Year: 1872

party affiliates with the Reform party-thls
white mans party after this declaration, If
it is endorsed by that party, they Will not
receive colOred vote IN Louisiana. Loud
and continued applause. The cOlOred people
demand nothing but what is fair. They do
not ask for anything bat justice. They
want nothing but their rights, and they do
not even ask for this, for according to the
fundamental principle of the constitution
of the United States ga majority rules" If
this is the case the blacks will and can
have their rights, and can tell Ar. Plea
qlt1e to tell the white people of Louisi-
ana that they will have their rights, but eX-
pect nothing more, and the Reform party,
of which the PicGy1Ele is the champion or
gan, told us at the outset that the col
cred man would be guaranteed all their
rights. But the article in this aftern Oon's
edition is in direct opposition to this, and
calls for a white mans party, and demon
strates that nothing less than white mans
party will satisfy them.


He concluded by appealing to the cOlOred
men to stand by the party and urging them
TO work for it's interest.


The convention, on conclusion of the
speech, took a recess until half-past seven
o'clock in the evening.


EVENING SESSION.
On reassembling, the convention pro





reading the roll.


The vice presidents were invited to seats
on the platform.


The claims of alternates were, on motion,
allowed


PLATFORM ADOPTED.
General W. L. McMillen, chairman of the
committee on resolutions, then reported the
| following, which were, on motion, unanl-
/ mOusly adopted:


Rcs0lued, That we declare the Republican
| party of Louisiana in full sympathy with
| the national Republican party; that we in
| dOrse the platform of principles laid down
| by the Chicago convention.
ResolUed, That we pledge ourselves and
| our party tc the faithful execution of the
constitutional and statutory provisions for
| the public education of all the children Of
the State, without distinction.
ResolUCd, That we insist upon the en-
fOrcement of the constitutional and legal
| guarantees of the civil and political rights
| of all men, without distinction of race,
| color or previous condition.
ReS0l0ed, That long train of evils must
necessarily result from the effort being
made by the Democratic party to obtain
| control of our State government, through
dissensiOns in the Republican party. Among
these we may mention the repeal of the
civil rights law; the establishment of quail





mon school system; Reputation of the State
debt, and the subsection of union and col
Ored elements to bitter political and COM
| mercial prescription; and, as abundant
| evidence is to be found in the tone of the
| press, and in speeches, that the sole object
| of the Democrats and RefOrmeTs is our po-
! litical overthrow, and to this end they are
| subordinating the Presidential and all other
| questions; therefore,


| ReSolred, That in order to save the State
| from Z Democratic rule, and to perpetuate
free government, it is highly important that
| all Republican elements in this State should
be united upon a ticket to be composed of
| true and tried Republicans, and to secure
| this end we recognize and tolerate existing
differences of opinion upon national affairs.
| ReS0lUed, That we condemn the action OF
! the federal officials in this State in attempt
| ing, through arbitrary and illegal exercise
of power, to interfere with the right of the
people to peacefully assemble; to over
| throw our State government, and through
| combinations with our political enemies, to
| overthrow the Republican party.
ReSOlred, That we recognize in Governor
| WarmOth an officer who has combined with
| an efficient discharge of public duties an
unimpeachable fidelity to the principles
and the policy of the party by which he was
elevated to his high position; that to him
the Republican party largely owes what
ever of credit may be its due for the fulfill
ment of those obligations which it assumed
toward the people of the State, in carrying
out the principles of justice and equality
which are the basis of its organization;
that the public owe to him chiefly the pre-
servation and maintenance of public order,
in spite of perils which were surmOuntable
only by the exercise of extraordinary wis
dom, courage and discretion; that, with his
powerful cooperation, the State may hope
for deliverance from many evils, the ex-
istence of which can not be disputed, and
the continuance Of which would be dis
graceful to the Republican party; and that
he is our first choice for the office of Gov
ernor at the next election; that we present
him as our candidate, and urge all other
Republican organizations to indOrse and
support him.


ReSOlUed That in our honored fellOw-eiti-
zen, Lieutenant Governor Pinchback, we
have a bold, able and manly leader in the
Republican party-One who can be trusted
in the future with its interests as he has
been in the past and that we indOFse him,
and declare him to be our first choice for
Lieutenant Governor, and we present him
as our candidate and urge all other Repub-
lican organizations to indOrse and support
him.


ResolUed, That as all true Republicans are
devoutly desirOus of averting the dangers
which beset their party, and of reuniting
that party for common purpose; there
fore.


Res0loed, That when this convention ad-
iOurn, it do so to meet at Baton Rouge on
the nineteenth of June next, or at such
other time or place as may hereafter be in
dicated by the State Central Committee, for
the purpose of making efforts to assure a
union of all Republican elements in this
State.


ResoEUed, That there shall be State Cen
tral Executive Committee, to be composed
of twenty-One members. The delegates in
this convention for each congressional dis
trict shall elect two members, the president
shall appoint ten members from the State
at large, and he shall be a member of the
committee.


The reading of the resolutions produced
the greatest enthusiasm. After it had sub
sided Mr. A. B. Harris stating that the bust
ness for which the convention had assem-
bIed had transpired, moved for an adjourn
ment until the nineteenth proximO, to meet
at Baton Rouge.


This was adopted and the convention ad-
journed.


AFTER THE ADJOURNMENT.