t;s'srrnnr, and \.
l.. Dnsti. ttlt most prominent victim Ut tllr
late ,l,:s.ncreJ Stair -tuslEf"r. t;nyer1lUr llan
wlr i.m,,yura:cl anu uli the State ui!l:rr-
ewurn in tie I'LL of Aiarch. and sool, after
Nurds t;r,.rral Banks Issued Il ],rnrin-
nation ordering an r1cetshn for ine.n-
hers If IL Convention to luend
and reyisr tic Constitution of the
Statc If Louisiana. Il. response to tltis proc
lamatinn nearly i hundred delegates, repre-
scntin. abol.t iwn.thir,ss Of the State. WERE
elected and assembled III the rity Of New
AIItI1as tH INK ttA A1s IA -tlAHs ohA-I L.
II. UErcll. Judge ef liz. United States Dis
1rirt Court, was chosen President Of the Con-
yc,!tinn.
1t is HI: necessary III .irc q history Of the
Proceedings Of the cu:,vcntif,,l. t,r tu cutter
upon ali: discussion ot It's validity. At tho
ti1ut, it WAS lie subject uf,mucst controversy,
tn, o1.iy in Louisiana Int throughout tho
cnIn1r,. Il w:> apl,r...d ty the President,
1,,+ a u
rEslmcnt framed l;y the Convention as :,
valid government. or 10 admit TIL Senators
a,ul Kvnrcs. .Aatiyr* elected under tic E"nsti-
tut;.n. There WIS xls, some division Of sc,l-
tilnvnl atnone tl.e Union sncs of the states,
anil ssl.s!: party, lratlcd is Thomas j. Du.
rsnt. "l'lascl the Convention, II is never
tlltlrss true that The Convention carried
with il the sympathy and support Of the
great 1':lss sf the Cnion party there, and
that f,''1n the first it was the u.ject of the
hitter hatred Of the rcla.ls.
i Constitution was formed, aud the flrst
article declared that slavery WAS forever
:'f"lisict. and that the Legislature should
E"scr recognize the right of property in
man. This WAS Of Itself sufficient to ensure
tlr deep and relentless aniln.,sity Of every
rehtl III thc State and tflr ,nelnbcrs Of the
Convention. especially those who Were. na-
tIscs "rol1 re>ldvllts nf Louisiana. were mark
I'd put for vengeance When The rebel soldiers
should return to their hn.ncs. Tic
1ltass:lcrc which, on Monday last, drcnrhed
tlst ,cstibule Of the Mtrlanirs' Institute with
loyal f'lno0, Was the eo,snInMatiDn uf this
vengeance, long since swnrn auaiust tl,osc
wlle voted 10 abolish slavery in Lousiana.
Tie Convention cluscd lis lalwrs t,n tho
Eth Of :Jnly, and liz the ordinance The Ton
stitutivn was submitted to tl,r people carly
i'll tiic next September. Tie Constitution
WIS ratified by Il vote "f ut,,nt len thousand.
The rc,.cl. and rorwrirnts kret,;,r, .w.v
Irrm lin. ,m1,s. 81 tlu. s.,ur finn. th.r, ,ya ;
au electiun If Ilrprcs.utiyes to Congress u,.l
If mc,ul,cr= nr III. Legislature. nud t.,ot
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