New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-08-22
platform
Adopted in Convention at New Orleans,
Saturday, August 3, 1874.


Saturday, August ., 1874.
The Republican party of Louisiana, assembl ed in
convention in the city of New Orleans on the fifth
day of August 1874, assumes and declares that the
National Republican party ls party OF positive
principles and definite purposes; party OF grand
ternal improvements and of material development;
a party Of peace and order. OF liberty AND law, OF
universal suffrage and equal rights. That it is a
party capable Of purifying its own organization as
well as Of devleing refOrmatOTy measures for the
public good therefore. be it
!. Resolved, That its past history entities it to
future confidence, and we again reiterate our faith
in and pledge ourselves to the support Of the prn.
cpes enunciated in its national platform, adopted
q That we cordially indorse the liberal. enlight-
ened and just policy OF President Grant and the
national administration, both in domestic and
3. That our present State government, in the
face Of unparalleled difficulties, has achieved sub
stantial.ref0rms and by its patient and firm adhe-
renee to the right course under an organized sys-
tenn of vlllifcation and misrepresentation at home
and abroad. deserves and has the unqualified ap.
proval and support Of large majority of the peO-
pie of the State Of whom it is the true and lawful
t. That we hereby pledge ourselves to the re-.
duction of the expenses OF the State government
to the lowest possible point consistent with an EN-
eent admnstratiGn. We dstlaety ANNOUNCE nS nee
alike the people of the State and to their cred-
tors; and we specifically set forth our intention TO
secure a reduction of the heavy and unnecessary
expenses of the assessment and collection Of the
revenue.
5. That duty and sound policy alike constrain US
to nominate and support tor office none but men
OF known honesty and capacity; and that men
who unmindful of the interests Of the State,
shall not be permitted to force themselves upon us
in any capacity. under any pretence whatever:
6. That the misiOrtup es OF war, of floods and in.
ton SO seriously impaired the resources Of the
State as to render absolutely necessary the pas
sage by the last Legislature of the law known as
ftnf, 1pff nn w WA r.,
ing the utmost limits of our ability TO pay, and
more than the value received by the State for the
clare our unqualified approval Of the proposed
sttutiOnal amendments limiting the State debt to
SIS 600 600 and taxation to twelve and half mills
Except for school purposes) and applying the
revenues of each year to the payment of the ex-
penses of that year.
:. That the approaching general election must
be a fair peaceable and free election, at which
every legal and qualified elector shall have the
opportunity to cast his ballot for such candidates
illegal contrivances to deprive him of his vote;
and every legal vote cast must be counted and
credited poled; and to this end such selection
of officers to take charge of registration and cleo
ton should be made as will satisfy citizens of all
parties that the Republican party at least does not
expect or desire anything else than fair election.
8. That we condemn the spirit Of violence mani
tested in certain localities by the Democratic
party as being in violation 0fpubic peace and good
order, and destructive Of the good name and best
interests of the State; the suppression of all VIC.
lence is demanded by every law abiding citizen Of
the State.
g. That we invoke the assistance of Congress to-
ward the early completion of those national
works, the Fort St. Philip canal and the system of
alluvial lands of the Mississippi river
10. That we declare our belief that nothing but
disaster can result from conflict OF the two
races in this State and we discou ntenance and
condemn all efforts to foment such conflict, be-
ing satisfied that the true interests of both races
lie in just and harmonious adjustment of the
relations of race labor and capital, and the united
efforts of all good men to promote the common in
terest, and we believe that with such peace and
harmony, and such united efforts. the return of a
high degree of prosperity to Louisiana will not be
long delayed.
II. That we approve and ind0rse the civil rights
bill now pending before Congress.
II. That we sympathize with the patrio tic men
in Cuba who fight fog liberty. and that we urge
upon the national Congress the early reco gntiOn
OF the independence of Cuba, and hereby instruct
our representatives in Congress to tn cir best
efforts and influence to This end.