Year: 1871

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cials connected with the late State
Central Committee for having at.
tempted to pack this convention
! with their chosen adherents, against
the expressed will Of the Republi-
cans Of the State. We denounce
them for having called the conven-
ton to meet in a United States
courtroom in a United States Gus
tomhouse; we denounoe them for
having attempted to intimidate the
convention by surrounding it with
armed special deputy marshals; we
denounce them for having closed
the doors of the courtroom and
having barred the entrance of the
Customhouse; we denounce them
for attempting TO exclude from this
convention ninety-five delegates of
the people, who were met at the
Threshold by two companies OF
the United State army, called out
by these men to assist in carrying
this convention against the will of
the people. We denounce their
whole conduct in connection with
the calling ont and assembling OF
this body. They were guilty of
every unfailness in the progress of
the elections for delegates. They
were guilty of stimulation and fraud
i'll connection with the determina-
ton of thetime and place of meet
ing. They finally established, with
out authority, certain pretended
rules relative to the admission of
delegates, calculated to further their
scheme. They admitted to the con-
vention hall, or to an adjourning
room with an open door their fraud
.ulent delegates, while the doors
were kept closed against the bona
fide members of the convention un-
til the hour of meeting, in order
that they might spring and force an
organization under the protection
of the revOlvers of their marshals
and the bayonets of their soldiers.


Resoi,e,l, That we express our
conviction that these Outrages were
not perpetrated with the knowledge
or consent of President Grant; we
disbelieve the statement of Mar
shal Packard to that effect; we pro
claim our earnest hope that our
President will repudiate the acts
of these men, and we declare that
we will only withdraw our hearty
support and endorsement of him
when we shall learn that we were
outraged and insulted by his Off
GERS after consultation with him,
and by his advice and consent.


Rcsoired, That We believe that
the President alone can unite and
harmonic the Republican organi
zation in onr State. Several of his
Office holders have formed a combi-
nation with an Insignificant boiling
faction of the Republicans, but they
seem determined to rule or ruin
the party. Therefore, for the pur-
pose of healing these differences
and to insure our success in 1872,
we respectfully request from the
President the removal of Marshal
Packard, Collector Casey, Assessor
Joubert, Revenue Collector Stock
dale, Special Deputy Collector Her
wig and Postmaster Lowell, and
we ask the appointment of men
who will support the Republican
party of Louisiana.


Resolred, That the president of
this convention be requested to ap-
point a committee of twenty Re
publicans to wait upon President
Grant, and to represent to him the
facts stated in the above and fore
going resolutions.


ADDRESS OF THE REPUBLICAN STATE


CONVENTION.


To the people of the State of Louisiana:


We, the delegates of the Repub-
lican voters of the State, assembled
in State convention in compliance
with the call of the Republican
State Central Committee, in view
of the extraordinary occurrences
which have attended our session,
and of the unparalleled and astound-
ing attempt of a few federal officials
to choke and .stife the freedom of
debate, and to menace the personal
liberties and the lives Of the repre-
sentatives of the people, deem it ad-
visable and just to set before the
good people Of the State plain