New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-04-11
Another Blow.

Another Blow.
correspondent of the Cincinnati En-
quirer, one who accompanied the Indian.
editorial excursion, has been giving hil
paper the benefit of notes by the way. II.
testifies to the general languor and stsgna
tion of the far South. In the rural districts
he says 1.-THE almost entire lack of fences
and substantial buildings, the great amount
of uncultivated land, and the apparen,
lack of enterprise, are sad indications thai
the South is impoverished, discouraged and
broken in spirit" Coming to this city he
says:
Even the great city of New Orleans is
sadly under the spell. l can not forget the
appearance Of the city on our arrival there
which was at about nine o'clock at night
The streets were almost as quiet as though
there were law compelling the citizens to
retire before P. NJ. No business houses
we're open, save barber shops and saloons.
Whole squares there were without lighted
window, and an entire block on one of the
principal streets, remember, was animated
by a solitary billy goat. Telling Mr.. Baker,
editor OF the Bulletin, about the billy goat
scene, he remarked, with a perceptlble
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government continued much longer, New
Orleans could not afford even a live billy.
| goal to the square.
We submit if it is fair to thus practice
upon the credulity Of strangers! The state
ment that goat could not live on the
square much longer was a blow aimed di-
! rectly at our State government, intention
ally, and in view of the fact that our
theatres, operas, and concert halls are
nightly crowded, that 5000 happy men at
tend spelling match, that we have the
best patronized and most extravagant horse
races in tue South, that Easter week saw
our streets thronged with beautiful ladies,
smiling and wearing samples of all of
the latest Partisan follies, we do not
see how one who loves his country
we'll could goat it in that way.
There are other reasons, than that W. P.
Kellogg was elected Governor, why Louisi-
is not first among prosperous and wealthy
States. If her people possessed the right
sort of spirit, among themselves and to-
wards strangers, and barring occasional
drawbacks caused by malaria and flood,
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devil were Governor.
Speaking of the editorial ''hop" at the
st. Charles Hotel the correspondent saws:
~ venture to write the unpalatable truth
that it was dead failure" partly because
New Orleans was but very feebly represent
ed. He says:
In truth saw no representative of the
New ()rlQQ ond frcy, bo ~,1o
accounts which the morning papers gave Of
the affair it was evident that reporters
drew entirely upon their imaginations for
facts" in regard to the hop. Yet at the
newspaper offices which we visited we were
most cordially received and were told time
and again that if the New Orleans people
seemed to lack anything in hospitality,
plnchlng poverty and the depression of
spirits consequent upon their late troubles
and present military rule.
The writer does not give the name of the |
particular newspaper Office where he re-
ceived such an apology for our city; but,
as the Stranger says in the play. "Methinks |
have heard that voice before" 1t is |
customary to entertain visitors with glow
ing accounts Of what we were "before the |
war;" and sadly what We are now, under
and military rule. 1t is GUS
tomary to tell gentlemen and ladies who
come here on visit from Indiana that we
iespise soldiers and carpet baggers; it
makes them feel sort of comfortable like
md pleased with themselves. They 20
lone under the impression that "betore the
VAR every newspaper reporter in New
orleans lived in his own brown mansion;
hat he rode to the police station in his
wn carriage. having footmen to let down
he steps when he interviewed the detective
n the sidewalk and that he kept eight or
en- slaves to pick up news items for him.
las it is not SO now; We are obliged 10
7ork. and are very sorry for it.
Depression of spirits consequent upon
present military rule" is good. We don't
now who put that idea into the correspond
nt's head: but it certainly was not one of
ne many ladies or gentlemen who daily
stem to the splendid music of the band
nd witness the parade Of the Thirteenth
General Sheridan was at
lat time more than twenty miles away
Or was it any of our people who have ,
ade pleasant acquaintance with the Off Z
'rs of the army stationed here. We can
't tell who are depressed in spirits because {
oops are here. Perhaps it is some of our .
y shopkeepers who have raked in all of :
70 soldiers money after pay day, and are /;
aking believe they are doing mo peezness,
help me gracious:a But this unfounded 6
oaking will find it's level III good time,
ID unless people 60 out hunting for some.
ing to feel bad about, there will not be
en- terrible bugbear lurking in every T
rner to foster spleen and make men dys- E
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