True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1837-04-19


be emphaticay styled the &c court and guard {
sa'ety" TO the wayiarcrs, who pcrambuae tn
en"ghfcned streets at an hour when Ills sal
"ghosts do squeak and gibbcr.n AT every cofne
you encounter ",scntry walking his lionel
round," to protect strangers from the multitud
OF land rats, who sleep by day and prowl by nigh,
to perpetrate deeds of darkness The lynx.
espionage, observed in this quar,eror the CITY. hav
oustea the light fingered gentry from their fast
sesscs, who have consequently taken lodgings il
the lower part OF the city, where the gcnas, arm
follow Doghcrry's advice, " the less Won mcddl,
with them, the more i, is for your honesty.n =
ne advancing greatness of New Orleans mn,
be aseribed to the inhabitants of the second mu
"'c'Pa''y. Here is the abode of intelligence O.
wealth and OF enterprise. The heart sickens M
you leave the clond piercing DIMES of this mart ot
inc c'ty, and struggle through the grovelnq and
heaver-like residence of the French section. There
the houses are ragged and anliquated, looking
more like the Antedeluvian huts, than the habi-
ta'ons OF the busting and msrcurial race who
soJ"urn 'hereahonts. They are Characteristic of a
contracted, se'hs', and parsimonious spirit,
strangely contrasting with the gigantic and
princcy dwellings of the spirited and en,crprsiro
Americans. The second municipality is tbc
abiding place OF social order; there the genius of
municipal regulation, holds peaceful and undis-
|-turbed sway; not so in the dusty and crowded
realm of the aborignss of New Orlca1s.,,
linus speaks and writes correspondent of III.
Grand Gulf Advertiser. His diseernment and
good sense arc worthy the highest praise. The
picture 1ras true, but now, alas! every feature Of
1t has disappeared. Not a color, not shade Is
left on the canvass. And why is this change
come over the spirit of our dream? It is all owing
TO the pusilIanimity Of our courts of .iusticc-,o
their treachery to the public. interests. Our high
authorizes may get some clerk to write them
down - as E'gberry did. They have no
interest in projecting the public property from
inccndiaries-in driving from the streets and
levccs loafers and vagrlnts-in breaking M
the detcsablc hordrs of gamblers that infcst the
city-in dashing the bloody Bowie knife from the
hand of the fierce assassin Oh no!-nonc of
these things are they disposed 10 do away with
tor fear OF encr'nching on the sacred rights of the
loaler, for fear of offending these dastnr,lv
wrctches that are ar incubus upon the body po,i
t'c Nay, in the face of positive testimony, CON.
Vlc'ing them OF violating the law, these wise
heads, set to watch over tx public interest, let
these offenders loose upon society! Truly do VIC
live IN dangerous times. The good, the honest,
and toe industrious must speak out or all is gone.
Let them come forward to the rescue of the law
of the land--nnd that, too, quickly.
kellct,-rclief, -reicf,-this is the watcl,word
win all s"rts of people, poor, rich, broken
ana solvent. Essays written by very clever
economists TO prove that relief can be obtained, if
the Banks will only agree to discount. ESSAYS
are written to prove that the government has had
no hand in producing the present dstrcsses, but
that the disasters have been occasioncd by-God
knows whit. We too have written and written
i'll we arc tired, We have tried to tell tho nu,i,c
what we thought upon the matter,-we have en-
deavorcd to trace things to their true sources. but
the failures would continae, and nobody is the
wiser for what have written. Our contcmpo-
rares teo arc most eloquent in their essays upon
the money crisis, and upon the mode Of relief
There is the Bee. The author of his m ,ncy arr
c!cs evidently has good idea of what he is about
but he INDUCES too much in dry speculation, more
the effect OF being compelled write for certain
latitude perhaps, than any fau, of lis own. Still
we have pe1used his argum cnts with great pleas
ure. If he were not quite snappish, we should
like him the bctter,-bu that is evidently his way
OF conducting an argument. AS to the positions
he assumes in regard to tho. government, they ale
so supremacy ridiculous in the eyes of the dsin-
terestcd reader that they carry with them their
own refutaion. The people, thank God, are be-
ginning TO open their eyes to the chcancry, hypo-
crisy and villainy Of tAc present party in power
But the writer for the Bee is strong advocate for
the system of credit, and of course all his meas
'res OF rcic are based upon that principle of,rado
W leave him and his propositions to make the
best OF their way possible with the public
Then there is the Ballc,in,-now and then |
money article graces its columns. The writer
confines hims.lf too much to useless regrets, in
stead Of boldly attacking his subject and cnlight-
'ning The public mind hy taking a comprehensive
view OF the principles of trade, and basng thereon
such arguments as will 90 home to the bosom of
Every reader. OF this he Is fully capable. His
propositions for relief are propositions for mpossi-
'ili'es. Men will not have confidence, when ev-
Try honrit basis is bcing undermined. We can.
not go back to the old state of things. The Bull
etin, too, talks learnedly and sympa,hetcally
about the cruelty of those who will speak out in
hose times. By n stretch fancy allowable only
n poet, he ranks with lonfers and knaves, all
hose who dare TO prophecy what will be the issue
Of the present crisis, if liberty of speech were
% be suppressed to restore confidence. If this
were 'rue, II proves too much>--t goes to show
hat there is rot;cnness in Denmark. The ,rem-
'ling and fear manifested by this writer, are high
y injurious to the city,-hs course leads us to be
icve that things arc worse than they really are.
On the other hand, we have the Advertiser. It's |
editor has mcddled hut sparney in essays upon |
he all-engrossing topic. New and then an excel |
ent article appears, full of good sense, and mark
ed by s'raIgh t-forwardncss that is really cheering
IN these tortuous times. He boldly SETS forth the |
modes of relief in his opinion most likely to pre-
vent the community from utter ruin. His argu- |
nents well drawn, and reflect credit on the |
sound sense of the writer. Yet to us, he seems
not to have grasped the whole subject with a mas
Ter hand. What he has undertaken is well done.
But he has much more do.
There ourselves. What we have said is too
nrgumentatve for the present times, too abstruse
Our endeavor has been 10 point out the sources of
The evil, and the instruments Of it. The fault of
what we have said upon this money crisis, lies in
making our arguments too general. We feel
deicacy in coming out with facts to support them
such have been the tone and spirit OF business
for the last twenty years. Blu, tho
prospects are SO gIoomy,-the evil is reaching to