To the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, in Congress assembled [electronic resource] : State of Louisiana, November 21, 1866. We the undersigned memorialists, who are loyal citizens of Louisiana, and express the sentiments of the loyal people of the state, respectfully represent to your honorable bodies, that our political, social and material condition is such as to require the immediate interposition of Congress to remove existing evils, and to secure to the inhabitants of Louisiana a republican and loyal government, and restoration to the Union of states. ...