The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-19

OF projected improvements In other sec
tions or the Republic and shall heartily
favor system OF improvements under
the auspices of the General Govern
ment that will be guarantee OF It's pa
ternal care and protection 20 every part
and portion of It's dominion, assuring
the common interest OF all, and proving
it's greet value In the trying hour Oh
need.
It ia now well understood that an ex-
ira session OF Congress will be called at
an early day. and IL the Southern people
are alive to their own interests they Will
soc that their Representatives will look
to this matter Immediately. No time
ahould be lost. The country 10 now al
most pauperized, and Its industries par
alyzed, and gloom and dependency
brood like mighty nightmare over the
whole land. To walt longer In the vain
hope icawber like-that something
will turn UP, is only to make our de-
strnction more certain. II the South
wants assistance, she must ask 1t ct the
hands Of the General Government. the
only power on earth that can relieve
her. Ii we do not ask, we shall pc
certain not to receive. and whilst press
ing our own necessities, let US show our
appreciation OF the requirements OF
other sections of the country, and let
our Representatives in Congress meet
them In the same liberal spirit extend
ed TO US.
The treasure of this great nation Is
the common property OF oil Its people
and should be used for their common
benefit. regardless oil sectional lines.
To delay the relief so earnestly de-
manded by our necessities would DC an
act of crnelty on the part OF the richest
government in the world. and OF stupid
ity and blind folly on the part OF the
| REPRESENTATIVE who favored 1t.
What we want now In the councils OF
the nation Is ltpe men, who can and will
be heard. Instead of the senseless
clamor about retrenchmenta and reform,
and the bitter vituperation engendered
| by party strife, let us hear In glowing and
ELOQUENT terms appeals for our relief.
with the Representatives Of the South
united and earnestly advocating a sys-
tenn of improvements under the care
and protection Of the General Govern.
ment, we shall have response that will
gladden. the hearts of our distressed and
detected people. We may reasonably
hope that during the term of this extra
session OF Congress an appropriation OF
twenty millions may be secured for
levee purposes.
Let a commission be appointed by Q
majority vote Of both Houses OF Con.
gress, or by the President with the adj
vice and consent of the Senate, to con
troll and manage the money thus ap'
propriated, to let contracts under the
advice of competent engineers, and to
be required to render ct the opening Of
every session OF Congress full account
OF their proceedings. The commission
should be removable at any time by Q
vote of majority Of the two Houses o
Congress, and be ineligible to the same
Office forever thereafter. It Is believed
that this would effeetually guard agalns
favoritism or fraud.
| We appeal to the people to speak on
In behalf of this great measure through
public meetings and the press. LIE
the voice OF their representatives b.
heard, and the law. makers Of the lane
be compelled to give ear to their re
uuirements. An earnest united effort Il
all we need to guarantee success.