The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-06-01
The Adoption of Resolutions.
Warmoth & Pinchback Endorsed.
Convention Adjourned to Meet in Baton
Rouge on the 10Th of June.

Institute, New Orleans, i'll pursuance
of the call of the State Central Ex-
ecutive Committee, delegates from
every parish in the State to form
Republican State Convention. The
assembly was called to order few
minutes past II o'clock NJ, by Lieut..
Gov. Pinchback, president of the State
Central Committee, who read the fol-
lowing address, which was warmly
received:
Delegates to the State Convention of the
Republican Party-You have assembled
here at the call of your State Central Com
mittee to select delegates to a National Con-
yention. called TO meet ut Philadelphia on
the fifth Of June, 1872, to nominate the stand
ard bearers of our great and glorious party
| for the coming campaign, to nominate a
/ State ticket and to declare anew your I'M
swerving attachment to equal rights, justice
and liberty.
The coming campaign will be a fight for
principle-a conflict for power between des-
potism and freedom. Under the banner of
the former will be marshaled the Democ-
racy, with its opposition TO equal rights, with
| its opposition to mixed schools, with its
| record OF, prosecuting the colored people
whenever it is in power, with its assumption
| of divine right to hold all the offices, with
its pretensions of representing the wealth and
intelligence of the State and of paying all the
taxes.
| Under the banner of the latter will be
marshaIed, it is hoped, every true Republic
can, every believer in the capacity of man
for self-government, and who has just APP
probation of the true dignity of humanity,
and Il fearless assertion of the glorious prln-
eiples of our party, and who desires an hon
est, efficient and economical administration
of our government.
We have passed through several severe
struggles; we have accomplished great
things, but much more remains to be done
Our constitution and laws guarantee to every
citizen, no matter what his complexion OF
nationality, perfect equality; you are here
to vindicate anew the Justice OF these meas
ures, and to declare that you will take nC
step backward III the work of the Republican
party. To do this it will require that calm
dispassionate consideration of every subject
that may come before you, necessary to .
full appreciation of the objects to be attained
Problems more difficult of solution are be
fore you now than when we last met i'll con
vcntion, and require more devotion, more
perseverance than the struggles through
which we have passed for, III addition K
the common enemy, we have an unfortunate
Ioom;u n nm n runners , 81 dis@raeefuI eombna
tons on all sides I'LL the air In the struggle
for Office, all sight of principle has been lost
: What You have to do is clear-kocp your eyt
il1ea sseaua upon rn tbt reo ergai ressnt
ments are not sufficient cause for compro
represent l - ff
L n
1t Is tor you Il to say whether , the Kepa ,Hn
the love of education exhibited by tho col
homes 9 of over el 10000 neople shall be pro
tected from the unha dl5! footprints =, o
fore you, and | doubt not your action will b
satn as 10 he tne aPPsosnd oi rsnon eo
the party, and you should 50 act as to con .,
division. if it continues, rests not upon YOU
should your efforts be crowned Gro, with It'll, success
the proper course, peans of victory will b
isana on y fbe ,t third Of November eeboed bae
: from all parts Of the Union by thousands an
t ours. = 49, :
Mr.. Pinchback then nominated Sen
4 ator A. b. Harris, of Coneordia, a
t temporary president of the Conven
ton, and the nomination was unani
mously ratified. -
Mr.. Harris, upon taking the chair
/. merely thanked the delegates for til
honor conferred upon him, and ez
pressed a hope that the deliberation
of the Convention might be harmon
/, ious and calculated to produce uni
f son in the Republican party.
A motion calling for eommitte
, of seven on credentials was adopted
and the chair appointed Messr,
Pinchback, of Orleans, Butler, of Pla
t quemine, j. S. Matthews, of Tensa
G T. H. Rally, of Natchitoches, j. L. Be
t den, of Terrebonne, j. w. Quinn, {
Orleans, M. II. Twitchell, of Red tiy