Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-07-09
A SHORT HISTORY AND ITS
TEACHINGS.


the last week i'll substance, the FOL !
lowing information.
The Territorial Government here is
not so much Of a Success rs it was con-
tidently predicted at the outset 1t
has been found that the rings which |
existed under the old form of govern
nent have fill rs much swing now rs
heretofore. Under this state of affairs |
various influential citizens of the dis
trict are now agita:ing the question as
to whether Il would not be better to |
petition the next session of Congress
to repeal the territorial bill altogether
II would seem that the only new
feature which has been realized under
the new order of things was fatal ten
deicy to recommend improvement
The Board of Public Works, in o
recent report on the subject, recon-
mended the adoption of plans for
identifying the city, which would have
cost in the aggregate about 1000,
900
Acting upon such suggestions the
Ilocal Legislature has had introduced
several bihs which would have taken
the entire valuation of the District to
have carried them into effect. They
! We're voted down se5'iatim, bit only by
a small majority. AT last bin was
got before this body with favorable
report from acommittee, which involv-
ed an expenditure of about five mill
ions. La tho discussion which follow
cd it was discovered that not only was
this report n forgery, but that it con
tempE.tcd the disbursing of this large
sum of money without any degree OF
responsibility whatever, No one was
to account Cor the way in which it had
been expended, nor to make any re-
cord OF its disposal whatever Under
this state OF affairs property holders
are naturally becoming alarmed. and
are fast coming to the conclusion that
it is better to be governed by con-
gressional committee than by an ig-
norant, uniettered and corrupt Set OF
legislators.
It is we'll known throughout the
country that this territorial form OF
. government, which protects the rich
and regulates the poor man both
!, Is to his interest and his aspirations
for position in society, could never
{ have been adopted save throu yh
= the designating influences of col
: ored people.
: The invinc:lIlc club Of the Is
: Ward Of Washington City began the
I disgraceful and as it turned out
h the disastrous work of boiling. They
: demoraGzed the colored voters by
+ harping upon the tardiness attend
L ing ali municipal settlements witt
: iaborers. But who does not sc,
4 that these silly complaints furnished
a additional food for complaint
t When capitalists found that the.
+ could drive the negro into spiri
Y u complaint against his best friend
n the capitalists who are general
3 conservatives, concluded to withhold
l. all loans from the Washington mu
! nicipality, which they knew woul
t, make the working men, nearly a
10 colored people, complain the loude
Is and longer against its republica
&c mayor MIR. Bowen. This was tn
trick which robbed the colored ma
t. of influence and power in the dis
# trict, and the chief tools in playin
St the trick We're colored mel
" Whether they meant to do it or nc
+ is of little consequence now. The
IT. did it and it would seem that th
d poor white man who thought b
N was all right if he could get tn
d negro out of the way, is now
l. greater grumbler than the negro q
r the injustices which capital is al
in tempting to inHict upon labor i
~ the District.
II We have called attention to thl
lie subject because we think 1t COZ
r tains a lesson for us. Here W
is have furnished us by Washingto
Id City the history of a useless DO
IN and the consequences of disa'
ty trous split. That history and N
" suit have been repeated with sligf
,u variations in two Southern Stste
I'd and it would appear that we stan
ly in some danger Of. running into tn
al same excuses of self-confdence.
re Now we have three proposition
" upon which as journalists we sha
nr always insist: '
50 LIST. We shall act inside of tl
D. party-never out OF it. Neithe