True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-05-09
THE TRUE AMERICAN.
EDITED BE JDslN GIBSON.
FAITHFUL AND BOLD,
NE w OR US:
THURSDAY MAY 9, 1880.

We have atentively examined the Mayors Message.
and compelled to confess that it adds much to
the modification have long felt and often
presaed the want Of correct knowledge and enght-
ened views, Of the clief magistrate ofour city.
1t would seem that the aggregate annual revenue Of
the three municipalities, say about s650,OO0 is INSULT
ceut, and That in order to increase it,
be taxed, and in shape the most Objectionable. by III
creasng the Port charges ships, steam boats and
other Graf; time too when the capital energies,
and enterprise of the citizens, of nearly half the States
Of the Union, dirccte towards obtaining from us
commerce. A more suicidal recommendation could
not have been made and loss TO account for
the motives which induced ii. We compelled to
believe that il was intended as means of extricatng
the first Municipality from the lowly position in which
she finds herself from the tola loss of her credit. Re-
Inns already been had to the Real Estate of that
Municpality,by increasing the thereon 25 per cent
Ard this is the only the local Council aug
ment and the owners Of Real Estate will not quietly
submit to further impostons of the
commerce Of the city must be axed and the revenue OF
the Second Municipality be increased by such impolitc
and eg't'mate pseans, in opposition to the interests
and wishes Of us inhabitants make amends for the
proAigate msmanagement and Ignorance Of those en-
gagged with the affairs o: the First Munich ality.
The unsoundness Of this reasoning of the Mayor,
will strike every intelligent person on the first blush
He assumes that tie annual revenue from the mort is
not equal tc the annual expenditure and therefore the
wharfage tax Gnould be increased, His position is
chiefly sustained by the operations of The Second Mu-
nicipalty which corporation has expended since May
1880, $27O,O0O in making its port, and has received
within the time but sloa, 300. Mons,rous!
Does not the Mayor know that when the law of d.
vision went into operation that such was the neglected
condition of the port in front of the Second Municpal-
y, that ship or steamboat could land in front? Is
he ignorant that that TACT principally induced the Le
gisa,ure to put the management of the affairs of the
people of this Municipality in their own lands and to
relieve them from tho base oppression which ignorance
envy and jealousy had until then inflicted on them
But let connue-in 1885, the total annual revenue
fo the port in front of the Second Municipality was
about S25OOO-,s year it will exceed $6O,OOO-slow.
ing an increase in three years of S35OOO per annuH
This sum- vouiug money Mt 10 nrr cantum per an,u,
rcprcsents a capital Of $3.50 OOe while the making NJ
,b, - R,7o ono and whom .omn,.,sd ~ ~.
uppt Municipality, will cost 5000 900; bu,
the re- i'll probably be s75nOO
Noy error rho u,vor has {, liz, int.
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''' ~ '''' '"''pa"s VIII "o' e"See" s''''o' per
I'LL '""' anu ""e' "' '"e "ofhs arc Completed Will
amount TO from 10 TO $2oo0o per annum; so that the
revenue from Inc port will after paying the expenses,
give nett proh 10 lie treasury OF at eust S5O0lO per
annHn', more than ID per cent on the capital vested in
the Improvements.
Yet il ia pretended by the Mavor that the ,,,,ro..