New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-07-12

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 will now lead the Re-
publican party to a 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 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 so
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 at the coming
| election in November the Republican party
| will carry this State for Grant and ColtaX,
and the whole Republican ticket, by at least
twenty-five thousand majority.
| Your State Central Committee, of which
the Hon. S. B. Packard Is president, and the
| Hon. William Vigers 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 foundation which can
never be shaken.
Yours, fraternally,
o. J. DUNN,
Chairman State Executive Committee.
n. UNDERWOOD, Secretary.