New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-13


Adopted by the Republican Central
Committee.
At a meeting of the Central Committee
of the Republican party for the parish OF
Livingston, held at the church in Spring
field. on Monday, the eighth day of Febru.
airy, 1875, the following resolutions concern.
/ Ing the seat of justice for the parish were,
among other resolutions, unanimously
passed:
Resolred. That by the removal of the pub
lie records from Springfield 10 Port Vincent
great injury was done to the parish Of Inv
ingston at large, inasmuch as among other
disasters one-half at least of our records
have already been tilched from the court
house, sO-called, at Port Vincent.
Res0lred, That the;records go taken away
are to that extent either destroyed or lost
to the parish at large, and that the re-
mainder are in constant and imminent
danger of being SO also, and not only from
the wickedness Of men, but also from the
utter insecurity and wOrthlessness Of the
building that now contains them.
Res0lred, That the loss of the records
will deprive almost all of us of the only
evidence We have of the fact that the lands
we hold are our own.
Resolred, That our district and parish
courts have we'll nigh ceased to exist, as far
as their utility is concerned; seeing that, of
the district court we have had but one
session within the two years last past; and
that of the parish court we have had but
one session within the past year, instead of
the twelve sessions which we ought to have
had.
Resolred, That the courcs being thus vir-
tually closed; we have no longer any ade-
quate protection, either for our property or
our lives.
Resolred, That our taxes for the last year
or two have been enormously increased
the natural consequence of the building of q
the suits against the parish that have
sprung up from that cause.
Res0lced. That all these evils, and many
others besides, have arisen from the fact
that the records have been taken from
Springfield and placed at a point that can
not always be reached without many delays
and difficulties, and even, at times, without
danger to life.
RESOLVED, That Port Vincent is, for the
parish Of Livingston, the reputed, and we
believe also the real, rallying point, and the
hotbed of the White League; or at least of
all those whose political principles are ad-
verse to those OF our own great glorious
party.
RESOLVED, That the act Of the Legislature
which ordained that the records Of the par
ish should be removed from Springfield was
both peremptOry ana absolute; lDasmuch as
it did not allow the people an opportunity
to ratify or reject it: ana when we look at
the fact that, in spire Of the most siren
nous exertions, and at the truth that even
if the election was held fairly (which we
MAINTAIN it was not), there were but 238
who voted for Port Vincent out Of the 800
or 900 voters who reside in the parish. it is
evident that the law was in violation of the
great Republican principle that "the ma
iority shall rule" and therefore unconsti-
tutiOnal in spirit, even if not so in words.
Res0ired, That we most earnestly beseech
our bretheren and friends of the Legislature,
as well as all just and honorable men, who
are not of it, to use their best efforts to get
passed such law as will restore to Spring.
field the records that were so arbitrarily
wrested from it; aud furthermore, that the
law we ask for may be just as peremptory
and prompt as the law we complain of.
Resoloed, That the earnest exertiOns of |
our State Senator, the Hon. Ernest +.
Herwig, be especially invoked in the fur
therance of this work.
Resolved, That the New Orleans REPUB-
LICAN, which, among the newspapers of our |
State, is the standard bearer of our party,
% requested to publish the above and fore |
,oing resolutions.
ISRAEL ROGERS,
Vice President and acting President.
II. CARTER, Secretary pro TEN.