New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-10
DEMOCRATIC ENTERPRISE.

DEMOCRATIC ENTERPRISE.
Some enterprising Democrat adyertises
in the New York Hor1d. 'Speeches for
| spouters ready-madc eloquence for sale
cheap to Congressman elect. Well,
really, this may not be n new article of
merchandise among the Democrats but
they must be con their last legs" when
they propose to furnish members Of Con-
! speeches, Ineligible ard unintclli-
eib,e, upon any subject, at prices
that bring these luxurics within
reach of the commonest carpet
Dagger. black or white, who has the good
fortune to De a member of Congress and
the bad fortune to be without brains.
The advertiser Who proposes to do this
accompanies his proposition with a tariff
of prices. He is particular, however, to
notify carpet-bagsers i'll postscript that
his terms are cash, and as he makes no
allusion to politics in his postscript, it is
to be supposed that Democratic and Re-
publican carpet-basgers are to fare alike
in TINS matter.
The advertiser is man who has evil
IDENTITY seen better days; a man, most
likely, who has figured as a Democratic
member of Congress. We are led to
these conclusions from certain unmstaka-
bic signs signs that are not deceptive.
In the first place he processes to be an
lieving the widely circulated World is
"rend by all the radicals, who are
70 man anxious to know the
opinions of. honest men concerning
them,' he ayails himself of the
medium thus presented to let members
of the new Congress know what he has
j, in store for them. He treats the matter
of legislation in business-like manner
the same as when the Democrats, were in
the majority in Congress and supposes
that all he has to do is to let it be known
that he has nov on hand complete and
very extensive assortment of speeches,
suitable for either house." in order to
find sale for them. He regards these
speeches as goods, as votes, as merchant
able articles, and proposes 10 get them up
in any shape that may be desired. upon
subjects the most intricate. and embracing
the entire cycle of human knowledge. in
the shortest notice, say twenty minutes.
Now, who but a man that has bashed
in the lap of better days; who has had the
experience of many years in Congress I'M
der Democratic sway, could undertake to
thus span the whole range Of human
knowledge IN the short space OF twenty
minutes, and render it amenable to the
wants of honest legislation 1t is plain
enough this man must have seen better
days-must have been Democratic
member of Congress have received
a collegiate education, and must be en-
lowed with no ordinary genius; and,
withal, man of exalted virtue, and
without particle of selfishness. Who
ever knew of Democrat to be selfish
Democrats are never selfish or dishonest
and they are not apt to be ignorant
They may be black, but that fact does
not necessarily render them ignorant
1t is not so with Republicans, particularly
black Republicans.
The following is list of prices es-
tablished by this maker of speeches for
spouters," this Democratic genius who
proposes to supply Congressman with
ready-made eloquence at such cheap
rates as to render deduction impossible
PRICES.
Short, sensible speech OF, ANY subject . 80 1
Short, sensible speech, full OF facts........ Il
Snort, sensible speech. with quotations from
Ordinary common sense Observations tst.on:
ly recommended for private business),
An:!SantO Domingo speech livery punsent) 50
Protection speech (.reat sacrifice .......... O5
Protection speech. with statistics. ........ O6
Protection speech. a Ia Butler VERY personaU 10
SIHcc n On foreign policy OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. %
speech gu foreign policy, with insults to
Speech on the currency Ordinary ...... 50
Speech ON the currency very superior (q,itt
unintellisible). ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. -
House of Representatives jokes, per dozen. 10
Just think Of it, A protection speech
a Ia Butler-yery personal-for ten cents !
Cheap as dirt. House of Representatives
jokes ten cents dozen! What sacri-
flee of Democratic time spent in manu-
featuring jokes at ten cents dozen. 1t
is evident the man is ION his last legs"
or he would not be driven to the necessity