Year: 1876

| sations with each other NO gloomy fore
bodiugs shall be INDUCED in, and that the
result of the coming election shall be spoken
of % q foregone conclusion, a. We have the
means of carrying the election and intend
to use them. But be careful to say and do
nothing that can be construed into threat
or intimidation of any character. You can
impress him by positive statemeats contin-
uslly repeated.


Third-We recommend that Clubs shall
be formed in different sections of the par
ish, of which there shall be frequent meet
ings, and IS often as may be convenient
central meeting of all the clube. That oc.
casonally the ward clubs should form at
their several places OF meeting, and pro,
ceed thence on horseback to the central
rendezvous. Sach meetings would tend to
produce harmony, besides being an occa-
sion for amusement and interesting cere
monies. Proceedings of this character
would impress the negroes with q sense of
your united strength. They have been
taught that they outnumber you; snch
meetings would convince them OF their
error.


Fourth-It is of the last Importance that
every effort should be made to prevent
fraudulent registration and repeating on
the day of election. To accomplish that ob-
ject, gentlemen Of known integrity should
be assigned carefully and constantly to
watch the registration aud to make atfida-
Wits concerning all irregularities or frauds.
On the day of election several gentlemen
should attend each polling precinct. and at
the close of the day make sworn return of
the result, and forward the same to TIE
State central committee, to bs used as a
check against fraudulent returns. This: to-
gether with the measures suggested in the
first paragraph Of this circular, will to d
great extent insure fair election.


Fifth-We recommend that the names of
the officers of each club and the numerical
strength Of the clubs shall be forwarded to
this committee as soon as possible.


SiXth-We recon mend that on the day OF
the election. at each polling place, there
shall be athdavits prepared to the effect
that there has been no intimidation, and no
disturbance on account OF any effort by the
Democratic Conservative party, to prevent
any One from voting on account OF race,
color, or previous condition OF servitude'
Should there be any disturbance, the aft.
dayits made subsequently thereto, should
set forth it's cause and origin.


Seveuth-We recommend that at every
political meeting of the opposite party Gev-
eral gentlemen should be present and take
notes of the proceedings, and especially OF
any threats on their part against the white
people, or of any appeal, made to the ne
groes by any white man, OF an incendiary
character.


By adopting the preceding suggestions
our party will have q thorough orgaoiza-
ton, all the members of which will be knit
together for common object, and will thus
have q diciplined political body, moving
with a f fxed purpose over ground marked
out and we'll known to certain victory.
There are some who will object to this plan
as involving much trouble. But recollect
that nothing great can be accomplished
without trouble, and that our object is to
wrest the government of the State of Louis
lana from an alien band Ofrobbers, and re-
store it once more to the hands of her own
peo,ls; to cause intelligence and virtue to
resume their proper functions, and to elm
mate from the body polite the effects pro-
duced by ignorance and vice. This COM
mittee pledges itself to an earnest, unseltish
and patriotic cooperation with each and
every parish in the State to compass the
great end.


In conclusion, we suggest that at least
two delegates from each parish, properly
accredited by their respective parish COM
mittees, should come to New Orleans and
remain during the session of the Returning
Board, to aid, with their knowledge OF
facts, the State central committee in pre-
venting fraudulent returns by that board.


l. w. PATTON, President


P J. SULLIVAN, Secretary.