Show ADDRESS is te P inovia ad 0 a an lt boal boad 5 Is SWATS cy if U nuy 1 A I 1 sw ORLI Alls LA april 25 to the ad republicano of louisana Lou inana oo oa thin day the fifteenth So Olver rry earl of the surrender ur roDder of nors orleans to tho the forces of the united it becomes say MY duty doty to lo an ances to you that abo kid and of tho to government ties ira too toa to a o withdrawn acom ilia III he public publicans ans of louisiana and that a government to lo form ii if t badly oo me tho the point of usurping e control met C lot ot cot the affairs or of this state I 1 recall the circumstances of tho the litt last electoral only to lbanks you yon for the fidelity to principle you yoa then displayed the party art ki 9 you kaow entered upon the can aws a on tea aad ad et roager than oter ever I 1 it bad lod andar its notilia bamer m ato a 1 I 1 jai el of bore bora of old whig settee deals who to lo their honor bo be it said id still ff maja isaial faith fol to the hey kad and tho the government they hey it was further strengthened by the absence from tha beato of abo opposition of alc meet previous adherence adb orenco to pirty party had brozet it late into diro ditro these binges combined to bring boat about the rem debtor ed ad by the ibo republican party in nil all the tha doubtful doubt jal lul with one etoel ilea oven where white po proton aerated de rated and which g etva iva 01 a to jo the legislature where p orRan iMd violence prevailed one stare siao carried avery ila publican parah kid alto a number ot at parishes patis boj which in ID the test last ledida taro laro were by democratic I 1 briefly tum summarize marize the bleto noll which have since oo corrod carrod the general tC Deral are embly met on I 1 b ho a firt crt cr t of january organized with wilh i full legal quorum in ia both flouted pencil laws which were approved by the then nic cativo of the state addon od on aho 21 of january lul last coo coa voloyed sod od declared cho logo for gov GOT coraor at this time ilia nation was waa IRIt sted by doubt on ILS to tuo the remit of the election with ho be that ibal samuel J tilden liht become the united states dud with no hope of success other otherwise witts my opponent IQ in the late campaign a moot mool dad DI wiot through the form of sit an inauguration in order that lacro might be ba a of ft a ROV orn mant mr tilden il if igau gar garston gart cd could galvanize iota vita vitality illy lo le the low few do that bolow ed cd gen general at nicholls Ni and his got bot s acro 0 by the ibo untie r most of grant to be state government or to respond to tho the call anti ot of the ibo though ho be questioned the ibo legality of the ibo matter to altor on the oh or of jouicy Jou Janti iry I 1 bad scarcely foar oely taken toy iny ot goat to JQ ilia ozone live tivo chair when ill abo whole league room iti an go armed and by coup do djin took poCas too of the ibo out reme clouart sod stat stationed ione of the metropolitan poli cic all located at the as p its then than cimo came order iroil role prisident grant isable biag the at fatata a to quo tuo the practical front or w L ich was TAS to confirm corrai the insurgents IQ 10 tho thop choy bal bad gained and prevent provolt amy 07 effort to dispossess them on III abo of patsi dodt dent liana th abo state made to organize a militia force for the deft of ilia be state siao government GOD gen nicholl atilid upon the ibo recruiting officer offic cra a and i m pria omed them for or trox foa without the brino fit or bill or of writ of habeas corpus I 1 NIS grit bed ibis ibid flat to Pret president ident hales taking him it this was it violation of the ibo stu quo sod and if not the r 0 lesio ol of aboa men by force all 11 civil ro medios having been ebbson abao cd ad would bo be go 80 COD the dent replied your dispatch of tho the aub is IB rec received reproved the abo secretary Soo retry of war boo baa telegraphed to gonstal am aa nor A will kill thorley visit loffio Lou fio la in alo the 11 resident desires that ilia tio intuition nui Inui tion romain remain d the commie zoo cemo in the meantime the N Ki government is loto into shape boil be far from permitting the trim tita aboa tj ti remain it bad broken into ilia iho tax z collea collectors tors office of the abe city and taken forcible foroi blo control of tho the state and had bad strengthened itsal on till all aide this abia however bo wever the cha seat ecot by b y president found the legal Leg lILure still IQ session ob at tho the state house bud di my title litlo a him except by force the ibo of their boradori lubore l flor me mc tho the two weeks boy remained bore is iknou 0 tacy tritium e d ft a onto dom lor bar of members ot of the le gal of let ives to t ako tko 4 ke state IQ in nicholls Mio bolls house thus giving it a it ro 0 catalog bagel boorum arlor 1 li abo he ol of the legislature the dom metals claimed to bete t elected I 1 led only ably billy members of the ila giouse i an ODO less them ft a quo raga and to io order to obtain oti obi tain ilia ibo of am aa org ADiz tion floe they oom polled to call three men vicas 0 election had bad oot flat beoo beco previously claimed the inquiry therefore fore seems pertinent portio oat to IQ this br if the board quorum was so co effectual for nicholls claim why was it abat acob B boo rum we u lignor ed whilo while it ra faithful to tho the legal reform lovorn mani or of ibe state that KOV gov eg had a returning board quorum from the day on oa which the bo general baere bed sod od a lai filature duly daly or ismine remained in a legal lt kiil I 1 by the action of the ibe commission this having boon been sobi eved it ta is a wetter matter of cf record chat leamead were exchanged between the be nt lit add bid bad comm nad aad on tho the following fal lowing day the ibe brevi aaa ill saied that the ibe united states troops troop aboud bo be removed to lo the barr bar aoka rooks the troops had bal been i placed thereby without tho the cell ot of the governor to protect the returning board while count log the bo vote for Froid I 1 believe bai bad the legal been aciz oix d it could lavo have sustained itself without the intervention of troops but the ibe order for the withdrawal clearly indicated that the moral allport aorl which the degal of cf louisiana debont havo have received from the he national admiel i nitration would bo be danied ul ual ilia coalie tied to 10 in the atto house I 1 should have deato it in my y daly to have asserted am aej the troy gov 0 the he loot laa but bot with the iho L R katr 0 and acid there wing oo do oct of 1 lunce doceu I 1 conflict cannot tak fork your jour tried fi d nifty b by asking you yoo longer to coplin to a aid d IQ in the struggle I 1 have bave thus ter jar main island I 1 therefore announce to you yoo that I 1 am compelled to stid abstain tain lor for like present from all actie assertion of my I 1 aate no rights but bat yield only to superior force iam 1 ta loot dot holly d soon a by the i bo toot fot that end cao by ono ODO th the Q to annb floam state of el the south booth have bavo ben been forced to tu to force or fraud or policy the firl fir l stale alter the war in IB ibo luit lot blare aboe ho a gover ameni thus la ilie I lie anti nd I 1 believe it will bo be among tho the lirot greg io 0 o ral roil ralo o it elt arin again to tso tire plans alao of cited croal old aid bonsai i representation 1 I 1 edvi ayio that you maintain your party slid and coo lloDe to battle for ilia ibo tra free government vo binco for these and dd not DO for md loan or moo coq it grieved we beyond that ilia ibo ferolo c flirts you igina made sod od ilia ibo creel jou on hero under glowe to maintain republican principles io 10 am bass bad this atter ending to those who have so 0 gall solly stood by me loo iq in its abo long mata we have rao raud abill I 1 tender hinder my think to 1 11 I II i I 1 peace DC od d a firm trust that eventually fight sea jai llort trill prevail Sigo eoJ 8 S it PAt governor |