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The State Central Executive Com
mittee of the Republican patty have
abolished all existing parish COM
mittees and issued call to the Re-
publicans of the State to proceed at
once to reorganization of the party
in the various parishes, with view of
harmonizing former differences and
arraying the friends of the cause in
solid phalanx for the approaching
election. BY reference to the "po-
litical notice" published in another
column Of the CHIEF, the details of
the plan for reorganization may be
ascertained by our Republican read
ers, and we know they will respond
heartily to the desires of the State
Committee. The method possesses
the characteristics of wisdom and fair
ness. and is admirably adapted to
procure most thorough muster and
discipline of the party forces. If effee-
tually carried out, victory will follow
as natural consequence in Novem-
Der, for we not only have clear ma
jority on strictip party vote, but we
will receive no inconsiderable re-
enforcement from among the more lib
eral minded and right thinking of the
former Fusionists, who appreciate the
great good that has resulted to Lou
isiana by two years of honest Repub-
lican rule.
The only danger to guard against
is dissension among ourselves. Let
disorganizers and maleontents be
frowned down from the beginning,
and all submit with good grace to the
will of the majority. Individual con-
sideration should give away to gen.
eral party veal, and petty jealousies
and incongruities be subdued and
eradicated. The approaching cam
paign is an important one, both to
nation and State, and it behooves Re-
publicans to make ready for the con-
test in good season.
Let the various Republican clubs of
the parish be revived, new rolls of
members prepared, new officers cleo
ted, or old ones reelected, and let
every individual Republican give his
aid to the advancement of the work of
harmonious reorganization.
In our next issue we shall give an
article upon the subject of represen-
tation from the various wards, based
upon the vote polled at the election
of November 9TH, 1872.
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Popular FaIIacfes.

! EDITOR CHIEF:
Dear Sir--A week or two ago, I volun
teered a few remarks on the fallacious views
entertained by the great majority of us
touching the grand questions of Freedom
Liberty and Independence; and l intimated
that further investigation of their praeti
cal bearing on society might possibly have
some influence, not alone with society in its
corporate capacity, but also with its con-
stituents, individually considered.
:" Liberty then, may be the subject mat
ter of the following theme. As already said,
liberty is mans inheritance-a glorious heri-
tage, beyond all question. Pity It's, that
It's so much abused
Liberty implies control. Were there no
control, there would be no need to assert
human liberty; its very name could be ex-
plunged from our vocabularies.
That man is subject to control, must be
conceded. No rational creature can deny
it /; in fact no one does DENY it, save for mo-
mentary effect. The question now arises !:
How is man-maae, so loud, so proud. and.
o1tcntlmes, so bolsterous in proclaimng his
ways And from these three Controlling
powers, there is no possibility of escape :; and
no appeal What are they The domestic
authority, to which youth must Weld. or he
committed, like the prodigal son, to feed on
husks; the State authority. of necessity ex
acting multiform tribute which manhood
unless it become an outeast from society
can not refuse; and the religious outborifg'
to which all rational beings, in virtue Of
their conscious dependence ON the Creator.
are sooner or later, willing or unwilling
to submit themselves.
What " liberty" has humanity or ought II
to have, under the domestic regime ? The
solution of all questions are best effected bv
beginning at the beginning. In the BEGIN
ming, tavowedlyl the Creator bestowed on
man. a complete and perfect life Thus was
paternity first established, ON earth: and
he Creator was, BY His own eternal ben
eticence, constituted the father the ruler.
md the preeepter of the human race. II
ollows that the first man had no rights
which he could claim as absolutely his own
md possessed no liberty beyond that which
vas prescribed for him. What was the first
prescription? Obedience! Obedience was
nan first law; his guide; his rule Of action.
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print an edition of perhaps fifty or
seventy-fye copies to circulate among
the officers of State and parish who
are entitled to copies of the "official
journals" and to send as exchanges
to other journals of the State. This
class of organs, we regard as the fun
gus growth upon true journalism, not
entitled to the respect or aid of either
State or individuals. But when, to
save the treasury from the greed of
these unworthy ones, the Auditor and
the Printing Board feel called upon
to make wholesale onslaught upon
the better class of Republican journals
and violate contracts upon a ques-
tionable plea of economy, we agree
with Senator Blackburn that they are
aiming a blow at the very power
which raised them to their high posi-
tions.
No paper has endorsed more warm
ly-or will continue to do so-the ex-
cellent financial management of Mr..
Clinton, than the CHIEF, and when
we see reason to criticise his actions,
we claim the right as his supporter
and friend to do so freely, yet in no
captious spirit, and we are confident
our structures will be regarded in the
light they are made. In this matter
relative to the public printing we
speak not for the CHIEF alone. The
CHIEF can exist with or without pub
fishing the laws, with or without the
parochial and judicial advertising
which it's standing among Republi-
cans have secured for it. But we
speak also for other good and true
Republican Journals, that have striven
against the business ostraeism and
political hate of the more enlight-
ened class of Louisianians to build up
themselves and the grand principles
of their party, to educate the people
to standard of intelligent liberality
commensurate with the spirit of our
institutions. Certainly they are de-
serving of something more, especially
at the hands of their natural friends,
than a deprivation of the well-earned
patronage which party usage the ma
ton over declares to be their due.
There is an equipoise in this matter,
in which the demands of public econ
omy, political necessity and common
justice can be nicely balanced, and
we hope this will be arrived at ere
the close of the controversy. .
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THE PUBLIC PRINTING AND THE
COUNTRY PRESS,

