Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1867-09-07
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PROGRAMME OF THE RADICAL RE.
PUBLICAN PARTYOF LOUISIANA.
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adopted at the last Convention.

equal rights before the law, without ais
~tincti0n of race or color.
2. We approve Of the acts Of the sod
and 46th Congress, and pledge ourselves u
do all in our power to reconstruct the State
# Louisiana after the plan adopted by
Congress, and To send 10 Congress none
but loyal and true men.
3. On the nomination for officers, VT
will support men only who Will adopt our
platform and support the doctrine Of
equal rights" for the privilege Of hold
ing Office, without distiction Of race 81
color.
4. We, as q party, insist upon perfect
equality without distinction Of race or col
or for the rightof voting or for sittingupon
the jury without regard to the qualifca
ton of property OF education, and also
the right Of exercising all professions
the right to bny aud sci! the right to
travel, and also the right Of making any
civil contract,
5. We desire that public Improvement
and the Development of our State be sd
cured, and for that we pray: LIST, The
support Of the General Government for
the reconstruction Of onr leyees which
are national in their Importance, and
effect the interest of the whole country.
as well as that of tile State Of Louisiana !;
u, We ask that emigration from all
countries be encouraged for the State, so
that labor and capital nav increase 81.
We pray that the lands of The State be
divided as much as possible into small
farms, SO that the mass Of our populat-
ION, without distinction of race or color,
toay'become landholdees and independent,
and also that all Of the resources Of the
state may be entirely developed.
&. InaSmuch as VIC do not doubt the
good will Of Congress to make lust and
equitable laws for the different sections
OF the country and as we have entire
confluence In its desire to protect loyal
Citizens Of the State, we ask Of CONGRESS
70 reconsider the law taxing cotton and
and we ask its repeal fgr the fol-
loving reasons: inasmuch as they were
made n order to increase the revenue and
70 beneht tie people, they are positively,
and 10 a practical view, an example Of
the legislation Of a party, and althouch
to a certain extent they benefit a MAORI,
lty, yet they Cypress heavily on the en-
Ifancllsed citizens Of this State. which.
according to the nature Of contracts tbav
were forced 10 pass with landholders. are
% that obliged to share an equal p~ropor-
tlon OF those unjust taxes. II l. wbyl
Call Tor the repeal of the tax mon
cotton aud sugar. Or. if Congress re.
use TO abolish 1t, we ask as a right that
al party legislation be done away with
and a tax be imposed upon all tie re-.
q the Union, AT agricultural Bro
iacts, products of the mines, as well asI
Ill products Of manufacturers be ~eonaIlv
md justly taxed.
I. we claim q radical reform in onr
.ystem OF education, ACCORDING to the
afge basis Of the tax and r~epresentafion
this reason we ask that all fran and
professional schools be opened to all chill. :
iren without distinction. !
8 Though we know that all men have ;
Q work to make an honest living. and ,
nat labor IS essential to the prosperity !
all people and nations, nevertheless ;
MAINTAIN, that laborers are above tbe !
and that sufficient time should Be !
flowed them for their instruction and 4
be soclal pleasures of life. It is for this 7
eason We earnestly claim the eight honr !
yste!n, except In case of special contract, !
a just and reasonable compromise be- =
ween capital and labor, and we will d. I
!, IL IN our power TO ensure the passage of !
Il laws to protect laborers 10 their inst :
lights. !
.. The laws now in force in this statef >
eng OF party legislation, and being al =
'ogetner inconsistent with the new situa- !,
on OF affairs and the future prosperity >
the State, We ask a complete and lust =
evasion 50 that the legislation Of Lo1isi. !
may satisfy the supreme object Of =
ne law: equal right of all men without :
of race or color. ;.
~ We obligate ourselves TO assist the :
feneral Government in paying the public i
ebt, but will positively refuse to contrib :
te TO the payment of any debt contracted
J Louisiana in aiding or assisting the :,
confederate Government. ,
IL. We believe that rebellion is oliear-
aoy,, and those who have been deprived
the right of franchise by Congress viii
OF De reinstated in that right unless their