New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-02-16
4 WELCOME TO TIE WEST.

| 'lOAS HUGH. dllCl SIILClCA sLI NCA, Ia
the late war as any OF her associated Sis
| ters. Somehow she took her own course
after surrendering her sword and accept
ing terms Of capitulation. 1t by no
means met the approval Of professional
| politicians at the North. who insisted
! that she should Eight on. fight ever.
and regain by chicanery what she had lost
by arms. The politicians had their way.
| She calmly held her own course. The
| politicians formed under Andy Johnson,
whose administration put Davis and
| Stephens in the classmates of Fort Mon
roe. and. bu. for Grants remOnstrance.
would have pu. Lee and Johnson along
side Of them. The politicians escorted
Andy into rather i6nominious retirement
They then commended Mr.. Blair, one Of
| the most decided invaders Of the South
They handicapped him with the the repu-
diatioD Of certain federal debt and cur
| rency. and had him double "distanced
and drawn" Then the politicians pre-
sented Mr., Greeley, the particular patron
OF John Brown. the protective tariff, and
ION 20 Richmond They played this
theory to the bottom by nominating radi-
cal and other Republicans fox State offices
for share OF the spoiis.
Virginia asked them to leave her hand
out of this disreputable game. She ai-
dressed herself to her own affairs. She
was neither rich enough. nor yet needy
enough, to obey the orders OF the Wash
ington politicians. 1t is not necessary to
| repeat all the importan. results of this
homely policy OF attending to her own
business. But while this great city has
been for more than two months pas:
awaiting demi-daily te.eSraphs TO know
whether we have legal government or
anarchy, when our missionaries return
from Washington with the news that Lou
isiana has no vote in the Union, Virginia
has more encouraging duty to perform.
On the thirteenth instant
There wa, an immense demonstration in
honor of the arriva. of the first through
train from the Ohio river over the Chesa.
peake and Ohio railroad.
The procession was composed Of the FRS:
Virginia Regiment. the fire department.
various commercial associations. the City
Council. other city officials and many pr!
vate citizens. was formed and marched ~
the Chesapeake and Ohio depot.
Soon after their arrival the expected
train came in, and was saluted by two bat
teries of artillery stationed on the neigh
boring hills. each firing one hundred rounds.
Several of the church bells and all the city
bells rang their joyous pea's. while the
steam whistles OF the engines OF the fire de-
partment kept up continuous scream.
1t is proposed to have another and
grander celebration in May. The policy
of restoring the position Of a State by
development, rather than by intrigue. re-
ceives here signal support. This great
line has been taken up and completed by
Northern capital and enterprise. 1t brings
the trade Of Cincinnati over the ightest
grades, through the most favored climate,
and by the shortest line to forty feet water
in an ocean port. Well may these saga
corporations. with professions of gratifed
and hopeful men. women and children. to
welcome the Inauguration of this way to
the West. To New Orleans the rivalry of
this grea. work is particularly important.
It threatens to carry to another ocean
outlet a commerce which nature had tleli-
Gated to the Bal:zc. II is 4 now spigot
put into the trade reservoir Of the Miss.s-
sippi Now if the Nirginians had been Sc
duced by the Washington ring to de-
nounce the federal government as corrupt
and oppressive. to treat with inciviiity
all strangers who came from wrong points
of the compass. and rely upon the gift Of
lottery. levee. slaUghterhouse and similar
charters. with State bonds and taxes is a
fund, for resaining her position. i: might
Then this new and formidable route and
rival would never have been thought o.:
or. If the money had been voted. it would
never have passed beyond the lobby and
Wall street. II Louisiana Lal. ou the
other hand, devo:ed herself 20 removing
the obstruction 0: toll canal a: Louis
Vile. OF deepening OIL. outlet. establish
ING communication with foreign countries.
acquiring the confidence OF foreign capi-
;alists. perhaps the Alleghany mountain,
would still lay between Cincinnati Hld
IL. sea. There is. however. a better day
Il: hand. Or political physicians
are about to abandon the patient tina: the;-
prescriptions have brought 70 death door.
The people viii discharge tnen. and the
patient lef; to the curative forces OF nature
will recover. y different practice vii! DC
adopted What Virginia has done toward
the restoration Of her welfare. otA.r South
eyn States may eject.
Societ: demand, men WHO rely upon
action. no. agitation whose remedial
system is practical. NOT theoreticai: do
,nestc, no; dependent upon the charitable
o. interested intervention Of others. This
change OF policy vii. soon bring the whole
trade o: our vast interio, rushing to its
natura, vent. We may chronicle the Sue
cess Q. TIA: game old State. Virginia.