The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-15
TIN NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, AUGUST 15 1879.
to be ''remitteay to the next Legislature. O

course they will.
Remit" ia pleasant sounding word In 10
proper place, for 1t signifies the yielding or re
linduishment of something belonging 70 TIL
person who RENTS. but used rs it is by GU
economists Of the Convention it is q polite syn
,onym for taking. Selling, confiscating or pur
Joining.
Because it is an undethanded ally and COW
ardly taking away ct the property OF other men
TO remit means to give up-to send buck
| something that belongs 10 ones SELL
We look upon the debt ordinance. so called
| 10 q whole. rs an act OF virtual reputation
| We denouuce the provision eonils eating The
| accumulated interest and ramitting the cou
pons Ia provision inseparahle from the entire
measure) as an act Of unmitigated robbery.
These lords Of msrule who coolly reduced
away ten millions of the debt which they &C
kDowledged III January, 1874, quite as coolly
"remitted' away S37,337 al of the peoples
money in 1873, by compromises, as will be
seen By the official reports, to say nothing OF
| like processes with the defaulting tax col
! lectors of the year 1874, who owed the State
$4,000. One of the items "remitted' has
been brought into prominence by publica-
ton made in the Times, charging that In pllr-
suance Of a corrupt bargain between w. 2.
q brother of the latter was to be settled In
illegal warrants.
The following are extracts from the official
record:
[EStractl
STATE AUDITORS OFFICE. January /. 1873.
IA tha Tbnr nd; ~ D,,I IN
Accounts:
/ have made demands for the unsettled
amounts due from AL delinquent tax collectors,
and In tho following named instances have
recommended com promises for the reasonS It
forth
BLANCHARD. TAX COLLECTOR. PARISH OF MORE
HOUSE.
Amount due. $19 1877 so
Amount paid In compromise settle
naeH1 -...--..,- 6,03l ~
Amount RENTED In compromise ...... 1s,126 IL
In this Case. upon investigation. | ascertaiued
tbHt the bond of Blanchard has been cancelled
'rHhom The keoao1eflge Of This office and that the
probability of the Sta = recovering anything by
civil suit WAS eXtr . ely fouhtfut: hence q
compromise was doe 81 q advisable and. after
some delay. effected On the best atta1nabe
terms under the circumstances.
CHAs. HILL. Examiner
[ExtractI
To the Honorable Charles Clinton. Auditor Of
uullC ACCDuntR.
Su'-I have the honor to submit the following
report on claims presented and examined. in
coupliance with section 1T9 Revised Statutes,
and the executive orders Of his Exeellency,
Gov. Kellogg, dated june -, 1873:
Total amount Of claims approved. -. s9aoo7 90
Total amount of claims not approved. 15i,4l5 81
Respectfully submitted
l. N. STOUTEMEYER. Auditors Solicitor.
Can the consolation cease their vitupera-
ton long enough to answer why thirteen
thousand dollars were 'remtted" In compro-
mise, when the money due the State was de-
posted In the Crescent City Bank, corner of
Carondeet and Union streets?
II you complain that We are harsh and I'M
fair, nelghbors, we have only to point to your
own columns for our vindication We are IN
willing to sit still and read column after
column Of abuse poured out upon the people
Of Louisiana without exposing the inconsis-
tency T the men who are responsible for it.