The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-06
VOLUME mo. 1l6.
ADDRESS OF THE COMMITTEE
OF SEVENTY.
Rooms COMMITTEE OF srvrx-v

OF SEVENTY.
Rooms COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY
Ata meeting OF the Committee held t inst 4.
s1e iolowAng preamble and resolutions wer
Whareas. objections have been made to the "a
o. Inc Democr Atic State Central Committee for
SoaYen.S"u " be held at New Orleans IN ~
fourth Monday Of August, 1874, which obie. t,nn.
Is underst0 d, e b .sed in great part Oh IN
selecuI q N ~ Orleans as tn, pace Of holdio.
we COnvontton; and,
:, whereas, 1t i OF the utmost importance tina
Sne san convention snou.d meet the VII VS. An,
% t.H and lair re presentation of the pe,pie a
Loois.a "pposed to the existing usur,at,ou
therek re, be 1t
Reso usa, 4. That this com nIttee does. mos,
oIneSuy anu respectfully, request the Demo
cratic StAts Central COMMITTEES T., nn,I,fv ~.
can JOE . Convention, 80 as to have the C,,nyen
non ID ;ee ~ Baton HOuge instead of at New t,r
iane, ana 70 remit to that Convention til,
An&piDg aud conduct OF the ensuing Canvass
q. That com nittee of three be appointed
Vail upon the Democratic State Central Com
mite oprtsens these resolutions, AMI to urge
this mo li6;ation.
8: That We approve the address of the State
Central u mmlttee ,l.nd this Cummi tee will sut
IN address ~ the people Ut LOUISIANA oppUsed tC
tne existing usurpation inviting and urging then
20 senl delegates to tn It Convention upon th(
Dasls OF representation as stated In the addres.
Of me NeLAoCratlc state central Committee
Il. H. NJ .ARK, President,
JosxDH COLLINS, Secretary.
To Hon. Emile LaSere, President, and members
=. OF the democratic State Central Committee VI
Louisiana
GcNsesae,s COMMITTEES of Seventy. which
Z nor nearly two years mas been waging coase .ess
warfare e alnst the infamous usurpation OF keI.
iogg, y view Vt the approaching election which,
wln SnoEu the people an opportunity to rescue
the Stste from Radical rule, and considering thai
no petrlOtic hand can Idle in this conflict.
has deemed 1t neither foreign to the pui poses of
It's prgaulzAtiOn nor inconsistent with It's past
career, y assume decided titide with regard
thereto, and ~ take its place in the line which is
forming to fight the battle iof Louisiana re-
demptlOn..
As vrry large meeting of the Committee. held
ct it's room In this city, on the evening Of the
SDth July, ult:, afi er the fullest discussion and
interchange Of views, the resolutions winch &C
company this letter were passed 10y a very ial sc
To the impartial mind there can be no miscon-
strucnon Ot the tenor and puruort Of these reso-
tutlons Thy unqualifieIly ndolse the adore s
issued by your b~dy, and pledge cvlnulttee
TO ISSUE ~ the people vi the State an addree g.
urging them to heed your call, and send dele
gates To he Convention convoked by You, no
matter where that Convention may assemble.
Having, 10 the strict and legitimate line Of
your duty, already issued your cal In terms 50
liberal, catholic and broad, that any aud every
opponent Of Radicalism and negro supremacy In
Louisiana may unite III your convention, the
Committee vi Seventy fails ~ see cause for diys-
ion AID disscnsion Through your convention.
and under Your call, the full volume OF conserva-
tive WIN IN Louisiana may DO voiced; and when
that wl1 u uttered every true-hearted son Ut
LOuiTA0a will yield and obey.
But the Committee Of Seventy is not insensible
TO the tact tnat your call tor Convention at New
Orleans AaS cleatcd dlssension and division in
the nliAds and hearts uf many go.d and able
men II the btate, whose patriotic devotion to its
interests cannot be questioned; and severai
country journals, echoing tins feeling, have
united IN another call Tor Convention at Alex
dy1s. In RITZ Ct ng upon the action Of your COM
mittee. some Ut these journals nave been un-
guarded ia language and unfortunate i'll .cnlper
% to utter unklud worus and ungenerUus chars es
against the democracy [ TIL city.
The use Ot such language, by men towards
men, whose hearts shout DO so drawn together
BY common mist Ttunes and oppression, Is most
sincerely to b. regretted.
But We ask that all this be forgotten. Let it
be attributed to that intensity vi ceiling and ex-
preston which Will sometimes escai tue lips |
and arise ~ the hearts Of men who have suffered
much. and are SUITE, ing stll and whose deep
anxiety u escaps that suffering cause them u
feel aud think and speak i'll the strongest manner
The Calief objection urged to your action Is
that the place lUr the meeting of the Convention
cOnvOked by you was fixed at New Orleans. We |
y
the objection exists, and exists strongly III Tue
minds u many good men III the State.
The COMMITTEE OF seventy earnestly and re- |
asks that you remove that objection |
by calLng tho Cuny entlOn at Baton Rouge.
/ feel assured that such action ga your part
will heal all division and jealousy, and that all
the conservatives OF the State will then be
nnited in one firm. unbrok,n, and therefore ill.,
yinclble array in this mighty conflict, upon the
successful issue III which the destiny Of oul
SfAt H.
With profound conviction that your action will
be guided b, the highest dlctat, . If duy and
we are Win great res ect, very truly
yours, =. JOHN ELLIS,
Il. y AGGAMAN,
II. N. % EN-,
Sub Committee the Committee Of seventy.
HKApo'Rs DEMOCRATIC TATE CENTRAL Com,
New Oflea IS, Au5u ), loI4
Hon. E. j. Ellis, Chairman:
Dear Sri transmit TO you copy OF the re-
oluti0n adopted by the Democratic State Cen
raj Committee, cOnsenlng at the city OF Eaton
Rouge, Instead Of New Orleans, the Democratic
tate UOnven,lOu.
The services rend. red by the Committee Of
|eventy t. the publlc cause.-the promlnen, p Isl
ion il desorve0ly occupies III the estimation OF {
be people of Louisiana, give. weight to It's sug- c
est50llS The resolutions adopted by that com
aittoe and the Cordial letter If tho sub-commlt-
ee transmitting these resolutions, pro 'uced /
rofoupd impression upon the Democratic State '
CENTRAL Committee. The emphatic and unquali-
ed Endorsement of the address, aud more par. '
culasly Of that portion in which the RICH Of il
he White man are advocated in opposition TO p
eerp supremacy, is source OF heartfelt gratti- +
sssa
Tho vecple Of Louisiana expects that the Com /,
,its1e oE seventy will ~ heretofore, continue Il
sitting theoretically for its original purpose b
,e overthrow Of the UsurpatiOn battling until L
,e usurpation be, as it will be, Oyerthrown. Il
remain very respectfully o
o.. - Your Obedient servant, b
ALBERT VooRHrEs, Vice President.
HxAnouARrERs DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL !,
COMMITTEE OF LOUISIANA. 7 il
New Orleans, Aug. ), 1874. u
Al = meeting Of this Committee, the following y,
solution was adopted: p'
Res0kyed That the Democratic State Conven-
IN be Lcll at the city Of i;aton Rouge. re
ALBERT VOORHEES,, Vice President. ii
VIZ. J. DCDDENDORFP. Secretary. re