The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-05-22

cont ont. .,1,,r words ssnow demanded are
.,tnrether appropriate. Your whole
Sas,rse aimee YOU abandoned your origl-
mi iine Of tactics has been. one OF de-
snnnd. and The pamphlet before me
The next clause Ia, What has
bean done between New Orleans ana
Alexandria what remains 10 oe
done T. =, ana .,,,,.s
TO Alexandria. Of this, go Ino bayou
aouIa) are In running order % nave
been graded, and 80 remain to be graded.
The tr,le state OF the case ID that an.
other company owns the IS miles said
to be In running order. The road is In
bad condition; the cars run only TO
Donaldsonville, and the equipments ere
barely sufficient for trade ana travei
that hardly keeps up one small tram y
day. SO that In reality the board nave
no railroad or part OF road TO AleA-
andria, and the B5 miles alluded 20
above stops short OF New orieahs BIN
miles. :, l. -, +.
Beyond Alexandria oil there Is q tg,. Q 2
railroad III go miles OF grazing. an ~
voter can make his own calculA1,loma y,
Tor thia rnad to Marshall will goin pay
ING. and what the value OF the STOCK
will be to those who are pursuaaeo ny
the ballot. box to subscribe. a..
III rtha next clause promises EN-
nlovmant for the idle" But deeds are
more notsft and convincing than prom
iaea. For the probabilities OF what the
board will do for the idle" In the ft-
tire refer the voter to the patronage
or the Penitentiary by the board In the
But Let us come, fellow.voters, to the
consideration of the reasons which
should impei d thinking man to vote
against this tax. I have RECALLED you
with review oil the clap-trap and dema-
Roguery OF the board who are engineer
Ing this project. now propose TO APP
peal, in few words, to your common
sense, your patriotism and your sense
OF justice TO your fellow man. ..
1. If you force q tax OF this kind on
your unwilling fellow-citizens you vio-
late prime right OF your species, viz
the right Of man to do with his earn
ings what seems to him best. Free gov
eminent is an association OF men Tor
purposes OF mutual protection OF person
and property: 1t protects men from the
aggression OF men, both as individuals
and In the aggregate. 10 achieve ibis
end oil contribute, directly or indirect.
Il Va
purposes, and this Ia called taxation.
ment the choice OF the fndivid-
ualg who are selected to manage
the affairs Of the whole IL conducted by
ballot, consequently taxation for gov.
ernmental purposes Ii indirectly ordered
through the ballot. But the genius Of
our free government bids lis stop here.
At this point the power TO tax stops,
and oil that u man has Is his own, and
10 far from it's being encroached on
through the medium. OF the ballot-box,
1t demands the jealous protection
fare Of society at heart. No man
will contend for u moment that
society has a right through tho bal.
lot to take 1.-THE OF the daily wages OF
the laboring man directly from him Tor
the purpose OF building railroad.
There Ia no intelligent laboring voter
whom ] address who would not rebel
against such an attempt. No more has
the laboring voter the right to take by
his ballot the accommodations OF another
man for like purpose. When society
votes indirectly to. tax for govern
mental purposes, all society speaks
when one part OF society votes to
force another to contribute money for any
purpose. then lie one part Of society ar
rayed against another. and injury to
all must result For legitimate pur-
poses or government property has long
consented to pay the cost directly out
OF Its pocket, aud the boast Of our form
OF government IL that lator liz free. Is
it not the interest. then. as we'll rs the
duty, OF labor to exercise the ballot
with jealous care What gives EN-.
.ployment, and consequently food ana
property " and 'V the sacred us' eight
TO use II 40 one sees At. WHAT enables
men to accumulate property Well or
ganized labor. Are not the two things
mutually dependents Can either be
.rudely touched without iDjuring the
-otherp More especially, Ia not labor
most endangered when o shock comes?
Food, clothes and fuel are essential to
existence: 1t does not take much accu-
mulated property to insure these three
things, the quantity and quality being,
OF course, regulated by the accustomed
so-cailed wants OF the owner.
But the most important feature In
this prime right OF man to use his ac-
cumulated means as to him seems best
is to be found In the immutable truth
that the individual intelligence. indus
try and thrift which have resulted In ac-
cumulation to certain point are far safer
guides for future prosperity Of the indi-
vidual, and consequently for society at
large, than any Legislative direction can
possibly be. / need only call attention
to the ruin all over this land resultant
on the Legislative direction Of accumu'
lated wealth In the shape Of voted So
called taxation to convince even the
most skeptieal.
Again, when taxation for govern
mental purposes 10 laid, all quietly sub.
init, and even then the happiness Of
households Is not unfrequently marred.
The cares and burdens OF men accumu-
late too, and often when the collector
OF q legitimate tax walks out the door,
he leaves an aching heart within. With
what propriety, then, can you vote to
force your next door neighbor to contri-
butte to so-called public improve
ment ?" may want railroad to Texas.
and may feel that can even afford to
stint myself to build It.; but what right
have to force the widow or the orphan
to do the same? Fellow-voters, have