The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-08-29
BUSINESS VS.. POLITICS.

BUSINESS VS.. POLITICS.
Every man in this city and State VIII
devotes his energies and means to the fur
therance of our Texas railroad project, AM
to the building up and advancement of tn
commerce of our city, should be regarded a
public benefactor and good citizen, Will
those who would foment discord and Great
useless wrangles, or needlessly excite tn
masses of the people on political issues, th'
discussion of which legitimately belongs K
the next campaign, will inevitably be re
garded as place hunters, and men who thinl
their own advancement of more importance
than the public veal.
We believe we correctly interpret the wishes
of the mercantile community, and, indeed, Of
the vast majority of the entire community
when we say they are in favor and earnestly
desire absolute cessation of political turmoil
for months to cqpe. We fully understand
and appreciate this feeling, and believe it
would be extremely unwise to forestall the
excitement and trouble which are the inevita-
BILE attendants upon a Presidential campaign.
The people of Louisiana, and especially the
people of New Orleans, have since 1872
gone through more excitement and po-
litical turmoil than will probably fall to the
lot of any other State in the next century
They bore themselves CALAMITY and proudly
through it all, sustaining crushing defeats
and disheartening repulses with heroism
rarely equaled, never surpassed, until the
compromise came and cast its black shadow
over the land-came with its fair and deceit
full promises, and gained for the usurpation
what before it never had and never was en-
titled 10, the tacit acquiescence of the people.
We struggled hard TO defeat the compromise,
believing then, as we believe now, that it was
a ruse of the Administration to whitewash the
most atrocious crime committed upon the
people of State since the foundation of the
government
If we are ever to escape from the conse-
quences fthis compromise, it will be through
the action CT Congress, and it remains to be
seen whether Congress, With the lower house |
Democratic and the Senate Republican, will |
have the courage and the virtue to do tardy |
justice to Louisiana. Had it not been for the |
Congress would have been COM
PEELED to take cognizance of and to settle the
matter; as it is, however, it may choose to re-
gard it as having been settled by the people
Of the Stae--if not to their satisfaction-at
east in way to have gained their quiet &C.
luiescence.
When the Democratic State Convention
shall assemble it will be one of its duties to
embody in its proceedings a resolution de-
,laring the State to have no republican gov
eminent, and calling upon the Congress of
he United States to give to our people the
tights which have been wrested from them
md which they have not been permitted
orcibly to assert, though amply able to do SO,
gainst the usurpation which has been set up
'ver them by the strong hand Of the General
Government, in fagrant opposi ion to the will
# the people and in shameless defiance of
heir respectful and earnest petitions
If the Senate of the United States shall de-
line to open The question, shall hold that {
closed the matter, and took it e
utslde OF the Jurisdiction Of Congress- a
UGH action and such claim will be un- f
lanly and disingenuous subtorfuges which
i'll recol upon the Radical party and the
pook of Louisiana will once more arise-a a
Official Banquo, to disturb the calculations
nd schemes of her assassins We are free to
W that we do not regard the favorable action
Congress in the matter as probable but it i
none the less the duty of the convention n
make the demand in the manner indicated.