The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-06-08
ADDRESS
or THE
Republican Congressional Com
mittee of the Third District,
State of Louisiana.

To the Republicans of the Third Congression-
al District of Louisiana:
Your Congressional Committee, chosen by
your delegates ut the late Republican Con
vention, which met at Turner Hall, New Or
leans, August 9Th. 1871, i'll view of the APP
preaching campaign, have thought best to
make to You some suggestions i'll reference
to the party work before rs.
l. We desire TO urge upon you the necessi-
ty Of thorough organization i'll every ward
and parish at the earliest moment. Nher-
ever possible, let each ward be represented
by IA club, and each parish by Parish Exec
utivc Committee, composed in equal ratio of
delegates from the ward clubs: let the Par
ish Executive Committees, through their
Presidents and Secretaries, place themselves
i'll correspondence with this committee, and
make it a medium between themselves and
the State Central Executive Committee of
the Republican party. We shall then be able
to speedily transmit to you public dOcu-
ments, circular letters, and general advice
and counsel which may assist you etfectual-
~ pending the next campaign.
2 Time and experience have fully demon-
strated to the Republicans of Louisiana that
eternal vigilance is the price of liberty"
and If they desire success they cannot afford
to be idle. In your midst will be found the
seeds of ttiseord, which will command your
most earnest GHuciNOfS To Gt'lnUNc, IL itI
important that harmony be restored to our
ranks. and that disorganizers should be put
down with q strong hand. Beware of amy
compromise or coalition with Democracy,
and for Your own safety draw the party lines
straight, and keep aloOf from any movement
which has Tor its object the union OF Demo-
Gratis and Republicans for any purpose what
Socycr
3 1t will not do to lose sight of the fact
that the newly enfranchised citizens OF Lou
isiana are yet in sore need of the strong arm
OF protection against their former masters
| and present political enemies. The rising
generation must he provided with a free
| school system. This is only guaranteed by
| the success of the Republican party. The
commercial interests OF the State demand
! the extension aud building of railroads. The
present Republican Administration has been
| most favorable to these interests. Under
four years of Republican administration,
public improvements of all kinds have been
! increased in remarkable degree, its prede.
cessors have shr;lIlk into insigniticance, and
! its successor will be pledged to the most lib
cral State policy.
a. Unite yourselves speedily under the
| leadership of true and trusty men. You re
| deemed Louisiana from oppressive Demo
cratic rule i'll 1863 and secured peace and
wholesome laws for your protection. You
PLATFORM to-'ttS - IhciIttH7cu' II 10 ',H VI Oo
/, and strong as ever, and our opponents oecu
py their relative position. The contest il
1872 will between the friends of liberty, or
der and improvement, AS represented by thu
Republican party, and the last remnant o
dsunien sentiment, slavery prejudice, ant
retrogade policy, as represented by the Dem
ocratic Party. You whipped Democracy il
1868 by over twenty-five Thousand majority
and we will increase to forty thousand il
1872
BY order of the Committee.
j. Il. GALLUP,
President
EMERSON BENTLEY, Secretary.
Address care Secretary of States Office
New Orleans.