Year: 1873

they ever RECOMMENDED that no distinc
| ton should be made among citizens O.
| Louisiana IN any of the public schools o.
| State institutions of education For tit
| first time the gentlemen have named
| and they may De considered representative
men speaking for a large class OF followers
now '.pledge their. honor and goOd faith tc
exercise their moral influence, both through
personal advice and personal example, to
bring about the rapid removal OF all prejE
dices existing against colored citizens OF
Louisiana, and earnestly appeal to the press
OF the State TO Join and cooperate with
them in erecting this monumen. OK unity.
accord and justice"


Were to follow throughout the exceed
ingly well wOrded and complete admissions
made by these gentlemen, in their report as
a committee to the body that delegated to
them the authority to epitomize the wrongs
done 10y the Democrats of Louisiana 10 tie
colOred people Of their State, the most crush.
ing indictment and thorough confession OF
wrong that ever was presented against and
made by sinners would stain my page.


There are the wrongs done and admitted
by the Democrats; wrongs Of prejudice, IN
tolerance, outrage and oppression. Without
any such high sounding manifesto. they
could, long ere this, have repented OF their
sins and have joined the Republican party,





and upholds this monument Of unity, ac-
cord and Justice" and have sustained us in
our efforts to make Louisiana a happy
home for all her citizens, black and white
alike. The future salvation Of Louisiana,
her emancipation from disorder, debt and
disgrace, the progress Of her material in
terests, and her restoration to all her for
mer greatness and still further advance
ment rest with the adoption by her citizens
OF the principles Of equal right and justice
to all regardless of color; in the laying aside
Of prejudice, and in the admission that all
the vices do not pertain TO one race. nor all
the virtues to the other.


To attain these much to-be-wished-for
ends, no new party is needed. All that is
desirable is embraced in the tenets Of the
Republican party. Stay within it's fold, We
OF that faith, who have hitherto believed in
its principles, and come hither all you that
hunger and are athirst.


Let these gentlemen who are desirOus of
attaining the 'surest way to preserve all the
blessings of life, liberty and prosperity" to
Louisiana Join in with the well disposed
Of the Republicans, and keep the manage
ment Of that party out Of unworthy hands,
and no more shall be heard of the 'un-
natural division among the children Of her
soil and of her adoption"


At the risk Of firing your patience, I
must recur 20 a promise made above, TO
show that the voting population OF our
State was much less equally divided be-
tween whites and blacks than was general
iy believed. In speaking Of this division
it is the common practice to take the fig
ures of the census Of 1870, giving the total
population as 362, 065 whites and 364, ,2lO
colored. But an examination of the statis-
tics Of population, with the classification
of the total, shows S6,9l3 colered voters
against II $50 white voters, or majority
cOlored vote of 1903 in the State. Here
is the true political power and responsible
ty in Louisiana. Is it normally corrupt!
And will the concession by its opponents,
at this late day, of the rights which it has
the power to command. purify it and re-
deem the Statee


1t is with due Difference to the views Of
the many eminent and sincere men,
colored and white. who participated
in the proceedings Of the meeting, that
indorsed General Beauregard's report, that
! beg to differ from them as to the best
methods of uniting the sons Of Louisiana
lin manly and unselfish struggle for her
redemption Their movement looks to the
formation of a new party, not showing as
yet any elements Of selfshness, but it
would undoubtedly soon attract to it the
usual horde of expectants of office, who
WOulU al lte AOUAO uCslSNS "
their purposes. The monument of unity,
accord and justice" would rest upon di-
vided foundation, and the platform of the
principles of such party would add a
dangerous "Mansard" to the true Repub-
ican structure. 1t is just such men as are
moving in this matter as are needed in
the Republican ranks. We have been
making bricks with but little straw long
enough They have professed our princi-
pley; they deny any other than patriotic
motives, and why can not they "offer upon
the altar of common good" all prejudice
against name, and come out squarely as
Republicans! They will be welcomed most
cordially, and soon publicly avOw what
they already admit in their inner convic-
tions that Louisiana's redemption lies in the
unifcation of all protesting Republican
principles, and can only be jeopardlzed by
distraction among those who entertain them.


This is the partisan view Of the subject,
and whatever may result from this new
movement affecting the division Of parties
in Louisiana, it is a sure and bold step for
ward, calculated to advance the interests OF
the colored people and to promote the vel
fare of the whole State far more than any
legislation or any method of coercion.


Without giving you in detail my reasons
for the conclusion, l reply to your question
as to the probabilities of a new election
that, in my Judgment. Congress will not or
der any new election to be held.


Yours, very truly,


Hon. II. Eouzano New Orleans. Louisiana: