New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-17

the voice of justice will be heard WIN pa
thence and magnanimity, and that congress
will promptly and generously yield TO an
| appeal to reason and their sense OF consul
tutional obligation when respectfully made
by those, from whom in their poverty ana
ruin, such tax has been exacted and col
lected and
Whereas, 1t is the true policy of the gen.
eral government to foster and encourage
rather than burden agriculture, the produc-
| lions of which have been uniformly, and
should continue to be, exempt from taxa
ton and
| Whereas, 1t is matter of the first mag
nitude that fraternal feelings between the
| two lately belligerent sections of the Union
should be restored as speedily as possible,
| to which consummatiOn so dev0utly to be
wished, nothing can contribute so much as
striking exhibitions of justice and mag
nanimity by the federal government;
Be it resolved by the Senate and House of
| Representatives of the State of Georgia in
| General Assembly met, That the Congress
of the United States is hereby respectfully
| requested to provide by law for refunding
tQg-thOse who have paid the same the
amount Of tax collected on raw cotton I'M
der the revenue laws of the United States
during the years 1865, 1866 and 1867.
Be it further resolved by the authority
aforesaid, That joint committee, consisting
of two members of the Senate and three
from the House of Representatives, be ap-
pointed by the respective presiding officers
thereof to prepare memorial to the Con-
gress of the United States setting forth the
inequality, injustice and uncOnstitutiOnaIity
of the aforesaid tax on cotton; and that
they lay the same, together with a copy of
this preamble and resolutions, before the
Congress at it's next session, appealing to
that body in the name Of the people of
Georgia for its favorable and considerate
action in the premises and
BE 1t further resolred That his excellency
the Governor be requested to transmit a
copy of this preamble and resolutions to the
Governors of each of the cotton growing
States, accompanied by the request that he
submit the same for favorable cOnsidera-
ton to the Legislature of the State over
which he presides.
JAMES NJ. SMITH,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
L. N. TRAMMELL,
President of the Senate.
Approved November %, 1871.
BENJAMIN CONLEY,
Governor.
SECRETARY OF STATES OrpIcEi
Atlanta, Ga. December Z, 1871.
A true copy Of the original resolution on
file in this office.
DAVID G.. COTTING,
Secretary of State.
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
Mr.. Davidson, of Livingston, in the
cAeirl
After considering the bill the committee
rose and the Speaker resumed tine chair.
The committee, through it's chairman, re-
ported progress and asked leave to sit
again.
The report was adopted
Mr.. Carr, of DeSoto, moved that the
House do again resolve itself into committee
of the whole, for the consideration of such
bills as had been referred to il.
: Lost.
Mr.. Worrall, OF jefferson, moved an ad-
iournment, upon which the yeas and nays
were called for by Messrs. Bryan, of Calca-
sieu, and Morris, of Ascension, with the
following result:
Yeas-Abel, Baker, Barker, Belot, Bick-
ham, Broussard. Bryan, Butler, Chachere,
Cochrane, Davidson, Demas, Devices, Des-
lOnde, DuriO, Ellis, Fontelieu p Harper
Huston, Hyams, Kenner, Killen, La Sail
Mere, Llambias, Mcfarland, Meadows, Mon
cure, Nelson, Raby, Sartain, Stanton, Stin-
son, Iatman, Thompson, Tureaud Verrett,
Washington (Assumption), Worrall, Yorke
80.
Nays-Antoine. Barrett, Barrow, Bentley,
Blunt Bowen, Brown, Buckingham, Carr
Crawford. Darinsburg, Faulkner, Gaddis
Garstkamp, William Harper, johnson. Kin
sel!a, Laurent, H. Lott, j. b. Lott, Maho-
ney, Marie, Marvin, Matthews, McCarty,
Moore, Morphy. Morris, Oplatek. Overton
Quinn, Riley, Ringgold, Souer, Stamps, Z.
Williams, Fl. Williams, Young-3S.
Carried.
And the House was adjourned until to-
morrow st twelve o'clock.
WILLIAM VIGERS.
Chief Clerk