The delegate from the parish of Catahoula opposes unqualifiedly the [separate] secession of Louisiana from the federal Union, and asks leave to place upon the records of the convention his reasons for that opposition.

–“A Protest against the Ordinance of Secession,”
James G. Taliaferro

What is the purpose of this broadside?

to argue against secession from the Union
to argue for secession from the Union
to call for a convention to discuss secession
to oppose the delegate from Catahoula