The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-15
NEW ORLEANS, SUNDAY, APRIL Is, 1877.
viii of the people. fairly and peaceably expressed

viii NJ the people, fairly and peaceably expressed
nj the ballot boz. and
Whereas, we are fully determined never TO
submit 10 the usurper Packard, and urge acqnl-
escetiee and obeditIee alone to FL. Niehells,
tia legally elected Governor OF our state, ana
will pay texes to the Government represented by
him alone;
Resoiveti, |. Thai we will adhere TO the dootrine
Of local self government as one OF the funde.
mental principles OF our Republican system, and
that the State Of Louisi.na. in common with All
her Ristef States of this Union, s entitled 70 en-
joy and will be content with nothing less than
the immunities Of this great right. 49,, ,.,a
Az sequence to this doctrine, we claim the
right to see Installed and maintained the rightly
elected Governor and the choice OF the people,
fully and fairly eKpressed Without any molesta-
tion from, the President Of the U lied States or
any other an hority end that Francis L. Nichols
having been thns elected az Governor OF this
state. cha II alone have our unquaiiheu euppoft'
8. THAT while we are for peace and the EN-.
ploymtnt OF peaceful means IN acquiring ana
maintaining our legal and constitutional rights,
We hereby declare our unqualified purpose TO
mite most heartily with he people Of our State
to resist by force Of arms IL necessarily any project
to saddle another infamous usurpation up IA our
people. ...-..........
veuturer, without interest or sympathy with our
| peDu 3. s7itl defeated by more than 1000 votes,
hall never, with Our consent, exercise the iunc-
tions 4 The office he attempts to hsnrp. anu no
Hrpuntpe Gt niR SHALL ever HI mus ~ sH
parish. unless maintained there by superior force.
B. Recognizing the government of which
Francis E. Nichols is the leal head as the only
| legal aud constitutional enc in existence In this
state WI will on all occasions and in every pro-
| pef way, recognizes him AZ Governor aud Will pay
! taxes to no other government.
| 6. That we hail " ia delight the Conservative
sentiments Of President Hayes, as expressed IN
| his inaugural addfeee. as The htst sign Oh return
/ ing justice 10 our ong oppressed people since the
| war, and ioics at his expressed poes Ia regard
10 the Seuth as return to eons,i tutlonal govern
men aud reeoga aition of the rights OF the States
/ bat we repudiatet right to selld connilie sonets
/ ID cur state to settle our Internal affairs. and
| hereby declare that 1t has not power 10 bind pui
| people by its acts, and that the Governor aud
Legislature should not treat with II ~ having
any official character whatever, and that no 90 n
| pl ornise with 1t must be made in any particular
| whatever.
| 4. That we fully ipdorse the policy and COURSE
pursued by Gov. Nicholls, and especially bill
decisration 10 the effect that the coloted etizeni
| Of our State should be guaranteed equal right
| before the law, and we pledge ourselves to se.
that theee declarations are fully and In good faiti
carried out In this section of our state.
] ROBT. COTTON, President.
| q. A. EpYHER, Secretary.