Apprehending that some measures were to be taken hostile to the re-establishment of rebel power in the State of Louisiana, it was resolved by the opponents of the Republican party that the members of the convention should not be allowed to come together and organize.
Threats were insufficient to effect this end.

Intimidation of every character had been tried in vain.

The men who thought they had the right, as American citizens, to meet for conference refused to be bullied out of their plain privileges under the guarantees of the National Constitution.

There was a dispute as to their legal right to take any action touching the constitution of the State--a dispute altogether proper for judicial inquiry.

Even if they had assembled and proceeded to amend the constitution, their action could have had no binding effect until approved by the vote of the people.