New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-07-01
FRIDAY MORNING, JULY /, 1858
DEMOCRATIC CITY GOVERNMENT.

DEMOCRATIC CITY GOVER.N.afE.N-T
The character and extent of the declaration
made by the democratic candidates, presses an,
orators, before the late City Election, can h
pretty well recollected by most of our oitirens
The men and measures of the wing Council were
special subject Of their eloquence, and wer,
assailed in Language quite as strong and a.
classic as that which may he heard at Alsatis
or the Five Points. Theprodigality and inert
ness of the wing officials were denounced in tn,
same ratio that the purity, innocence and patri
otism of their would be successors was extolled
A sketch was drawn of the lnisrule under which
the City had groaned-exceedingly strong anc
striking, and as dark in its coloring as any tina
ever emanated from Salvador Rosa, In contras
to this, beautiful and swelling picture was ex
niolteo Oh the glories of democratic admins
tration-under which, if the streets did not run
with milk and honey, neither would they run
win mud and nastiness; if the paving was not
OF gold, it was sure to be Of square blocks Of
granite; if the police were not wholly unnecos-
sary, they would be as civil and courteous as
the " first gentleman - in a modern novel and
between the river and the swamp new Allan
tis--a fresh Arcadia-would be instantly or
ganized.
The democracy were successful They elect
cd their candidates, stepped into the City Hall.
and began to legislate For three months past
they have been diligently at work, endeavoring
to fulfill their promises and realize the cerulean
state of affairs which their political prophets
pretended to foresee and foretell We must be
allowed to say that they have been remarkably
unhappy and remarkably unsuccessful in the
efforts which they have made Some of their
measures have been SO strange that, if we had
not the utmost confidence in the integrity of all
the individuals belonging to the party, we should
feel inclined to denounce them as rascally
Some of them are SO stupid that, if we had not
the firmest faith in the intelligence and under
standing both of those who proposed and those
who passed them, we should be tempted to be-
heve they originated with fools and were dis
cussed by IDIOTS As it is, we are unable to
maintain or express opinions such as these. and
can only say that there have been occurrences
under the present rule quite as singular as un-
der any that ever preceded it-occurrences that
go far towards proving that the declarations
made before election were either all humbug
and hypocrisy, or else that the makers were
virtual knaves.
We wish to know what kind of harmony there
Is between the present filthy and fostering con-
ntion OF the streets and the neat and ornate ex-
pressions concerning city cleanliness that were
heard four and eight months ago We wish to
know what is the connection existing between |
pretty speeches and pretty articles concerning
the City Police, and the app ,;ntment of q set of
dunderheads, ignorant of the difference between
white man and slave-a respectable citizen
ana thief, lady and street walker II il
also impossible for us to comprehend the policy
that refuses to liquidate the current and una
voidable expenses of the city, but which still
finds funds sufficient for the payment of many
dis that ought never to have been incurred,
and the liquidation of many expenses wholly
and entirely unnecessary. We do not at once
perceive the profit or the economy arising from
the advertisement of specifications of contracts
that were sold and reported from seven TO ten
days previously, and the paying out of the
money necessary to secure their publication
we should not expect these things under re.
form administration. They ought not to exist
under any. Nevertheless, it cannot be con-
have ever been before since city cleanliness
began to be preached Nor can it be denied.
that respectable ladies, and quiet and orderly
cltlzens have been arrested and locked up by
some OF the new members of the police. II is, ,
moreover, susceptible of proof that the present
'llelals refuse to pay the necessary expenses of
ne CITY, but contentedly squander the income {
n an unnecessary and avodable manner. We
Happen to know that on the goth of June. the
comptroller sold a contract for haulipe and /
aging round stone pavement on Good Chill. c
iren street, and that the purchasers name, to- h
sether with the name of his security, was re. '
'urned to the Council that very evening. We 1
happen to know also that the contracts for &
building the engine-house, stables, etc. for |
Jhalmette Fire Company No %, wassold on tie
same day, and likewise referred TO the Council
Both OF these contracts were adjudicatel by
he Comptroller, after the requisite ten DAYS no.
ice in the official journal. t
Notwithstanding all this, on the 25th of limo
n five days after the contracts had been adm /,
heated and the names of the securities returned
% the Council, the specifications for the con.
racts began to be advertised in the Daily Doltoi
.
'i'ins' OF OF the paper for grasping, advertise !
nehts so irregular, unwarranted and unwar. {
'antable. :
We have no objection to any expenses that +
an be made to benefit the city, or that are in q
urred for that purpose; but we shall stand :;
III opposition to this humbug refor (
nation, which exists only in talk, and this won
erful civic regeneration that conss : in sboy
ng cut good men for the sake of putting in bad I
is to be hoped that our City Fathers and i
Verseers will hereafter talk less and work more
lat they will seek popularity by their acts and L
OF by their promises; that they viii mend Their Q
"n ways and also the ways of the eity--lor
O'h require mending in an imperative manner L
CLLH9TES. c
rernaps some OF those intelligent individuals
mo always decry the climate Of New Orleans.
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