The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-08
WHAT rs THE EylL,

eNA5 Va bAo slbHHtlpH. lsb uile DEMVIHAI
is In full accord with the views Of
Qov, Tilden on this subject. Both our
neighbors Insist that the State and city
can be relieved by special tax to build
. railroad. The DEMOCRAT holds that
bad government, which has DESTROYED
confidence In Investments. and over
taxation which has drained the revenues
Of the country into the pockets Of office
holders and ring men have paralyzed
trade and Industry. and that there
ean be no restoration Of prosperity
until there IL q Thorough reorganization
Of government. The Times very truth
fully says "This distress is general.
II IL not confined to those Southern
cities which have been Impoverished by
Radical fuls. but II extends all over tile
country" There is truth in this propo4
sition, but 1t is not we think, accurately y
stated This fact that the distress Is
general, as our, contemporary urges.
shows that the want Of a failtohd from
/ here TO Hhfevoport Or Marshall IL not
all the trouble. snd that tho eoihtfucs
ton II q loeal road will not give the re.
INT TO our i. trade. aud Industries
80 much, needed. The depression
OF business and the distress Of
the working men extends througs. the
whole North and West as well az ''ha
South, and we hold tkst one common.
deep-rooted. all-pervading cause is at
the bottom OF, It. Our neigAbor says II
is not confined to cities impoverished by
Radical rule. Herein is the Imperfect
tion Of its statement All the cities of
the Republio have, been drained aud
Impoverished by Radical rule. GOV.
Tildeh shows that ID the past eleven
years Of Radical rule In the United
States The Federal taxes wtung from
the trade. property and indus
try Of the country attiouht to
the gigantic sum Of forty five hui
dred millions of dollars. aud that
besides. this same Radical Federal Ad-
ministretion has pursued q general
policy which has destroyed all faith In
Investments and led to Fthe abandon
meat Of many industries, Here Is where
the heavy hand OF bad government has
smitten our prosperity and paraly The
commercial! and Industrial energies
of New York. Boston aud Chicago. Us
well "a OF New Orleans aud Charleston
| Il III true, that the South has suffered
more than the North and West but the
reason OF that In, that. while u prohghte
and corrupt General uoyernment has
lat la 1,
carpet .baggery has been adled 10 the
Affections Of the South, and what the
| Federal Goyernment has not done 10
utterly crush us. the kelloggs and the
A.ss-s,-, have eto,stash forward ~ uurs
| form.
| Now. before our neighbor the Times.
can convince reasoning men that the
| levy of the New Orleans Pacific thx
| oan restore the trade Of New Orleans
and relieve the distress of the working
men. Il must disprove It's own deelara.
ton. which we accept. that the evils VIC
labor under are general and affect every
portion and every city of the Union. +
We hold that these evils are in gov.
ernment which has transformed its
funotions into partizan machinery !.
which through Federal State and mu-
nicipal taxation has absorbed more
than the net savings of q people In tine
most prosperous times. We hold there
fore that no single local and no system
Of local works can possibly remedy these
evils. That the only remedy is the
overthrow OF the present corrupt and
protligate system, State and National,
and the sestablishment Of u. better and
cheaper government.
No industry can flourish In Louisiana
under government which fails to en-
force the law which, instead of suppress
ing, encourages murder. robbery and
civil violence and which, In eight years.
has nearly absorbed In taxes the value
of the property of the city and State.
AT Baton Rouge there now lies idle five
hundred thousand dollars worth OF
valuable machinery for the mnnufae-
ture OF cotton goods, and the ma.
chinery IL In working order. Below
this city there Is another valuable mill
with complete machinery lying still
Along the Missississlppi and its tribu-'
taries In this State lie millions OF acres
OF the finest lands on earth, capable of
yielding more than u living for all the
population Of the State. These splendid
mills and these magnificent sugar. cot
ton, rice and corn lands are upon the
banks OF streams forever naviga-
BILE, and within few hours run Of.
this great mart, Why are not these
factories furnishing hundreds OF poor
women and children who are now on the
verge OF starvation with constant and
steady work 7 Why are not these
thousands of spindles in the very
midsts OF the cotton fields OF Louisiana
singing daily the song Of JOY for the
poor and of hope for Louisiana Why
nr~ -. .ha,a ,,iIIioua af arreg of land