At the suggestion of Auditor Charles
Clinton, the Board of Printing Com
missioners have revoked all contracts
for publishing the State laws or the
Journals of the General Assembly
made with the proprietors of country
newspapers that is, Journals pub
lislled elsewhere than in the city of
New Orleans. This action has been
the cause of q spicy controversy be-
tween the Auditor and Senator w
Jasper Blackburn, the veteran editor
| of the Homer Igidd, in which the pro
and con of the subject are presented,
each in its strongest light, and from
which every reader may make his con-
illusions from his ewn peculiar stand
point. The position of the CHIEF is
undoubtedly open to the charge of
being an interested one, as its pro-
prietor is the holder of one of the re-
yoked contracts, but still we claim
that we can give an honest and inn
partial opinion of the controversy and
let us be judged by our attempt to do
so.
Undeniably Mr.. Clinton is right
in characterizing the publication of
the journals of the General As
sembiy, IN country papers clear
waste of public money, and we APP
prove his assertion emphatically. He
would also be right in saying the print
ing of the laws in considerable num-
Der of these papers is an unnecessary
burden to the State, but he is not right
In endeavoringi to make his statement
In this regard applicable to the entire
rural Republican press. 1t is an i'm
mense advantage to the State and the
people that familiarity with the laws
which govern us should be uni
versal, and no more efieacious meth
cd of diffusing the desired information
among the inhabitants of the common
wealth can be selected than through
the medium of the public press-at
least those newspapers which possess
a respectable degree of influence and |
have bona .fde circulation in their
respective sections. Viewed in this
light, these Journals render an equiv
dent to the State for the amount paid
or their work, and instead of being
'egarded as useless drain upon the
treasury, the disbursement should be
an equitable return for
wholesome public service. We are
IS much opposed as Mr.. Clinton can
,e to the giving of contracts to sheets
hat are, in his terse language, q mere
machines through which to draw ap-
'ropriations from the State,n that |
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ADV TISEMENTS.
DoLITICAL NOTICE.

Rooms State Central Executive Commit
tee, Republican party of Louisiana New
Orleans, March 7, lS74-At a meeting of the
committee, held this day, the following reso-
lutions were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, 1t is essential that there should
be a more thorough organization of the Re-
publican party of this State, and that the
dissensions still existing in some parishes
should be lIarmonized. Be it
Resolved, That I'LL Existing parish exeeu-
tive committees be and the same are hereby
abolished. Be it further
Resolved, That a parish convention be
held at IL NJ. on the LAST SATURDAY OF
APRIL next in each parish of the State, ex-
cept the parish of Orleans, at the parish
seat for the purpose of selecting a parish
executive committee. The basis of repre-
sentation to such convention shall he one
delegate for every fifty Republican voters,
and delegates shall be chosen by the Repub-
hcan clubs existing, in the parish Parish
committees shall consist of not less than five
nor more than forty members, and when
chosen shall proceed at once to organize the
Republican party III their respective parishes
They shall prepare lists of the Republican
voters of their parishes and forward copies
of the same to the State Central Committees.
Be it further Resolved, That, in the parish
of Orleans, the ward clubs heretofore known
us the Mother Ward Clubs shall hereafter
be designated the Central Ward Clubs of
said parish. Such Central Ward Clubs shall
at once cause a registration of all the Re
publican voters Of their respective wards at
the rooms of the Central Clubs On the
THIRD SATURDAY OF APRIL an election
shall be held in the in the several wards for
delegates to parish convention, and such
convention shall meet in the Mechanics In
stitute on the next following Saturday. The
State Sub-Exeeative Committee shall fix the
the quota of representation in said conven-
ton no the basis of one delegate for every
80 Republican voters in Che ward, and an
additional delegate for fraction exceeding
half that number. The Stlb-Executiye Com
mittee shall be empowered TO settle any dis
pute in any ward as to which club shall be
recognized as the Central Ward Club.
By order of the Committee
I. w. DEKLYNE, Secretary.
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Saturday, March 81, 1874.
Republican. Platform.

