The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-04-18

TmE UPRISING OF THE PEOPLE or
4 WESTERN CRY.
what IL Goose for Louisiana II Not
rala IN bile 10 chicago.

You will have learned, per tho tele-
gram, Of the great uprising here OF the
taxpayers OF Chicago against tho thieves,
| plunderers and dsfrauders Of the money
extorted from them, and Of the
oUTRAaEs COMMITTED Ar THE BALLOT.
BOXES.
There was published in your paper n
few months past. an account 0f tho
fraudulent aud unequal assessments.4
mnde for partisan or selfish purposes.
Tho past year has developed the fact
that the samo course has been generally
and moro GENEROUSLY pursued here.
There has also been pursued u course 0f
ballot-box frauds, taking out and put
ting In ballots to suit. and keep In
place the very worst element
in Chicago, who are engaged In
squanderng, the money raised by tax
in perpetrating frauds Of all kinds
frauds in tho purchases for the city,
or contracts by tho city. The great fire
Of 1871 and the great depression of btis-
mess since. have. unfortunately, occti-
pied the chief thoughts Of tho taxpay-
ers. and though frauds Of nll kinds have
been from time to time fully exposed,
IT. was thought time could not be di.
verted from business for such matters,
and elections have either gone by de-
fault or the frauds have gone unptin-
ished. While
THE CITIZENS ASSOCIATION
have been engaged In MI effort pedceabiv
to remedy tho evils complained of,
through the Courts, or To punish those
crmnally liable, the lawyers have
found way TO protect those found
guilty or those having in charge jti-
ries have systematically packed them
in the interest Of the gang of villains
who control the city mayor, sheriff,
police. etc. IL has become clear that no
remedy. such as the case demanded,
was to be sought, with hope Of any sue
cess, through the courts. IL was found
that the gang Of thieves was steadily
enlargina taxes were increasing, salA-
ries OF thieves in Office were advancing
II became palpable that IL was useless
to go on working. eeOnotnizing, by the
merchants aud business men, to save
and accumulate, whilst the result was TO
pay all away to thieves. Patience had
ceaaed to be n virtue forbearance was
cowardicc. A resort to
THE PRIMARY LAW or SELF PRESERVATION
became an absolute necessity. To resort
to this primary Inv, all who had any
thing to lose, all who had paid tax, nll
business men not connected with plum
derers all without any distinction 0f
purity finally became aroused, united
and assembled To take their case into
their own hands aud enforce Temedv
ut whatever hazard and by any resort
to any extreme measure ut the ropes
end, If necessary which the case de-
manded.
have seen the great Harrison assem-
blagcs ut Columbus in 1910; / have seen
the subsequent assetnbIages at Dayton.
Ohio, for Mr.. Clay; I saw the great
assembIages in 1861 to support the war;
but none OF them were like this.
have seen
MEN IN LINE or BATTLE
looking off at the lines Of the advancing
enemy with silent and stern 1uietude,
knowing the danger about to be. en-
countered and the risks they were about
to run, but, with stern re5olnteness, 70
assume the danger and secure ~ VIC
tory while the resoluteness OF these
officers and soldiery was tho same mani.
tested here, the people were not tho
snme
The necessity Of extreme--the most
extreme measures had been reached
irresolutcness longer rs TO doing what
alone would rescue the city, was mani
fest, the examp OF San Francisco wls
present, and that example II was the
clear decision Of the people-~each ono
for himself, i'm an assembage together
gave tirmness to the purpose, and do
cided they should be followed here now
and then.
If the president Of your banks, the
chief members Of your Chamber of
Commerce and Board Of Trade II your
great manufactures and great taxpayers
had come together at your Exposition
Hall. large as 1t is, and been sustained
by the younger, active business and tax
paying spirits Of Cincinnati, VI the same
high character as the principals named
had assembled in Cincinnati, In
that place and packed 1t full,
from north to south, east and
west II all tho streets leading 10 the
building had been packed with people
going TO and from who could not get In,
TOR in, could not. for the throng, hear
word,) you would have fair picture u
the number assembled, and the stand-
ing and character of those who came to-
gether here Tuesday night, and re-
solved that they were going TO purify
the city in all its departments, and have
PURITY, ECONOMY AND RIGHT, PEAGEABY ~
THEY COULD, FoRC1BLY III THEY MUST, S
but dalliance, postponemcnt, cxposttlln-
tjons, laws, would no longer be- waited
for or resorted TO- They resolved To
stand by each other, and to do what
ever was necessary to be done TO accom-
plish the needed publication and to OBJ
tain the needed relief.
The great exposures CI WIdeSpteuu
frauds In national affairs and In NATIONAL
officers the great exposuresin each ana
every State Of the same kind OF frauds
in State affairs; the greater, more wide-
spread and intricate frauds In munich
pal affairs, which lay at the very fonn~
dation Of all, have aroused the people TO
the need OF q thorough and Immediate
reform, cleansing and punishment.
What Chicago has done, what Chicago
has decided finally to do, Cincinnati,
| Washington, Philadelphia, New York,
and other cities will be obliged to do IN
| like manner. and the sooner the better.
| Hone Of better times is to be sought
| first In this course; it cannot come at oil
| otherwise.
| In Chicago, business has been given
up to abide the result Of this great move
| ment, and 10 take time To cooperate in
what would be resolved to do. The clear
and almost unanimous decision. that
| they would
PURIFY AT ALL HAZARDS,
| has begat q confidence and hope In the
future among business men which nave
not been felt for years. Hands Will no
longer be taken with cordiality, when
presented by such men, high or low, 70
your Bristows, Babcocks, Shepherds.
those engaged In whisky or Custom
| hruoa fratrIa The doom and 1eQTauu-