The daily gazette., 1874-10-07

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| which he has the eappointmenf of an the
registrars of election. who in their turn
can exclude whom thew choose from tho
poll lists and their election ia withont
appeal. KELLOGG and his fellow,Isurpar1
also make up the Returning Board.
whose returns of election are ikeNisf,
without appeal to the courts so that
it is impossible fos the people ever. to
have the oppoltiluity of 'ch0osiilft thair
officers under that system So t1lI n
caricature of the Republican form of
government was never soon and vrould
be a comedy were its results not so sad
and tragic Ym tbus see that we baxn
self. pcrnetuatingd despotism of snoliators
Their pillage is more rrieyous than that
suffered heretofore becausc the neonl,.
arn now noorer and the devices for cxac.
tion ara cpnsaorsntIv norc eytrema Tbo
General Tcentionsness of the criminal
classas has incrsasad amhnldenad Lv thn
mischievons nee .Ealloo,, bos maia of
the n,rdonin,, nowar in Favor of mon
convictad If arsnn r,nn and murJar In
fact. many mrn in utHcn under him ara.
criminais' :,
"Is il irue. as Kellopc recently asserts
thai laxation has hern redncedp"
.4t is nat true Nv a tr;cL or fraudulent
administration lha- n,imlna, percentaoe OF
taxation was reduced slightly by the last
illcpitimate LEGISLATURE. hui The y,lue ct
property IS assessed al nm extreme figure
which will Weld IN money sbout the same
amount of laxst,ou as before. The tax.
as ssrssors are p,id a commission ON thr
vain, assess ed and IL is their direct inter,,t
to over estimate prop, rty. while lLeir dec,s-
ion is also without appeal to the courts.
Tho nominal rate Of Ia ax,tion IN New Orleans
is per cent, but property is assessed at -
or 30 per cent above lis value, except in the
case OF property belonging TO the carpet.
bappeIs and their lctaineis, when Il is tsli-
mated under is value Another odious feS
ture is that the owner OF property sold for
taxes has no right OF redemption, and the
| purchasers, who are mostly OF the carpet
| bag ring, at quire an immediate petf C title
| To prest mt the picture by contrast, Will
say that the debt of the State, which, before
the war; was about Gil ,OO0, 900, and in 1865
$l3 900. 900, reached, in 1873, the confessed
sum of SD 600 900, The debt of New
| Orleans. before the war IS OOQ.GOO md n
| 1868 about $40 900 600, is now So. 900 900.
Yet IN return for this vast OK penaiture there
| are no public improvements, and the resour-
ces of the people are exhausted. The expen-
ses Of the Legislature. before the war ahout
$3.50 900 per annum, reached, in 1873, about
81, ,OOO, 900; and the State printing, which
cost less than 5000 before the war, cost,
| in 1873, about 500 900 The Metropolitan
| Police Of New Orleans, psid by the city,
which formerly cost about $500, 900, now
with no increase OF population, costs about
$500, 900, " ithout aiforIiug any substantial
protection to the citizens. The Stats taxes
IN 1865 were ~; mills, and in 1873 were
I'm, mills, anu that on a most exaggerat Il
estimate Of property"
| What is yonr opinion, General, Of the
recent attcmpt of the people TO renstate
! NcEnery without what j. known as due
process Of law"
| The act was in obedience to th, IN
stinct of characterization, our society
at large hay. suffered for years through
loss of property. of personal liberty, and
many other outrag,.5 which do not carr
to mention-grievanee far worse than
thos, that droy. the thirteen colonies t.
revolution and caused the patriots ot
that day TO declare, in justification
their action. that there is TIM. when
Ipatience ceases to be a virtue" Our
people have exceeded the Revolutionary
fathers in the practice of that virtnr.
After long suffering, they succeeded in
1872 in electing an honest Government
composed of men of high character and
intelligence. Thereupon a drunken Fed
eral District Judge, by an irregular mid
night order enforced by Federal bayO-
nets, enjoined that Coyernment and IN
stalled Kellogg and his satellite. la
into th, sola trranl. alpct nr nf the STAT.