The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-04
THE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER.

4 The DEMOCRAT IL We may DelieVS WHAT II
said on the streets, added to the STERLING
proof of appreciation shown by the sale 0
every number Of our extra edition, has made
d decided hit In Its first of September mum
Der. We wish the public 10 understand thai
this ID no spasmod!c effort but only the real
ization of desperate desire and the bs-
ginning Of q "resolute endeayor" on the part
of It's proprietors to make the DEMOCRAT at
| the same time the fearless exponent and de-
! fender Of Democratic principles and the best
medium through which commercial news can
bs circulated and tbs business interests Of
New Orleans and the State OF Louisiana ad-
vocated nn1 pushed forward
We give below, with due acknowledgements
to our contemporaries, what appeared In
their columns concerning our first Of Septem-
Der edition.
THE pIoAYUEE or THE FIRST or SEPTEMBER. 1879
To the Editor of the Picayuns:
but e1hO tho universal sentiment when SHY
that the P,nnytne Of the first Of September 1879
presented II tts new and superb dress. the very
beau deal, of Typographical perfection. In,
deed. Mr.. Editor, the writer felt especially and
particularly proud OF his lifetime acquaintance,
Lay down tho first numbsr..hat little i2x16 q
1837-bsside this mammoth Of September /, 1873.
and then you will comprehend my wonder an
agreeable surprise.
Really, WAS proud Of the Pic yesterday.
@ Ace whg s6e
beauty and grace, and must say. ia truth. that
! am more 10 love With her to- day than ever be-
fore "Old ladyl" indssd-but then how bright
her face, and not wrinkle on her glorious
browl Mny her lovers increase as her yeats aid
lustre to her lmperishabls diadem.
And here the DEMOCRAT should come In for
a decided CON plimsnt on the same day tnrst
September for the splendid payer issued. Its
public spirit and enterprise deserve TO be richly
rewarded by the Intelligent business men or
That rap showing the connection Of Morgan g
Railroad with the Empire State of Texas. is
worth an entire years subscri ption and should
bs hung up In sverY merchants counting room
In this city that he may look al 1t when he gets
ON attack Of the blues, and take heart again, as
pouring into this Golden Horn. before him.
for the Blues y AN OLD CITIZEN.
The ITEM follows with the following quail
fled paragraph Of praise:
The DEMOCRAT deserves credit for its excel
lent stroke of enterprise this morning 1t has
presented it's readers with an accurate map Of
our new railroad system, showing the ii ade RS
atiOns, present and future OF Louisiana with
Texas, 81. Louis md the West and North. It. is
o pity that orr contemporary which SHOWS so
thorough an appreciation Of our commercial
advantages, cannot take more rational view Of
the injury cone to our foreign cOmmergs by u
system OF quarantine which Is neither rational
nor legal.
And now the IetM journal comes forth in
Its usual frank and vigorous style and says
about
THE DEMOCRAT: sz.-a.5
Our contemporary of the First District has
itself among ali the newspapers
published In tbs English language In tts issue
Of The first nj September. In addition to the in
forest which Ii HIS given to its columns by
articesof the highest importance to the com
merciaI future Of New Orleans, rs much from
the standpoint Of foreign commerce. as from
that which our geographical position ought to
secure US from the interior. 1t has published
twO MAPS. one representing the isthmuses 10
bs opened In Central America. and the other a
vast project of railroads. making q central
point of our city Of vast Importance 10 tho trade
With adjoining States.
We congratulate the DEMOCRAT on the httrae-
ion which II knows how 10 give to It's columns,
and on the vigor OF it's Doiemics against tne
Of the party of which it Is the
organ. "Maffe nnino,' eontem Dorary.
The comments of our contemporaries are
70 much more fattering that We believe
hem to be sincere. We have every reason
o believe 50, as our first Of September edition
vas exhausted early on Monday afternoon,
hough it bad been calculated to fill all the
lemand that we could reasonably expect.
In consequence, we have determined. at the
equest Of many of our commercial friends, to
epublish In our weekly edition the map
moving our commercial connections, to-
.ether with choice selections from our issue
Il the first Of September