The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-04
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disposition Iii eyinced On the part of
some Northern journals, as well as some at
home, To discuss the action of the majority of
the State Debt Committee In violent and de-
mandatory language, and they do not hest
tate to indulge In personal abuse Of members
with whose conclusions they differ.
We are at 9 lose to comprehend what possl-
BILE good these things can accomplish. Is II
| to be expected that men Of the courage and
strong convictions such as all our journals
| freely accorded To the members 81 the Con-
vention when they assembled In this city are
to be- influenced by threats and insults2
These who complain that the committee
have gone too far In their report and charac-
terize its conclusions a. extreme should re-
member that there Ii another extreme, to
which the opponents Of the action OF the COM
tee are rapidly drifting.
A grave public question involving the social
and commercial future of this State should
be treated with freedom from excitement
and with the calmness born of the danger at
tending threatened convulsion In political
and commercial affairs.
1t IL inconsistent to appeal TO members Of
the Convention to pause and survey the con-
sequences apprehended from the adoption Of
the report Of the committee In one breath.
and In the next to influence their passions and
arouse spirit Of antagonism BY begging the
real question at issue and visiting them with
wholesale denunciation.
The position of the DEMOCRAT has been
clearly defined. We feel bound by every con-
sideration OF patriotism, by the action Of the
party whose unity we are laboring to pre-
serve, and by our convictions OF duty to the
people Of this State to do all In our power to
secure an adjustment Of this question that
will maintain the public faith, and yet reduce
the burdens Of taxation.
In claiming credit for sincerity In our CON
victlons we assuredly accord the same meas
ure Of honesty to those members OF the Con-
vention who hold other views.
We say plainly to the New York bankers,
who insult the whole people In their senseless
rage and to the journals that give publication
to oil manner of vituperaion on that subject,
you are marplots. The threats OF withhold
ing credit from the people Of the parishes, of
withdrawing the Orleans delegates from the
Convention, and the assumption that the
bondho1der will not accept any abatement Of
his present contract, are Gil devices born Of q
satanic ingenuity which ID laboring to pro-
duce contention and strife between country
and city, and In the hope that the disruption
Of the Democratic party will again open the
way for the return OF Radicalism to power In
this State. The use Of these expressions liz
worse than folly. It Is crime against the
interests that are demanding prudence, wis
dom and craftsmanship In the settlement OF
this momentous issue.
Now that the reports Of committees and
all the data concerning the debt Is before the
Convention and the public 1t Is time that the
bankers, corporations and individuals that
represent the various interests to be affected,
should move, and move promptly; not by
threats and abuse. but by immediate CONSUL
tatlon and by the full presentation Of all the
facts from their standpoint, and by the exer-
else OF their influence and connections In
bringing about full, free interchange OF
views between the creditors Of the State and
the Convention. Heretofore propositions
may have been premature prior to the inves-
tigation, but now the time has come for the
creditor to move and meet the sober second
thought Of the Convention with some practi-
cal propositions that will relieve the State
and preserve her credit.