Year: 1872

Republican Party of Louisiana I
New Orleans, March 13 1872.
To the Republicans of the State of Louisiana;


The Republican State Central Committee having.
in the discharge of the duties imposed upon them
by the last State Convention arrived at the regular
period which has been set apart by the usages of
the party for its State Conventions, and having
authorized their President to issue the usual call
therefor, deem the occasion suitable to address
these brief remarks upon the political situation to
their fellow Republicans. The quadrennial cleo
tiOn for President of the United States occurs
this year. The election of this high officer of the
republic, whose character and political views are
so important especially to the Republicans of the
South, and whose selection almost decides polt-
cal fate for the next four years and perhaps for the
whole future. makes this election one of the deep
est and most vital interest to all our people. We
feel that we speak their unanimous sentiment
when we invite them to respond to the call of the
National Republican Committee, and advise them
to send our best representative men to the Phila-
delphia Convention, to help in selecting tried
true and unhinching Republican to be our next
President Our State election is also of the great
est Importance. We have to elect Governor
Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor
of Public Accounts, Superintendent of Public Edu-
cation, Attorney General, new General Assembly,
and Representatives in Congress. In fact this
election is to determine question still more i'm
portant to US than who shall be the next President
It is to determine for the next four years whether
the State government shall be Republican or Demo-
cratic in favor Of equal rights against them in
favor Of progress, education and improvement for
all people, black as well as white, or in favor
only of white progress, education and improve.
ment, and opposed to equal advantages for
the black people; whether we shall retain all that
we have won and go forward or whether we shall
lose all and go back to where we were at the close
of the war.


We wish plainly and distinctly to understand the
fact that ali parties opposed to the Republican
party, whether under the name of Democrats Re-
formers Peoples party, or any other title what,
ever, are simply the old Democratic party under
names and have for their object but one thing,
that is to throw the State government out of the
control of the Republican party and into the hands
of their enemies Our people will also see that to
defeat the strong and determined efforts of the
enemy to again get control of the State one thing
is the great essential that all Republicans shall be
UNITED AND WORK TOGETHER. Ifvwe do this,
victory is certain.


To this end, we cordially invite all true and
earnest Republicans, without regard to past differ
ences, to unite in this convention and to nominate
such ticket and adopt such platform as will
command the respect and support of the whole
people.


All good Republicans also desire that our party
shall, are assured it will, declare itself de-
cidedly, distinctly and definitely in favor of re-
trenchment, reform, reduction of taxes and the
removal of all unnecessary burdens on commerce
and trade, and in favor of equal and just legisa-
tion for all interests and all classes of persons.


By order of the committee


P.B. s. PINCHBACK,


President


WILLIAM vrsERs, Recording Secretary State Cen
tral Committee. mh19


AppOrtiOnment of Delegates.


By authority vested in me, and in pursuance to
the following resolution unanimously adopted at
meeting of the State Central Committee of the
Republican party, held March Is, 1872, at the
committee rooms, to wit


Resolved, That the president of this committee
be and is hereby authorized to call State Con-
vention of the Republican party of Louisiana to
meet at the Mechanics Institute, in the city of
New Orleans at twelve o'clock N. on Thursday,
May ?, 1872, for the purpose of eleetng delegates
to attend the National Republican Convention
called by the National Republican Executive Com
mittee, to be held at Philadelphia June 5, 1872
Also, to nominate Governor Lieutenant Gov
ernOr, Secretary of State Auditor of Public Ac-
counts Superintendent of Public Education, At
torney General and Representatives in Ctngress,
and to transact such other business as may come
before 1t.


Ido hereby call a convention of the Republican
party of louisiana to be held at Mechanics nsti-
tute, in New Orleans, at twelve o'clock NJ on
TUESDAY, May 28 1872, to select delegates to the
National Republican Convention to be held at Phil
adelphia, June s. 1872, and also to nominate aGov-
ernor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State
Auditor OF Public Accounts, Attorney General and
Representatives in Congress, and to transact such
other business as may come before it.


The basis of representation to said convention
shall be as follows, viz:


Number Of Euulber of