The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-28

II would be an injustice idiot to compare suof
sssrd 70 III. matt S@dns rasoaa
supposed sup moeoiiity II this desnanti i -~ W '"'
There is lawsuit now going on, Involving nearly
people oi st Louis and other cities and directed to
deprivins you not only Of the capacity Of further
you now possess to degree bordering on ruin. Day
By s.y ss or D y
rendering verdicts against you every hour, and
ST. .s no ps % your own d.
iense. somehow You fancy somebody will do some
refuse TO raise 1ssr yoursslyss In your own be-
hall You complain ,capitaily You moan like Mrs.
You CRY. out sgainst tks political rascaties that
have burdeDed dear state the last years hut
expenditure. heavy taxation. absurd commercial res
trictions. corrupt tribunals, disastrous wars sedi-
have not been abe to destroy capital isst ~ the
exertions of private citizens have boon able oreae
fered and all It now suffers, cannot prevent il.
growth its citizens have enterprise, courage and
-, DO you know. Mr., Chairman, the gloomest sight
ss sTn .s o9ss .ng pEhp CITY IN Not On.
streets. ycn might fancy would opnross the heart
u e oo nose eons e Z, e walls
with life and bright with pleasures and passing into
periamed with oamberag roses. You nsisht sy saT
must be the ssdiest spectacle this worla okn khow.
the death in life Of living oity. It's where tho
people live and move and have their being In tho
is present and no future where all energy seems
sick all industry pasied, and tho inhsbltants ander
shore waiting 70 be feriied by Charon '"s'""
What does New Orleans look like today Gaze on
and ths empty stores Note The decay saapins her
public buildings and neglect running hor thorough
Ask for the ships that once lined her whnrves. sud
the steamers that once filled her levees with pro.
duCei Peep into the conn enances Of her business
men and scan the care broodng there 90 into her
trade Hear Of distress from ssor on wshnef IL ne
employment, and the wants Of women and children
Is senator Morton right, for once in his l,,e vhen
ne says that New Orleans IL dead city r. 1t is for
dead but ssepg It Is for YOU az o yo" o"ns 10
st Sa syo ff IN 4ssss sSs
proclaim asyou put on your armor
LET us leave
Those things among the things that were and
They make grieve. let M subdue our m,nds
To what The time requires"
At the conclusion OF Mr.. Jno. II. News speecb
the Hon. j. Is. Elan, after being introduced bv
the chairman. addressed the meeting thus:
Hon. J. b. Elan on being introduced to the
meeting, spoke as follows.
Fellow-oitizens Of the city of New Orleaps.
At the invitation of the President Of tbe Pacific
isalroad Company. about which we are discuss
Ing, came down 70 look into the business OF
,",s nnt Gy ry aaa 70 adaress you this evening do
upon statistical information. NY Information no
70 the relative advantages Of railroads. as To
out the United States is only of that Uenerat
character. which al persons Of ordinary intei'
ligence and ordinary reading have. know this
years. go back even to tho time when
the war, commenced between the States. SEQ how
New Orleans has lrotrograded in her commorce
ana Dor prosperity. See how other places in
1he question arises. What is the cause 'f oi Nov low
the results OF the war; Is it because Of bad gov
ernmont?
Fellow -citizens. almost MS much cotton will be
made this year as was ever made In any year
before. but as much Of that cotton will not come
70 your ports & ~ it did before the war. Why does
i not come? What has become Of your vast pro-
d9ce trade. which annually came to your cify2
IL has gone to other places because the ordi-
nary means of communication have been fur
sharp. and active and intelligent rivalry has
sprung up in Texas on the seaboard. and In the
thriving city OF st, Louis
little doubt about, This subject. 4, 'Vas as
Major Now has Just said. whilst addressing you
on this subject, and confess that feel that II Is
something like. sof-stu ltifcation 10 stand up
here and tell this people what It socms every
body must know rs well as myself. But expert
enee has proved n all times that i is positively
necessary TO insist upon 1t without ceasng
to continually present it before the public mind.
Lot It net escape. This is no dead city, gentle
dead the South Is not dead-sho is only sIeep~
ing. The time will come when this city and this
state Will become great and powerful. aye. more
Those Suites fellow citizens, are necessity TO
the Union they will soon leap opt Of the poverty
That hos come down to US Il will purify us. and
proudest gems in the United States.
Gentlemen. there Is a4 ancient fable about mn
field. The lark would come and go from her
nest day after day. On one occasion the young
birds. who were not yet old enough to take care
Of the wheat field was going to cut down
move. They said ho came there with his son. son.
this crop; we must send out tomorrow and get
our neighbors and friends to come and help us.
All sad m .no 9d pare9t ar btd do not
again told her that they now certainly would
his son had again visited the fold a1d ,,I told TIA bs
%% cbiISlsn fRa he'R ESers ihs%
on the next day she few away again. and on her.
return asked II the owner had been therei The
young birds said. oh yes, but there Is now no
ther their neighbors. nor their friends. nor
relatives would come to reap It; Well.
s nsn said t6s 1 " WE'LL @ t.
deed move. and that right off. since the owner
has resolved to look for help to no one but him
State Of Louisiana had no faith. but when saw
the people, citizens Of New Orleans. take hold OF
this as they have done. without going to the
LeGisl lature and asking for compensation, when
they do not 20 to the Legislature and ask for
any grant said to myself that the people OF
New Orleans are in earnest, and intend to build
this railroad.
From that time. what energy have been able
70 exert in North Louisiana. and all along the
line Of this road, have exerted in favor of this
grand enterprise. Now. gentlemen, the ndeston
Is, can you build this railroad for yoN have got
To- build IT., Do not depend upon the Congress
OF the United States subsidizlng the New Orleans
and Pacic Railroad. and this branch from here
the railroad will never be built. Ibelieve from
what has been said upon the subject that there
Will not be much 10 expect from this session Of
Congress. We must therefore depend upon
ourselves. Count well its cost and Whatever It Is
in your I,ower to give give.
Gentlemen. have made about dozen
speeches In the parish Of DeSoto. asking the
people to subscribe 100000 to the capital stock
OF this important railroad.
Iappeaied TO the men. both old and young, all
oyerthe parish, to the laborer. to the profess
sional man, to clerks and everybody. / said
fnere IS not young man In this parish. that
has his health and the use Of his limbs, that Is
too poor TO subscribe 800 TO this enterprise.
In the little town Of Mansfield. which numbers
habitants, and has not more than two hundred
voters, we have subscribed nearly SIS 600.
Now. gentlemen, you know what two hundred
men have done there. They have subscribed
$4,000. and we are all poor there; there s not a.
man worth $50 600 In the town. There populfi-
ton Of two hundred voters has subscribed this
amount, and we mean to pay it Just as soori as
go from here 1 will again endeavor to GET every
l whether he rwu IrIla 80