The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-06-04

out OF this belief spring those
social disorders that in tho end destroy
civil liberty. disorganizo society ana
PROSTATE industry. Tho real truth IL.
and to this truth we invite the attention
of the distressed working classes Of New
Orleans, that when the working people
are distressed; when there Is no work
and no wages and no prosperity among
the working people, there is mt the same
time depreciation of the value
Of property: decay Of commerce. and
an exodus OF capital. In other words,
1t is true that when ono honest class 81
society is distressed. all tho other honest
classes are .Qropottionately distressed.
The worhingmcn arc now ~ poverty,
and many of them in want; but It Is
also to be borne in mind that the estates
OF the property holders have declined in
value fifty millions OF dollars, and the
trade of tho merchants has fallon OF
many millions OF dollars.
Now, then, is it reasonable for the
workingmen to suppose that their trou-
bles can be relieved 10y social politi-
cal. and even communstic warfare
upon the property holders and mer-
chants? In view Of these facts. which
the rashcst communist now seeking to
array the workingmen against other
classes Of society cannot deny, is il
sensible to charge the distress Of the
working classes upon the property
holders and other classes, who are
in proportion to their means as
great sufferers as tho working men
Certainly not There is u common cause
for tho distress Of the working men and
tho distress Of property holders, mer-
chants and capitalists. and the only
sensible and effective policy to pursue
is for all to unite in ono common move
ment to destroy that cause and restore
that condition Of society In which capl-
tai and labor hold their normal rela-
tions and are mutually dependent upon
and tr,lstful Of each other. A celebrated
English writer said with great vigor and
truth
The ruin or prosperity Of u State depends so
much upon the administration Of its govern
mont that to bo acquainted with the merit q 2
ministry we nned only obser 9 mo connlti9n o'
the people. II we see them obedient 10 the laws.
prosperous in their Industry united mt home
and respected abroad. we may reasonably pre-
sumo that their affairs are conducted by mon o.
| experience abilities and virtue. IT, on the con .
trary we see an universal spirit OF distrust and
| dissatisfaction. \ rapid decay OF trade. dissen
siona In all yarts " the empire and n total loss
Of respect In the eyes OF foreign powers. We may
| pronounce without hesitation. that the govern
| mont 10 weak distracted and corrupt. The mui
| ttude In all countries, are patient to certain
/ inf
and hurry Thorn into eXccsses. bu, tn. original
i fault IL in government ,
| Yet there is no extremity OF distress, which
Of itself ought IA reduce n great nation To de-
SPAR. II is not the disorder. but the physician
IT. ia not casual concurrence q 'hi h, :
government which alone can make whole
people desperate.
Without much political sngqcity. OF any ox-
traordinary depth uf observation, we need only
| mark how the principal departments ~ tho
state are bestowed and lo.k no further for the
true cause Of every mischief that bealls Us.
We commend these words Of wisdom
from one of the greatest writer's OF his
own or any other age to the people OF
Louisiana. to the workingmon who are
in need Of money to buy fuel for their
families to the property holders whose
estates have declined in value until they
cannot sell them for one fth of their
former worth; TO the merchants
whose store houses are empty, and
whose profits have been transformed
into losses to every man within whose
bosom burns single spark Of patriot
ism. The cause of tho distress Of work
ingmen. property holders, and mer
chants is the same the original fault
is in government.
Neither the property holders nor the
merchants OF New Orleans have been
nor are they now, the Oppressors OF the
working people; tho property holders
and the merchants are, like the worklns
people, the victims OF a govern
mental system which has impoverishot
every honest class in the communit,
: and enriched only the adventurous, thu
, thieves and ring men who have flour
! ished under Radical rule. For eigh
, years past, month by month, the prop
, erty holders, merchants and working
: men have gradually grown poore
| and; poorer, while at the sam
time the swarms Of carpet
baggers and sCalawagS, who. at tn
outset, were mere vagabonds, will
! scarcely second shirt to their backs
! have grown gradually rich and insolent
. Mechanics who few years ago foun
: abundance Of work and good wages an
were content, are now suffering fo
= bread property holders who reveled j
!, wealth and were able to employ work
! ing men, are now on the eve Of bein
;. sold out for debt, and merchant
- who handled millions OF bus
: ness, are ready to close u
their stores; but Warmoth, kellogg!
!, Packard, Dibble, and all their swarm
y Of insolent tax collectors and striker
1T who came into the State half starve
Is and half naked are rich; they dine
it the most expensive restaurants; dre
Is in the latest fashions and spend the
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