The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-11
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, SUNDAY, MAY II, 1879.

take tramp for few days over the hills OF
Massachusetts tovisit the operatives OF tne
| factories, where he may learn that these poor
people, with their hungry wives and children,
have complaints OF wrongs, real or - mag az
mary; In fact, both to prefer against the
polished chiyairy of that State 1Cr doing ane
things 1t ought not to have done, ana ieav r,l
undone the things 1t should have done e., "a NJ
gentleman will have no occasion 10 Jake aln-
davits there-the living witnesses can pe pro q
dueed I also invite the earnest ATTENTION OF
gentlemen of Massachusetts, VINO atsendea
| The Fanueil Hall meeting to this iield OIL laooI
| SO invitingly opened up to the pnllanGilIopisto
| OF that State.
IT ia proper to still further record the fact
that 1t was announced atthe meeting III cues n
ton that three gentlemen. members 81 Inc
National Farmers Association, Wnasever
acres of land to the negro colonists In Kansas,
in which it appears that these three national
farmers" drove q pretty shreWd New England
bargain with the colored colontsts, and then
succeeded in having the matter brought before
the meeting az an act OF individual benevO-
jence: all OF which think will be recognized
as emnently proper for the occasion. The gift
in question was not without what we call In
law a rodendurn, which, in ordinary paflance,
often answers the purpose OF the orthograph-
zeal "if,' as witness: 'rhe colonists to have
the first years occupancy free, and to COM
plete the payment In five years Should the
negroes go upon the land, IN AXE improvements,
and finally fail, as In all human protbaaolllty,
under all the circumstances, they will, then,
on their abandoning the land, the three gen,
tIemen. members OF the National Farmers
Association" will have gained the improve.
ments II by possibility the colony should
succeed, then the aforesaid three mem mn Oh
the National Farmers Association will nave
shrewdly succeeded In disposing OF six humid
red and forty acres of land which they have
doubtless long been anxious to thspose q, "a
of which we admit Is demonstrating OF the
n IT,, ID, fxSr8 hfiPf
temen are requested to have some respect
for the settled meaning of the English Ian
guage. and are implored not to refer to the
mercenary schemes OF certain persons uhder
the name of beneyOlence. There are scores
Of railroad companies seeking to dispose OF
Western lands In the same way. They have
never been extoIled for their benevOlence-
they seek to put 1t upon no such ground. IL
Is matter Of speculation with railroad com.
panies the same as with these gentlemen OF
the famous national association, which,
like various other associations OF the age,
keeps It's eyes open to the main chances and
which has a president W no deserves to be
Omplimented by the members OF the assocl-
ing an advertisement without money, and
without price, at the Fanueil Hall meeting,
for q Western land monopoly. 4s#.<e
Without doubt there is d fair share OF hon.
est, earnest men in Massachusetts, In com
mon with others of the rest OF the States
North and South, who deprecate the suffer-
ing, the discomfort, the dreary outlook for
the laboring poor man and bis family, white
and black, North and South. Yet, as general
rule, they are not TO be found among the poll
teal demagogues, the priestIy mountebanks,
or the heartless, grasping land rnonopolists
who commune at Fanueil Hall or elsewhere,
and with flourish of trumpets proclaim In
favor Of impracticable schemes which promise
disaster, and that only to the poor resident
whites and incoming colored men of the
Western States.