The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-03-12

meaures, regardless of the name
of the party or the character of
the men who may originate and
support them.
3. RESOLVED, That the corrupt
policy and dishonest practices of
the Republican rulers of the State
of Louisiana, and the Democratic
rulers of the city of New Orleans,
threaten to destroy the rights
and liberties of our people, and to
utterly ruin the agricultural, COM
mereial and general industrial IN
terests of the State.
4. Resolued, That the corruptions
of the present government of the
city of New Orleans, and the dis
honest schemes of professed Dem
ocrats in and out of office, who by
bribery and intrigue have induced
a venal Legislature to pass laws
to rob the tax payers for the ben.
eft of the greedy plunderers, by
which the city or State have been
wronged 90 the extent of millions
of dollars, prove that the men who
have plundered or betrayed the
people are not limited to the Rad
ical party, or to the strangers who
are hurrying. the State govern
ment to ruin and disgrace.
5. Resozved, That the election
bill, the constabulary bill, the
amended printing bill, the levee
bill, the school bill, and other bills
which may soon become laws, are
doubtless the most outrageous,
oppressive and insulting acts that
ever disgraced the statute books
of a State governed by anything
short of an, iron despotism; and
such power as the Legislature pro-
poses to confer on the Executive
would enable him to become a
! despot and to substitute his own
will for that of the people.
6. Resolred, That as conductors
OF conservative journals, publish
ed in Louisiana, we do hereby
pledge our best efforts to secure
| to the citizens of all races and
nationalities the full exercise of
each and every political and civil
right guaranteed to them by the
provisions of the Constitution of
the United States, and upon this
| avowal we invite all voters of the
State, irrespective of past or pres
ent party affiliations, who desire
to secure and perpetuafe the
rights, and defeat and redress the
wrong, to unite with us in q COM
mon effort to restore the govern
ment of the State to a condition
that will assure us permanent
peace and prosperity at home and
respect and credit abroad.
Z. That an Overwhelming ma
ioritY of the voters of this State
are honest men, and desire an hon
est administration of the govern
ment of the State; the white vo-
tiers are Disguised with caucus.
III trigues and corrupt leaders, and
the colored voters have lost conf
dence III their pretended friends,
the itinerant carpet-baggers, and
the voting masses now look to
the independent press of the State
for light in regard to their politi-
cal duties in these dark and peril
GUS times.
s. ResoEred, That the independ-
ent press of the State will demand
of our rulers, in every instance, al
fair election for white men as well
as for colored men; that we will
urge upon the people the justice
and necessity of protecting the
rights of the colored man at the
polls, and we viii not submit to
intimidation and outrage on the
rights of the white voters by wick
ed laws and despotic public Off
GERS.
g. Resolved, That when the time
comes for selecting candidates for
office. we call upon the people to
nominate true and honest men
for public officers, and we pledge
a cordial support of all such nom
inees by the Independent and
patriotic journals of the State.
After the adoption of the abovet
resolutions, Mr.. Dawes offeRed the
following:
ReSolUea, That in view of the
present imminent political crisis,
it is recommended to the anti-rad-