The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-05-15
THE FRUITS OF REPUBLICAN RULE.

The most conclusive answer that possibly
con,,h be given to the boast OF he
publicans who pirate alt.ht tho prosperity OF
the State under the don;iEation Of thelf
party, is found in the present deSasted as
pect of the country parishes and the fright
full commercial and financial condition OF
the city. Go where You will, aud you will
find nothing but stagnation and decay.
Take the great thoroughfares of the city,
and you will observe more stores for rent or
for sale than are occupied. Tie sheriff's
keeper stares you in the face on every block,
and the red flag Of tie auctioneer tells the
tale of misfortune and financial ruin.
SO excessive is the taxation that capital
lists from abroad refuse to make investments
here in any branch of business, and our own
men Of wealth are converting their property
at terrible sacrifice into cash, and with
drawing from business. They see no induce
ment, no hope for profitable or satisfactory
business in this city or State, in its present
condition, and are gradually and numerously
abandoning Louisiana for other States, more
attractive, more prosperous and more civil
lied and respectable in their government.
Who would think that great city like
New Orleans could boast of but two hotels,
and these scarcely able to defray expenses
Who would ever have imagined that the
great metropolis of the South had been re-
duced to such financial ruin as not to be
able to pay its public school teachers, its
police, it's Mayor and municipal officers;
that its certificates of Indebtedness and
bonds were flooding the market and not
worth sixty cents on the. dollar!
WHO would have imagined that st. Louis,
Memphis, Cincinnati, and even Galveston,
could tap the trade of New Orleans, and
take from its port thousands of bales of
cotton and other products of the country.
healthy condition of things, would naturally
find their way here And yet all of this is
true, and more tOo,~than we can describe.
We sometimes hear Republicans deplore the
policy of journalists who depict the true
condition of the State and city.
They contend that it is unwise to paint in
such dark and glowing colors our misfor-
tunes Rather, say they, represent affairs
as prosperous, tlourishing and serene, and
thus attract hither capital, emigration and
fraud. The facts cannot be concealed. They |
speak in trumpet tones for themselves. No
efforts on the part Of Kellogg or his Repub
lican allies can satisfy the world that there
is any prosperity in Louisiana. State bonds
are quoted at twenty five cents, which once
were worth nearly par; the credit of Louisi-
ana, once like the Bank Of Englai d, is now
utterly worthless And yet Republicans tell
rs we have benefcent government, the |
is prosperous and the people are
happy.
But such pretensions are too transparent
" false and delusive, and the whole world |
Is rapidly learning the fact that the touch
Of Republicanism s blighting and destruct-
i've to every thing within its reach. The Ma
lion languishes under its burden; the State
Is reduced to beggary by its rule. and the
city is made bankrupt from the vile prac-
tees and corruption Of Radical officials.
Until the last Republican is swept from
the face Of the country, and every vestge |
Of his Ubiquitous system Of government Is
effaced from the National and State records,
there will be no safety, no prosperity, no
hope for the country.