Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of Louisiana. Which Assembled at the City of New Orleans January 14, 1844 (New Orleans: Besancon, Ferguson & Co., 1845).

Mr. Grymes argued that property should have its just weight in government. It ought not to be excluded altogether, for what ever might be said to the contrary, it afforded a conclusive test of attachment to good order and good government. Some gentlemen have gone very far, in assuming and contending for the principle that people should open their institutions to all kinds of persons, who may come among them, without restriction, and without guarantee. The Convention met, pursuant to adjournment, and its proceedings were opened with prayer. The Convention resumed the consideration of the 8th section of the second article of the Constitution as reported by a majority of the committee. The gentleman from New Orleans, after passing his eulogium upon property, and urging upon people the propriety of watching its interests with solicitude, then adverted to the present lamentable and deplorable condition of the State affairs.