The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-05-03
To the American Party of Louisiana.


To the American Party Of Louisiana. N
gNEwOsbExss, Aprit21 1885, J
gAt.t The meeting ofthe State ConncilsSof the
Assertion Party Of louisiana held on the It'll,
9th an1 9TH INST, tic following resolution was
adopted, with hut five dissenting votes:
Resolvsd, That all secrecy, obligations, signs,
grips and passwords Of the Order be now
abolished.
The following resolution was adopted: 20
Resolved, That hereafter the following shall
be the only pledge required from candidates for
admission in the American Party in Louisiana /:
1--WE, the Undersigned, members Of "Ameri-
can Club" Ward No. Tor Parish,) do
hereby pledge ourselves to vote for none but
Native Born American Citizens, for any office
of honor Or trust in the gift of the people,"
The following resolutions were adopted
unanimously : 's9e,-es 's' -
Rcsolved, That the friends Of M1LLARD F1M-
MORE and ANDREweIAcKsoN DoNE1soN, in
each of the six III Districts in this
State, be requested{ District Conycn-
lions as follows, to VII E!lAa
For the First ElecA strict, composed
Of the parishes Of Plaqh Ind st. Bernard,
the Third District of til of NewOrleans,
and Faubourg Trench he, city of New
Orleans, on, the Second MOI Wi June. /
For the Second Electoral District, composed
of the Second District Of the city Of New
Orleans, with the exception Of Faubourg
IRENE, and the First District Of the city 81
NewO Orleans, in the city Of NewOrleans, oil
the Second Monday in June.
For the Third Electoral District, composed
of the Fourth District of the citv of New
Orleans, that part of the parish Of Orleans
lying on the right bank Of the Mississippi, the
parishes Of Jefferson, st. Charles, st. John the
Baptist, st, James, Ascension, Assumption,
Latourche and Ierrebone, at the town Of Thi-
oo1auA, on ,ne second Monday IN June
of tha ,ar;sbos ~ " Tonam n.'v Wo sH;nptseo
r ;r;nrsto,, O. HoIana Eaa+ ~ rNan. is so1;;'
c;ana Points coanao nast 90 a. W. D.
Roura and Iborv;loN 81 Paton poumn -. Az
Er;rsf Mon5ov IN 1--we Va '>
For The Tgfth Elactoro, n;st,;o+ .o
of AZ nar;shas ~ O. - so:npos @.
Martin e. Marv l os.,,a.4o Wosn,;iI;ao ~ o.'
midas and AyoraIles n tbo torn ~ mnaI,,,s.s
IN tho Fret Mnnasv n :TSno -
nor tha S;xth Elsotoroi n;.t.;o+
of tba rar; ,bos ~ eN atah;taa nas't ST.; com ,R?ss,
De Soto Cabin Ross;ar R;ans ;I1a ao ma;honno
ouacb;to 1iaiJ,, JJ' Ta,l,"n W. 49, o.alo N9nns
house, GanconI iG"s T,ens va'1 Esasl, Gn, |n ,L hao
MaI;son and Carroi ID 80. tha +nnrn - M;naaa
il tho nar;sb of rlo;ba ~ oe = !, 't t%a E q; I1i n9sa
a. ~ lTmnn - y" ~ fAs' SAon'
10" H. so,aat oooh d,oo.,
40 o ,na. : eao ai.S 9ne e.ec'o u cahaldate ano
shove h Sis,;nS,! plaaSeu o., ~ '1 e. stppoa as,o u 'ne
President AMI W;ce Pras;Son ~ 81 y tho o"1 rs y
States DN ~" t''''"' u 'e oni'eu
peso1,,o,y Tb,+ n,o ,ooo,,,,o,,a - .,o ...ou:
can Party IF the a State lo Of + nn;s;an ~ III. he L ~ h,tai,
If . State ronvsut;on IL tha ta".n 'n y. "G po.n5
Rouge. nm the th;rd Monaav of .J ,T,no VI no1 .ta'on
nS's e1us.:aA n-1O'|y :"
Luz, ioiloSihg ffeamDles ana Resolution
were adopted without a dissenting vote
Whereas, The adoption Of the Resolution by
this body, abolishing hereafter all secrecy, has
to some extent, changed the organization OF