The weekly Louisianian., 1872-06-01

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I before refelfeh HiattAe
..:.; s,;a?l rule, then, they being
T.: ..>m:;T; ceuld take all
y, they DO not w.ntalH they
?. - ,oo w.n the prejn1ices and
:.,,.,s Of caste. They do not
-. ii; neither are they prepared
~,,,..r4. i'll. Aud l tell the
,,., AL iile white people OF
:, IA that it is better, far that
=, ,]owa entirely than accept its
Lines; an! that if we do 60
=, !: will oe standing by our
,;nl AMI the dignity of our
loud cAeers rather than be
t,r:ng Il party that seeks by siren
[s IL ensnlre US. 20
IN, ! tell this paper that such
.,,,ss as this is calculated to
law. tha conflict IL ,ffect. tn
r.. Tils+ colorel people of
as,is.a to-day aresripe for better
|nr,uvnt, AID are prepared to
"; the doctrines advocated by
;%haayunr'< orators of "Equality
al men," and are for putting'in
Il without strict reference to
4, lines, good men, compstent.
carry out and perform their
lie colored people can secure
i sopl government, even with
,d:heir own class at the mast
k.l; but they must and do recog-
"a the right Of the other class to
! equal chance in the .race of life,
htbat equal chance they propose
ksi1r, as they desire it for them
lus, and they thought the people
|Lrisiana were willing to accord
|bhem, but from the stlttetahees
EAe r''uyuue it woul4 appear that
rsre not.
1t the conclusion Of shisfremarks
renewed the motion to adjourn,
|njlA was amer del so as to read
|;iab@ i'll the evening instead OF
(aslay at 10 o'clock.
|1e Convention then adjourned.
EVENING SESSION.
1t ! o'clock, P. Nj, President
called the Convention to
pr: ~ at.,s 80
As many Of the~yice-P Presidents
Inere in the room were invited to
seats on the platform. aev-
responded and filed the seats
for them. |'@ 49,
The report Of the Committee o.,
Was called for and the
Senator " L. AIcsfil
mounted the stand, and in clea1
sl tones, read tho following
RESOLUTIONS ::
". L. McMillen, chair:
N Of the committee on resolu.
lis, &en reported the following,
nich were, ollsmotion unanimousl,
opted:
That we declare thu
party of Louisiana ii
sympathy with tho national BE
party; that we indorse the
of: principles laid down by
chicago convention.
That7'xe pledge our.
IT'S and orr party testhe iaithfu
OF the constitutional ano
+a'"ry provisions for the public
Of all the children Of the
III, without distinction.
%~"r,u, That wo insist upon the
j rtemcnt Of the constitutions
legal guarantees Of the civil
d loii;ical rights Of all men, with.
'~@s'i@ction Of race, color OF, pre-.
:>%s condition.
%ASrv,l, That q long train so1
must necessarily result from
effort being made by the Dem
party to obtain control Of
" State government, through dis.
'sso:.s i'll the Republican party,
ling these we may mention the
gal Of the civil rights law; the
Astlishmcnt Of qualified suffrage;
!: !: destruction Of our common
% sa'l system; reputation Of the
ne debt, and the subsection Of
>.2 and colored elements to bitter
~ and commercial Aproscrip-
VI; sAd, as abundant evidence is
We We found in tie tone Of the press,
W speeches, that tho seoloob-
"N the Democrats and Reform
as Our political overthrow, end
S' n end they are snbordinatin9
IT, fres'de ntial AMI all other ques-
ZOOS; therefore, :*r
a. A,z 10 That in order to save
IT, s'asv from Democratic rule, and
i, S;5E1fe'uatc free government, it is
=, ,s''y important that all Republi
! H. sslaents in this State should
y ullSed upon a ticket to he COM
MI Of true and tried Reppbliqans
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