Southern Commercial Convention at New Orleans [pp. 749-760]

COMMERCIAL CONVENTION AT N. o.-1855.
select a place and appoint a time for the next meeting of this
convention.
On motion of Mr. Howard, of Alabama, the whole subject
was laid on the table subject to calf.
Mr. Todd, of New Orleans, offered a resolution that the
proceedings of the convention be printed in pamphlet form.
The printing is to be done under the direction of the secretaries of the convention. The resolution was passed.
Mr. Pike, of Arkansas, moved that a committee of ways
and means, consisting of three members, be appointed by the
president, to raise the means to pay for the printing, which
was adopted.
The president then announced the following committee to
wait upon the legislature of Louisiana, and obtain a charter
for the Pacific railroad: Albert Pike, of Arkansas; Judge
Overton, of Louisiana; Dr. Young, of Louisiana; Hon. Emile
La Sere, of Louisiana; and Col. M. T. Johnson, of Texas.
The president also appointed Messrs. Pike, Dolbear, and
Gordon, as a committee of ways and means.
Mr. Pike offered the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the scholars, the enlightened merchants, and the men of science
and learning in the southern and southwestern States, are respectfully invited by
this convention to prepare and lay before it, at its next sitting, papers and memoirs, statistical, scientific, or otherwise, germain to the objects and purposes of
the convention, and referring to the subjects which have engaged its attention, to
be published as a portion of the transactions of the convention.
Mr. Jennings, of Louisiana, offered a resolution commending the report of the sanitary commission, appointed by this
city in 1853, to the attentive perusal of the cities and towns of
the south, which have been afflicted with yellow fever.
SIXTH Day.-The convention met at noon.
On motion, the calling of the roll and reading of the journal
were dispensed with.
Mr. C. C. Lathrop, the secretary, announced the arrival of
Mr. C. G. Baylor, editor of the Cotton Plant, at Washington
city, and moved that he be permitted to address the convention.
Judge Walker suggested that as the attendance was slim,
Mr. Baylor should reserve his speech for a more proper time,
and that the convention proceed with routine business.
Mr. Baylor stated that his object was not to address an audience, but to offer simply a resolution for the consideration of
the convention.
The resolution of Mr. DeCordova, in reference to a treaty
with Spain and Mexico, and of Mr. Estes, asking Congress to
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