New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-04-06
citv Reform and Economy.

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Citv Reform and Economy.
Our neighbor of The Delta, under the head of
spirit of the Morning Press makes some
convenient items, which happen, generally, to
be a a series of reflections on and insinuations
against the wing party-almost as ferociously
savage as his last Sundays denunciation of the
Pope and his Crook If our neighbor would
confine himself to the denunciaton of &c the red
and to blowing up his" Rock" we should quietly
permit him to indulge in such extraordinary
pyrotechnic amusements. The matter of COM
petition would have been between Mons Gator
and our neighbor of the Delta.
But, unable to restrain the most patent
democratic sympathies and interests, he INDUCES
in the most plausible suggestions and insinua-
tons, the most cunning suggestions of suspicion,
against every thing whig He had such an arti-
Gle on Sunday; in which the wing majority was
threatened, in the most insinuating style, unless
it reduced the compensation of wing officers to
ruinously low rates, or chose such choice demo-
Gratis, as himself, to office. Of course, he had
no idea of the success of himself or other demo-
Gratis The genuine idea was to ruin whig
Office holders, or to bring down popular oppro-
blum upon the heads of the wing party. 'sHonest
Iago'!
Let us look at facts We will face them fully.
We said yesterday:
But the Delta knows that the compensation of the
Mayor Treasurer and Comptroller is fixed in the Charter
and the Wing Rangers not the Legislature they
can not cut off one dollar from their saaries.'
The Delta answers
aThe salaries of Mayor Treasurer and Comptroller in
Dictated in the Charter, the maximum
"ssgc. 25 The Mayor shall receive annual salary.
which shall be fixed by the Common Council, but shall
not exceed four thousand dollars
sSEc 49, The Comptroller shall receive for his servi-
ces salary to be fixed by the Common Council not
ceeding three thousand dollars per annum.''
There is common sense in every thing-except
the Delta When Mr.. Robb-bond holder and
bond agent, largely interested in the most
prompt settlement of the city debt--named
$4,000 for the Mayor, $4,000 for the Comptrol-
Ter and the Treasurer, who does not believe that
he named the lowest reasonable salary, below
which it would be impossible to go. without
violation of equity and common sense? 1t re-
quires men of first rate talents, men who re-
quire more than $4,000 or $4,000 to abandon the
regular and continuous pursuits of business for
the uncertain tenure of Office. Five hundred
dollars might command Mayor, Treasurer,
or Comptroller; but what would he be worth !?
How could he otherwise earn his salt There
is reason in all things and the Buncombe hum
bug of the Delta, its demagoguical appeal to
prejudices, is worth-nothing. We say again,
positively, that we believe, in all common sense
and equity, the Charter fixes the salaries of
Mayor, Treasurer, Comptroller, ETC., and that
the preliminary cutlery of the Delta is only
demagoguical appeal and democratic signal
for battle If the Mayor, Comptroller or Treas
urer were democrats, we should have nothing of
this from our immaculate neighbor
Our neighbor is pleased to add.
The Crescent considers statement that the whole
printing the city be done for $4,000 simply rdc
ulous Perhaps So but we are ready to make it serious
give any security that may be required for its faithful
performance"
Well, that looks plausible; though we know
it to be entirely ridiculous and false Practical
printers, neither interested nor likely to be so,
are willing to bet The Delta that the paper re-
quired for the job work of the city, for the first
year, will alone cost $4,000, without counting
cost of composition and press work. This is
one item; but perhaps the democratic party is
willing to back The Delta, or some other such
" independent" paper, for all contingent losses,
in order to secure some democratic paper for
the city organ.
But we make this proposition We will be at
our office at half-past four, and defy the editor
and proprietor of The Delta to accompany us to
a magistrate, and there swear that they believe
they can do the city printing at from $4,000 to
$1,000, without loss. Will they accept the pro-
position
The Delta is pleased to add
at should be understood however, that would not
consider part of contract perform the usual
work of official organs, to wit to give up right to
crtcse condemn and censure Whenever desired any
of the acts of the Board whose proceedings we might
publish Twenty thousand dollars would not satisfy us
for such a surrender On this subject. anon.''
Of course, immaculate neighbor, &c honest
lago"! A contract without profit would not
buy your valuable conscience! But when you
enter upon financial matters, will you walk
down to the foot-lights and explain the virtues
of $1,000 and their effect upon editorial views
and Consolidation?