The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-10

ton Ii an evil and low taxation benefit to
them Is strictly true. But 1t does not follow
that every tax is an unmitigated evil, to
be wiped out, by revolutionary means II
necessary, or that there are not public evils
which weigh more heavily upon the working
man than few mills extra taxation.
The DEMOCRAT has held, and the Conven-
tion Is working to that end, that taxation
should be reduced by the adjustment OF all
needless offices and expenses, the reduction Of
the salaries Of all necessary officials to rea-
sonable and just figure, and the reduction OF
the interest on the debt All nght-thinking
men In Louisiana will concede that this is a
practicable and judicious plan for the reduc-
ton Of taxation. It is q plan which should
meet with the approval and support OF city
and country OF merchants, planters, farmers
and workingmen everywhere. But here we
must call halt. Here we are within the
boundaries Of law, justice, prudence and
right. The moment we go beyond this line
we become revolutionists, and though no
court Of justice may be able to arraign our &C
ton, the judgment Of mankind will be against
US: faith In US will be destroyed; that sacred
bond Of honor and justice which binds us
financially and commercially to our sister
statea and - the n,ter world will ha broken
and th,unb tho ra+a - ,,, !, !, ", -,
duced mill or two, the shadow Of distrust will
cover our land, our crops will rot In the
ground, our commerce will dwindle into in
significance, and universal distress overspread
the State.
The workingmen will be the first and
tho aavareat anfrarara Tho ,ahorara and tha
,naob.ntca ia amau ,narchan4a 80 ~
q rroora ,,,,,n Sr,all acolo Stha nod, - tha
neonla.~ara always the f,rat % arnarIenca tho a
rnisarjos q ro,,n,,,t,,,, ID - -, ~ d,st-ass
cauaai NJ v,c,nna ~ ,,nrpIan lac,aiat,nn
Whan noonav hacop,oa aoa roo = 10 ahsorhod
tirat frorn tha nooraat claaa = tha com n,,nitv
a. rvnrI,ng,ran 'rart tha aroal lar +radaa.
mon and tIN 41,o. f,raot rnarcantita nIonttrr
and manufantnr,nr intareata become IA ait
ferara. and finally the wealth and nower az
the country ia concentrated n the hands Of q,
raw rinps and thu desnotism II tho money
power is established. Ii financial crisis the
most distressing effects ara falt nv the moor
III the time 81 war they are the first sufferers.
In short, no social conyulsion or public
calamity can befall country that 1t does
not first spread poverty and distress among
the working people,
The working people therefore. should be. In
the nature 81 things. the most conservative
class of the State and they should be slow
In giving their appreciation or SUPPORT to
schemes which are ealculatnd To alarm or
diaturh canital or weaken the foundations Of
public or private credit upon which are
based ali nublic and private enterprises. in
tereata and indust, lea.
wo ooll +horoforo unon +ba ruorLinomon ~
this CITY "a sav nav to the majority renort If
the COMMITTEES IN tha pnblic Debt. IF that
renort ba adontad air milliona Of wealth n.
1900, IL +h,a civ n state honda ui,l "a ant
hiIotad viii +hta honot,t ony o,oea =, +ho
oo,,o ,o,n,+,2 Tbo od1ooo+a. - ron,,d,o+;on
themselves have vividlv toId IL II tha MI
varaa1 decline ~ nronortv In citv and ooun.
trv ond trntbf,Ilv no,ntad - 4 - tho
ohiof indiootinn ~ IN ronart,, "a
tra,,t,oa Hav ror,or,,oh,a +bar +hot +har,
das,ra a. ona fail auoon ~ dos.ro, ~
add,.;a,a, g. ro,1,,a. r,,l,,as i, ~
o,t.,p stota hond hanast1,, n,rohoead ond
honoe+l1, hold 10 e ,ouoh nronartv 90 q n,an
t.+;on - hr;cL huilding - Ganal atrnet
Tha ,,o,io,, ~ ,,,a,,t 81. hos o,,
to destroy nronerty The trna noiasion of tha
nraaant Convention i q inaupnrata ) nollcv
dasignsd - rro+aet nronartr end anhopoa ite
valna Tho nov - ID the oortoIn11, Is nj =
dastro,, 80 ,,or+,o,, - ~ rro,,or+r . III
neonla hnt - roduca tho hnrfena ~ taxation
1 unon II all. and render Il whether Il consists
! ii lands bonds = hnnsas safa and aacnra
The reduction Of taxes. then. and not the
destruction Of public credit or Of nronertv Is
the business before tia Convention and that
ID the business in which the working neonlt
are interested as deeply as the planters
merchants and bondholders. It has beer
shown that this can be done without; a resor
to the revolutionary and ruinous methods O
Reputation, and it behooyes the workins
people to insist that it shall be SO done.