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Resolution by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana. 1814 100 (1814.11)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsla0072 and id is 1 raw text is: APPE NDIX. RESOLUTION, Bt it resolved by the senate anel house 4frefptesentatitee /the state of Louisiana in generalaaeembly convened, That the legislature of the state ofloursiana deem it their duty to proclaim the facts herein. after stated, as bearing testimo- my to the zeal and patriotism tiatiwere displayed by the cit- izons in every part of this State, during the late invahion of the British. At the first news of our danger% the militia together withl a vast number of volunteers flocked in at New-Orleans frot every county in this state. The planters on both sides of the river, within a space of several leagues, either above or below town, furnished thousands of their slaves, and sent them to every particular place where their labour was th6 necessary ; it was through the imeans which were voluntarily granted by the planters, that most of th6 artillery, ammuni- tion and provisions were trarsported; and whenever de- tachments occasionally stopped at th&ir plantations, the lat- ter met them with the most cordial reception, and were supplied with both food and forage as the same was wanting or could possibly be procured. It should be remarked that .even thoss planters, whose estates had already been destroyed by the enemy, or had faller in his possession, far fron being dismayed by the sad prospect before them, had only heer brought to that pitch of misfortunc, that their love of their country might appear with a greater lustre. Thus at the same time that IMM Viller6's, Delaronde's, Lacoste's and Bienvenn's 311-. gar estates vere laid wate. and thade a prey to conflagra- tion, MM. Villcrb senior, major-gereral of our gallant mill- tia, want on a survey of the upper counties for the purpose of hastening reiniorcements which. at the first call, present- ed themselves in readiness to march ; and when after his return to camp, he had once taken charge at the second Ine, of the post that had been assigned hirr, he was seeit there invariably to fulfill his dutieswith that won.derful tran. quility of mind which a man, having nothing to lose, would have hardly been capable of : yet this gentleman, the heat of a numerous family, could not but know, that one hundred s) es of his own were on his plantation at the mercy of the Briitish, and that all his moveabic property had already beets either plundered or destroyed.

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