The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-11-09
Another Obstacle to Permanent Settlers.


I'm my former article l, in my homely way. pointed out
some OF the obstacles 10 permanent settlers here Permit
to point OUt few more, subject your revision.
Another obstacle is the Landlords Lar for it is no
Landlord and tenants law. BY this, if the head Of family
be taken sick be DISAPPOINTED by his employer, or by any
other unable, for single day, pay few dollars
rent, the landlord seize upon every article the ue
although of value ten times the of due. His
whole effects rudey torn away careesy injured dam
aged and his family turned into the without hours
notice any few hours after he gets money
and goes to his rent and get his goods he finds he has
most exoIban costs pay, and Gds his property damaged
beyond the amount Of rent by hay and careless removal
Yet he has no redress against officer or landlord.
Few men feel willing TO subject themselves such
tngency, unless necessity compe ample funds gives them
assurance of success.
That law blot upon statutes and should be changed
for the benefit of both landlord and tenant
Another: Most ofthe Northern cities find their interest in
fostering the mechanical and manuaour classes Us they
are more stable and less affected by fluctuations in the market
and foreign than the mercantile population, This
city is considered strictly commercial that of
laws State and Municipal arranged for their special in
teresi aud that frequently, the great injury of the mecau.
ica and manufacturing portion In the North, il the head
OF family be of employ sick the wife children
may, for twenty dollars, open little shop and are
pauonized by their neghbo and friends, and thus obtain
support until the trouble over without appealing to char.
y. There no license and until the amounts
to a considerable sum,
Here, ffrom like cause, with the same capital the fam.
lily little shop relieve their necessities, they are in
new udys TO license OF SlU,
and State tax of $40 more amounting s-when their
whole capital only $40 SIS And they buied until
they have to shut their SHOPS and lose the only they
have at hons and the sick removed the Charity os
pal; while the of the family may beg sarve or be
forced into immoral and Illicit OF getting subsistence in
such way as they Such do in this city al
most daily.
That law is wrong and should be repealed, and small
per centage income, with pO-taX payable before vOt
Ing substituted, would yield the city funds and be
felt by the really poor All laws he something of
burthen to part the community and every man is
expected yield OF his natural rights for the benefits he
derives from the society which he lives But here many
of our laws promulgated without beng enforced The
abiding people obey it, and bear its restrictions without
complaint, while those obnoxious, and against whom
the law specially directed suffered violate with
lmpuny, and the nuisance against which the law d.
ected still remains FOrnanCe, the ordinances against balls
and dlsOey houses, contains clauses affecting OF
citizens who still obey it, Yet balls brawls riots and obseeniy
and disorder daily and nightly occurrences GrUd street
and some other Othe city The license for retailing
liquors bears hard the honest dealers hundreds upon
the above and other streets sell without it, and
misery RIGHTEOUSNESS and disorder than those who pay the
license aud obey The law. Yet the law seldom enforced
Welmeaning people, wishing settle here find it difficult
to know what laws obey among the multiplicity of acts
and ordinances piled each other undigesed obeyed by
and ransgresssd by Others. 1t would require long
course OF legal reading for clear them,
however well disposed ne may be- There scarcely man
the best Of ID citizens but may be brought before
the Recorder and mucted in fine upon Of the many
obsolete acts OF our rulers.
We need good digest of municipal laws, and srct
obedience enforced habit of negecng the laws begets
want OF respect for Fues law that not Obeyed or
enforced, IS better repealed. Yours, HArCHwAy.