The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-02-29
THAT MEMORIAL.


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n We the undersigned, who are largely engaged
In BUSINESS here desire to express our un-
aualed dlsapprobation Of the attempt on ,ne
par thI fts Mose o. "ss
would pc caamty tglI Of damage st to ne c e9
ercal insEess Of this city n. c woe" of fa men
increased i'm business here. II would damage
The credit OF the city and Of its citizens, 81, ~
would drive away capital ana prevent othet
capital from being sent here for investment ~.
would deter Congress from passing ieVDe M.
for "ana i n T ,has k9 Ssy I'm, regard
The solemn compromise OF April. 1874 as bind
ing In honor and conscience Il WIN MAKE ~, I9r
here or elsewhere. gl-l54
Thus speaks class of mon who AFRO
uate to themselves the distinction OF be-
inV the guardians of capital" and as
ssoIid" or business men, political
prescience that no men OF all other
classes may ever hope TO attain.
When respectable citizens thus give
expression to their opinions on great
lmblic matters over their sigma
lures. they must not forget that such
EXPRESSION is direct condemnation Of
" adverse opinions Of their fellow citizens
m this Instance It iB fisr more; 1t is u
x,Ondemnntidn OF the fDatured convic-
tion 81 all our Conservative Kcpresen-
N t1tivcs (our public .servRnts) In General
Assembly convened, ~ well as Q con,
the nverwhelming majority OF the hon
est white people of the whole State. ]
don't deny tie right OF these "busi-
y ness men" TO speak, but | assert the
right to criticse what they say, and
that In plain English. J.yE.
1. The memorialists assert that they
"are largely engaged In business here. :,
50 am for ! work from one days end
70 another honestly and faithfully all !
family or friends all that ] can hope
for must be hoped for here. And this Is
. the case with tens of thousands who
are asked TO read the memorial. slJa-
q "Such n measure Impeachment OF
KelIoug) would be a calamity full of
damage 10 the commercial interests OF
this city," Calamity Is a strong. word.
According 10 Worcester it means "causc
OF misery or distress"
Again TT would cause distrust Of the
future among all classes OF men inter
csted In business here. 1t would dam
age the credit of the city aud its citi-
zens IL would drive away capital and
prevent other capital from being sent
here for investment. n
II all those are patent facts, give us
the how and wherefore. gentlemen. AS
the matter stands, you feed us on vague
platitndes, and our mental stomachs
fives (from all classes of the commu-
njty) have for weeks been In general
assembly convened, they have studied
we'll the bearings Of their action they
have the same interests here that you
have: they have constitutional obliga-
tions to meet as your public servants,
and surely they are deserving at your
hands, when you undertake to publicly
condemn them of simple statement
1u,, .,rn q tn
come. Imay swear by all that Is good
and gracious that we will have snow
q next August, but the intelligent and in
dependent world will want to know the
process of reasoning by which / arrive
az such a conclusion.
go You mast tell us whV. gentlemen, or
your memorial is twaddle.
And how do I answer your twaddla !?
Read
Was. not Warmoth calamity"
Yes. And why? Because with his add
ministration came despotism. fraud.
robbery, ruinous taxation, and wide
spread demoralization. All this has
been demonstrated.
Is not Kellogg calamity" Yes.
Aud why? Because with him came o
continuation Of all the evils OF the reign
usurpation that ever cursed freemen.
iW4l Gan Ii, beua "calainity" to remove q
calamity" Ii SO, how?
But how can the impeachment of kel-
logg damage the credit OF the city? Has
not this credit steadily gone downward
from the day tho villain usurped the
place he holds? Can you deny this?
Have you ever seen the credit OF the
city so low az 1t Is under his hated ruler
Has the city any credit on the basis of
his holding the gubernRtorial chair?
or But you say lit, will deter Congress
from passing 1evee bill, and because
we would. In your estimation. be violat-
n inqth compromise of April, 1875 Don't
YOU knOic that this action OF our repre-
santatives Is not violatiye of that com
promise? Don I you knOO the eompro-
mise stipulated he should not be i'm.
peached for acts committed before the
is for acts committed since? Moreover,
don e you kn0tc that compromise car
sries with 1t mutual concessions and OBJ
legations, and that Kellogg and his
myrmidons have utterly failed in oil
their PROMISES This poor people are
y weary OF the puerile manifestoes OF
individuals who assume to be all the
''solid men" Of the community: all the
a business men and the capitalists OF the
\ city. and whose political sagacity Is
alarmed ut every movement Of the peo-
pie against their plunderers and oppres-
sors.
Last spring this same set Of political
wiseacres, in their role of business
men," predicted that the Wheeler ad-
justment would insure a wondrous
prosperity in country and city; that
stocks and bonds would go up, business
would revive, and prosperity would be
ours. How have these predictions been
fulfilled? The condition of our affairs
has gone from bad to worse; property
has continued to depreciate every
thing, in fact, has gone even faster
down the road to ruin. The advocates
of the compromise themselves have
seen and acknowledged their error in
trusting to the promises and pro
fessions OF carpet baggers. and
are now cordially working in
the business of the Impeachment
with those who opposed that
compromise and just rs all are agreed
on "a plan OF action, the community is
once more RECALLED with manifesto
from the .'solid business men," who fear
that the price Of mackerel, or crooked
whisky, or tape, or cistern water, may
be injuriously affected.
A day or two after the 1ith Of Septem-
Der, while yet the life blood OF our gal |
liant young men, shed at the bidding Of
the usurper and villain, Kellogg, was
not dried on our paving stones, the |
business men y of New Orleans tele- |