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Joint Resolutions on the Right of Secession. 1861 10 (1861.1)

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No. 6.]                JOINT RESOLUTIONS
On the Right of Secession.
scea on a con.  1. Be it resolved by the &mntc and the House of Representatives
stitational right. of .the State of Louisiana, i. General Assembly convenedi, That the
right of a sovereign State to secede or withdraw from the Govermnent of
the Federal Union, and resume her original sovereignty when in her judg-
ment such act becomes uccessary, is not prohibited by the Federal Constitu-
tion, but is reserved thereby to the several States, or people thercof, to be
exercised, each for itself, without molestation.
Coercion to bu  2.Be  .it farther resolved, &-c., That any attempt to coerce or force
resisted.    a sovereign State to remain within the Federal Union, come from what
quarter and under whatever pretence it may, will be viewed by the people
of Louisiana, as well on her own account as of her sister Southern States, as
a hostile invasion, and resisted to the utmost extent.
C. H. MORRISON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
13. W. PEARCE,
President pro temniore of the Senate.
Approved, February 18th, 1861.
THOS. 0. MOORE,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy,
PLINY D. HARDY,
Secretary of State.
No. 7.]                 JOINT RESOLUTION
Approving the course of the Governor in taking powsession or the Forts anu Arsenals in this
State.
Approvingnov.  Be it resolved ly i the Senate and Homse of Represenatfoes of the Stte
arnor's course in ofLouisiana,in Gencral Assembly convened, That by the prompt,>wise and
arsena.      energetic action pursued by the Governor, Thomas 0. Moore, in securing
to the State the possession of the Arsenals and Forts withih its limits, thereby
preserving the dignity of Louisiana, the rights and liberties of her people,
meets with the unqualified approval of the General Assembly.
C. i. MORRISON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
13. W. PEARCE,
President pro tem~pore of the Senate.
Approved February 18th, 1861,
THOS. 0. MOORE,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy.
PLINY D. HARDY,
Secretary of State,

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