New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-04-11


found that the far4reachiag enterpyise Of
the people Of. the Western States was ex-
tending grasp for the trAd0 and commerce
Of our sister State Of Texasethey thought it
to our interest to subsidize - railroad that
would speedily connect Nor Orleans with
the interior Of our neighbSrs and were the
people of Louisiana called 1poR to-day TO
ind0rse the wisdOm and exHed1ency OF that
measure by . popular vote thcte would be
vet to this measure to which the Senator
takes exception tho votessof Democratic
members Of the Legislature were accorded,
and they deserve credit for having done So
So much for the kopubIloan railroad t.
naaiciering in Louisiana. gov let us con-
trast 1T with some Of the experiences of our
Democratic friends in that llne. IN the good
old ante Ocelsssa days the St4ee OF Louisiana
and the city Of New Orieen: Jointly sub
scribed x4,O0OOOO toward eeustlng IN the
constractien Of two railroa9s- running
to jackson, Mississippi and the other ex-
tending toward Texas. Ine broad TO Jack
SON, after precar10us oxlstence. hnelly
came to grief, and has recentiy been sold to
q Northern company, the people who sub
scribed to its stock from tneaf pnOnc Urea
sury getting less in return for their stock
when sold than the interest," tnat mas Deen
paid upon the bonds issued for the subscrip-
ton. - :,
The road to Texas Jared ecarcely ae well.
It stopped eighty miles from Now Orleans,
fOundered, appealed unnecessarily. TO the
NO longer to be hnmbugged people for
further pecnniary aid, and was recently
sold to a Northern creditor whose claim
absorbed it all, and the public are minus
their stock, with nothing but piece Of a
railroad to show for 1t.
Mark the difference: When the Demo
cratic party held sway in Louisiana, it's
Legislature subscribed to raairoads and
issued State bonds in advance Of their con-
structiOn, flattered the people with the idea
that stock would pay for ~the bonds, and
ignOminiOusly concluded BY owning nothing,
but paying the bonds. The Republican ad-
ministratiOn holds out NO such false dolu-
siOns. 1t sees the trade of Texas likely to
be wrested from New Orleans; it meets the
case squarely, determines that the granting
Of a direct subsidy is requisite to prevent
such catastrophe, and relies upon the pe0-
pie being compensated in the advantages to
accrue from the opening Of . highway to
the empire that is unfolding 70 the west OF
us. One more contrast: The state does not
now give its money in advance; the subsidy
is not to be paid except as the road 10 Land
and completed in sections OF one hundred
miles.
come now, Mr.. President, 70 the charge
that our chief executive went from Missouri
to Louisiana . penniless beggar, revels now
in wealth, enjoys the comforts % of : psistlal
residence, and signs no bile except Tor
consideration. do not know OF Governor
Warinoth's pecuniary clrcuretances when
he became citizen OF Louisiana; out
know that prior to his olecton a. dovernor
he had, by the practice OF le profession,
the law, amassed q cOneidefsOic fortune.
l know nothing about his present means,
and presume the senator irom missouri
knows personally quite as Little. But 90
know that his "Paiatlar residence sDd % tn the
ground upon which 1t stands cost " IVY,
and that it was built and is owned and Oc-
cupiec by him IN conlauction w1tn me former
Jaw partner, the clerk OF the supreme
Court: 80 that the eiovern0re interest IN
his palatlai residence IN the Ssate OF LOUIS
lana has cOss the pr1nceiy sum OF viosoW,
such sum as would not ouy Respectable
house in this CITY.
The story that he signs no bills except
for consideration 10 an old wOmans tale,
most discredited where most circulated by
his enemies; and, to use the favorite ex-
preston OF the gentleman who repeated 1t
from hearsay upon this noor, " not borne
out by the facts.
Governor WarlnOth mas vetoed bills
granting subsidies and giving away the
States money without number. He has
stood, and he stands to-day, the bulwark
against legislative schemes, and the ac-
knowledged defender, by the Democratic
party of Louisiana, az well a. by his own
Republican friends, OF the State treasury,
against illegitlmate ana piundcrlng schemes.
If the Senate will bear with me, l Will read
q short extract from MS message, dehvered
at the last annual convenmg Of the Legisla-
ture:
II earnestly recommend you 70 exercise
rigid economy IN MAKING appropriations.
1t must De borne IN mln6 that the c0nstltu-
ton nc now W. limits the dept OF the state to
$25,OOO,OoV. Our present bonded indebted
ness must now preciude US from making
further appropnanons az SUBSIDY or other
assistance to works OF internal improve
ment. DO not forget that It is the policy
OF the state 10 use al proper means 20 assist
and protect every enterprise calculated 10
increase fscllltles i0r productlon and trans
portatlon. Inc raiiroads, canals, ana otner
public works 60 favored Will, l DOUBT not,
inure to the lncaicnla6le oenent OF the
whole people. sui, ! tninx that We nave
granted such ana ABOUT as 1ar as we saieiy
can. we musc now strve 10 i've wltnn
our income we re1.ce tc osat sne raxes 20 ox sne
ieast amount necessary 70 con1uct !ne gov
ernment upon an economical OASIS, IN
snort tlme Ine Proolem oi sne payments "
prosperity, With untold agricuitaral and
mineral weai.n, WIN asys.eM s u S.atp nplovu. r
menus careiuily iOstereu oy sHo Ssss.o, cui
capital VIII soon aonoie; ana, witnOut IN
creasing the tax' the oonos can "e r"P'"iy
retired" ,l..r.
Now comes paragraph which IS, per-
haps, more applicable to the comments
made by the Senator from Indiana tMr.
Morton) in his recent remarks upon the
efforts OF democratic IN the very state Veg
islature Of the South to promote and carry