The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-03
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Editor New Orleans Bulletin !:

Editor New Orleans Bulletin:
The communication published by you this
morning, signed ''Real Estate" and capped
care the People Unwilling or Unable to Pay
Taxes" speaks not only the truth as to the
Peoples Association to resist unconstitutional
taxation, and gives the true condition OF the
vast majority Of dehnquents /; but it sounds
note of warning to the new administration
which they would do well to heed. The Wilt
administration two years ago stood exactly in
the same position as to the people, as does the
presen. administration The financial condi-
ton of the city was, if anything, better then,
than il is now. BIZ. Mayor Wilt and his adj
ADMINISTRATION did rot take in the situation as it
really was.
1t was very popular with the newspapers to
-denounce all tax deiinguents as graceless re-
sisters, without any principle, and the anomaly
was at once presented OF an Administra ion
which had been elected by the people, Ill
hope OF relief from unjust, illegal and ruin
GUS taxation, turning against the people who
had elected them, and not only enforcing
without any question every one OF the lnlqul-
fous tax levies but, instead OF Lowering them.
increa sed the taxation. They went further:
courts Of the uncors.itutionality OF much OF
the taxation, which they pload was levied by
Legislative enactment, but retaining the paid
attorney Of their Radical predecessors as their
City Attorney, the peoples administrators
hired him to fight the Peoples Association.
when they rails I'd the issue III jacob hawkins
court, which Jacob himself told the city Ad-
ministntors j; Was their duty to do. This is
matter Of re5oId in the Superior District
Court.
All chat Real Estate says about the last adj
ADMINISTRATION is true They would not even do
that which their predecessors at one time
offered to do, namely receive that part OF he
taxes claimed, which delinquents1 admitted to
be just, and leave tie balance to be settled by
the courts but ON the contrary. when the
offer was made to them tina. they should do
90. an offer which, il accepted, would have
placed about two millsons Of cash in their
hauds, they point blank refused it; as Zeal
Es:a.e saws, demanded all or lone" and
City Attorney Lacey and Jacob Hawkins were
called up Il to grind out judgments BY the
cargo, while the administration went on issuing
warrants and buying on credit, sinking lower
and 10 yer all the time, 50 that to-day, city
obligations are 20 per cent lower than when
the Wilt administration took hold
Iua.l essential parti u ars the new admins
tration of to-day have the same outlook That
the recen: administration had when they en-
tered on their dgaties The future is before
them, in tina. future is to be made their record
tor evil or for good report The people are
worse off it is true than they We're IN 1872.
Now what are our new officers going to DO ::
Will they fooishIy take upon their shoulders
the ex IA burdens Of the past They are not
responsible for il, errors or its faults, why
should they hamper themselves with it. They
have any quantity Of judgments, so-called, from
jacob Hawkins tor taxes Can Jacob Hawkins
court give iudgmen- VIII :cl is wo! tn a cent,
in the way Ct rassirga title to property.
II the people believe that not only the
Superior Court IS all illegal and unconstltu-
tional creation OF III illegal and fraudulent
Legislature. (ard they do so believe) but that
the metropolitan police park and school
taxes, are swim lie, and frauds, and that much
of til 9 interest tax is {. swindle, because bonds
have been illegally issued {the drainage
swindIe SERIES tnT instance, and the people,
the Taxpayers, by Tar the large majority OF
them, DO believe all tlis:} and if on principle
the people retrs4 TO pay these levies Of War
moths aud kelocgs Legislatures, will our
new administla.;o on follow the example OF their
predecessors and levy all these taxes Had
they not best frs. stop all proceedings in re-
gard TO back matters. and look little into
their ne standing.
Had they not lest cone down to a cash
bass, making he lowest possible estimate for
the ctual necessary expenses OF the IoVern-
ment for the cnlreft year.
Choose some competent and honest attor-
new, to raise a defense of city and people
from the workings OF the infamous and OPP
pressive enactments passed by mongrel Legs
latures, to make the properly OF the people
contributory to the enrichment Of some
favored rings OF taleving carpet-ba9sers and
scalawags. Our Few men will, trust, not be
Influenced by any fear OF their Offices being
declared vacant by VIM. Pitt Kellogg. If
our newly elected Administrators will stand
by the people VINO elected them, the people
will stand by them, against Mr.. Kellogg or
anybody or bodies else
Our people wan. relief. There is but one
burden on them. That is Ubiquitous and op-
pressive taxation. They c IN find relief in
but one way. Take the burden of. Let the
past alone, for while, at least; don't push
the people to the wall on Jake Hawkins's
judgments. Il they are valid they will be as
good two years from today as they are now.
If the tax is unius. the peoples Administrators
should not seek to wiring it from the people
Let the dead pas: bury its dead. Attend to
your own affairs first, and levy no tax that is
not actually needed to run the Government
+. r. S.
SUGAR AND MOL ASSES PlLFERING ON