The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-11-03
STAR AND CATHOLIC GEssKNaKR SUNDAY NOVEMBER g. 1873

Dor in any trade, calling business or profession Tree
| from statutory partslity.
H. To relieve completely and thoroughly all tax CO.
rquents, and to snnul and cancel all sales made De-
cause Of inability to meet the exorbtnt taxes required
| for the illegal debts of this City and State.
l2. To render it impossible in future for the
lsborng of this city to suffer loss of six months
wages or $599,s54 was the in 1876 or as in
1877, three months wages $3.50 900 the loss they
are now suffering for 1873.
Workingmen of New Orleans, your labor and the
houses of the holders being used to bolster
mp and to pay TT illegal and unjust debts The city
during the ast two has Bought 5000 900 of
these illegal bonds How did she do so Z Add together
the $3.50 ss4 due you 1876 ard the $3.50 due
for 1877, and you will find out See the etys adver
tisement in The papers now. She can pay interest
money she can and will buy bonds but has ale paid
you3
Boar in min d. fellow citizens that last Legsla
ture funded ilto premium bonds 100000 in bonds
Issued by the city Mira. Games and known as col
lateral security fund bonds ard which the city could
not legally issus.
Remenbs iellow-otizeps that our last LegislAture
refused to abolish q single monopol5 that it issued
contrary the will of people, expressed at the
polls s3 900 0Co of bords TO private railroad enter
prise Recolect that this Legislature pretended
to reform by taking Of only II mills from State taxa
ton while it voted in favor of warmoths amendment
to he bill by ~hich all tax denquents after
this coming December, will be taxed rer cent per
month "a Ter cent per penalty fer inability
to unjust and Illegal demands. his Legis
lature also placed 100 cent aeditoua all
sary household furniture and taxed all salaries amount
ing to more than s2a0a. This Legislature raised
the Per diem for feeding prisoners from 80 per
day TO which We had succeeded in reducing the same
nearly so per day for each prisoner, while
United States soldiers beautifully fed and
net raons which cost only lee cents per day
How many large families feowcitizens. in this city
can afford per diem for each member Of fifty cents
yer teadl How meny to-day have 1ss cents per cay
for each hungry mouth The suft ring and the pau
perism oil about a sufficient answer to this ques
tion If these tie our friends, who then
enemiesi"
Wat Til ht How citizers ncipal and State
overnments even TIE National Government itself
to invest the capital of favored few taxable
property, like the bond plague of our country, and
then force the toiiing to pay lifetime tribute
to those favorites who dictate all the legislation but
contribute nothing towards the public support!
Ten thousand millions of dollars have thus been
vested in bon ds national State and corporate The
interest alone this runous debt amounts at
per interest to s7Go nearly g. COO
per day. Such heavy e1actions upon all industry,
business pursuts labor and professions working
their legitimate resut-equaid poverty for the
and the bankruptcy of all engaged in legitimate bust
ness of whatever character. Why, even the planter
raises good in vain, and finds hmeelf at the end
it well nigh in possible to sustsn those dependent
their labor, b. ef reduced salaries and wsges
while the ist Of the mployed is growing larger with
amazing and startlir rapidity.
II, fellow -citizans, people not crushed to
earth with bonded debt Of $40 oC0 oO00O0 If all this
capital Invested in legitimate enterprises and not
drawing tribute from in blood and sweat all
people, of all vocstons and of all calling7 would find
employment bread and the wall OF distress
which sweIls country would not be heard,
1t ia day, in OF distant and nu1ed thunder
Finally call upon all citizns of the United States
without dstinc tion of past political afhlaton
color nationality who bona fde residents of this
ct unite with in dspacipg and in overcoming
the disastrous Effects of that corrupt legislation which
has in the interest CT and dictated BY money
ders brokers and bond holders and which vicarous
legislation has resulted in depreciatipg the value of
zBs iAAastry5 IN depressing trade
in reducing business ard wages in inficting
paraleed distress the poorer and middle ranks
of cur people filing the lal with fraud, bezzle
ment bankruptcy cr;n', suffering, pauperisIn and
starvation.
Resolved That all nominees OF the Citizens Tax
payers' and workipgneus Assembly shall receive a
fix ed salary and that XII fses perquisies
of apy sa'ary il excess Of 5000 per shall be
turned over to the Administrator OF Accounts, who
sba in place the to the credit of the Depart
ment of improvements be u4ed by tn Administra
tor upon our streets and crossings
Resolved That such la nents sh4ll be made monthly
the said Adm nstrAtor of Accounts who shal make
epecal report Cour Gil the fret regular
ing in mohth with reference to this particular
fund.
The above resolutions were un animousiy adopted,
pledged to out the foregoing
platform and resolutions. 1t
TILE NG'