The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-08

prove false, nor how hypocrisy, politi.
cal treachery and villainy can Turk In
80 many fair and generous words. And
yet we have had only signs and words.
Time, on Its tireless wings, sweeps on
ward and still we are waiting. Trade
and industry are nt u stand still. The
| vigor OF the law Is enervated; every
mind is filled with doubt and anxiety !;
vast public and private interests are
suffering. the sense OF uncertainty
throughout the whole State Is absolute
ly distressing. How long Ia this gitua-
ton to continue? II tho President is
sincere, and we believe he is; and II he
| Ia strong and courag eous enough, and
we trust he is, to go forward with
the stategmanlilse policy he marked out
In bis inaugural, he ought at the earli-
the present ruinous condition OF things
In this State.
Every day that tho settlement Of the
Louisiana question IL deferred brings
upon our people additional loss, distress
and fresh anxiety. The business season
10 passing away and our trade anguish
es because our IN erchants are afraid to
buy or sell and their customers hesitate
to purchase; me ehanies and laborers
are idle because capitalists and property
holders will not venture to invest In
building or to improve their property.
The pillow ID literally standing In the
| furrow, though the spring is almost
upon us, because the farmer 10 not yet
certain whether he will be called upon
to SOW his crop or shoulder his shotgun.
A month ago whe 1t was thought that
the inauguration Of Tilden was assured,
llshment Of the Nichols government;
men who for years had held their funds
began investing in real estate. and to
talk Of building and improving; mer-
chants were talking Of advancing 10
their customers In the country, and
farmers and planters were projecting
more extensive operati - In the APP
preaching season. But oil this has
been checked. Apprehension. anxiety
and aistrust have resumed their rule,
and daily the city aud State are suffer
ing to the amount Of thousands Of dol
lars.
IL President Hayes promptly inau
gurates his Southern policy, he will
bestow inoaloulable benefits upon Lou
isiana. How the people feel In the mat"
ter Ii shown In the fact that every relia-
BILE telegram that encourages the hope
Of the early recognition Of the legal
government causes universal rejoicing
throughout the city, and gives buoyan'
ey to public and private securities
while every telegram that points to de-
lay or breathg of doubt causes appre-
hension and depression. What this
State needs, what It is suffering, nay,
perishing for, 10 an established, legal
and recognized government, and 1t is In
the power OF President Hayes to insure
1t that need. The people Of the State,
irrespective Of party. race or color,
join In an earnest appeal to
him to act with vigor and
promptness In this business, and they
appeal to him In the interest of law and
order; in the interest OF the peace of
society, of their own dearest and deep
est affairs, In short, In the interest. Of
good government. They care little how
he distributes the Federal offices. That
Is matter which chiefly interest the
politicians. The masses of the people
call upon him to act because they have
bread and meat to earn for themselves
and families; because they have money
to invest; because they have houses
to rent and to build, and enter
terprlses to carry out; because |
they have crops to raise and improve
ments to make on their properties be- |
cause they have debts to pay and claims |
to collect and law suits to be deter |
mined; because they have children to |
educate and families and homes to pro-
tect against lawlessness and crime. In
deed, every honest man and women |
within our borders, from the poorest |
and humblest to the richest and |
most influential, has deep inter-
est In the prompt Inauguration |
of the policy which will put an |
end to the dastardly pretensions,.
and vexatious schemes OF Packard, |
Kellogg & Company, and which will
give to this State a recognized, vigorous
and just government. In behalf, then,
of the very interests which the Presi-
dent, in his inaugural, declared it his
purpose to foster and advance In the
South, the eight hundred thousand
citizens of Louisiana. white and black. |
Democrats and Republicans, men, wo-
men and children, this morning appeal
to him to promptly carry into effect his
Southern policy.
THE NEW ORLEANS AND TEXAS RAIL. |