New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-01-10

ton. 1t was a practical rem
times of 1861. 1t was felt and
as intended, throughout the Sta
tically vitiated an otherwise
ton. 1t has abated little of ID
the lapse of time. 1t still spea
pending revolution.
The Commercial Decay Of Ne
The reader who has followed
OF the investigation into the cd
troubles in New Orleans, has I'd
perienced some surprise at ii
character of the evidence bear
depression Of\business. Wheu
duh in other cities the most SIX
ciets are uncertain as to the eau y
great commercial centres OF
have at different times suffered
nation of business, but their ci
not endowed with such penetrad
cacity as the people of the Cred
They would usually meet in the
of commerce, carefully analyzs
ton, study the peculiar cOndiud
point on the commercial cha a
records and statistics, and at
their deliberations declare what
them the causes of the q
But in New Orleans a faf
practice prevails. The people
SO well versed in sociological
ena; 80 thoroughly acquair
all the depths and shadows Of
mercial world, that delibers
deemed superhuous and are I'd
the use of such old fashioned,
ern" cities as Boston and Philads
superior business capacities" Of
Leaguers enables them to divine,
the cause of any disturbance in
mercial relations, and when a CT
once reached they are ready TO
with an oath. This "infallibilitJ
ing of matters ia exhibiting itss
the pending investigation in M
where witnesses crowd upon one
rapid succession, each asserting
solemnity of an oath, that the
depression of business thrOughOu
is all owing to the incapacity an
agement of the present RepubliCl
tratiOn.
A cursory glance at the busil
South will suffice to reveal the
of the present commercial dePd
New Orleans. The great reason
cline lie due to the fact that the
citizens OF that place have relied
perity solely upon the business
their wharyes upon the bosom d
sissippi, while other States, By
roads, have BEEN steadily reach
every direction to attract that trS9
own commercial centres. The
diums of transportation built Il
last decade have diverted that II
formerly lOated on the Mississ
Arkansas, Texas, Mississippi ana
Louisiana, to Memphis, LOuisTl4
vile, Cincinnati, and above all, to /
These cities have extended theiI
into every section of the Soutl
merly fed the commerce of Nef
In the meantime new ports OF
been opened, thus practically ext
seabOard of the nation to soon
cities that formerly depended fol
ports upon the New Orleans .
The growing port of Galveston
entire control of the foreign con
Texas. Memphis feeds a large 50
country, and st. Louis, by means
mense railroad facilities, has
itself all the business, formerly
lized by New Orleans, 10 Missi
kansas, Missouri and portions of
The rapid march of events has
Orleans SO far ia the rear tbs
longer even the great cotton ms
country. The merchants of \
Boston, st. Louis and other cite
peting for the precedence in hsa
ton; are controlling all the cOttol
with foreign countries, and taxi
sion of the greater portion of
realized from the time the prod
the fields, aud is steamed away b
or car to the looms of the spinner
These are facts entitled to prt
tiOn in considering the situatl0f
Orleans. They are the real cal
decline, If decline there is. AID
the New Orleans merchants reta
their pleasant hotels 10 Lond1
Hamburg, Berlin, Vienna and
side of Niagara, fOndly belief
could step right into the lncratl'I
enjoyed before the rebellion. The
reconcile themselves to the impofl
utiOn that had taken place, and
shown themselves utterly ind
keeping up the progressive a
every where pervsdes the county
ed and reared in q state OF 4
belonged more properly to the
than to q place in the nineterl
their inability TO keep pace
current events is but natural
strange that they should Sc
the blame Of their misfortune at
their State government, There
scapegOat, and the most CONVEX
this case Is the Republican psI
only feature calculated TO cause
ishment Is that so many men
respectable would assert under
She fault of the depression 10 pa
entirely attributable to che Slsl
ment. Every intelligent man Z
try knows this to be unquahtsl
And II they have 80 little resps
oath In this particular, what imPa
be attached 20 their Testimony 7
subieotsi WHIST portion OF ihelt,
can We believed The same req
gard Tor the Eolemnity Of ~
generally pervade their tesiimoI9
weakening Il and not giving !
weight before the country ~.
given 70 the evidence Of ne.
carpet haEForen and She frssdHa
laaS Leader.