New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-13
A Card from Jacob Mueller.

In YOUR paper of the eleventh. under the
| heading Of BE sure of your calling my
| name is used in such manner as to,
| think, mslead the public regarding my
labor Increment. Politically, do not aspire
| to be a Democrat or a Republican in this
movement. Ny highest ambition is TO aid
NV fellow-craftsmen and mechanics, and
laborers generally. For that purpose |
have asked all OF their aids, and l am happy
that SO general response is given. In all
trades and classes, beyond doubt, there ex
lists men Of various politics, but in the move
l advocate we claim to be superior to party
| politics. If the Democrats in their princi-
Piles see in us men moving in accordance
with themDgoOd, we like it, and accept
their aid. Likewise, if the Republicans see
proper to give us kindly assistance, We well
come it. The shoemaker, a "workingman,"
who wrote the article i'll the Democrat, of
which you denOunce, and in so doing, so
freely use my NAME has expressed as APP
pears to me, laudable sentiments, and not to
be sneered at because las l believe) he is a
shoemaker.
My first lesson in this free Republic was
that the government recognized no distinc-
ton in classes, and now for the first time,
in your article, / learn that shOemakers
must ''stick to their lasts" and peg on"
and that all other mechanics refrain also
from meddling with affairs of our govern
ment as they are Ignorant, and not capa-
BILE, and that we (whO is we !! have not de-
generated so far yet that the State can
afford to let the incompetent Crispins Inan-
| age her affairs / will stick to my last
and l hope my last effort viii! be IN the good
cause l and my fellowworkmen have com
menced and recognized as d powerno to be
sneered at or frOwned down by any selt-arrO-
eating yves" I know our cause is good
and will be God blessed, as the German say
ing is, Goods ways are sure and if every
shingle on our roofs WAS an opposing devil
l would face them or any opposition from
whatever source it may come. The whole
interests of the trades are in this movement,
and the public will soon if not now, see
theirs also. | do not aspire to be, as you
intimate. "a ruler of the nation" or
"a botheration in public affairs but
we. ~ artisans do expect not to be
met with insult and ridicule, when we main
tain our interests and that, also, To the pub
lie benefit.
Before came to this God blessed coun-
try, had the spirit OF republieanism in me,
and, since | have been here many years.
that spirit has grown and strengthened into
an active life. That spirit is Gods given
birth-right to every man: and all Europe
THAT is, the people, are ready to light for
their Inheritance though their tyrants slecr
and Iown il down.
Perhaps, my leather apron and work
man attire lnay offend oOf3e, but l have
yet to learn, even II | AIN ,tnedticated and
not finely dressed, that am less u nan, ut
least lmdor our government.
JACOB MUELLER.
What the Quarantine is Doing for Us.
That is very plainly stated by the Price
Current in the following article:
In order to show the ruinou5 effects of
quarantine regulations on the business OF
our city, We may state that there have been
no exports during the past three days either
Of honr, corn, oats, bran, hay, beef, PORK,
lard. bacon, OF whisky. What makes this
embargo on our trade the more provoking
is. that cities like New York, Galveston and
Mobile, now and for some time past afflicted
with yellow fever, are the most rigid III en-
forciug their senselass quarantine laws. At
New York, for instance, ali vessels arriving
from this port are Guarantined, while chips
from that city, where the fever appears to
be of q more virulens type than it is with us,
and about as prevalent, are permitted, with
ont challenge. to cCsne to our ievees. From
the fact Of there being 10 unusual sickness
at Perth Anboy, where the vessels said to
infected with yellow fever were unloaded,
we yet find that this disease Pre- valls In New
York in spite of rigid en- AGREEMENT OF the
quarantine. One would be naturally lead
to suppose from this that it Orig anatea ~ the
latter city. as.a H'-t go
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