The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1866-07-25
The Rumn CnnYantinr.


doings. The whole number present was never more
than SO, while the full convention was l50 BY the
law Of the original organisation, rs was a quorum.
The vote by which judge DureH deposed from the
presidency, was "a against 5, only % voting The
New Orleans Picayune says the proceedings disclosed
the fact that, for period of two months previous to
the acknowledgement is, some time in Apri-the gov
eruor il concert With this party, had been imporu
ming Judge DureIl to convene the convention. The
public never before had this explicit information OF
the leading share governor Wells has been taking in
these transactions" The Picayune further adds
"The resolutions, which embody the views of the
convention the production Of Mr.. R. King Cutler;
they make the manifesto Of tie conyocationists.
They begin with the extraordinary assertion that
"'The constitutional convention Of the State OF
Louisiana when it adjourned in 1864, adjourned sub
ject to call, IN Of any emergency prior to The
admission Of the State into tie federal Union
1T is difficult to describe in temperate terms the
true character Of this pretended quotation. There
no such phrase that have marked in italics nor
is there anything resembling it, in the proceedings Of
the convention at its adjournment. These words are
fabricated and interpoIated If similar Justification
we're attempted to be passed in a case where judge
Howell was presiding in court he would give il very
ugly name and send the author before grand jury.
The convention Of 1854 did ret say a syllable about
emergencies wherein the convention could be recalled
except in tie contingency that the constitution should
be rejected, or, if it accepted, invitation
by the legislature of the session of 1896, for the
purpose Of considering what might he submitted.
The other supposed emergencies pure inventions.
"There is piece Of very cool cffrontery to slip into
this resolution, as If it we're Of notorety and
one of the recognised principles of the State. in
lS645, continued up to this day, that the State Of
Louisiana aud continues to be out of the federal
Union, waiting for admission. covers the assertion
that the condition Of the State relates the federal
Union, is that Of suIngatod territory military
! dependency. The consequence reached is that Gen.
Banks mongrel convention is the supreme, iDdeteasa
ble authority until the status is terminated
"a consequence would follow, which these gentry
have not traced out in full If their view be correct.
the executive at Washington may terminate this
Of affairs by appointing provisional governor. We
do not say that is the presidents view, that he is
likely to apply such coup dfat, while other means
remain for the prevention of the anarchy to which
these violent proceedings tending; but it woad
not lie in the mouths Of the governor biz famliars
to deny the logical consequences Of their own doc
trincs It would be sort Of grim justice if president
johnson could accept the doctrines of bis adyersares
and by taking them at their own word, dismiss and
dispense faction which, by whatever name it calls
ITSELF is nothing but conclave Of his adversaries,
plotting for Ills orertbrow and tue defeat Of lis ad
ministration
Having manufactured for themselves an authority
to be used in an emergency, the Cutler resolutions
proceed to manufacture an emergency We find it
recitcd as follows
- Whereas The civil rights bill has become law,
and certain amendments to the constitution OF the
United States have passed both houses Of congress-
and now await The ratification Of loyal legislatures q
the several States
The passage Of the civil rights bill and the adoP
ton by congress Of the pending constitutional amend
ments are therefore, the basis Of the call the events
that determined an emergency to bring the power
into use.
"a citation Of dates, ana reference to the admis
sions contained in these resolutions shew these to be
bold pretences-mere after thoughts TO excuse move
ment long premedtated for different objects
1.-The fourth resolution, in reciting the cause Of
complaint against Judge DureI, charges that he has
for two months, that is, since the middle Of April
resisted the combined opportunities Of the governor
and his associate members for calling the convention
IN point Of fact the civil rights bill, with which
State convention has no more do than it has with
the neutrality laws, not yet passed. and the coust
tutional amendment was not even reported in the
shape in which il passed.
at is therefore a fabrication after thought to
pretend that the convention movement originated in
an emergency which did exist until long after the
governor and his faniliars engineering the move
ment The fraud exposes Itself in the way in which
forgeries have sometimes been detected BIZ discover
ing that the paper which they were written was not
manufactured until after the date Of the instrument
"There are cumulative facts to show how entirely
this convention project is scheme of partisan trick
cry, with the object of giving aid and comfort to the
advcrsaries Of the president by melting disorders in
Louisiana, and getting power 70 cast fraudulent vote
against him.
"The traits We are exposing arc sufficient 10 show
what faith is to be posed in the assertions that the
general government and the loyal people of the States
are ali in faror of this anti-Jobnson scheme. TIE
facts in regard to the people Of the State directly
the reverse aud we believe the same as to the presi
dent.
"To believe otherwise, would be to suspect him Of
the imbec y Of being in favor of conspiracy, Of
which the leading and agowed object is to accomplish
his ruiu
Texas WITHOUT A GOVERNOR. The Houston Star,
Of the 6tb says that Texas is without executive,
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