The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-10-03
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THE STATE CONVENTION.
SECOND DAY.
THURSDAY, Oct. 1. 1868.

Baton Rouge, president of the convention, in the
'D ona call of the roll it appeared that all the
parishes were represented, WIN the exception OF
Tbs Hon Charles n. Mouton, of st. Martin, SUBJ
mitted the following preamble and resolutions,
which were ordered to be referred to the COM
WHEkEAs' The time for the election Of mem.
bers to Congress is matter left to the States TO
fix and ~. g. m law nrov;,,,r 70, .,
election Of members to Congress in this State for
the - day of -, 1868 be it
Resolred 6y this COnUention, That the procla-
nation Of Gov Warmoth, calling for an election
of members of Congress for this State. to take
place on said - day of 1865, is an assumption
Of power on the part Of the executive against
which the Democracy of the State protest.
Besotued further, That in the opinion Of this
convention il is not only impoltic, but wrong, to
submit to the proclamation Of the governor in
proceeding to elect members TO Congress, mas
much as this would be an acquiescence in an act
not warranted by any law Of the State.
Mr.. Howard NcCaleb, Of Orleans, submitted the
following preamble and resolution, which were
ordered 70 be referred to.ths committee on reso-
lutions
WHEREAS, Obnoxious and unconstitutional test
oaths and affImati0ns have been grated on the
registration laws OF the State by our political OPP
ponents, for the avowed purpose Of securing
WHfREaAs. u Is tie duty OF ever, xv.a s,;zsn
which he may labor, aud from the State the incu.
bus Of Radical ascendancy and misrule, at what
cost of personal feeling short of the sacrifice
WHEREAS, The only means open for the re-
moval of the political disabilities of many of
best citizens, under the existing State laws are by
subscribing to what is known as the oath of re-
cantation therefore be it
ResolCed, That in the opinion Of this body II be-
comes the duty of the citizens Of the State. whose
aid in its regeneration is SO sorely needed but who
are laborng under such disabilities, TO subscribe,
as measure Of political and social necessity, to
the act of recantaton, with such reservations, as
individuals, as they must under the circumstances
necessarily make.
Mr.. Tucker, of 81. Mary, submitted the follow.
ing preamble and resolutions, which were ordered
to be referred to the committee on resolutions
WHEREAS 1t is the manifest purpose of their req
ponsible faction now in possession of our State
government, through the Infamous scheme of re-
gistration which they have artfully devised, to
practically disfranchise the entire white popus.
ton of the State, and to prevent all Democrats
from voting at the approaching presidential cleo
ton and whereas, IL is only by asserting their
rights at the ballot box that the people of Louisi.
ana can here to retain any portion of their liber-
ties therefore,
Bet resolued That it is the sense of this conven-
ton. representing the Democratic party OF the en-.
tire State, that it is right, and the duty of every
legal voter in this State 10 cast has cote at the
November election, without respect 10 the in
famous registration scheme; and upon the heads
of the usurpers rest the consequences of any at
tempt to resist the people in the exercise Of this
their most sacred right as American freemen, cl
tizeps Of the State OF Louisiana.
Mr.. Fournet of st. Martin, submitted the fol-
lowing resolutions, which were ordered to be re-
ferred to the committee on resolutions:
Resolred That the people of tpe State OF Louis
lana ignore all laws acts and proclamations. etc.,
passed or issued under the pretended Constitution
Of 1865.
Resolred, That considering the nullity of the
reconstruction acts and of the Constitution OF
Dryades street, and all laws Hereunder we do
hereby advise the people Of the State of Louis
ana 10 hold the election for. president and vice
president of the United States on the third of No
yember next as though said acts, Constitution and
laws had never had any existence, adopting their
course of action to the Constitution and laws in
force prior to the passage Of said reconstruction
acts.
ResOlred That as the white people are not now
represented in the present called State govern
ment and as to continue to furnish subsidies to
the negroes and emissarIes from the North, now
in power in this State, would but rivet the iron
rule of tyranny over rs, we advise the white peo-
pie of the State of Louisiana to refuse positively to
pay all sorts of State taxes.
ResolUed, That the Constitution OF Louisiana,
commonly known as the Constitution Of Dryades
| street, has no binding force upon us, and we
| hereby declare our entire independence from the
same and we deem it the duty of all men, worthy
Of their Caucasian origin, to refuse positively to
recognize negroes and other usurpers 10 ONCE !;
10 abstain to do ell acts which may be implied as
given even a tacit acquiescence or recognition to
the fagrant usurpaton and insupportable tyranny
of which our State is q victim.
Resolued That while we declare our uniinch-
| ing determination to oppose at all times, every
where, and by all means, ceaseess resistance to
the negro despotism attempted to be imposed up
on Us by the Radical faction, we do most soemnly
4 declare that we are firm devotees and resolute
| supporters of the Union and the Constitution Of
| the United States, such as they were conceived
| and made by our forefsthers, and bequesthed to
| MS, and TO us alone, their white descendants.
| Mr.. Turnbull, Of Jefferson, submitted to the
| convention resolutions adopted by the Democratic
convention of that parish in relation to elective
franchise, the reading of which was by unanimous
consent, dispensed with, and they were ordered to
| be referred to the committee on resolutions.
Mr.. Favrot, of West Baton Rouge, submitted the
following grievances, which were ordered to be
| referred to the committee on resolutions:
The history of the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth
Congress of the United States is history OF re-
peated injuries and usurpations, all having in d.
rect object the establishment Of an absolute
tyranny over this State. To prove this let facts
| be submitted 10 q candid mind.
They have trampled in the dust the principles
| enunciated in the Declaration of Independence
| that governments are instituted among men for
the protection of their inalienable rights, and
| derive their just power from the consent of the
| governed.
They have refused the right of representation
guaranteed to the State in the Federal Legislature
q right inestimable TO them and formidable to ty
rants only.
They have dissolved State governments for
| opposing with manly frmness their invasion on
! the right of the people.
They have erected multitude of new Offices,
and send hither swarms OF officers to harass our
people and eat out their substance.
They have kept among Us, in time of peace
standing armies without the consent Of our State
Legislature.
They have affected to render the military iade
| pendent of and superior TO the civil power.
They have imposed taxes on US without our
| consent.
They have deprived US, in many cases, of the
benefit Of trial by jury.
They have taken away our charters, abolished
| our most valuable laws, and altered fundamen-
| tally the forms of our government.
They have suspended our Legislatures. and de-
| cared themselves invested with power to legis
! late for IN all cases whatsoever.
7he have excited domestic instructions among
us, and have endeavored to array in deadly con
fiict the two races that inhabit these States.
They have abolished the habeas corpus, the
most sacred writ of liberty.
They have stripped the executive of the pre-
rogatiye Of his Office.
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