The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-06-24
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Oonpecncut Observation-Disclosures. 4G74
New ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 4G 6e5
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Show them The map Of your road. and dwell ON
the fact that it goes through the entire State OF
LonislsBs. Point out how IL strikes for the srade
that now goes TO 81 Louis by steering right for
the pofnt where alone that trade can bs inter
cepfed. Demonstrate the extraordinary cheap
ness of your road, and above oil, sho1 that IL is
good investment.
BY every proc 4ss that can reach The minds and
feelings OF men. attack the ciadels Of their preju-
diees and their eelfshnesa In the pursuit oil
this nobls e6iaet yon are not TO be deferred by
the Tear Of defeat as inevitable from the dspro-
portion OF the forces engaged. you 30 fen, snd
they who are to be moved being so many Your
weapons 5HlY those oil reason, whils they afe so
well ehtrenched and fortified.
Remember, as you WORK. that in all the sffsira
OF men IL 10 the one or tho few VINO control, not
the many.
II is the one or the few who msks or mar the
happiness OF the world.
In al great results IL s The single hand Of o Hef-
ehes; not the hundred hands Of Btiaritis. that
| works out the issns,
" heti H6i5fefHee, 81 ftsia ef ttA Aaassian hnat
laid siege to the city OF Bethnlis, more than 1000
|
for ths heroisra OF one person. and that person q
| woman
The enemy WAS al about The city. The fountain
| which supplied the inhabitants with water had
been seized by The foe, and death from want Of
water stared the psople in the face The rulers
were for submission. save by the interposition
OF Divine Providence, there wss no escape from
the imminent per then threatening. Fortunately
there was handsome widow, OF an enterpi5ing
turn OF mind, then living in Bsthulis, By the
name ct judith. She begged permission of the
civic authorities to be allowed to go out Of the
city aud 10 use her best endesvor by interview
Ing Holofefnes, to avert The storm impending
over their common homes.
The request was granted. For the Common
Council Of that day knew the power Of Texas as
well as the Common Council Of the present. And
on the morning OF the fifth day after her depart
ure Judith brought the head Of Holoferneg back
TO the city, and the Assyrian host melted swsy
like snow In The spring, and was seen no more.
When the Bogl,sh army, in the fifteenth oeu-
tury, invested the town of Orleans, it was the
heroistn OF one person, and that person q woman,
which raised the seige and crowned King
Charles st Reims. That woman was called
Joan of Arc.
When the French were attacking tho city OF
ssragosss, in Spain, In the eighteenth century,
ii was the hsroism of one person. and that per-
son a woman, which fred ihe hearts, Of her
eountrymen 10 resist 10 the very lsst extremity
the assaults Of the enemy. TDat woman Was
Augustine, the Maid of saragossa.
Your duty, Mr.. Chairman, and that Of those
|
| cannot turn back; nor oan you visit till all Join
you who should join you
| During the late war stonswal Jackson ordered
q colonel OF regiment TO report 30 him with his
eommaBd at given hour, for important service.
/ The hour came, but the colonel did not When.
at last be arrived, he began to apologize for his
sardiness His men were not provided with
shoes, and the rosd was stony aud rough; and Ii
was impossible to bring body Of spy number to
ths general save by waiting for the straggiers
and the bslting snd lame.
stonewsll's reply WAS: "When / order sou,
Colonel, to report to me at any hour. want YOU
! TO bs thete--if you come with the eoiers only"
We must do our duty, and march alone il our
companions cannot or will not keep up with us.
This road TO Texas must be built We must go
ct t, In the spirit of Napoleon, when inquripg Of
receive road for the passage OF troops ''sire,
is possible bnt not practicable" was the reply
Of the engineer. LET it be done, then, imme-
distely," said Napoleon.
The thing is not only possible, but emiuentl7
practicable. The sum TO be raised s less than .
million. The money is here, in this city. Let
but every stoekhoder be animated with the spirit
OF woman, 5f Judith, OF Joan Of Arc and OF
Augustina Of saragosss; and, as il the whole is-
! sue OF success or failure depended on him, let
him resolve he will accomplish all that can be
done by heroic effort In behalf of his homs and
n defense OF his city from the secret assaults OF
her foes: and. my word for it, The thing is done,
| and the victory won.
What glorious day that will be for New
Orleans sitting by the side Of her grsst river,
stless and inerlsss, she has been dreaming Of
tba days that are gone into history
| Sb5 has been thinking OF tho time when there
were bnt little villages ON the banks OF hsr
mighty tributary; and as she hiss turned her
gaze TO the great cities thst have grown from
those humble beginnings, whose magnitude hnd
prosperity overshadow her loftiest pretsn-
slons, she has quite despsired Of ever
proudly filed among the cities Of the sguth.
| But hope now returns. Her eyes sparkle in the
| fire OF o new desire. From distance come the
sounds OF encouragement; and aRar off are seen
| milton and graspiDg.
| Tbs impulse Of motion moves her bIood and
her nerves tingle with suppressed activities.
And the day draws near and at last it has come;
| the day 6f her resurrection from the dead.
| can fancy / see it.
IL is bright day in spring. An unusual stir
| prevails amoDg the people.
| The doors OF business houses are closed. The
children OF the public schools are given hoii-
day. Flags are flying from the shipping in the
b rbo@ and from every available point fom tops
Of houses and pendent from Windows.
| Towards noon the crowds aTs pouring ia one
direction, from which quarter every now and
then sounds OF artillery sha4e the air.
For IL is the event in the life Of the city, bigger
with consequences for It's growth and prosperity
| than any other incident in her career.
| The commerce which has been dead is alive
again; and the trade which has bsea lost Is
| fonnd.
| A locomotive wrsatbed N hoTers, and bearing
the name of first president Of the company,
stands at the depot netting and foaning to bo
gone. A mioister s returning thanks to heaven
for the accomplishment OF the great enterprise,
followed by an orator. copgratulsting his fellow
citizens on the brilliant future now opening before
| them. Bot The people can hardly hear him for
the memories that como erowdiDg upon them
from the year jnst gone.
The long period Of waiting before this gala
day, the heroic struggles Of few brave men
solved on saving their city from financial ruin.
the obstacles they surmounted, and the impedi-
ments they removed; the unfaiIing hope which
sustained them, and the faith that ke pt them firm
in the darkest hours OF doubt,
Ill at last the signal ia given, and The frat
train from Louisiana to Texa, glides from the
station house and sneeda 10 the land Of rrairies