The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-04-18

LOUISIANA AFFAIRS.
Hayes PaoIf,catlon Policy
Strongly Endorsed by the
Nicholson ate.
Resolutions Adopted that
Ought to Satisfy the Most
Ultra Radical.
The 18th, "a and Is Amc.lment
Accepted in Lett" ana
Spirit
u sfthe state Govern
Ans sSsec ttSt eed TO Every Citizen.
RaSar.se-s ofCoIor or Poll
tics.

Ns~ Or LKANs, April 16.-The Mich
oss senate to-day passed the following
Jint resolution and preamble which arr
part of the plan OF adjustment;
WHEREAS, The people OF the State o
South Carolina, alter years OF SUFFERING
aud misrule, have with supreme salts
faction seen the wise determination o
President Hayes as expressed in his in
augural. and already happily executed il
South Carolina, TO restore the local sci
government OF the Southern states anC
peace and prosperity 10 the whole coun
| Try. by return 10 . rigid following oil
the wise principles OF constitutional gov.
eminent: therefore, be IL
R,ssired. BY the senate and house OF
representatives in general assembly con-
vened
l. That We cordially endorse the pol.
icy of the president as enuncated in his
inaugural, aud We pledge him our
hearty cooperation, aid and support In
the execution thereof.
2. That the execution OF the said pol
ley in the state OF Louisiana will prove
the source OF ines.imable blessings 10
her people, lii up their burdened spirits,
neal their wounded prosperity, renew
their wasted fields, bring happiness to
their homes and give 10 the whole PEG
pie, without distinction OF race or color,
future OF progress As well moral as
material.
3. That az an earnest OF our endeavors
we hereby solemuly declare that ii is
and will be the purpose OF the govern
ment of the state OF Louisiana, repre-
sented by Francis L. Nichols as its
representative head, first to accept in
good faith the thirteenth. fourteenth,
and fifteenth amendments OF the con-
situation of the United States in letter
and in spirit. Second, the enforcement
of the law rigidlv and impaItially
to the end that violence and
CRIME shall be suppressed and
promptly punished, and that peace and
, order prevail, aud that the humbles'
| laborer upon the soil OF Louisiana,
throughout every parish in the state, Of
| every color, shall receive the full and
| equal protection OF the laws in person
properly and political rights aud priv
| leges. Third, to the promotion OF The
kindly relations between the
white and colored citizen!
OF the state upon ba
sis of justice and mutua
confidence. Fourth, the education Of al
classes OF the people being essential 10
the preservation Of tree institutions, we
declare our solemn purpose to maintain
system OF public schools by al equal
and uniform taxation upon property az
provided in the constitution OF the state,
and which shall secure the education o.
the children OF white and colored citizens
with equal advantages. Fifth
DESTROYS OF healing the
sisssusinr- 80. i..vo disturbed
the state for years past. and anxious tina,
the citizens of all political parties ina,
be free from the feverish anxieties of DO
ltical strife and join hands in honest,
restoring the prosperity Of Louisiana, the
| Nichols government will discountenance
any attempted persecution, from an,
quarter, OF individuals for past poitica
conduct.
4. That the governor be requested tc
forward copy ofthese resolutions to III,
President of the United States.