New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-07-31
"UN CIICYEN DEsEsPEIE ,.


This is the Fren Oh, as We are told, for
what an American would call a fellow
'crazy as bed bug" and this despairing
citizen has a plan to avert the ruin Of
Louisiana. It is to divide the State be-
tween Mississippi and Texas-both al
legged to be States that do not pay their
debts-sink the name of Louisiana. and
so get rid Of the whole debt and all the
taxes necessary to support the govern
ment. ''Another citizen, altogether as
desperate as the first, proposes another
plan. I. is &c reserve the city OF New
Orleans and little strip from this fraUI-
ulen. conveyance and make i. q free
port. Congress will send this Territory
"a good Governor, man of judgment
and Of good character, who will give US
. paternal government and forbid the
creation Of any debt" These proposals
may be added to tina: upon which the
Bee has possibly sent out a COM
missioner - the intervention Of France
to demand the restoration Of the public
printing aGd other civil and religious
rights guaranteed by his Imperial Majesty
Napoleon !. The Bee does no, make any
exception in favor Of the innocent holders
of the ante carpet-bagger debt. 1t wishes
them all wiped out by the dismemberment
and humiliation of the State. One re-
gret it has. Louisiana was founded by
Louis XIV. 1t Vas coded by Napoleon.
Great names. 1t is true, Louis Nv. gave
this empire 70 Spain for nothing. Eapo-
leon abandoned and sold it for song.
Yet, being kings, they could do no wrong.
As we do not consider these Gallo rene
dies seriously We need not comment On
the difficulty of diseharging property Of
its debt by transfer without considera-
ton. So Mississippi and Texas would
take Louisiana c!n. cnere, and her debt
would be added to their own. The second
"citizen, even more desperate than TIE
other, makes no provision to get rid Of
the twenty-three million dollars Of city
debt. Nor does the Bee tell these ''citi-
zens desperate" that the constitution of the
United States would not allow '.any
preference By any regulation of commerce
or revenue to the ports q one State over
those Of another nor that Congress
would have some say in the reorganization
of these political districts: nor that 1.-THE
South would lose two Senators, which
would cause the peoples paper to demand
an injunction. as 'the guardian and next
friend Of the South. All this is joG;nGge.
1t is only noticed to show the discomfort
inculcated by a few desperate politicians.
The Bee first shut off the light OF the Eng
lish language from its constituents. 1t
can now make them as miserable as it
chooses. 1t has them perfectly in its
power, and can control and direc. them
as it may choose. There is. we are aware.
no use in discussing these subjects with
the Bee. Our readers do not understand
its charges, SO they fall harmless. Its
readers do not comprehend our language,
so our refutation of its absurdities is
fruitless. It is duel in the dark, in
which neither combatant can find the
other. However, we may inform our
readers that the remedies Of Louisiana
are
!. An armed occupation Of our territory
by France on the ground Of broken guar
antees.
2. To split Louisiana open like peach.
giving one-half each to Mississippi and
Texas.
3. The establishment of New Orleans as
a free port. with g good governor appoint
ed by Congress.
This is sufficient sample for the pres
ent Of the desperate condition Of Louis
lana in the estimation Of our foreign adj
mirers. and the desperate remedies Of our
"despairing citizen" and of another citi-
zen "even more desperate than the other