The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1876-08-05
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of the
Democratic Conservative P0rtu
Of the State Of Louisiana.

We. the representatives of the Democrat.
lc-Conserva:ive party of the State of LOui-
siana, in Cor ention assembled, do hereby
declare administrative and political reform
to be the paramount issue in the coming
general election, and We earnestly appeal
to our fellow-citizens OF every former politi
cal association of white and cOlored to zeal.
ously cooperate with US in our pronounced
effort to effect such reform.
We arraign the Radical party of LOui-
siana for marked and frequent violations
of the letter and spirit of the constitutions:
for the assumption of Illicit powers for the
benefit Of party. and to the grear injury
and almost total ruin of the State; for for
ment'ng dissensions between the races and
deliberately existing strife and turmoil,
thereby cruely sacrificing the lives of col.
Oied and white citizens. with the intent of
procuring unwarranted and unconstitution
al interference in our State affairs.
We denounce the %usurpative and bad gov
which Louisiana has suffered for
the last four years, a %usurpatiOn under
which officers elected by the people have
been displaced, the government arbitrarily
overthrcwn by federal power, the Legisla-
ture invaded and dispersed by bayonets in
time of profound peace. and sucfi violent
and unlawful interference adds but another
to the long list of crimes for whsch the re-
publican party should be held to account in
November next.
We hereby proclaim that it is our desire
anu liked purpose under any and every pro-
vocation to have a fair and peaceable cleo
ton; but we demand and will insist that
ther shall he no violence or intimidation ex
ercised towards such of our colored fellow
citizens as may wish to cooperate with
us for the redemption of the State from
misrule
We fully recognize the binding effect of
the three recent articles of amendment to
the constitution of the United States, and
accept the same as u final settlement of
the controversies that engendered civil
war, and we pledge ourselves to protect
every citizen in the exercise of the rights
acquired and guaranteed by said amend.
monts. whatever be his race color or pre-
viOus condition.
We hereby pledge our party to the salts
faction Of all the legal obligations issued
by the State of Louisiana ; to The most sire
nusus efforts in the direction of reform and
ond economical administration of the gov
ernment. and especially to the abolition OF
all unnecessary public officers TO the re-
ductiOn of the fees and salaries of ~oficsrs
to the standard of . fair remuneration and
the consequent reduction of taxation to the
lowest possible limit commensurate with
the necessary expenses of the Government
and the preservation of the public faith, |
and to the eurtailment of the dangerously
large patronage of the chief executive Of
the State.
We declare ourselves in favor of the pas |
of the Texas Pacific Railroad bill, now |
pending before Congress, and recommend
our members of Congress to advocate its
passage at an early date
We advocate the fostering of the public
schools for the benefit of all the educatable |
of the State. and that equal advan.
tage be given to all children, colored as
we'll as white.