The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-01-28

me tell you, gentlemen of New Orleans, that We
have subscribed $4,000 TO this railroad.
| Now, gentlemen, If Ill town of only two hun.
bred voters, we can raise 81 5000 where we are
all poor-for there is not msu in the town who
is worth over $50 0G0, and We Intend to pay every
dollar that was subscribed as soon as the rest Of
the stock Il taken, and they are ready to com
IN nee work GA the raIlroad-what could not be
done in large and popuous city like New CIR
leans? Is is the duty OF every man III the State
who has the Interest of the State at Heart. botl
old and youpg, to do all he can TOWARDS the build
lne of thi, road. All that is needed Is ths
ne es-ary amount Of cash To complete the road
hed and to buy the iron and cross-tlea, and II
pay for the inc dental expenses Oh the wofk. ii
tie c,tiz rs of this city VII do well rs the Gil
zens Of my parish, the road w be bnilt and The
completion of tue Texas Pacllc l'iiiFnao VIII %
assured.
As perhsp. there ara other gentlemen to speak.
and as | have spoken so long III this big hail
am quite hoar9e 1 Will close. | am very nue.
obliged f,r the attention that has been pad tt
my remarks.
Gen. Hawthorne was next introduced.
GEN. HAwrH RNE's SPEECH.
Mr. Chairman and fellow-citzens OF New Orleans:
| 1t Is with 10 li,tls degree OF dlilidence that
| appear b5fore you tins evening, and especially
go when [ see IL front of me this sea OF upVu'heo
! faces beaming with intelligence and zeal, repre-
| senting as 1t does the intelligence, enterprise
/
my fellow citizens, while have Rejected upon
| the importance OF this great enterprise, Willie L
| have lstened to the eloquent gentlemen VINO
have preceded me, to their thri ling appeals, to
| their grand aud noble arguments. have wished
thousand times that there WAS d better and
ADLER Representative l.tre to take my place. Eu',
gentleman. W lie trembe at the responsibility
! of my position and my uEdtness to
| ill it, still [ am not ashamed, but am
proud TO say to GU that l hail from that gra i
| imperial dom.n. the Lone Star STATE Of Texas
(applaus |, and that stand before you this night
as her humble ambassador, to say to you, Il How
citizens OF New Ufleaas, that IT. III every portion
OF her mighty domlnon she sends her EInlly
greetings 10 Louisiana. That, as a loving sister,
with the blood OF Common pdrdntase tourslnS
through her yel.E, she sy,npathlZcs with Lou
lana in Aer misforlunes [Applausel and re-
joIces III her joys. | stand before You tonight,
that the Eastern, Nolthern and the Middle
portions OF that vast domaln of Texas Is
Countrywide fest that ever the sun
shone on, and with a soil OF inexpressibie
richness and fertility, filled ana filling
up rapidly With thousands and multiplied thous-
ands Ut thrifty, industrious, porseverlng. rich
and happy people, whose sranaries are full to
Overlooking, whose cattle are upon thousand
hills and whose surplus products III few years
will be sufficient to feed and clotbe a continent,
and as an humble representative of that glorious
country l come to you to-niGht with its messages
OK love and of sympathy, and to say to you, cltl-
are your brethren; we are the sons OF sires who
stood side by side with your sires upon the i'm
mortal plain OF Chalmette- sires who stood side
by side wi your sizes, and carried the starry
flag i'll triumph over the bloody fields of PalO
Alto Chtpultepec, Monterey and Buena Vista,
and waved its silken folds IL triumph above The
ha Is OF the Montezumas.
We are here as brothers who stood side by side
with you upon many blood-stainc-i field OF car
nage where brlstling steel and iron hail poured
nat ,or1'a
OF Louisiana, noble Patriots O. noble sires, all
Texas sends you greeting, and Eastern, Northern
and Middle Texas send you message lreighted
with love and sympathy, and business too. In
addition to the strong ties of brotherhood that
have bound us together, as 1t were, by links of
eel. We were In former times united by the ties
of business. New Orleans, the great metropolis
and market OF the South and West. was also the
the Mecca of the Texans. For days
and seasons they looked forward with
ever increasing desires of pleasure to
the time when their crops were gathered and
shipped, and they could with their families ma e
an annual visit to you. All, my fellow citizens,
we OF Texas have not forgotten the pleasant
times of Aud Lang Syne; we have not forgotten
those glorious days when the merchants of New
orleans were very princes Of the earth; when
their money and their courage were almost up-
limited; and when with royal hands they lavished
upon the Southern planters and merchants-es-
peclaly upon the Southern planters and mer- |
chants OF Eastern Texas. No, we have not for |
gotten those glorious days when our surplus pro. |
ducts were comparatively small our people were |
aided and assisted by the liberal hand of New |
orleans, and they remember it until this day. No. |
fellow citizens; but now, now, now, that rexas |
is becoming rich and prosperous nov, that |
teemlhS thousands upon multiplied thousands |
OF entel ptlslng, Thrifty and industrious people |
are pouring III one ntinuous flood to the bills |
ana valleys OF our entire State; now, that her |
Vast pralries are white with the great staple |
h WIN ttoyX-l bat. 60
half continent; now. that cities and towns are
sprlnglnS up in every quarter as if by the wav.
Ing OF the enchanter's wand now, that our cat
tie cover thousand hills now, that our
we are 10th to see it carried away to those
great cities Of the North; we are 10th to see the
great staple in the South growing upon Southern
SOIL, warmed and Hatured by glorious Southef n
sun. carried away TO the cold and frozen region.
OF the North to enrich people who have never
lived with US. Wts Of Texas, are 10th to deal
With people who, however honest, Just and
upright they may be, are nevertheless aliens and
strangers TO our common interest of brotherly
owe. Hence, we desIre, Texas desires Northern |
Eastern and Middle Texas desires, earnestly
ovlngly desires, to renew their business relations
md have their dealings with people who are
mixed to them by ties that are stronger than
We desire our patronage to return TO orr
decca OF old-to return t people who, though
battling with wrecks of broken fortunes financial
UP, nave ever upheld the hand of their friends
md still bear the palm of hospitality and princrIv
lberallty over all other States in the land Now
ny fellow-citlzens of New Orleans, what say Won
this greeting Of Texas: What say you to this
lndly greeting of Texas? Do you desire the
rade OF people who love you and who have
ympathIzed with your sorrows? Applause.
Do you desire to regain an empire teemino
nth Its busy THOUSANDS, whose trade has ALREADY
ssnmed the most co'osal proportions? Do YOU !
esue TO regain tbat which will build I'D YOUR
'asie places, which viii cover your wharves and +,
IL your warehouses with the great staple of tho
nuntry, which Will cover your noble river with
ups, Your storehouses with goods, your streets
lth purchasers, your hotels and tGeaters with
lsIor5 and patrons, that will tear down th0se |
noiems OF distress and decay which are s
ia Ti, upon your walls This house to let
% you wish for that which will enhance four. !
,ld the price OF your real estate which will fill
very vacant hfise which will light up the coun- .
'nances OF your people with sunny smiles II !
III desire this, then You have only to stretch |