governor blanco served during the katarina era. i served under the governor for four years myself when i was in the senate. i'll bring you now into the house chambers attention, a beautiful room. as you can see we bring forth the stained glass on both -- as you'll see in both the house and senate side. this is the room that louisiana would have seceded from the union during the civil war. it would have been where they had many of the raging debates with about louisiana lottery at the time, gambling, in that era. you can see on both sides are the fireplaces. at that time this is how we heated the building. >> what were some of the discussions during the talk about secession. >> one of the interesting things is that 80% of the delegates here to secede from the union were actual slave owners. the outcome of the vote was predetermined. the mean or average income of the individual attention at that time exceeded $100,000. you can imagine what it was worth in those days by today's standards. we have a gallery up come that visitors could