New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-11

meet the nublic expenditures and obi
rat;ons shall also assume the prctec-
fion of certain national interests against
the destructive competition OF iof-
eion productions especially lnslsnng
that the capital and labor employed IN sne
PRODUCTION of the national etaples OF sugar
and rice should be included among any artl-
cles entitled to such protection Mnatsay
the sugar and rice plan Ders to the Hawaiian
treaty? The free trade Democracy IN the
House of Representatives repealed this duty
on Sandwich Island sugar and rice: and
thus, by implication, on these articles as
the product of other natiOne, with winch
we have reciprocal duties. This treaty, II
ratified by the remission OF duties on
sugar aud rice, would have entitled sugar
snd rice. produced in Hawaii by servlle la,
cor TO be brought here free OF duty, and
thus come in competition with the same AZ
ticles produced here. Sugar and rice cnl'
ture has been fOstered and ENCOURAGED by
Congress in pact years, but let the Demo
cratic party get into power, and with lte
views and under its platform it will speedily
remove the duty now exacted upon the I'M
purtaticn Of both sugar and rice. Vhus II
will destroy these great national IN
terests. bring the capital and labor devoted
to the production Of these staples into com.
petition with the capital and slave labor OF
foreign countries. A speaker at the recent
Democratic mass meeting. ratifying the
national platform and candidates, charac-
terized Tilden as the great ''smasher."
submit to the candid judgment OF those VINO
have invested their capital and those VINO
contribute their labor to the growing OF
sugar and rice, that if Tilden should
be elected whether with all his smashing"
he and his party will not etfectually smash
this .ssugar bowl" of the Union. Louisiana
wants an equit able proportion OF the money
annually for internal improve
ments. A Republican Congress gave US &p'
priations for the Atchafalaya, Calcasieu,
Ouachita. Tangipahoa and Red River; also
for the great work of securing deep water at
the mouth of the Mississippi river.
More money was applied for pur-
Congresses preceding the present, than for
the preceding thirty years under Democratic
rule. What will be the record of the present
Housee 1t is believed that it can be truth
fully said that nothing will be awarded for
similar and needed improvements. Our
levees should be the subject OF federal aid.
The maintenance of the levees costs the tax
payers Of the State one-hslf moro than do
the schools, over 0ne-half as much % the
interest on the public debt of the State, and
nearly as much as the entire executive.
judicial and legislative departments OF
the State government Our State needs
moreover q railroad to Texas. Consistently
with the traditions Of the Democratic party,
nothing can not be expected from tnat
quarter in aid Of works Of this character.
And it is q matter Of grave consideration
for Louisiana, whether presidential can
didate from New York; State which has
long combatted the Western channels
southwark Of trade-will not be more apt
to encourage policy to befriend
the great metropolis OF that State
than will his Western competitor
who has long and vigorously sought TO
terest of both the South and West. This
derives especial force from
the recent platform Of the national Demo-
cratic party, which denounces such national
as "a profigate waste
The Republican party, by it's liberal ap-
in behalf of railroads, harbOrs
and rivers, the commercial highways OF the
nation. has long been and still is committed
to the wise policy of opening to commerce
and agriculture the broad acres OF the West
and Southwest. 1t is idle to ever expect An
established peace within the borders of our
State until both parties shall unite in a
ag ainst the license with which loyal citizens
are beset with violence. The Republican
party of the nation has by statute sought
to repress this vice, and it becomes every
good citizen 20 conserve the true inter-
esrs of louisiana and his own, by join
ing to maintain the laws. No COM
mOnwealth which suffers such crimes to 20
deserves or can expect q
solidly founded prosperity. Every resource
of the executive Office, should enter it,
shall be employed to this vital end, and if
the Democracy here should observe their
recent national pledges OF absolute acqui,
devotion to the constitution Of the United
States, with its amendments, as a final eet-
there would be little reason for the
alarm, announced in our State platform,
that "grave national dangers demand the
enactment of such additional laws and the
of such q policy as shall secure
to every citizen of the United States, in fact
as well as in name, the inalienable rights of
life, liberty, and the pursuit Of happiness,
of his political views, and ire
spective of race, color or previous condition
Of servitude."
Our party desires no m;schievous feuds
and alienstions among people that should
be one in all the purposes OF an American
State.
It is proper for me briefly to define the
policy which will govern me in the admin
stratiOn of the office OF chief magistrate of
the State, if elected thereto.
l. Protection to life and property. This
will follow determined and impartial exc
cution Of the laws.
2. Restoration of confidence and good
feeling between the races, which will follow
The Inauguration Of an administration. con-
ceded to be elected and having the conf
lence and support Of all classes. A good
with undisputed title, is al
ways competent to command confidence.
3. The continued reduction of expenses OF
The State government begun by the present
4. Especially reduction in the expenses
Of assessment and collection of taxes. and
the introduction Of such q system as will
diminish the number of officers, and gaaran-
tee relief from erroneous or unjust valuation
Of property assessed; in other words, an
equitable assessment. and an honest but
vigorous collection Of the taxes from the
rich as we'll as from the poor. Were the
tax payer promptly to discharge
bis duties the burdens would rest less
heavily upon the more faithful citizen.
5. The funding act has been most bene-
fetal and has brought relief to tax-ridden
and bankrupt State. 1t has reduced the
bonded debt of the State from over &c.,
boo. 900 to an amount, when all fundable
obligations are presented, of less than $l2,-
DOO, 900. It has reduced the State taxes from
twenty one and one-halt to fourteen and
one half mills, and the parish taxes in like
1t will be my duty, as it will
be my choice, to carry forward this benefi-
cent financial measure to the end that taxes
may be further reduced each year and
the debt be constantly diminished
until finally extinguished. The faith OF
the State will thus be kept, while the
burdens of the present taxation will be
speedily lightened. The manner in which
have discharged the duties in the
responsible public positions which l have
held in Louisiana entities me to the confl-
ience and trust of the good people OF the
State. that an administration Of rigid econ