The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-11
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT SUNDAY. AUGUST IL 1878

md people Of the West Id the payment of the
Olllea States ponds in iegal tender treasury
notes NOT ell the two thousand millions OF
bonds at once, but certain amount annually,
the patient Is too sick to wait They wanted
the remedy applied at the last session Of Con-
gress, but the Southern people, through their
representatives or misrepresentation failed
Gosupport them. Our Statesmen satisfied them
selves With voting for q few measures Of re-
form-the silver bill, well enough as far as it
could go~voted also for appropriations for
rivers and harbors, and left the great meas
ures Of money to an afflicted people untouch-
ed-the repeal Of the national banking act and
the redemption Of the bonds In legal tender
notes or silver. The very mention OF sweep.
ing out OF existence the non-taxpaying bonds
will. Of course, invoke the fury Of q powerful
but not very numerous class, backed by 8
storm was raised against the silver bill, and
all manner OF evils was predicted to follow
this measure.
The opponents Of redemption Of the non
taxpaying bonds will predict the horrors Of
initiation. Well, we have tried attenuation to
the point Of starvation for many years, We
can stand now, we think, o little initiation,
just TO experience o little Of the ssgOod times
coming" by, way OF change Then let the
bond owner be permitted to indulge the luz
l1ry OF paying taxes In common with his fell
low.citizen Of less means.
Communism is stalking with sanguinary
outlook over our afflicted land. Who is the
author, the cause OF this? I answer, the Con-
gress Of the United States. Clnss Legislation
has evoked from the abyss this monster of
Communism. Taxing the box Of matches and
the bottle OF medicine and exemptiDg from
taxation the two thousand millions Of bonds
has wrought it's legitimate result-Com-
ns,71isD.
Then let us at once cooperate with the
millions Of the vast West In repeating the
national banking act-restoring to Louisiana
its admirable system of State banks, as it
was before the war, and la at once, as soon as
the next Congress meets, enact the paying off
OF the non tax paying bonds In silver and legal
tenders gradually. Let the people take this
In hand and send representatives to Congress
who have the ability and courage to IegisIate
for the suffering millions, and let Wall street
take care Of ifself-then will prosperity be-
soon restored, and our people will be no longer
in sadness and hunger; lands will be relieved
from the maIediction OF Radical legislation.
With the re-establishment of our former
State bank system, we will not witness the
spectacle of our banks being forced to sus-
pend for want Of currency" and IN place Of
paying checks certifying" them, throwing
the holders into the hands Of that pious but
vigilant institution known as the gutter
snipe, or those who are always ready to fat
ten on the calamties Of their fellows.
Ii is not favorable indication Of public
guides and legislators waiting to be stimu-
lated to duty by their constituents. The peo-
pie want relief po1r at the hands Of capable,
bold and Jealous leaders. No rice Cruel or
weak regimen will longer answer the terrible
condition OF the people Of Louisiana Give us
our people--instruct them in the means Of
escape from environing evils. The great West
leads. Let us follow OLD HICKORY.
West Baton Rouge, La.