New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-07-24
HEADQUARTERS REPUBLICAN STATE CENTRAL
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,
New Orleans, June II, 1868, }

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New Orleans, June II, 1853
To the Republicans of Louisiana:
1t is known to you that your State Con
vention, which met in this city in the month
of May, was the largest and most harmoni-
Gus ever assembled in Louisiana. In the
discharge of its legitimate duty it appointed
a State Central Committee consisting of ten
members from the parish of Orleans, and
two from each other parish, one,haf Of
whom are white, and one.half colored citi-
zens. The State Central Committee met and
elected the Hon. s. B. Packard, of Orleans,
President, and the Hon. William Vigers,
of New Orleans, Secretary. By virtue
offs resolution of the State Convention the
State Central Committee elected from its
own members an Executive Committee of
ten members, two from each congressional
district, with power to act for the Central
Committee between its sessions, and this
Executive Committee now has the honor of
addressing you.
It is our agreeable duty to congratulate
you on the suspicious result Of our State
election. We have ratified constitution
which guarantees to all life and liberty and
equality before the law, and we have elect
ed State officers and members Of the Legis-
lature who will faithfully see the constitu-
ton carried into practice. We congratulate
you on the moral certainty that the civil
law will soon be enforced by loyal men
throughout Louisiana, our State be admit
ted into the Union of States, and our peo-
pie become peaceable, prosperous, and
happy.
We also congratulate you on the nomina
ton by the National Republican Convention
of General U. s. Grant and Schuyler Colfax
for President and Vice-President of the
United States. The hero who led our ar
mics to victory and the patriot who led our
statesmen in council viii now lead the Re
publican party to complete and glorious
triumph. We have the satisfaction to re-
member that your delegates participated in
their nomination, and that your State Cen
trail Committee now forms a part of the
organization of the great Republican party,
and has its representative in the National
Republican Executive Committee.
We also Congratulate you on the unity
and harmony which now prevail in the
Republican party OF Louisiana. 1t is inevi.
table that there should be in all parties
disappointed aspirants for office or official
position, who are dissatisfied with every.
thing which is not to their personal ad.
vantage, and there are deserters from al
armies and all parties. But these are 80
few in numbers here that they can do only
good to our organization by inspiring with
renewed zeal all good and true men. We
confidently predict that st the coming
election in November the Republican party
WIN carry this State for Grant and Colfax,
and the whole Republican ticket, by at least
twenty-five thousand majority.
Your State Central Committee, Of which |
the Hon. 8. B. Packard is president, and the
Hon. William Vigers is secretary, is per-
fectly organized and ready for the fall can.
paign. We urge you to perfect your parish
Organizations and your clubs, and be ready
for the contest. Hold your club meetanes
as often as is consistent with your other
dut1as, elect true and reliable men as press-
Qentesand secretaries, and place your very
best men in Jour parish and other commiS
tees. Above al things remember that the
great principles of liberty, Justice. and
1qasilty, for which we are conteuding. are
q Vaszly more Importance than any indi-
Nieual gain o. loss, and all true patriots viii
aaerlaAe their personal feelings and interests
when Il y n8cegsary 70 advance the glorious
principles and truths represented BY the
Republican party, Firmly believing In
your patrioll1m, zeal. and determination,
- eoa1dentlg expect you. our friends, and
ieuQN e. sze1e and comrades ID this glorious
work 60 90 your duty and g0ur Eh0ls du1y,
aNlli tN tAo pHzsF Cor 1haaoaula
election. We need hut this one more alorf. /
Gus political victory, and the LOYALTY aud i
Liberty and rBAta 81 he citizens Of Lonisi.
ana rest on = Foundation which can
never be shaken.
Yours 1aiernahy,
OF. DUNN
Chairman state Executive C9mmffss
n. UED1RwooD, Secretary.