The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-04
ACTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC STATE
CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
Convention to be Held at Baton Rouge.

We publish below the letter Of hhe Sub
Committee Of the Committee Of Seventy to
the Democratic State Central Conmittee-
suggesting, in the interest Of harmony and
P ace, that Baton Rouge BE- selected Is the
place to hold the Democratic Convention in
stea Of New Orleans, and also the resolution
alopted by the Central Committee at it,
regular meeting last evening, adopting the
suggestion and making the call for Baton
r uge.
This is very cheering. 1t oYinces a spirit
Of good will and mutual concession which
may b. accepted by the people as a harbinger
OF victory. Let Us all now put aside selfish
aims and petty animosities and work shoulder
to shoulder in this elorious crusade against
Radicalisn and let it be understood that the
place Of honor is in the ranks
To Honorable Emile La sere. President and
members OF the Democratic State Central
Committee Of Louisiana:
G6itNe1te0-Ihe Committee ri Seventy, which
| tor nearly two Years has been waging ceaseless
warfare against the infamous usurpatIOn OF kel-
| lo.g, in view of the approaching election which
Will att.J;d the people az opportunity to rescue
She State from Radical ruc, and considering that
patriotic hand remain idle in this conflict,
has deemed it neither foreign to the pnsposes OF
Its organization nor inconsistent with its past
career to assume decided attitude with regard
thereto and to take its place in the line which is
| ming to fight the battle for Louisiana's re-
dempton.
At very large meeting of the Committee held
| at its rooms in this city, on the evening Of the
3Oth July, ut.. after the fullest discussion and
interchange Of views, the resolutions which ac-
| company this letter were passed by very large
majority.
To the impartial mind there can be no mscon-
struc ion Of the tenor and purpoft OF these reso-
lulioas. They unqualiedly indorse the address
issued by your body. and pledge the committee
to issue to the people OF the State an address,
urging them to heed your call, and to send dele
gates to the Convention convoked by you, no
matter where that Convention may assemble.
Having, Ill the strict and legitimate line OF
your duty, already issued your call In terms SO
LIBERAL catholic and broad, that any and every
opponent of Radicalism and negro supremacy IN
Louisiana may unite in your convention, the
Com nttee of Seventy fails to cause For dlvis
ion and dissension. Through yoIr Convention,
and under your call, the full volume Of conserva
tive will in Louisiana may be voiced; and when
that will is Uttered every true-hearted son OF
Louisiana viii yield and obey.
But the Committee OF Seventy Is not lnsensl-
bic to the fact that your call for Convention at
n W Orleans has created dissension and division
in the minds and hearts Of many good and able
men in the State, whose patriotic devotion to Its
interests cannot be questioned: and several
country Journals, echOng this feeling, have
united in another call for Con enton at Aexan
dria In rejecting upon the action Of your COM
mittce, some OF THESE Journals have been SO I'M
guarded in language and unfortunate In temper
as - utter unkind words and ungenerous charges
against The Democracy OF this city.
The use OF such language, by men towards men,
where hearts should be SO drawn together by COM
mon misfortunes and oppression, is most sincere
ly TO be regretted
But we ask that all this be forgotten. Let it be
tributed to that intensity OF feeling and express
SION which will sometimes escape the lips and
arise TO the hearts Of men who have suff red
much, and are suffering still, and whose deep
anxiety to escape that suffering cause them to
tcei and think and speak, In the strongest man.
ner.
The chief objection urged to your action is
that the place for the meeting of the Convention
cOnvoked by you was fixed at New Orleans. We
deea this most unirpOrtant objection; but yet
the objection exists and exists strongly in the
minds If many good men i'll the State;
The Committee of Seventy earnestly and re-
spectfully asks that You remove that objection
by calling the Convention at Baton Rouge.
feel assured that such action in your part
will heal all division and jealousy, and that all
the conservatives of the State will then be
united in firm, unbroken, and therefore III,
vincible array In this mighty conflict, upon the
successful issue of which the destiny Of our
beloved State depends.
With profound conviction that your action will
be guided by the highest dictates Of duty and
patriotism, We are with great respect, very truly
yours, Z. JOHN ELLIS,
f. WAGGANAN,
II. n. OGDEN,
Subcommittee of the Committee of Seventy. |
HEADQUARTERS DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL |
COMMITTEE OF LOUISIANA,
New Orleans, August 3, 1874 J |
AT meeting of this Committee, the following
resolution was about, d
Res red That the Democratic State Conven- |!
tion bc held at the city of Baton Rouge.
ALBERT VOORHEES,. Vice President.
WIN. j. BUDDENDoRFF, secretary.