New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-09
pRoCEEDINGs
Of a Preliminary Meeting of the Delegate
to the Republican State Convention.

other, and agree upon plan of action. The
following protest against the action of the
State Central Committee was read at the
meeting. which convened at twelve O'Clock:
We, the undersigned delegates to the
of Louisiana. called to meet in New Orleans,
August 8, 1871, enter this protest and make
the following declaration:
We assert that s. b. Packard, Oscar j.
Dunn and C. w. Lowell, members of the
State Central Committee, appointed by the
convention of August s, 1870, have com
bined to prevent fair and free expression
of the will of the Republicans of Louisiana
in the present convention. We charge that
they, composing a majority of the SUBJ
executive committee of said State COM
mittee, have assumed to meet and direct
the affairs of the party without notifying
the other two members of said sub
committee. We declare that such in
dividual acts are therefore not bind
ing upon the party or upon this conven-
ton, and should be treated as null. We
charge that these men, thus improperly as
Stunning the full authority of the State Com
mittee, have conspired to pack this conven-
ton with their personal adheEents, without
regard to the wishes or votes of the Repub-
licans of the State. They have appointed
parish committees in parishes where duly
elected committees were in existence, or
where there were clubs fully authorized
and competent to choose such committees.
They have recognized boiling organization
as regular clubs and committees of the
party, i'll fraud OF its rights and to the peril
OF lis unity.
We charge that they have used their posi-
ton as members OF the State Committee to
SOW discOrd in the party, in order to further
their design to seize and control it's organ
ization for their personal advancement. For
this purpose they have circulated incendi-
airy documents throughout the State, con-
tanning Misrepresentation and unjust accu-
sati0ns calculated to array the oolored men
of our party against leading Republicans of
the other race.
We charge upon them the bold purpose of
excluding from this convention the dele
gates chosen by the almost unanimous
votes of the Republicans in the several par
ishes, and of admitting their own adherents,
who have no constituency whatever. To
that end, they have garbled the resolution
passed by the State Committee, fixing the
time and place OF meeting. They have,
without warrant or custom, ordered the Gre
dentials of delegates to be sent to them,
with the evident intention of preventing
the recognition of those members who are
not their pledged supporters. 1t is, we
believe, their plan to pass upon these Gre
dentials and attempt to determine who are
entitled to participate in the organization
of the convention. They have called the
convention to assemble in the United States
courtroom, Customhouse building, place
unusual and improper, although several
eligible public halls of the city were ten
dered to them. We charge that they have
selected this place because they expect that
Marshal Packard can there use his official
power in furtherance of their revolutionary
scheme.
They have gone so far as to threaten that
they will surround the body with armed
deputy marshals and United States troops
in order TO intimidate the members and
carry by force their nefarious scheme of
muzzling the Republican party OF Louisiana.
ANY State committee or any authority
permitted so to pack convention, per-
mitted to decide upon the credentials in ad-
vance, by excluding from participation in
the preliminary organization those who are
against them, can control and tyrannize over
any party and any convention. We can not
and will not acquiesce in such proceedings,
for we believe they are calculated to en-
danger the liberties of the people and i'm
peril the existence of republican Institutions.
Thomas Isabelle, first ward, New Or
leans.
Joseph P. Murphy, first ward.
Henry C. Dibble, second ward.
c. +. Glaudin. second ward.
j. johnson, second ward.
A, Cartwright, third ward.
p. Creagh, third ward.
A. w. Smyth, third ward.
p. B. S. Pinchback, fourth ward.
E. Aleix, fifth ward.
p. Montana, fifth ward.
III. Ries, fifth ward.
Hugh j. Campbell, sixth ward.
Henry L. Rey, seventh ward.
William j. Moore, seventh ward.
P. Griffin, seventh ward.
L. V. Leclere, eighth ward.
Louis Cheneau, ninth ward.
David Douglas, ninth ward.
III. C. War1noth, tenth ward.
Z. p. Ducloslange, tenth ward.
+. j. Heron, eleventh ward.
w. G. Mcconnell twelfth ward.
c. B. Augustus, thirteenth ward
w. r. Fish, fourteenth ward.
c. p. Ames, Orleans right bank.
Abraham Jackson, Orleans, right bank.
David Mason, Orleans, right bank.
c. f. Smith, Ascension.
2. Landry, Ascension.
L. j. Souer, Avoyelles.
q +. Huesman, Avoyelles.
j. w. Swords, Assumption.
George Washington, Assumption.
A. j. Echiyerria, Assumption.
A. +. Coleman, Bienville.
Charles S. Abel, Bossier.
A. w. Faulkner, Caldwell.
A. b. Harris, Concordia.
George Washington, Cencordia,
G. FL. Guptil, Cameron.
S. Marvin, Catalonia.
Mortimer Carr, DeSoto.
t. w. Hurst, East Baton Rouge.
n. Underwood, East Baton Rouge.
V. Anderson, East Baton Rouge.
S. Armstead, Caddo.
Isaac j. Perry, East Feliciana.
John G. Costley, Franklin.
Charles E. Halstead, Iberville.
Cyrus Parker, Iberville.
George b. Loud, Iberville.
o. Crosier, Lafourche.
William Murrell, Latourche
Thomas Johnson Grant.
III. Raby, NatchitOches.
NJ. p. Blackstone, Natchitoches
Raford Blunt, Natchitoches
w. +. Blanchard, Morehouse.
j. E. Parker, Jefferson.
H. Mahoney, Plaquemines.
L. Butler, Plaquemines.
C.. " Thibaut, Plaquemines, alternate.
L. C. Courcel, Plaquemines, alternate.
w. r. Oliver, Richfand.
o. F. Hunsaker, st. James.
John johnson, st. James.
George w. Combs, ST. John. s. |
j. c. Oliver, st. James
Thomas Ong, st. Bernard.
K. Il. Wheyland, Sabine.
A. Chevalin, ST. Tammany.
Emerson Bentley, st. Mary
Louis E. Lahore, st. Mary.
Miligan Blue, Tensas.
j. Ross Stewart Tensas
Robert Worrell, Tensas.
t. A. Cage, Terrebonne.
C. H. Remick, Vermilion.
III. c. Myers, Vernon.
Henry Perkins, West Feliciana.