New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-06-21

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THEORY OF, octs k.itEA sAAoS Z.
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0naef tne fotegvlHs oap''op, 'ne
Times, OF the 10th inst diseonrses proiouhaiy y
Is evidently Of the opinion that the people OF large
cities ara lIe Of governing themselves wisely
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ana truly. AI'hoesn y s9s7 ~ - " - f',.-
terms as the Richmond tnquiIer AZ leans toWasus
the sentiment enunciated by that Journal most dee
s,1, n sa.,afs as A large mn rnber 81 orr North
eln contemporaries az " " s,s'@.e, s.'
this thing q UNIVERSAL snnragsti M great marts OF
commerce this thing Of pulling down the gentle
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say we " % '.s's' "ss' sis "oAss ss..iess ''iae
Invariably engehder anarchy, pinnder spelation, and
insecurity to life and property From our knowledge
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sile ~ ~ essT nay new iosh, We no not
wonder at the ntmatlons thrown out, or the appre-
tensions expressed There is foundation for the one
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Contains SO large an amount Of Truth that it is a
melancholy reflection upon our boasted free nstitu,
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y y, g pes.ef OF are CEN
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endurance may be long or il nav Be short, But the
occasion for meeting outrage with force will surely
come. wen cannot AFFORD beyond certain Peas 70
Nb does IL avail shat y ~,
hate in its immediate results as the evil which called
fs IL Human nature contains the elements Of re.
sislance 70 opprsssion, and |a slrlke, .noegn me
W. have tissor sb fsrests on
lions as embodying the voice Of the people, uttered
In spirit Justice IN turtheisnee Of the general
y Is supposed inal every man can exercise
chebrfnv se;s ~ the Sesnlt How iteysft ram
this il the actual state Of facts tits needless
say 1t is notorious that we are losing year by
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reaife speei6eation Large cities are chiefly sobiect
the evils referred to.Hew seldomzis it in New
York or Boston, or philadelphia that municipal
W an The NIL Of t sb
soeoble4ths taxnavers who furnish the nlunder
astlld back They have no part in the contest, and
Then appearance at the polls would be resented t1
s many cSsesas %ea re al.epeeu MN degIse
ercsuner Bat stbansh cites sfsej The evil p,st
severely 1t Is BY no means confined to them Itper.
gadfs the Land throughout Ehere is searcely an
asiln Mae,s roe ,asa'. . II nos Dy
secae nails made. de
tfol Di demagogues and villains g. Il -
All we can learn from the New5York papers shows
that the taxpayers of that metropolis have been
sadly pi1niered by theft officials for long seres of
yeals That the burthens upon pronerty have an
1ually Increased; that extrayapanee has rnea tl,e
day In tue municipal legislature md that a assess
meats have advanced the publc debt has a,s,,inov
Augmented In the meantime the citv, has ,een ne
worst governed in The fJriot and the ~
all sorts Of crime. murder down "a common
theft, has become so terribly frequent as to render
sr
phere Hence. we argue that if the Substantial citi
gems ever intend masking a move In. behalf az self,
pn5kction ii il about time fevvi were
with "a q orleans ,fj,eI d,,n6sifs a
the dase. Ia MANY material resnecfs opr nilic ei,t
has been considerable iimipsbed, within t,n,,s ~
four wears. Our taxes ,noI3 4ei estate have bsar
reduced Strict economy nervades ever dspa,tn,s5,
Of otr IaanicipaI oyerumsn, spd II tbs systern
Which has prevailed the Iast three vaa,s IL
out years longer ur Sdtv taxes WIN no trivial
indeed, when compared with the enormous loads of
taxation fastcnsd upon eotsrnnofares cdr,or5tin,s
80 i'd will be seen from this btef statement ~ indi.,
,utabefacts, that We d; New Orleans NE much
er situated than the Northern cities To- which the
Pines SO puncently refers 1t "a Ne, have opr
hare OF oatraees and erines-not 10 So, awful am
.xteht as our neighuors, howeser1bot the Criminal
JouIt is rapidly freeing us from that obnoxious class
Il Individuals, 1ninetenths Of whom. by the WAY.
,aia Northern birth, training aud edacationl If We
'nyl had home raseaEs to attend to, New Orleans
you'd Instantly become the model city Of the conti
e6tI for morality, peace, quiet. lawsand orders "A
1t is a lsmentabe fact that. with Us, as with the
tiles named by the New York Times, a large proper
ion p the tax stand aloof from elections and
% not participate in public affairs. Immersed in
heir own business, they pay no heed to tie corpora
lon ship and appear to be careless whether it drifts
u the shoals oil Bankruptcy or makes a prosperous
aEeh. Irfacting thus they are not only to blame as
ndiSidaalse but they are defeletin their duty As
food citizenss Aud furthermore, as we have told
hem time and again, if they will pay no attention
city Matters they have no right to complain Of the
ctidn az those who do Tkeir rif ,aoaSt soniA
ehar Them f,o15no. ma kkinny eeoa,nj
az the i1mes well remarks, public respect for the
alldt box as al exponent Of the popular wiils "A
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