The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-04-13
ADDRESS
-oF THE
Republican Committee of Third
Congressional District,
State Of Louisiana.

| To the Republicans of the Third Congysssio,
al District of Louisiana:
Your Congressional Committee, chosen l.,
| your delegates at the late Republican coss
vention, which met at Turner Hall, New n
| leans. August 9th, 1871, IN view of the an.
preaching campaign, have thought best e
make to you some suggestions In Reference
| to the party work before us.
l. We desire to urge upon you the neces.i.
| ty of thorough organization in every war;
| and parish. at the earliest moment Wbas
ever possible, let each ward be Representa-
| by club, and each parish by a Parish Exeo.
| utive Committee, composed in equal ratio ~
delegates from the ward clubs; let the Par.
| ish Executive Committees through the;,
| Presidents and Secretaries, place themseyes
| in correspondence with this committee ana
make it a medium between themselves and
| the State Central Executive COMMITTEES AZ
the Republican party. We shall then be aha
| to speedily transmit to you public docu.
ments, circular letters, and general adyiea
and counsel, which may assist you effectual.
| ~ pending the next campaign.
2. Time and experience have fully demon.
strated to the Republicans of Louisiana that
eternal vigilance is the price of iberty.n
| and if they desire success they cannot afford
| to be idle. In your midst will be found ths
seeds of diseord, which viii command your
most earnest endeayors to remove. It an
important that harmony be restored to our
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 it's object the union of Demo
Gratis and Republicans for any purpose what
soeyer.
g. 1t will not do to lose sight of the faet
| that the newly enfranchised citizens Of Lon.
| isiana are yet in sore need of the strong arlc
of protection against their former masters
and present political enemies. The rising
generation must be provided with q fres
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 administrators.
public improvements of all kinds have been
increased in a remarkable degree, its prede-
| eessors have shrank into insignificance, 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
platform to-day is unchanged. 1t is as broad
and strong as ever, and our opponents occu-
Ply their relative position. The contest in
1879 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
ocratic Party. You whipped Democracy In
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.
EMERsos BENTLEY, Secretary.
Address care Secretary of States Office,
New Orleans.