The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-09-13
SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 10 1853.
For the SUNDAY Crescent
USELESS EXPENDITURE

Considering the vital importance of our carry
ing the coming election, are We not INDUCING in
extravagant expenditures of money that will be
needed for more urgent service in November!
After the election the flags, wresths, and banners
win be but just so much care to keep the moths
and dust from and will hsrarner IKE the mans
eIepnsnr' than anything else. The money ex-
pended for these things, to say nothing Of the in
cidentsl expenses attendant upon each presenta-
ton, would, IL placed in the hands of the State
central committee, go far towards meeting the de-
mands that will be made upon them to carry out
their plans in the campaign in the coming contest
for the very life of the South.
This Is no time for frolic and waste the hour
for q stubborn fight for life and freedom TO our
selves and our children has come, and the stern
necessity to be up and doing in real earnest Is
staring MS In the face.
Were this the only idea it should cause us to
stop and gather up every dime that would be idly
spent, and give 10 those who know where best 70
use it. But there is a less important matter con-
nected with this that deserves attention and that
is the little jealousies chickering's, aud the uncom-
Portable feelings and heart Earnings that are too
often caused by some misunderstanding Ia the
presentation ceTemony-some one lett out who
deserved notice, some one overlooked who had
given both time and money 10 make all go "merry
as q marriage bell, +" and then had been forgotten
in the praise bestowed.
/ have seen several instances OF this KIND, where
either through the desire OF few to claim all the
praise and honor of the occasion, or wlful negle
on their part TO give the honor to all TO whom 1t
was due, persons who had contributed were COM
pletely ignored, and ali credit claimed by two or
three. For instance, not long since banner was
presented TO one Of our prominent clubs, and q
very rich and costly one il was, too. and although
q number Of young ladies contributed each i've
dollars to the amount of one hundred and ten dol
lars or more, to defray the expense OF getting 1t
up three young ladies got all the honor and credit
OF the cost, trouble, ETC., of 1t, and when the
preseDtation was mentioned IN the daily journals,
TO them ell was sscribed. This was scarcely fair,
10 Say the least of it, as all the young ladies had
been engaged in flag presentation to the same
club but a short while previous, and OF course
thought that they were all entitled to honorable
mention as a lady-not partcularizing any one.
And 1t is not among the fsirer sex alone that this
feeling of jealousy and discomfort has arisen.
From q variety Of remarks I've heard dropped by
young friends Of the sterner sex, am inclined to
think that fewer banners, flags, wreaths, and such
like would be better for them, and am certain
the money could be put 10 q far better use, Ii IL
all very pleasant, this making frolc of the mat
ter, but il is TO me like dancing on the thin crust
that covers q burning volcano, that threatens tc
open at any moment and let Us through TO torment
and death. The time for frolic has gone by, and
It behooves us to lay all aside and buckle
on the harness. with the knowledge that defeat !:
death, and worse than death. aud that it were
better TO meet the enemy ss they must be met I
we wish victory to crown our efforts.
JuDITH.