The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-29
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I masjeen Accomplished In Two
knps--D Interests or Louisiana
"a ~ rhsSnve sBeen Protected In the
! SO. amla,w They Can Be Promoted
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special Cofepndence Of the Democrat
WasHaToN, December %, 1873.
an remjhde by reading your editorial
REV 81 the exfnce Of the DEMOCRAT IN
3 number. lust hand, that my own ALL
"a NTH it hasdured just two years to
q dsta. Ahths review and retrospect
nm - be thader Of the day, presume
nav "a well t, my turn at 1t along with
q balance. II little over two years
~ 1o5 weeks, ice mutual irlend nunteu
"a and On Newspaper Row" one
Is request my acquaintanoes, II they
sa.nad q across me. to say that he
- ioaL,ng ,ae, and that would learn
,nathino toy advantage by consulting
!, {. uoan aossible.
swt,.n ha Il finally came together that
tsnIrv IL aired that the matter which it
y - bo m Vantage to learn was In the
s.,.a a : gram from the manager OF the
s,rnnp . = lderlng me the position and
.1.~v a washington correspondent. /
ID frequs seen
rim LITTLE SHEET
Ala irme OF the newspaper reading
,,nns ohad noted that, though young
~ ,sitH its growth before 1t, 1t was an
,s.nt umany pronounced proclivities and
iv1nr ldant evidence Of that native vigor
,hsnh and experience never fail to ex-
W., power and influence. Still, like the
..aitll baby, 1t was very little one,
.,~,sically speaking. Its enmity to "mo-
~, under every form ami circumstance
ne termed hereditary; for the first ex-
III Of opinion ever remember TO have
I'd In its columns was fierce onslaught
II Associated Press, which at that time
Engaged in the labor Of suppresslng It.
! ii my impression was that the struggling
xae being ground, 80 to speak, between
Upper and neither milestone Of the Times
|}he Pc; though as sometimes happens
10 history Of grist mill, when some par
|larly 'intractable substance gets In, the
kes ret the worst OF 1t and the thing
ind comes out
Il Az WHOLE As IT WENT IN.
these things as they may, assumed
Esk Of purveying Washington news and
Tor the little DEMOCRAT Of 1876 with
Fly; little thinking that In less than two
~ time It would become my main-stay In
world Of endeavor, and, all things consid-
|, the best and most satisfactory news
sr0Onnection / ever held. There are or
% been peculiar reasons why the Wash
ton correspondent OF the New Orleans
nouRAT during the two years just ended
uld become attached to his paper and Its
stituency with an unusual degree Of close
] and cordlality. That period embraces
% during which all that the American peo-
strive for, and all that they are willing to
il for, hung in suspense and shook In the
Das Of crisis for the State Of Louisiana.
would require mind Of levity far beyond
comprehension to fail to appreciate what
les and fears, feelings and sentiments, as
Ations and approximations have thronged
ough the brains and surged In the hearts
THn PEorLH or LOUISIANA
Ing these two years. 1t is no light thing
any people who have ever enjoyed 80 much
. gllmmer Of liberty to pass through
Is Ii which the Issue under process Of de-
was whether they inhabited q
te Ii the American Union or province OF
lstard empire. In which all the faults Of
government were doubly vitiated by an
1ixture Of the worst vices OF European
potism, badly copied and worse applied.
ar from being light thing, 1t IL perhaps
most terrific test and the most stringent
l to which any people could possibly be
jected. During this crucial period the
NOES In which fate trembled we're hung In
and the DEMOCRAT was, par e.
nee,
THE ORGAN OF THE PEOPLES CAUSE,
,olumns from day to day the meter OF
r hopes, and Its utterances the keynote
heir aspirations. Under these circum-
ices the Washington correspondent OF the
focRAT for the last two years has en-
d an opportunity seldom vouchsafed to
Of the guild, to make himself solid" as
saying is, with the constituency OF
paper. Whether have awaited myself
his opportunity is question that 1t
Id hardly be In good taste for me to
yer. can only say In the premises that
y feeble efforts have been as satisfactory
le readers OF tho DEMOCRAT as their re- |
lses from time to time, conveyed in host |
,tters and kilograms from individuals,
ID macs OF comment and criticism from |
local press. have nothing more to ask
IS 1t might be raise Of salary, which,
ldering the hardness Of the times and the
approach Of John Sherman's resump-
on borrowed specie, IL doubtless out Of |
question.
ave INDUCED in all this preliminary ego
partly to preface
SOM HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS
le people Of Louisiana upon their happy
'erance from the fate that threatened them
years ago. and partly to Invite their at
on to the fact that there Is another two
. coming, Is big with opportunities Of
and self-advancement as
asst two have been with necessities Of self
ervation.
cal self-government, which then was q
pect, Is now fixed fact. True. there Is
and then n cater vaul from some ono or