The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-28

"nnl r"preaaniing rs it dom the intelligence.
enterprises and wealth Of this great lp,etropol's.
have felt my VINE my re-
PRISE while | have listened to me e,olueht
gentlemen who have preceded me-, 70 their tlriI-
ling appeals TO their grand and noble arg inem,a
have wished n thousand times thai there was
n better and ablor Representative here ~ take
my place: but gentlemen. Whi,o . r"n n ,"a y.
ness 10 nil il, still 1 am, pot ashamed but nm
proud 70 say 10 you that hall from thnt grand
Imperial domain the Lon9 sr s va i i, sigh
me- FOR humble ambassador to say to you. fellow
ajiizens Of New Orleans. that from every portion
greetings 10 Louisiana. That M loving sister
with tho blood OF common parentago coursing
through her veins. shc sympathiSes win Louis us
I'm bor Joys / stand before you tonight. my FOL.
iow-citizens Of New Orleans. % gay 10 you Tint
tho oastorn. norihern pnI tho minae por"n,s ~
S@ wiz, and r,, E9 sd and lr'aRT Ss SS
r rnr,dIy wiz ' thoassnaa and multiplied hea
sands Of thrifty. industrious perseyoring. ~. =,
and happy people. whose granarios IRE tull t2
oyerflowing. whose cattle are upon .onsa si,,.
yoara will be sufficient 70 feed and eiotho con.
finont. and M Nh humble representative ~ that
messages Of love and Of sympathy. and TO say to
iSo,hers We Pre- your Srs,I rs We ere tas
sres Who stood side ~ aide with your aires and
Gnrr Sy M. M h s IL S%Sh McHsrSs s
aud Buena Vista. and waved lts silken folds n
triumph above the halls Of the Monteszum9s. W.
You upon Il, many blood stained ed Of carnage
where bristling steel and iron hail poured out
tho patriots and focman's blood. an. sons
q rou III nsss ne" "Ss yoa greeting G and
Eastern s Northern 4s and Middio Toxins sends you
u message froIghsed with loye and sympathy
tlos of brotherhood that hayo bound us together.
as Il were, by links Of steel, we wore. ~ tornor
times. united by the ties ,of business, Now "
lanns tho great metropolis and market Of the
south and West, was also ihc great market OF
Texas. II was. in fact, tho Mecca Of tho Texans.
For days md seasons thoy looked forward w.t., WITH
when their crops were gathered and shipped.
and thoy could. with thoir families. make mn
apnga s to yo Ar my shc nsasa wG
ton tbose glorious days whom tho morchan,s 81
whom VIII" thoir money and thor courage were a.
most unlimited. and when with royal hands,
they lavished upon tho southern planters and
planters and merchants Of Eastern Texas No,
wn have not forgotten those glorious days when
our surplus products were coInpara,',uly small
cra hand Of New Orleans. and thoy remcm.
Dor II until this day, No. fe,low,citinens. but
uDw-~uDW TINT INNtAA ~ nhrbInlnE TltU anu pros
perous-now that tecming thousands upon mul,,
fiplied thousands Of cntorprisiDg. thrifty ana
industrious people arc pourin. in ono contin-
nous flood 10 tho hills and valleys Of our entire
Htnto-now that hor vast prairies are white with
the great staple, yellow with waving hafvcsts
that will feed ono-half continent--now that
cities and towns are sprlnging up In every quar-
ter as II by tho waving of Tho cnehanters wand
now that our cattle cover thousand hills-now
that our trade y immensely valuable and proi'ta-
bio we are 10th 10 SEQ II carried away TO those
great cities Of tho North we are 10th to SEQ the
great staple In tho South. growing upon South
crn soil warmed and maturod By glorious
frozen regions Of the North TO enrich a people
who have never lived with us. Wo Of Texas are
Sa and " fS anr Me ssy y rS
aliens and strangers to our common interest OF
brothcry love. Hence we desire, Texas Do
S SsrsA .S SST@'s'S business SynSy rcacns an3
have their dealings, with people who .,nrc
Eteel We desire our patronage to return TO our
Mecca Of old to return :? people. Whe though ugh
their friends. and still bear the palm 81 hospi-
tally aud princely libcraity over oil other
States IN the land. Now. my fell2w-eitizens Of
Toxasi What say you to this kindly greeting Of
fexasi Do YOU desire the trade Of i people who
og nsse 1o yaa dess S 70 regain
nm empire tceming with its busy thousands.
whose trade has nlrcady assumed the most CO.
that which will build up your waste places, which
will cover your wharves and I'LL your warehouses;
with the great staple of the country; which will
cover YOUR noble river with ships your store
houses with goods yovr streets with purchasers
your hotels nnd tbeaters with visitors and pat
runs that will tear down these ombems Of dis
W yFaes Ths Soass 70 s Gs "p room Nor for
rent" DO YOU wish for that which will enhance
four.told the price q your real estate, which
smiles? II you desire this. then you have only
e stretch forth your liberal hand az In tho days
far more. shall bc yours. Now Orleans has tho
greatest natural advantages u any city. upon
streams tire a terminate at her wharyes draining the
grandest and richest country this earth affords,
with perhaps ono single exception. and had IL
arn and Eastern States. New Orleans would
this day have been the greatest the migbtiest
IN population and wealth q all the cities upon
this continent But railroads are the great
perverted tho very designs of nature; they
aud In defiance of all the lawsgof commerce
which have governed the world In all the past
ages have built up tho most nos magnificent cities
energy and perseverance, unparalleled and
truly sublime, haye pushed their iron arms in
ted the srs valley o tho and is
tributaries sucking drop by drop and year by
year the very life blood Of this noble city. They
have turned from hero one half 81 the trade
east Of the Mississippi now they have crossed
swept down upon the, vast plains Of Texas even
10 the sacred soil of Louisiana Itself
and are guiding from you trade
(which. nature and nature's.God intended you
should have. and will you permit III mol mol y
upon the fiery crest OF the battle. like Marmion
of old. yet dying. above your head wave frag-
nients Of broken fortunes In the face of the rival
cities. wave them In the face Of your rivals
shouting the shout Of defiance in their faces
year aftcr year away and at last perish miscr-
miscraby without one honest. noble, earnest
stroke for victory. Why shosld l talk thus2 New
Orleans Is not doad, she IL not sleeping. she Is
her interests. and here before mo is living
proof that what | say IL true Is II not so2 Are
you not wide awake to your interestsp lap
pausel.
TO Texas Is most important The railroad al Is now
being built and here before me are men who
have the means. and hope and believe have
the determination to build H. and
iHS one IL rarps ssSqs miles n engRS Sss9
the city u Alexandria to the little city Of Mar
shall. In Texas. which will cost not more than
$4,000 per mile 10 grade and equip, will connect
you with the Texas Paeifc.the future great
highway q the nation. I, will tap the railroad
lost trade. Of Eastern. Northern and Middle
Texas: OF Southwestern. Western and Mid
die Arkansas. and Of the Indian Territory. 1t
will restore the trade Of the past; 1t will open a
bright and promising prospect for the future.
aud It will hasten tho time whom New Orleans
shall become, as / hope In God she will. the
great city beside tho sea. where the flags 81 all
nations shall float. and where rich harvests