The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-01-06
ADDRESS
Of the Republican State Central Com
mittee Of Louisiana.
Of the

Il ew Orleans, December q, 1871.
To the III publicans of Louisiana:
The ratifying intelligence received
from IL parts of the State of the
unaniLI bus endorsement of the action
of the fSenate i'll the recent election
for LieS tenant Governor, induces this
commit zee to present to you a resume
of the Il tcts precedent thereto:
DuriE g the two campaigns of 1870
a fewe ambitious men, principally
federaie office-hOlders, organized Il
bOltinI faction in our ranks. Not
withstt aiding an overwhelming de-
feat, til Iese dissentionists determined
to "rI lie or ruin," industriously
sought TO spread discomfort by assert
ing ths { the policy OF the State adj
ministI Iltion would be to exclude
from Affice every colored man, and
gradual tly transfer the government to
the col troll of the Democracy. I'm
fortuna ssely, the boilers obtained con-
troll oil the late Central Committee,
and uni Ter their auspices convention
was cal led to meet in New Orleans in
August last. 1t is, perhaps, needless
to rec I to the outrages then and
there Eperpetrated. This so-called
conveIf ion met in the Federal Gus
tom-hdl Use, outside the jurisdiction of
Louisi:A Ina the legally elected repre-
sentatk res of the people were excluded
by arH ed federal deputy marshals
and fed Ieral troops, and bogus organ
izatioh ,tfected, although not quorum
was pI esent until sixteen additional
bogus lelegates, principally federal
employs, We're appointed, on motion
of a II I1eral office-holder, to fill the
places Df excluded regularly chosen
memb rs.
Thed gross ursupations necessitated
the hOli iing of the Republican Conven-
ton aHTurner Hall, not secret con-
clave, guarded by armed sentinels,
but on n and free to the whole peo-
Pile. he proceedings of that con-
ventiot were spread broadcast, and
everyv1 here met the full and hearty
approx .tion of Republicans at home
and thf foughout the nation.
Con4 Ing to the next scene in this
politicfl drama. The outcry against
the Stkte administration was vigor-
ously maintained by the factionists,
but how much truth there was in
the charges of antagonism to the col
ored pEople, and secret atfiliation with
the Df mocracy, can be best deter
mined fby the events of the sixth OF
December. Upon both parties prac-
tical test of their sincerity was sud-
denly md unexpectedly forced. The
lamen1 bible death of Oscar James
Dunn eeated vacancy in a cOnstitu-
tional office, to fill which the State
Senatef was convened. The cloven
foot L treason could no longer be
hidderS Their mask OF deceit and
dissim lation was ruthlessly torn
away, and the boilers exhibited il
their tkue cOlors. One of the foremost
colOre1 men III the country-one
exceptional devoted to his race and
advarsed Republicanism-becalne the
candid ate of the party for the vacant
Lieutts seant Governorship, and feceiv.
ed thf earnest support of the State
administration, while the Custom
house faction, to defeat him, ant
further their secret aim to irrevocably
divide the Republican party, boldly
entered into league with the Demo
Gratis, who, true to their proscriptivt
prejudF Fces, exacted (the only qualifi
catiopE they demanded), that thei
candidate should be achite man!
The traditions and platform of th,
Republican party of Louisiana pledged
its a0.ierents to an equal distribu
ton Among white and colored alike
of all Ifices"
ThiE, the bolters deliberately ig-
noreds thereby betraying the claims
of ninety thousand Republican voters
and exhibiting a treachery unparal
leled in the history of political organ
izatic:ls. The Custom-house faction
even Escorted to threats to intimidat'
Sena us, as in the case OF Senate
Butlef, of Plaquemines parish. Tht
federAl Marshal, S. B. Packard, as
serted to him that the State would b.
put nader martial law if the coalition
of which he is the leader, did no
win in the contest. How abased the,
feel at the fruitless results of all thei
treaqaerous and nefarious plotting
we ave ho means OF judging, bu
the ~ st commentary that can be give
on tt Is contest of Loyalty as. Trease
is coAtained in the vote which CAV
|, to tlse Republican party a gloriou
victory, and drove its leagued enemie
beaten and dismayed to their haunts
On call of the roll for election c
: Liels senant Governor the Senators re
spolf led as follows, each candidat
votiN Ng for his opponent, according t
Gust in and courtesy:
: FL p. B. S. PINCHBACK--Messr'
Barrier, Butler, Campbell, Couplant
} Gallnp, Harris, Hunsaker, Jenki
Kelso, Lewis, Lynch, McMillen, Nc
| land, Ragan, Swords, Twitchel, Whit
neys Wilcox.-eighteen true and steao
fastS Republicans!
: F&R I. V. C0UPLAND-M -Messrs. A
4 dert n, Antoine, BIackaan, Bo'cn'di
Dazzle, Fatch, Herwig, Ingrahan
O'Hara, Pinchback, Ray, Smith, s,