The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-09-20
Earnest appeal,
The President OF the State Central Exec
utive Commit ee 70 tbs
People.
"PRESERVE THE PEACE At ALL Max
ARDS"
TO THE PEOPLE OF LOUISIANA

oHtS dSHiN Sbu are CdNtu uVui! fN
rescue yonr State from the grasp ng
law lessncss and corruption in which
ai1? has been ruthlsasly held fur eigha
long years.
The party in power 10 Louisiana
calls Itself Republican, not hegaaso il
is ii, ntified with the hcneet masses as
the Republican part. Of ;hp North, but
in order to obtain the conntenane& ent
support o. that par2e.
1t is we'll known that the RepaS'licaH
patty %! LnHinianS is q mare leagu9
without politica' principles m oggan-
isation not resting for support upon any
considerable portion OF .his State. tt
is and has beer w's',llv Indifferent he
| the Legitimate purposes az :.0"arnmen..
Il has neHer, in q single Instance, made
Esl fnnpsds effurs ~ e;,forca she laws e5.
30 Attire, protection 10 life and proper
". t. exists only By strife and plur-
rler; it proyakes disorders and fosters
crime. N...
Ii IS, in iaeS, taxing and dlening
machine, manipulated and Pun by sile
{ ustOm House with military aid, and
known TO the people of Louisiana 10y
it's 0utrages against law and eonstitua
tional government, by its tyrannical
oppression and it's illdeous corruption.
Installed in power by Presidential
edict, and the army of ouN common
sonntry under the superintendence of
/ the United States Marshal, is cannot
perpetuate itself save by an appeal 70
force, and now oil the &hreshold oi this
great political campaigns the President
NJ che United States directs the Gene
raI of the Army to dispose Che national
ftssees, as II in acfuaI war. fos its
support. d'his Is She East acs in
she dark juggleYy soS powe2, an6 will
nos avail.
and throwing off ala disguise, S. il.
Packard. tho United States Marshal
himself, tbs moss colossal d1gurs Of
infamy that stands out in The :evoiG-
ing history OF Southern oppression
and misrule, steps forth as ahs
candidate fov the Govesnorship against
yuu.
10 him goa recognize ths arch
author Of yone woes, the tyrant whe
seized your State House at midnigha
with company Of Federal soldiers,
who scattered and served blank wap-
rants shronghouh Louisiana. arrested
and drag ed from their homes the
peaceful aud law abiding citizens of
your State, and whose office was
shown to be by IL recent congress
sional committee of investigation
tinged with corrupt and tyrannical
practices.
Against this unholy league are az
rayed as never before the people of
Louisiana, white and colored, who
yearn for good government under the
banner 81 the Democratic and Copser-
vafive party.
I after eight years Of suffering, of
grinding taxation and legalized rob.
berry, they have come to realize that
their only hope of escape from the
terrible evils that beset them is in a
union of the two races for the COM
mon good.
That union is now complete. Under
Providence, the redemption of Louisi-
ana will be the joint and glorious work
of her sons, white and colored, and they
will enjoy together the great fruits of
victory.
They will share alike the blessings
of II firm, economical and just admins
tration of the laws; a thourough and
complete reform of existing abuses;
the establishment of a beDefcent and
complete system of tree schools, with
equal advantages Of education to white
and black; an able and upright jndici-
ary; and, above all, that concord, con-
fidrnce and prosperity which have
been 81 long banished from our bor-
ders by the shameless governments
that have been forced upon US. The
government we propose to install will
lie alike 'just to all classes, protective
. of all inte'e s's ard equal in its burdens
IN in its benefits" The colored peo-
pie ns'ed fear no discriminating legisla-
ton, no interference with their rights
and privileges, as guaranteed by the
constitution and the laws.
Ia our Chief Executive, Francis T.
Nichols, you will have a firm, just and
pnre man. called by the voice of an
entire people from the retirement of
p,ivat life, unsolicited, to assume the
grave functions of pnblic office; he
will not huckster the executive patro-
mage; he will exact a stern and faithful
execution of the laws, and will not in
terpose the executive influence to
avert their inst penalties. In the
name of the whole people of Louisiana
we call npon you to 60 forward with
the good work 40 auspiciously begnn,
to preserve the pence at all hazards,
and not by the slightest act of violence
feed the outrage mill being run at the
North. Upon every citizen rests q