New Orleans Republican., 1868-11-16


Y people who for partisan reasons
,ate resistance to the One Per Cent
i re- the meanest and cheapest dema-
les in town.
y : tax has no political object. 1t was
- to relieve the credit and sustain the
n fOf the State. IT was suggested by
NJ Dr Democrats, and was just as much
= nocratic as Republican measure. If
4 body doubts this let him ask Mr..
: lta
81 State owes certain State notes, cou-
and warrants, the bulk of which are
NJ incurred prior to March, 1867, and
ii n which accrued. prior to the meeting
y lie present Legislature. A tax is laid
y hese notes, coupons and warrants are
4, y receivable in payment of it, and
be bought for sixty to seventy cents
\ sae dollar. The tax, then, though
4 nally one per cent, is practically only
q six to seven tenths Of one per cent.
coarse. if. the tax be paid, it will be
L in notes, coupons and warrants, which
be cancelled as soon as received. The
: then, about the receipt by the present
officials OF large sums "for them to
u uder' is the most arront nonsense, and
I Isnsible tax payer will be misled by it
y ue moment.
4 4 wemn Bag went to church, yesterday,
Ruple made with hands, not many
/, from the corner of Coliseum and
! pu streets, and opening Bible his
fell on a singular passage. 1t was in
4 venty-6ftb chapter of Matthew, begin
I With the thirty first verse.
Is picture of the last judgment.
seems that on that important occasion,
u"all nations" shall be gathered be-
the great tribunal, they will be de-
2 b quite peremptorily into two classes,
4 Eheep being set on the right hand, and
a goats on the left.
4 be Judge will then say to those on the
u hand: "Come ye blessed of my
N I. her, inherit the kingdom prepared for
!. y from the foundation of the world.r
y nd, having further explained this,
4 will say unto them on the left
N 4; depart from me, ye cursed, into
a Tasting fire, prepared for the devil and
-sngels; for l was an hungred, and ye
me no meat; was thirsty and ye
\. eme no drink; was stranger, and ye
n me not in; naked and ye clothed me
a sick and in prison, and ye visited me
\ fhe highly respectable goats will be
1 Rtly astoBished at this charge, having
i b in the habit Of considering
nselves "the most enlightened, civilized
Jed and intelligent body OF people il
wOrld,' and they will inquire in toni
blurred innocence:
Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, O
rst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, o
rison, and did not minister unto thee ?
D lad this is the strange reply Of tn
!, lge;
y Verify, I say unto you, inasmuch as y
! i not unto the tedSt Of these my brethren
I did it not to me-
las this story any meaning, or is Chris
ity thing only Of forms and ceremo
j.
here are some four hundred thousan
The least of these my brethren" in Lou
ma. To be sure they are, in the elegan
5guage OF Camp street, disgusting ne
es," yet they have souls to be savet
1 i is reasonable to suppose that Chris
I for them as as well as for Democrat
] tora. How are they to be treated? Ar
to be trodden down and insulted, thei
eIlings ransacked, their property take
y, their rights violated, their manhoo
pred? Are they to be murdered, in th
lre, for political purposes, as they hav
a during the last three years?
st. Matthew wrote true gospel, til
Of mans Christianity and commit
8 Christianity is their treatment of "th
i Of these my brethren" And Judge
bueh test, on which side OF the tribuns
we likely to appear2
men and brethren, it is very absurd fo
writer of this paragraph to sermoniz
well filed Bag contains many thing
why not homily now and then?
Dur friend Fitz-Smith is much puzzle
the recent earthquakes on the Peruvia
st, He thinks it surprising that th
ple of that region should be SO trouble
y "lhe shakes" when there is SO niue
fuyian bark in the country.
We have comiorted him by suggestin
such paradoxes are common. For e1
pile, there is plenty Of sulphur in Yesl
q, yet it has never been able to entirel
fe that mountain of its erupticns.'
We always endeaVor to keep our reader
ted, and as the great topic now seen
bs the movements of General Grant "
Ne chartered a wire for the Bag. Hel
aeirst telegram:
Y Especial TO the Bag
New YORK, November Is.
General Badeau burned to-day thirtee
ndred and sixty four letters from leat
Democrats OF New Orleans applyiu
office, on the ground that they WEI
opposed to accept the situation" Ali
eaty-iive kilograms from Camp sire
ilors, advising General Grant what courl
nIorffI k.fss. -. aAa.as1fa4a fgl,,r