, 1876-09-10

States: The Democratic stnto Contra, Commit
tsool N:o ol Texas recently called on the part]
throughout tlts STATE to tnbscribe for the pnf
to eag s@rp se tf s.a'e Re'Gs5t nttn q Tie eas
?us.t upon tho q groaad' htS th.t, is u Te1si r.
~ Hiemof1atlc beyond any contingency, no fpe
i,art H., ellort should be Raic there but that tht
tnem9erats ~ aa, should contribute Of their mean,
70 an We party Ia Louisiana. The sympa
tnies q thc Democracy In Arkan%as, Alabama
anu other STATES are, of enl1rsc, witt. them; and
tnohe of the party IN the States adjoining 4outi
HHasolina are with their brethren In that State
M9o1"ititttandlnE ~ all thia, the Republican party
81 3i Eon'alana, .esiy'roned "a IL Ii With all sese
d'lslcu'tfcs, viii make every possible effort
w, TO CAnHY THE sTArB.
~ aave !aFge majority II the Republicans ase
aeeornT 70 tn g".f tas population of Tie State
ce.s of about $4,000 eolorcd pcoplc. Ii There m
ase 5000 to 10000 mora eolored than wbite
voters. All over a years Of age are
xxodsrs; xo but that IL not true Of the whites.
{ Faliy one-clghih 81 them arc unnattIrallzcil
Whlts y de:, Repnllsxns. 80 yor sec wo have from
lb,0op to e0, 000 minority In tho State, Tho "a.
sumption that ahy considerable number OF tho
ssolared e. @ ncoplo will vote the Democratic ticket
~ tpy e'vn Rres.s5ous: cnts The oppos!,ion syo
bat9n MouKc Convention Of 1874 was unqnali.
Ied!y Willie League and Il, announced: their
uoytrtne was that bone but whi!e mcn should
no!u oHlce. lHe Convention Which
nominated the present Democratic State
ueAet was composed Of Substantially tho
same material They did not ayow the ea111t,
doctrine in their platform, but thor nominated
t1cket composed exclusively OF wi1to men who
were Tor the most part identified with the White
League movement nf 1874. Several nf them
have been unnfstaknbiy hostile to the colorcd
people, ahd eoEnc Of them were members Of the
Legislature in 1866, 'G}, md ~, and voted
against the adoption Of the Fourteenth Amend
Ment, and In faror Of the VaErant and other
Laws whici, Disseminated
AGAINST TIE COLORED PEOPLE
and Their fghta. The cnlorcd people Of Lnris-
lana understand perfectly we'll the situation,
Ignorant though they may be, and inexperienced
n political matters, they know enough to know
Ing Office aud to their exercising political rfghts
as . general tl.tnC; and they know the cnnll-
lion to which their brethren In Alabama. Misss-
Etppi' aad Texas, xnd other States have been re.
auecd under Democratic rule"
"R the Republican party III Louisiana unitcdi"
qucricd the reporter.
"Yce, as never before since its organization.
lhc old Custom.uouse xt,d Warinot1, clc-
mcnts, which were 70 antagontstic for years,
arc nhited and harmonious; and there h NJ,
considerable number Of white or colorctl Rcpub-
!lcans In the State who arc not acting in perfect
harmony. No echtsm exists. All have agreed
TIC state for TIC party. In mnst Of the Repub-
ltean pariatses, think pretty full vote viii he
po'led, and that We will be able tn maintain the
and prevent any stcceas{ul etInrt
OIL tho part Of the Opposition ~ iNtinlate tic
GGlortu people. It will require great effort aud
thoroigit organization, bnt think it will be
effected"