Supplemental Report of Joint Committee of the General Assembly of Louisiana on the Conduct of the Late Elections, and the Condition of Peace and GoodMichigan Publishing, 1869 - 312 страница This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. |
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Страница iii - SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the state of Louisiana...
Страница iii - ... (Signed) CHAS. W. LOWELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. (Signed) OSCAR J. DUNN, Lieutenant Governor and President of the Senate. Approved October 21, 1868.
Страница xxv - Sfceedinan and his police force will be supported by the military, and assurance is given alike to the peaceful and the lawless that everything at my command and to the utmost of my ability will be used in the endeavor to obey these instructions. For the present, political processions and patrolling the streets by armed men are prohibited. (Signed; LOVELL H. ROUSSEAU, Brevet Major General USA, Commanding Department.
Страница xxiii - General- — The evidence is conclusive that the civil authorities in the parishes of Orleans, Jefferson and St. Bernard are unable to preserve order and protect the lives and property of the people. The act of Congress prohibiting the organization of militia in this State, strips me of all power to sustain them in the discharge of their duties, and I am compelled to appeal to you to take charge of the peace of these parishes and use your forces to that end.
Страница xxiv - FELLOW CITIZENS — I have received instructions from the authorities at Washington to take such action as may be necessary to preserve peace and good order and to protect the lives and property of citizens.
Страница vii - ... much deserving our aversion and non-intercourse with them as the debased whites who encourage and aid them, and who become through their votes the office-holding oppressors of the people. Whatever of resentment you have, should be felt toward the latter and not against the colored men. But in no case should you permit this resentment to go further than to withdraw from them all countenance, association and patronage, and thwart every effort they may make to maintain a business and social foothold...
Страница vii - SIR— ********* and we would earnestly declare to our fellow citizens our opinion that even the most implacable and ill-disposed of the negro population, those who show the worst spirit towards the white people, are not half so much deserving our aversion and non-intercourse with them as the debased whites who encourage and aid them, and who become through their votes the office-holding oppressors of the people.
Страница xxv - ... as usual. The police force of the city has been reorganized and inefficient members have been dropped from the rolls and others appointed in their places; and General JB Steedman is appointed Chief of Police, pro lempore, by the Board of Police Commissioners.
Страница 32 - ... exchequer bills." Mr Tierney entered minutely into the state of the revenue and public expenditure, and maintained, that ministers had put a falsehood into the mouth of the Prince Regent, when they made him say, that the revenue was in a flourishing condition.— -He stated, " that he had drawn out a paper which he held in his hand, the substance of which he would now state to the House In this statement he had assumed that peace would be completely established by the 1st of January next, and...
Страница xxiv - Orleans, Louisiana : Your despatch of the twenty-sixth, forwarding a message from the governor of Louisiana, and asking instructions, has been received. You are authorized and expected to take such action as may be necessary to preserve ргчсе and good order, and to protect the lives and property of citizens.