The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-05-18
ADDRESS
OF THE
Republican Congressional Com.
mittee of the Third District.
OF THE
State Of Louisiana.

To the Republicans of the Third Congressio4a
al District Of Louisiana:
Your Congressional Committee, chosen BY
your delegates at the late Republican Con
| ventlon, which met at Turner Hail. New Or
| leans, August 9th, 1871, in view of the ap
preaching campaign, have thought best to
make to you some suggestions in reference
to the party work before u.s.
l. We desire to urge upon you the necessi
| ty 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 Parish Exec
utive committee, composed in equal ratio OF
| delegates from the ward clubs let the Par
ish Executive Committees, through their
Presidents and Secretaries, place themselves
| in correspondence with this committee, and
| make 1t q 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-
ly pending the next campaign.
9. Time and eI erienee have fully demon
strated to the Republicans of Louisiana that
"eternal vigilance is the price of liberty"
| and II they desire success they cannot afford
to be idle. In your midst will be found the
seeds of discord, which will command your
most earnest endeavors to remove. 1t 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
socver.
3. 1t will not do to lose sight of the fact
that the 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 free
school system. This is only guaranteed by
the success of the Republican party The
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-
cessors have shrank into insignifcance, and
its successor will be pledged to the most lib
eral State policy.
4. 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
pIdtIOtu1 to-udy ~ uHcndHSeu. II is as broad
and strong as ever, and our opponents occu-
Ply 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
disunion sentiment slavery prejudice, and
retrogade policy, as represented by the Dem
ocratie Party. You whipped Democracy i'll
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.