The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-02-27

LOUISIANA AND THE UNITED STATES CoSGREss
We find the following preamble and resolutions in thu
proceedings of the upper house of our State Legsa
ure on the 10th. At the request of Mr. Palfrey VIII,
introduced them, they referred to the Committee
| on Federal Relations;
PREAMBLE AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS in relation
to the proceedings of the Congress of the United
States.
WHEREAS, On the I'd day of April, A. D. 1866. tn,
President of the United States did issue bis proclama
tion making known that the late civil war had ceased
that peace was reesablisheG within the borders of the
said United States and that the States in which the
laws of the United States chad been opposed and
their execution obstructed retained their integrity OF
dominion as before the war, which dominion consisted
In their participation in the sovereignty of the federal
government and the establishment and operation of
their State governments the same existed be-
| fore the war; in all the departments thereof: and
| WHEREAS, One department of the said Federal
Government consists of Congress- which should be
composed of members elected under the Constitution
| of the United States from each and every State of
| the Union; and
| WHEREAS, Notwithstanding tie said proclamation
and the entire cessation of said war and the return of
the people OF the said Sta ties to condition of aIeg
and submission to the Government of the United
States, and notwithstanding the said States are carry
ing on their several State governments in good fi6n
and fidelity in entire 1n"tJ 70 the Federal Govern
ment With patriotic regard for the prosperity and
of the entire nation, vet the said Congress of
the United States having since the date of said procla
nation pertnaciously refused admittance to the halls
of the Congress of the United States by arbitrary
rules and regulations Of their own, adopted by fac
tous Majority to members of said Congress cons-
utionally elected they themselves were to that
body from the following named States, viz: Virginia.
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama
Mississippi Arkansas, Texas Florida and Louisiana
without show Of right, or legal, constitutional ca
pacity thereby cdfecting uslrpation Of power with
out precedent in the annals of civised nations gov
erned republican and constitutional principles, and
revolutionary in its character; therefore, /
l. Be 1t resolved bythe Senate and House of Rem
rescntatires Of the State Of Louisiana IN General
assembly conrencd, That the said so-caed Congress
of the United States is not constitutional BODY in
asmuch as it is composed of representatives and
senators from the several States required by the
Constitution and laws of the United States, and con
sequently all acts cmanang from said Congress of
the United States which affect the status or integrity
of the States unrepresented, since the date of said
proclamation, usupations of power and are null
and void
2. Be 1t further rssolped etc., That copies of this
preamble and resolutions be forwarded to the Governs
ors Of the several States of the Union to be laid be-
fore their several State legislatures
8. Be ii further reso'red, etc That Joint special
committee Of beth houses of this General Assembly
,e appointed to conEi-t of - members of the Sen
and of the House of Representatives to agree upon
remonstrance on the part of the General Assembly
II this State to the people Of all the States of the
.n'on setting forth the nustice and unconstitution
llty of these enormous usurpatons, and urging the
eope of all the States, and more particularly the
constituents Of the members Of the said Congress as
present constituted, to adopt some mode for pro-
ucing cessation of the usurpations herein com |
1ained Of a
4. Be it further fssolved ETC., That new national
ag be procured, to be displayed over the halls of Il
us General Assembly, with not stripe erased or L
diluted, single star obscured,' to be paid for QUIT
the contingent funds of the General Assembly. IL