The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-29

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stand by and see the enterprise fail each ons help
s a. Of what we ali samii Is ,ndispsnsa
bly, neces sary TO the welfare Of our cisy'
SsS pso RS' half his fortune II let say.
os. he ut si%y with folded n.nds ana let
proceedings 20 without stirring. and trust to his
i would 81 ~ injustice TO an idiot to compare such
New Orleans, have youj that inact,on in
regard to this matter d building : railroad CON 60
s s'up .. imSsoility q this d.fsndsoti
There Is lawsuit now going On, involving nss ~,
people o. Sc louis and 9th cities and a eci,d 70
depIisng you not only Of the c:psciy OF y hst
YOU now posssss to degree bordering ruin. Day
~ DAY the c.use goes on Day By Day your Rropsrt.
Il re- Z no sepsnl fro", their dscs,on
,enss 81 scmshow You fancy somebody viii DO
thing for you. WHY he should You do not know You
Gum ia Ppavid coppsrneld over the past
sr s s a..
you forget In tho words Of Macaulsy, that protnse
trictons corrupt tribunals, disastrous ware. eedi.
tona perse CONGREGATIONS and inun ialics
Of private citizens been able TO create
it, and thar notw outstanding al Louisiana has sn ~
growth " its citizens have enterprise courage ana
determination.
the snn looks upon' r. IL DEAD CITY Not one
dead ike PompeiL Walking through its silent
w,S ps s %s
Of her roof houses entering the rooms onoe Ky
court Yards once cooled by sparkling fountains and
perfu ned with claInberiDg roses y0u mleno nv
Not 90. There Is one moro touching still. II Il
the Death in lfe' Of living city II = where the
past such as Athens, such Venice. Where th, re
present and no future where Al energy see%s
ss idiy and ess M the ghosts tho Stygsn
shore. waiting 70 be ferried by Charon.
her grass grown streets count the tensnte.s houses
and the empty stores. note Ihe decay sa2plng her
public buildings and neglect ruiniug her thorough
Ask for the sh,ps that lined her wharves, and
The steamers that once fIsd her isyees w nssss
men and scan the care broo ting there! 90 INTO ler
counting s apd !" from
employment and the wants OF women ana chi"ton
Ia Hsnatcr Morton right, for once in a he, when
he says that New Orleans !. dead city y II - dyf
yo fellow citizens to answer IL 10 TOT you 10 e ny,
you have suffered IN toe past IKE the ereo'sn nero
These things among the things that were, and
They make us grieve. let us subdne our minds
To what the time requires"
Hon. j. Il. ELAN
on being introduced TO the meeting. spoke as
follows:
Fellow-citizens of tho city of New Orleans:
At the invitation Of the President OF the Pacific
about onk into
this city, and to address you this evening". dG
not propose to enter into an argument based
upon statistical information. NY information a j.
to the relative advantages OF railroads. aS tc
what they pay. rs to their management through,
out the United States, is only Of that general
which al 6 Ha
one prominent fact. gentlemen go back twenty
years. go back even to the time when
the wal, commenced between the states. see now
and hor prosperity. See how, other places IL
the West and in other points have sprung up
The question arsg IS 1e f bsc 81 seT
tho results OF the war! Is it because Of bad gov
ernmenH IN,
made this year rs was ever made IN any yeai
before but as much of that cotton will not come
to your ports as it did before the war Why does
il not Gomez What has become OF your vast l pro
duce trade. which annually came To your city,
1t has gone to othor places because the ordl'
nary means of communication have been tur.
nshed to you to divert that tFane IRON you has
sprung up in Texas on the seaboard. and in the
thriving city Of st. Louis.
little o" "n nBB6a h there ss sfR se
Major New has just said. whilst addressing YOU
on this subject and confess that feel that 1t Is
something like self stultliicationl to stand ~
body must know as well ps myself. But expert
snce has proved in all times that i is postiyel,
f. insist bntIo Nth n nd
Let it not escape. This If no dead city. gentle
men it has never been dea1 Louisiana y no
dead. the South is not deqd-she Is only sleep
ing. The time will come when tlllH city ana TINS
State will become great and powerful. aye. more
powerful than ever before. lApplauseJ
These States. fellow citizens. are a necessity e
the Union they will soon leap ont Of the povert,
that has come down to us It will purify us, an AZ
these cities and States will again become the
proudest gems in the United States.
old bird a lark who had built her nest in whea
field The lark would come and go from hel
nast day after div. On one occasion the yQnnt
81 ' thdmsol,es. tod their mqthet That theownel
OF the wheat ilcld was going to. cut down
his whept at once and mat tAey mus
move. They said no came there Win MS son
and said il Is about time, we, sol to IdtL to rear
this crop; we must send out to- morrow ana ge
our neghbors and friends to come and help us
All said the Ola parent hfd aa ant hear day
When she returned on the following day thel
again told her that they now certainly wo,llc
hvs to had s n" s fs hs e 81 an sS
'9 s sad fft rs1tSs' M s'Pss nd
nv children. there il 10 danger
on the next day she flew away again. and on hel
return asked If the owner had been there! IN,
young birds said. oh yes. but there is now nt
dtngIr. for tie son said toh his father, that mel
i relatives s,s would come to Trsab well
asid the father then Lo-mOrroW We viii reap II
ourselves. We'll; said The old bird we must in
has resolved to look for help to no one but MIN
self In all previous railroad enterprises In tht
State OF Louisiana had no faith. but when saw
the people. citizens OF New Orleans, take hold o
1ggg "a a5i 5 iss 81 f1%nfRSasGp Ths 81
any grant, raid to myself that the people o.
New Orleans are In earnest, and lntend To bulic
this railroad.
From that time, what energy have been abl'
70 exert in North Louisiana. and gil along IN
line Of this road, have exerted in favor OF this
grand enterprise. Now gentlemen. the question
IL. cgE you build this railroad for you have go'
e S as 6ned sa tx fysqS g NJ NV yoss
to the Texas line; do not depend upon them. OF
the railroad will never be built. believe from
what has been said upon the subject that there
will not be much to expect from this session o
Congress. We must, therefore depend uRo 7
in youy poWettd give give, = 'a
Gentlemen, have made about q dozen
speeches in the parish of DeSoto, asking tht
people to subscribe 100000 to the capital stock
of this important railroad.
/ appealed to the men, both old and young al
over the parish, to the laborer. to the PROBES;
sional man. to clerks and everybody. l sale
there is not young man in this parish tna
ha5 his hetltls ard tt2 l;se Ct bls l.nns .l'' II