New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-05
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whole subject, and an honest effort to come
30 some satisfactory agreement.
All profess to desire. and all should de-
nire, IN election law which will secure q
fair expression of the will of the people,
suhra9an from fraud or violence. l feel
confident that such an election law can be
agreed upon by your body during the pres
emit session. l will cheerfully give my ap-
approval to any law that will secure fair
election and inspire the people Of the State
with confidence that the purity Of the bal
lot box will be maintained.
CONCLUSION.
I again reiterate that the great need of
Louisiana is peace-peace and the enforce
mont Of the laws, with the active concur
renoe of the people for whose protection the
laws are devised. The lynchings, incendi-
ary fires and assassinatlons which have re-
Gently been perpetrated in three or fourpar-
ishes Of the State are warning and menace
to capital and labor to avoid this the most
productive State of the South. There is
Ne excuse from any point Of view for the
1awlees proceedings in several parishes
which have recently disgraced the State.
The courts are everywhere open for the
trial of offenders against the law. The
executive and judicial officers of the State
have been at all times ready to take proper
measures for the removal and punishment
Of any State or parish official guilty of NAL
feasance in office. No instance can be cited
where any charge of that kind has been spe-
officially made from the parishes referred to
and disregarded. Those who have resorted
to murderous violence to avenge real or i'm
aginary injuries, are the enemies, not the
friends, of Louisiana.
Capital and immigration are waiting upon
our borders. Statistics, prepared with care
and exactness, now lying before me, indi-
cate that the crops of cotton, sugar, rice
and fruite, raised in the State of Louisiana,
during the past year, largely exceeded
-35O, 900 900 in value, while, tor the first
time in the history Of the State, the crop
Of corn has been equal to all home de
mands, leaving q surplus for exporta-
zion. What State in the Union, with
q similar area of cultivated land can show
. like result from equal expenditures!
With capital insured against excessive tax
alton by the funding law and constitutional
amendments it now only rests with the citl-
Gems themselves to give to immigrants the
assurance that their civil rights will be re-
epected, that their lives and property will
be protected by the laws, and that no social
ostracism will be visited upon them on ac-
count of political opinions, and the State
will receive an influx of labor and capital
which will increase its prosperity thou
sand fold.
have not heretofore alluded to national
politics in any message have presented to
the General Assembly, nor should do SO
now but for the fact that the material inter-
ests of the State seem to me largely bound
mp in two leading principles which have
been consistently maintained by the party
having control of the affairs OF the
nation. The people owe but little now.
The products Of this State, and the
products of other States which make their
way to points of consumption through our
chief city, the entrepot OF the Mississippi
valley, can always find good market and
exact payment in gold. All our interests
point to hard money. Our sugar and rice
crops, the latter yearly becoming OF more
and more impor lance, receive the advantage
Of tariff imposed upon the importation Of
these staples from other countries, which
thus directly protects these vital interests
in this State.
In conclusion, gentlemen, permit me to
say that rely implicitly upon the solemn
pledge adopted by the General Assembly |
during the extra session in April last, to &C |
cord to me henceforth "All necessary and |
legitimate support in maintaining the laws
and in advancing the peace and prosperity
of the people of the State, and confidently
look forward to your cooperation during
the coming session in all measures tending
to still further tighten the burden of the
pAople, and to still further enforce
economy, honesty and efficiency in all
branches of the public service.
w. p. KELLOGG, Governor.
Senator Burch then offered the following
resolution;
Resolred, That 5000 copies of the Gov
eruur's me ssage be printed for the use OF !
the 81 nate and House Of Representatives,
beads of departments OF this State and all
branches of the same
Senator Sypher offered the following as
IN amendment to the resolution of Senator
Burch:
Resolsed. That such portions of the Gov
.rnnr,s message referring to different topics
I,a referred to their appropriate conmltoees
vhen anpointed, and that they be instructed
to report by bill or otherwise
The amendment was accepted.
Senator Robertson then moved that the
word "five" be strieken out and the woro
lone" be inserted
Adopted on call of the yeas ana nays
by the following vote:
Yeas-Breaux, Cage. Chadhourn, De
tiege, Eustis, George, Goode. Greene, her
wi1 Kelly. Kelso, Ogden, Robertson,
Weber, wharton, White. Yoqng-H:p
N.vs-Anderson, Allan. Blunt, bulcn'
Ri sck burn, Dumont, Gis. Harper, EaneriH,'
Mascot, Pollard, Stamps, Sypher' I"l'cnen'
- c-ovar.
Ahsent-Alexander, Brewster 0roVef'
tho
Senator Robertson then moved tna' 'n0
resolution a. amended be adopted.
senator Young then gave notice that when
ii. name was called he would explain