The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-29

and at the same easier destructibil.
li.v OF her interests, Louisiana, more
than any other Southern State has
need OF all possible recuperative appliances
and IL happens that, through geographical
and AGRICULTURAL conditions, her interests are
more entirely the interests Of the whole
country than Is true Of any other State OF the
South.
To quit generallzing and come down to par
tlcuars, what mean to say is that Louisiana
requires
SPECIAL LINE OF POLICY
on the part Of the general government, or
rather the special application to her territory
Of general line OF policy, the induction OF
which will necessitate the appropriation and
expenditure of large sums OF money from the
treasury OF the United States. Many things
will unavOidably c0nspire to thwart her ell
forts and deny her wants; she will be conf
PEELED, In any event e meet the opp9slM1l a,a
York and New England at every stage OF her
progress; because every dollar spent In the
Improvement OF her grand highway OF com
merce means 30 many pounds Of freight a.
and Boston, and 50 much per cent OF the
commissions OF traffic turned from their cof-
fers into those OF New Orleans.
In short, az this date two years ago marked
turning pOlHb III Ii6 very tAiSbtuC6 VI
Louisiana as q free community, 30
THIS PRESENT DATE BEGINS CRISIS
In the history OF her progress Two years
ago, when the struggle was one for existence.
the voice OF her people was as the voice OF one
man, and no individual ambition was permit
ted to disturb the harmony OF her efforts.
ment during the progress Of that great strug-
gle, the sound OF dlscord among her people
would have been welcomed by her enemies
and deplored by her friends as utterly fatal to
her hopes and deadly to her aspirations And
now, It seems to me, there is equal need,
though for other purposes, OF the same quail
ty of concord and the same kind OF concert.
III the men who guide the destinles OF Loulsf-
ana will display In the struggle for material
advancement during the next two years the
same unity Of action end the same unanimity
Of purpose that pulled them through the con-
test for independence In the last two, / believe
this date 1880 will witness the fultilment OF
results equally gratifying TO the pride and
Die. 1 am satlefied that, II there should APP
pear to be q lack Of such unity and unanimlty,
IT WILL NOT DE THE FAULT OF THE DEMO-
Graf,
or OF that element OF the body politio for
which IL speaks. At all events, though that
assurance is perhaps the least important OF
any that could |, be made. 1t will not be the
hope to be able to date another letter Deem
Der %, 1880, reviewing two years Of material
advancement as comprehensive and as graft
flying as Ii the political progress OF the last
two, whereof this letter Is retrospect.
These reflections carry their own argument
with them 30 clearly that there La no need Of
ampllficatlon. 30 far az
THE INTERESTS OF OUR STATE
are concerned there is unity Of action and
unanimitY Of purpose among oil the repre-
seDtatives Of Louisiana at this point official
and journalistic. / hope the same spirit will
prevail among her people at home.
A. G. B.