The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-05-04
ADDRESS
OF THE
Republican Committee of Third
Congressional District,
State of Louisiana.
State of Louisiana.

| To the Republicans of the Third ConoressiO,t-
| al District of Louisiana:
| Your Congressional Committee. chosen nv
your delegates at the late Republican Con
vention which met at Turner fall. New Or
leans, August 9th, 1871, in view of the an
preaching campaign, have thought best to
make to You some suggestions III reference
to the party work before us.
l. We desire to urge upon you the necessi-
" OF thorough organization in every ward
| and parish at the earliest moment Wher-
ever possible, let each ward be represented
by club, and each parish by a Parish Exec
utive Committee, composed III equal ratio of
delegates from the ward clubs; let the Par
lsh Executive Committees, through their
Presidents and Secretaries, place themselves
in correspondence with this committee. and
make 1t medium between themselves and
the State Central Executive Committee of
the Republican party. We shall then be able
TO speedily transmit to you public doeu-
ments, circular letters, and general advice
and counsel, which may assist you effectual-
~ pendmg the next campaign.
2. Time and experience have fully demon
strafcti to the Republicans of Louisiana that
'eteln:sl nance is the price of hberty,n
and u fleSs desire success they cannot afford
to be idle. In your midst will be found the
seeds OF discord, which will command your
most earnest endeayors to fF5sloye IT is all
important that harmony be restored TO our
ranks, and that disorganizers should be put
down with strong hand. Beware of any
compromise or coalition with Democracy,
and for your own safety draw the party lines
straight, and keep aloof from any movement
which has for its object the union of Demo-
Gratis and Republicans for any purpose what
s0evcr.
). 1t will not do to lose sight of tho fact
that tho newly enfranchised citizens of Lou
lslana are yet In sore need of the strong arm
OF protection against their former masters
and present political enemies. The rising
generation must be provided with a free
school system. This is only guaranteed by
the success of the Republican party. Tho
commercial interests of the State demand
the extension and 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-
eessors have shrank into insignificance, and
Its successor will be pledged to the most lib
eral State policy.
A. Unite yourselves speedily under the
leadership of true and trusty men. You re-
deemed Louisiana from oppressive Demo-
cratic rule in 1868 and secured peace and
wholesome laws for your protection. Your
platform to-day is unchanged. 1t is as broad
and strong as ever, and orr opponents occu-
py their relative position. The contest in
1872 will between the friends of liberty, or!
der and improvement, as represented by the
Republican party, and the last remnant of
dlsunion sentiment, slavery prejudice, and
retrogade policy, as represented by the Dem
ocratic Party. You whipped Democracy in
1868 by over twenty-five Thousand majority,
and we will increase to forty thousand in
1872
BY order of the Committee
j. r. GALLUP,
President.
EMERSON BENTLEY, Secretary.
Address care Secretary of States Office,
New Orleans.