New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-07-19
HEADQUARTERS REPUBLICAN STATE CENTRAL
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, -.
New Orleans, June II, 1873

HEADQUARTERS REPUBLICAN bIAIE OENIhAAI
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, ,oo, {
New Orleans. June H. ls09'
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 hsrmoni-
GUS ever assembled in Louisiana. In the
discharge of its legitimate duty it appointed
q 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-haf 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
of a 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, AID this
Executive Committee now has the honor OF
addressing you.
It is our agreeable duty to congratulate
you on the auspicious result of our State
election. We have ratified a 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 Colfa1
for President and Vice'President of the
United States. The hero who led our al
mics to victory and the patriot who led oul
statesmen in council will now lead the Re
publican party to a complete and glorious
triumph. We have the satisfaction to re
member that your delegates participated il
their nomination, and that your State Cen
trial Committee now forms a part of tn,
organization of the great Republican party
aud has its representative in the Nationa
Republican Executive Committee.
We also congratulate you on the unit,
and harmony which now prevail in tn
Republican party of Louisiana, 1t is ineyi
table that there should be in all partie
disappointed aspirants Tor office or oficia
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 SC
few in numbers here that they can do only
good to our organization by inspiring with
| renewed zeal all good and true men. We
election in November the Republican party
will carry this State for Grant and COlfax
| and the whole Republican ticket, by at leas
| twenty-five thousand majority.
Your State Central Committee, of which
the Hon. S. B. Packard is president, and the
Hon. William Yigers is secretary, is per
feCtly organized and ready for the fall cam
paign. We urge you to perfect your parish
| organizations and your clubs, and be ready
for the contest. Hold your club meetings
| as often as is consistent with your other
duties, elect true and reliable men as presi
dents and secretaries, and place your very
| best men in your parish and other commit
tees. Above all things remember that the
great principles of liberty, justice, and
equality, for which we are contending, are
of vastly more Importance than any indi
vidual gain or loss, and all true patriots will
sacrifice their personal feelings and interests
when it is necessary to advance the glorious
principles and truths represented by the
Republican party. Firmly believing in
your patriotism, zeal, and determination
we confidently expect you, our friends, and
fellow citizens and comrades in this glorious
work to do your duty, and your whole duty
in organizing the party for the coming
election. We need but this one more glori
Gus political victory, and the LOYALTY and
liberty and rights Of the citizens of Loulsi
ana will rest on a foundation which car
never be shaken.
Yours, fraternally,
o. J. DUNN,
Chairman State Executive Committee.
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