New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-05-06
THE DAILY CRESCENT.
REFORM OR NO REFORM
SATURDAY MORNING. MAY 6, 1864,


It takes all sorts of people, says what is be-
come quite an adage, " to make up a world,
If there were none but rogues IN the world
,twould be little better than hell above grouni:
if none but FOOLS that would be o true Jeherso-
MAN Equality; but surely not the golden
equality that truer sages have long been dream
ing; and if all were good and wise, virtue and
sense would lose one-half their legitimate re-
ward--earthly esteem, As Pierre says, in ''Ven-
ice Preserved a were all mankind honest, each
man would kill his brother himself, and none be
paid or hanged for murder" In fact, great
public Inconvenience would ensue; and, among
others, the intolerable one Of a fat sameness OF
persons, and a vile monotony of events, which
would render the earth about as interesting as
if it were peopled with race of drop-shot, OF OF
black-eyed peas.
In short, we take the world to be very nice
world asitis; and we say, with Cowper, though
in much larger sense, England! with all thy
faults. love thee STILL Nay, loving the whole
world, as, by Gods blessing, one where he who
chooses may have quite g a good time" Of it, we
like exceedingly that portion Of the earthly ball
on which Heaven has cast our personal lot. IT'S,
after ALL about the most interesting point on the
globe: for here that true theory of happiness,
which have just set forth, is found in its full
lifes in no danger of falling into doze. Lack
Of variety, there is none. He that would have
excitement may pick out Of an ample assortment:
the deuce must be in him if he can't be suited
Never was there less of the dead level of being
Ills impossible to have more ineessant diversi-
ty. Every step is uphill or down, both in pri-
yate affairs and public. One day, all is quiet
and there is general breathing time, holiday
from nonsense, a Sabbath from crime: the next,
all is hubbub and fury and, to give delight,
full Investigation to things, it is at all times diff
cult to tell whether we are standing on our head
or our heels.
Here in New Orleans, we flatter ourselves that
our privileges in this way are still ampler than
any where else, even in this heaven favored land
All is uncertain, and ALL therefore, interesting,
We posses at once, all the conveniences of civil
lied and all the wild romance of savage life We
live as if at the beginning and the end of time,
both at once; we ares is to legislation, at Pc
riod of the highest refinement; and, as to the
execution of the laws. we have almost the plea
suret Of the Golden Age, when there were none
If there be q profound truth in what used to bt
the motto of General Jackson's newspaper, tht
Globe the best government is that which
governs the least then have we pushed tina
enlightened axiom to its grand conclusion fol
We have City Government which does not gov
ern at all. 1t appoints to office, but that's no
governing: it spends great income but that'
not governing; for the Duke of Deyonshire spend,
about as much, and governs nobody it give.
out fat contracts; but plundering is not govern
ing. In short, if, like the King of Cocagne in
Beranger's song, it kept an army carrying
sticks of sugar candy for firelocks and letting
off champaign bottles for artillery, it would gov
ern US quite srespeetably, not to say harmless
ly, as it does
Still, excellant and wise as all this is, the prin
ciples Of happiness which we have laid down de
mand a change. People are tired of it: the
want little variety; they would like to tr
anything else; for they don't know when the
are we'll; and are sick and satiated with thei
happiness. They are fond of Dickens's descriI
i tions of thief and burglar and cut throat life
pue III shae hfto grown etaie anu they WISH
government that will give them something elst
They like Marryatt's piratical romances: bu
they want to see quite so many of them enact
ed upor our levees and all trade sacrificed. The
have read all the $ Histories of the Plague,
exhausted all Herveys sMeditations. 81 Blair
" Grave" Sherlock g on Death,'' and the
would now prefer to have some care taken of IL
public health. They have enjoyed greatly,
number of Irish novels--the manners Of Coz
naught, the sports of Tipperary, the morals
Kerry, SO famous for its witnesses, and all Il
rich fun of Denny brook fair !: but Sc enough's
good as FEAST" and New Orleans has had i
belly-full of the like. If you please, we'll
back to plain American hog and homony al
quit all these made. dishes.