The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-02-04
THE REASON FOR TT.

The Republican undertakes to lecture
the press and the people Of New Orleans
Tor not devoting more ot their time and
thought TO the consideration and sug.
gestion Of measures affecting the mate
rial welfare Of the community. and for
giving too much attention to petty
quarrels waged to get Republicans out
of coveted places"
With deep regret We admit that the
language Of the Republican, Ia TO some
extent justified by the tscts. We do not
object to, or stop TO notice. tho low and
vulgar insinuation OF Tint Subsidized
sheet that the Democracy h act,lated In
It's warfare upon Isadioalism by personal
and Interested motives. From the hired
traduoer OF whole community We can
expect nothing decent or honest; but Il
~ true that our time. our thoughts, our
energies arc mainly devoted 10 the con-
sideration Of matters affectinHour pecu-
liar political condition, hnd there Ii n
reason for II which II iss as impossible
FOR the Republican 10 understand W IL is
for any paid minion Of a tyrant to sym.
pathize with the sufferings Of hts vie
Tins. .-.'s h4.a te'..-s- ht
Never In the history OF FREQ govern
ments has there been witnessed such an
abnormal condition Of things as that
which has prevailed In this community
for the last fow years and still prevails
We are not enjoying the benefits OF po-
litical freedom --wc are simply slaves.
We are not living Under q government
Of fixed principles we are founderng
about In n species OF chaos. We cannot
stop to discuss abstract theories OF gov
ernment and plans for the future ame-
Iteration OF our condition our house IL
on FIRE, the burglars hand Is on our
throats, the assassin g knife Ia leyeled
at US, what little OF property is loft TO us
IL menaced with spoliation, and our
present urgent, Immediate duty Is
TO strike for our lives. our liber-
ties and our homes. Steeped In
vice, surfeited with ordinary pleasures,
Indifferent to human agony, the Roman
Emperors butchered GladMtors to make |
a Roman holiday. Gorged with ILL.,
gotten, pilfered wealth, insolent and
cynical from long impunity, deaf to the
supplications OF toiling poverty, our
task-masters daily rob, outrage
and oppress us. And yet they taunt
as with neglectinx our material inter
ssts and "waging quarrels for coveted |
places" Must we work and toll for an
increase OF substance that they may the
better gorge their raveno,ls naws with
Have we fallen so low as to
become hewers of wood and drawers of
water for horde of vandals who hardly
lare to show their faces in the commu-
lities OF their birth? ''@ VII +
Our taxes amount to conflscation; our
iberties have been filehed from us our
ulers are our worst enemies; we are
urrounded on all sides and oppressed
" rings and monopolies; the public
irtue is undermined by immoral insti- |
utions that fiaunt their infamy in the
aces Of the public-in word, we arei .
wing IN state Of moral, political and
ocil chaos, and are determined to call
halt. The present condition OF things I
this State is too desperate to last, and !
re shall and will have change. When I
Re protest, we are laughed at; when we {
hreaten with words, we are sneered at.
What, we must next do is to act. and :
hen the proper time comes for action. :
'reyer 0stracised be he who proves al (