The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-29

that their nhabta nts were all people OF leisure
and possessed OF incomes mainly arising from
investments In bonds Upon inquiry ne to where
this person and that person obtained the original
funds wbsrewith TO invest in the bonds afore-
said, l was uniformly met with the stereotyped
reply: "Made 'em durin' the war !"
then changed ihe nature OF my inquiry from
the personal to the statistical and aseertained the
following significant faots:
From 1850 to 1860 the growth in the valuation
Of personal property in the six New England
States WAS "a 8 TO 7. From 1860 to 1865 the
growth was ~ 10 30. But during the same pc
rod | found real estate deprecated as TO 4. |
These figures are eloquent than all the
81 eeehes of Wendell Phillips. Between 1860 and
1866 more than nine thousand millions OF prop
erty Of all kinds were swept away or expended in
war. The nation was saddied with n debt from
which II may never be relieved. But during that
time New England
MORE THAN auIETuPLEp
her personal property valuation. l hat Ia to say,
the wealth which the rest Of the country lost, she
gained. How this aooomplished2 An OBJ
ssl want clerk iu The War Department, who had
been engaged in eihsuiing and compiling doc
uments IN the Quartermssters effce, told me
| that in line of army supp contracts, in
| volviug the outlay OF two hundred millions OF
dollars, one hundred and seventy millions are on
record as having been awarded to New England
men.
| These facts need no comment. They furnish
abundant evidence Of the political attitude OF
New England in 80 far ss that section il repre-
scented by the Blsiae order of
POLITICAL rnEEBooTBRs.
And The late pr jnunoamenso has no significance
except as it serves to show that New England can
never be at peace unless her neighbors are at
war. The hint will not be lost upon the public
unders tandng of the lately emsneipsted white
population OF the South Peace will come despite
the Wados and the Blsines, and will live to bios
som in the daisies upan their graves. But just in
proportion as peace blesses our country, just in
that proportion will New Engand's political
power decay.
My distinguished but venerable friend Dom
Piatt has long been widely celebrated as peison
OF diosyncrasies. little over g year ago
idiosynorasY took The form OF dramatic ambition
I and found embodiment in tragedy to which
due attention was p4id in my correspondence.
This trsgedy was never produced upun the stage,
its lsnguisbHe mt, so to epesk, being undoubtedly
, du, to the stupidity OF our modern theatrical
, managers, sui my distinguished friend retired
I ON The dramatic aroma in sorrow IL not in dis
gust.
Thereuppn I began /, congratulate myself
, upon the pr roepeot fl,at tho declining years Of ms
Z friend would not be disturbed by any further
/ volcanic eruptions OF genius, and that the bfie
q span OF years yet remaining to complete his 81
y lotted three SCORE aud ten would be filed will
+ those bubbles Of ruddy wit aud those sparkles o
IA rasy hnmpr, wh oh snaks him alike the JOY OF hi
!. trends, the terror OF his enemies, aud the ad
i mration of the community at large.
O But one fateful Sunday morning, having pur
:. chased copy Of my fiends valuable journal,
II THE CAPITAL,
4 from q oolofed veDd jr OF current intelligence
4 discovered that q new ature had been sdde
a to the already varlei reportory OF tbs paper, Il
!. the shape OF y column, headed, "suuda
q Medita tons" Glapcing down the lipe
% of the production | discovered that ii was
,r quaint combination OF the Religion OF my friep
Col. Robert @ gersoll, with the "Pnilpsoph
of the Immortal."J N. The whole family fsvore
~ with the psoulier humor OF my venerable snt
distingu ished frieud whose initials at tho bottot
IL told the whole Story.
h When saw those initials, "D. P indulge
n in
~ THE FOLLOWING soI11oouY:
"a Demme There you go again Last year
TX was the Drama tbs year it is Religion. VIII,
IN deval ,pmsnts may not suit your friends ne,
2. year
r. Now, there iy no idiosyncrasv 40 dangerous
ia the int, gtsy or the mental faculties religion
a.. t.~,, 1vV
ss spiritual enthusiasm; AID therefore l wt
moved TO examine my friends meditations to &c
q whether they afforded evidences Of an unsettl
III state of mind and, If 80. to what exteot the
O. were dem onstra I've ii that sad malsdy. Upt
o. the conc usIon OF This investigation l was fill G
Ill with re- icing discern that thus far my friend
er new vagary did not indicate any derapgement
o. the delicately adjusted machinery of his powe
wv fnl brain. knew that, whatsoever might ha
pen, his native modesty would assert itself ii
III umphaut over that peculiar form Of religious il
a sanity, under the melancholy influence Of whit
lis the patient is won't to fancy himself
l. JESUS CHRIST,
H. which type would be likely to affiiot my ffel
ng George Alfred or the mai0enly Keenan, in ca
til they should be seiz d with religiomania. Blu
q could not reptess the grave apprehension th
my venerable friend might be led by his vaga
into addressing Sunday schools, or perhaps Ia
e. ing to the lecture platform under the auspices
s, THE donY-sBIR Ed gEprATB.
". Or, perchsncs, the uobouuded generosity OF
er nature might impsl hun to the founding o. o ~
CT and supe fla ,us Theological seminary, where
ta the ample fortune which is the result OF fiji
er years OF honest toll would bs dlssps cd. And )
.ip n III IN m bu
"a fancy hims X clergyman aud become a eau
ew date for the chspIaincv Of the nfxs House
be which event / knew that bet Seen The pra ers
1 my friend AMI the SOU harI po icv OF the Adm
90, istrston the d, m ,cra ic party would b incon
on neDly wiped out, leaving the country at I
ng mercy OF Ben Wade, Jim slaue and the
Jr- METHODIST CHURCH ORTIZ.
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