The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-05-11
ADDRESS
OF The
Republican Committee of Third
Congressional District,
State of Louisiana.
State of Louisiana.

| To the Repn6ticans of the Third Conqression
al District of Louisiana:
| Your Congressional Committee. chosen b,
| your delegates at the late Republican Con
| vention, which met at Turner Hall, New Or
! leans, August 9Th, 1871, in view of the ap
preaching campaign, have thought best t.
make to you some suggestions in reference
| to the party work before us.
/. We desire to urge upon you the neeessi
| 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 a Parish Exec
! utlve Committee, composed in equal ratio Of
delegates from the ward clubs /; let the Par
lsh Executive Committees, through Their
Presidents and Secretaries, place themselves
III correspondence with this committee, and
make 1t q medium between themselves and
the State Central Executive Committee oil
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 effectual-
" pending the next campaign.
=. Time and experience have fully demon
strated to the Republicans of Louisiana that
eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. y
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 orr
ranks, and that disorganizers should be mt
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
sOever.
3. It will not do to lose sight of the fact
that the newly cnfranchised 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 q 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 a remarkable degree, its prede-
cessors have shrank into insignitcanee, 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 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
disnnion sentiment, slavery prejudice, and
retrogade policy, as represented by the Dem,
oeratie Party. You whipped Democracy in
1863 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.