New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-02-02

Oh yeas.
! Nays: Antoine, Baker, Blandin,
Crane, bearing, Lynch, Mcmillan
Riard, Steel-9 nays.
Mr.. Blackburn moved to amend the
amendment of Mr.. Wickliffe by strik-
, ing out all after the word "article," and
inserting:
The following persons shall be pro-
hibited fromvoting or from holding any
office of honor, trust, or profit in this
state, to-wit: All persons who shall
have been convicted of treason, per-
jury, forgery, bribery, or other crime
punishable by Imprisonment at hard
J labor; all paupers and persons under
, introduction; and all persons prescribed
by existing acts of congress, or by the
! pending amendment to the constitution
of the United States, known as the
fourteenth article, who shall be known
to have favored the secession of this
state or any other state. The truth of
which shall he ascertained by direct
oath, to be administered to such per-
sons by the commissioners of elections
in all cases of doubt; and any person
on taking such oath falsely, shall be
subject to the pains and penalties of
perjury: Provided, the Legislature
may, by a two-thirds vote of each
house, remove such disability.
The president resumed the chair.
Mr.. Moses moved to lay the amend
ment of Mr.. Blackburn on the table.
| Adopted-yeas SO, nays, 20-as fol-
lows:
Yeas Antoine, Barrett, Bertonneau, Bon
nefoi, Burrel, Butler, Cooley Crane, Craw-
ford, Quincy, bearing, Demarest, Dupart u,
Duplessis, Esnard, Gardiner, Gould, Harper,
| Harris, Harrison, Hampstead, Hiestand. In
graham, Isabelle r. H., Isabelle Thomas,
Jones, Kelso, Leroy, Lewis R., Ludeling,
Lynch, Marie, Martin, Massicot, McLeran,
Mcmillan, Morris, Moses, Murrel, Musha-
way, Myers Newsham, Oliver, Packard,
| Poindexter, Pollard. Riard, Riggs, Rodri-
guez, Smith, Snider, Steele, Tinchant, Val
troit, Vandergrff, Vidal, Wickliffe, Will
liams, Wilson-59 yeas.
Nays: Baker, Belden, Blackburn, Blan-
din, Cromwell, Donate, Douglass, FRANCOIS,
Gair, Landers, Lange, Meadows, Pierce,
Reagan, Reese, Scott, Thibaut, TWitchell,
Underwood, Waples-20 nays.
Mr.. Martin recorded the req sons of
his vote as follows:
Although ! am opposed to disfran-
chisement contained in the proposed
substitute, 1 shall vote in the afirma-
tive for the adoption of the article.
Mr.. Tinchant recorded the reasons
for his vote as follows:
Being decidedly opposed to disfran-
ohisement for past political offenses,
my vote will be always against any
proposition by which even the small |
est possible number of citizens would |
be disfranchised for that reason.
The question recurring upon the
amendment of Mr.. Wieklife, the
previous question was demanded, and
che amendment was lost.
Yeas 80, nays 40-as follows:
Yeas: Bnrrel, Butler, Cromwell, U.
Dupart, FRANCOIS, Gair, Gardiner,
Harper, Harris, Hampstead, HES
tand, Ingraham, X. H. Isa-
belle, Jones, Lange, Leroy, r.
Lewis, Marie, Martin, Massicot,
Meadows, Morris, Moses, Murrel,
Newsham, Oliver, Packard, Pierce,
Poindexter, Pollard, Reagan, Reese,
Scott, Underwood, Valfroit, Wickliffe,
Williams, Wilson'S yeas.
Nays; Antoine, Baker, Barrett, Bel
den, Bertonneau, Blackburn, Blandin.
Bonnefoi, Cooley, Crane, Craw-
ford, Quincy, bearing, Demarest,
Donate, Douglas, Duplessis, Esnard,
Gould, Harrison, T. Isabelle, Kelso,
Landers, Ludeling, Lynch, McLeran,
Mcmillan, Mushaway, Myers, Riard,
Riggs, Rodriguez, Smith, Snider,
Steele, Thibaut, Tinchant, Twitchell,
Vidal, Waples-40 nays.
The question recurring upon the
amendment of Mr.. Packard,
1t was lOst-yeas 81, nays 4s-as
follows:
Yeas: Burrel, Butler, Cromwell,
u. Dupart, Francois, Gardiner, Har-
per, Harris, Hampstead, Hiestand, r.
III. Isabelle, Jones, Landers. Lange,
Leroy, Marie, Massieot, Meadows,
Morris, Murrel, Newsham, Packard.
Pierce, Poindexter, Pollard, Scott,
Steele, Valfroit, NAPLES, Wickliffe,
Williams-3l yeas.
Nays-Antoine, Baker, Barrett, Bel
den, Bertonneau, Blackburn, Blandin,
Bonnefoi. Cooley, Crane, Crawford,
Quincy, bearing, Demssast Donate,
Douglass, Duplessis, Esnard, Gair,
Gould, Guichard, Harrison, Ingra-
ham, Thomas Isabelle, Kelsc, r. Lewis,
Lynch, Martin, McLeran,
Moses, Mushaway, Myers,
Reagan, Reese, Riard, Riggs,
Smith, Snider, Thibaut,
Tinchant, Twitchell, Underwood, Van
dergriff, Vidal-48 nays.
Mr.. Mcmillan moved to adopt arti-
Gle ninety six, majority report, accept
ing an amendment Of Mr.. Jones to
strike out tho word ''paupers," and the
article as amended reading as follows:
ART. 80. The following persons
shall be prohibited from voting or
holding any office of honor, trust, or
profit in this state, to wit; All persons
who shall have been convicted Of trea-
son, perjury, forgery, bribery, or other I
crime punishable by Imprisonment at
hard labor; all persons under interdic-
ton, and all leaders or officers Of
guerrilla bands during Che late war or
rebellion. The following persons are