New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-17
CHARLESTON PROsPERs.

CHARLESTON PROsPERs.
If the presen: armed control Of the
State should continue. it would effectually
disabuse the public mind Of one error.
1t is. that the alleged abuses. debt and
tax exaction OF the State authorities cause
al. the stagnatioa and restitution Of which
all complain.
The annual reports Of our trade on the
first instant show a falling off in every
principa! staple. Cotton. -four, grain,
hog products. tobacco. are all less in re-
ceipt than las. year. Our imports of for.
eign goods have fallen of twenty-four per
cent. or more than four millions Of dol.
lars. The coffee receipts of New Orleans
are seventy thousand bags less than last
year. To this it is useless to say we are
ruined by Chinese cheap labor. aai, HE
went tor that Heather Chinee." Assign
to the State government what qualities
his enemies may suggest. he did not make
the State debt. No exercise Of his
power could control the shipment of
freights to or through this port.
The cotton exports OF the last year
were large. though short Of the pre-
ceding year. There was ample freight
room for return cargces. The river freight
has been abandoned. The federal law
guarantees to all ports Of entry or delivery
importing goods through our own or any
other out port. the right to do so without
even prepayment Of duties Now. is Kel-
logg such an ogre that the Western cities
no longer dare pass his ''castle on the
Rhine:" Is their political prejudice such
that they will never ship another ton Oh
their own boats and barges SO long as
Louisiana remains under the administra.
ton Of Governor Kellogg:
1t must not be forgotten that the whole
lake country now ships and receives a
great deal of commerce by way Of the st.
Lawrence and through the city Of Nom
trea!. Commerce. then. does not regard
the political Jurisdiction through which it
may pass to or from market. Blu. We
have received one conclusive proof thai
the grossest political abuses which can be
alleged against State administration do
not repress the industrial development Of
a city. If the commercial connections Of
that city are satisfactory.
Our readers have doubtless heard OF
Governor Moses Of South Carolina. AS a
short description, we will say he is the
Warnoth o: that State. They have
heard Of the deb: and taxation Of South
Carolina. are they prepared for the state.
Ment which follows: It is from the Chi
cage Times, a rape. Of Democratic ante
cedents and tendencies.
The presen: wonderful! prosperity Of
Charleston. South Carolina. ~ hard nut
for the believers in the specla! Judgments
of God. It any city deserved ~ be made
a conspicuous mark o: the wrath OF Provl-
dence for fostering secession il its early
days. Charleston was that city. Yet it is
the most prosperous place in the South.
The cotton receipts this year are $4,000
bales in eXces. " last years receipts. In
y
the entire cotton crop o; mi. country. and
this year she has handled more than one
tenth. The Larho, has been filled with
shipping and she trade il rice. naval stores.
lumber anu vegetables has grown steadily.
Local manufactures are increasing rapidly
in number and Importance. aad new build.
ings Of al. kinds are being constructed.
The commercial prospects OF the city are
brighter than ever before.
Read it again. An increase in the staple
products. an improvement in manutac-
lures. new buildings of al: kinds. COM
merciai prospects brighter than ever be-
fore. Certainly. then, no state adninis:ra-
ton. however, corrupt. can arrest the
progress o! city whose tradi OK indus.
tries are prosperous. On the contrary. if
something be not done TO stop the Gre
vases Of trade now pouring out Of olr
commercial channel and enriohing with
their al!ueion other and rival territory, New
Orleans will dry up iatallibly. Civil We:
has ruined many city. 1t las neve. built
up one. It is easy to tell every man who
can 10: get WORK on the Ieyee. OK in the
stores and shops: Don't YOU See that
fellow: That is Kellogg. lie is the man
that keeps you on the street starving.
Kin OF drive him away. and you will have
wages" He iy no means suggest tina:
the finger. should be pointe.! a: Mayor
Wilt. whose financial li:t,. finger lays
heavier upon this people tia: the loins OF
Kellogg. Vi. '.-" ':,y ."... Ii an
Officer is Held responsible tor all the des-
titution prevailing in this city for a tax Of
fourteen mills. how can another ezpec:
to escape Tor tax 9; twenty-five
mills: But we vii: not wander
from the point Charleston. which stood
rain o: fire for hundred days pros
pers. New Orleans which never had .
stone displaced. BIZ. was fed on federal
.at;ons. has declined. Charleston. gov
ernel b.; an irresponsible State officer and
Legislature. grows IN trade and buildings.
New Orleans governed in most part since
the war by men Of hes own choice. wits
in every interest. Eow.can tLese opp osite
results Of prosperity and s:agnation be sc.
counted for. That Is subject :os prose
essay.
AMIABLE ST. LOUIS.
No circumstance has occurred since the
failure OF the Fort ST. Philip canal bill
and the building of Tais' h.id,s 60 we'll