Opposition to the back pay legislation.
Opposition to all monopolies that tend to
cypress labor or interfere With the rights OF
the people.
Opposition to the lobby and all other in
fluences which tend TO corrupt or interfere
with honest legislation.
Opposition to further land grants, except
for educational purposes or immediate settle
Snent.
Opposition to any thing that tends to ex-
fravaganee or corruption in the administra-
ton of the government,
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Post-ofhce Notice.

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April 8, 1872
Mails Arriye-From New Orleans at
IL NJ. daily Sundays exeeptesI)
From Thibodsux Monday and Thursday
at 6 o'clock P. ~
From st. Francisyille Monday and Thurs
day at 8 O'clock A. nj.
Mails are CIOsed-For New Orleans
at 1880 a. NJ daily Sundays exceptedl.
For Thibodaux on Monday and Thursday
at $50 p. NJ.
For st. Francisville Monday and Friday
at $50 P. NJ.
Post-offiee viii be open every day from 7
a. NJ: to $50 ?. H., except on Sunday, when
it will be open from 8 to 8 A. NJ, and again
from II A. NJ to 10 NJ.
Persons having business at the Office VIII
please notice the regulations and guide them
selves accordingly.
Money orders can be obtained at this Office
upon post offices in all parts of the United
States. list of money order offices can be
seen upon application.
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The jury in the trial of the Grant
parish prisoners failed to agree and
were discharged, mistrial being en-
tered. At one time they stood ten to
two for conviction, at another, eleven
to one for acquittal. The closing ar
gument of Dist. Atty. Beckwith and
the charge of Judge Woods TO the
jury are highly spoken of among the
legal fraternity.
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Attention, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
withdrawn from.the Louisiana Press Asso-
citation, We are no longer bound by the adj
vertising rates adopted by that body, and il
will be seen by reference To the table above
that we have made great reduction from the
prices heretofore demanded for the publica-
ton Of advertisements in the CHIEF. In CON
s&ieration of this reduction: We call upon the
business men of this and neighboring commu-
mites and advertising agents throughout the
country generally to besfow portion OF
their patronage upon us, assuring them that
they will find the Investment paying one.
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The New Orleans Times prints a
special dispatch from Washington
announcing that it is the current be-
lief in political circles that Gov.
Pinchbaek has abandoned the fight
for seat in the Senate and will apply
for admission to the House of Repre-
sentatives as Congressman at large.
When this report receives confrma-
ton we shall give it credence.
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Notice.

A CERTAIN PR0MISSORY NOTE, for
"A one hundred and forty-fye dollars,
(SI451, drawn by Jacob Lealann TO the order
of Gustaye Miller, but not endorsed by said
Miller. dated March 9th, 1873, and payable
in December, 1873, having been lost, the
public is hereby cautioned not to buy or
trade for said note.
JACOB LEMANN,
GUSTAV MILLER
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A largely attended meeting was
held in Representative Hall, New Or
!eana, last Monday, to|pay tribute to
the departed Sumner. Governor KEEL
logg was called to the chair and de-
liyered u brief but eloquent address.
Among tho subsequent speakers were
Hons. j. Henri Bureh, Ii. G. Dibble.
David Young, H. G. Warmoth, C. w.
Ringgold, and w. jasper Blackburn.
Hon. c. n. Lewis of our parish was
member of an arrangement committee.
The funeral obseguies of Senator
Sumner, in the city of Boston, were
conducted on a scale Of n,agnifcence
seldom equalled, aud countless thous-
ands ofpeople throngea the thorough
fares through which the mournful pro-
cession moved on its way to deposit
the remains of the noble dead in their
final resting place. Among the pail
bearers were Charles Francis Adams,
John G. Whittier, Ralph Waldo En-
erson, and other eminent men. Mem
ORAL meetings in honor to the de-
parted statesman have been held all
over the country, and they give evil
dence of the universal sorrow felt by
the American people for the loss of
the purest man of modern public life
We send out with this number of
the CHIEF a neatly printed twelve
column Supplement, containing Acts
Nos. 100, 10 and III Of the session of
1873, promulgated in January of the
current year. 1t was our intention to
issue series of supplements, thus
furnishing the State laws to our read
ers in convenient form for preserva-
ton and reference, but as all contracts
for the publication of these laws in
the country press have been revoked, |
We shall probably be compelled to |
abandon the purpose. 1t would graf
ify us greatly to afford the patrons of
the CHIEF an opportunity to become
familiar with the laws passed at the
recent session of our General Assem-
bly,, but the work is of such maghi-
tude and will involve such consider
able expense that we are doubtfulo of
undertaking it without some reason
ible hope, at least. of receiving COM
By another week we
hall be prepared to announce def
litely whether or not we will con !
inue the publication ofathe laws.
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