New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-22

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quote Louisiana skies in New York at forty
five, when they have never reached that fig
ure, but remain between forty-eight an,
ffty-two:'
A New York paper Of Friday last was Pre-
duced, and the bonds were placed at fifty
two, while in the press dispatches the,
were quoted at forty-fve. Now let Us SCI
who is hit
We're the greatest people for talking
over a new thing and the smallest to carry
it out in the country" suggested one of the
iron barge prOgenitOrs,. who surveye d
with melancholy satisfaction volume OF
resolutions as all that remained of the
project.
lone evil we're deprived Of" said a
mechanic, "and that is strikes Working
men are striking all over the world, but we
haven't felt it here"
Useful to onominees of any party-'lIum's 5
the word
Il am reminded every day." said Lib
eral, that there's no greater fallacy than
! the expression, Revolutions never 90 back
ward The biggest revolution was the
| French, and it ran back into worse
| despotism than it emerged from. Recon
struction was a revolution, and it is slowly
moving back into Capitalization, while the
cOIOred men show the most intolerant
traits"
1t usually happens in politics that argu-
ment does very little good. a never
knew Of discussion, p replied an old ge
tleman to this sentiment that ended in
convincing any one of the the disputants of
his error. People somehow make up their
minds and act accordingly. They will
listen, but won't heed. For one, don't
think political missionaries do any good,
except TO kill time in public NEE tings,
where two or three men generally 90 the
thinking for the whole crowd"
Il don't wonder the towns business is
going dOWn, replied Northern nan to a
complaint from an Orleanian, who found
he had to reduce expenses.
Neither dc l, said the Orleanian, we're
taxed too much
"Would you complain Of taxes if you had
business 2"
"Of course not"
You're too slow; that's what's the matter
with you. You're behind the age; you're
slow in politics. What's your Democratic
creed A tombstone a chronicle Of the
past, an epitaph. You're like the Indian
who tried to lassO a locomotive. You try
to stop tue march of progression just as
much in business,as in politics. st. Louis
takes the Red river trade because you stick
to improbable rates and you hug the rates
still st. Louis builds a railroad through
Texas, binding her to that bOuntiful cOun-
try, and you haven't got dollar to spend !
that way. Wake up. You're like that man
who slept himself dead in eleven days, and |
spoon feeding didn't save him. You hug
old prices, old channels of trade. old ems
toms, old fogies, fossils and old men, old |
avenues and buildings. Of course you're |
losing your business. If you don't move |
soon in some direction your town will be a |
cemetery full Of dead issues, a cbarneI- |
house Of dead and gone ideas You can |
afford to pay company to build road |
into Texas, pay for the road and give all |
the profits to the corporation, but you will |
Join together any time to harass, hinder, |
clog, hamper and destroy such an enter |
prise, but never think of pushing it on.
That's what's the matter with you"
One of the city contractors reading the |
explanation Of the jackson street ferry pro-
prietOrs, remarked: NO indeed, a man |
can't please everybody no more n be can |
keep hotel; no more n he can ride in a /
street car and not tread on corns, or be |
ticket agent of a railroad and make nobody |
mad from waitin'; be principal of a school |
and not have some angry woman call on
him TO give piece of her mind. I've been
a contractor for many years, but I've got |
so used to fault fndin' get fat on it, and
if didn't get rubbed down occas siOnaIly l |
should think somethin's gone wrO ng. It |
seems to me wouldn't like to run ferry
boat, an then l wouldn't have a chance to
say 1t is utterly impossible to please every
body requiring the accommodation of a
LNAA , -OOcsts AL COL1UuLu INC IL 4 NOH
know it is impossible to please everybody
who requires the accommodation OF any
thing
Il do believe the newly enfranchised
'aces are the hardest set of politicians in
he world" said Radical in great aston
shment. "Soon's there's two sides among
EN- one side wants to break the heads of
he other. They won't listen to nothin'.
See how tits in Cincinnati; they hunted
lown one of their number cause he took
Kindly to Greeley. Look how it is in New
FORK; they wouldn't let Saunders say a
word and wanted to mob him. See how it
9 here in all the wards; none of 'em will
low another man to differ or to talk or to
ay word or give a hint; wo mt permit
discussion, and the way they choke of a
nan who rises to explain on the wrong
ide, beats anything ever heard of, an is
omething wouldn't have believed Of en-
our years ago