The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-09
AN OUTRAGE.

% E5flt IL lS uoUHs MIL ANahsP WA
VI ntine Shreveport and utterly ruin
\. tade. The border towns Of Texaa,
4 ltts III State authority, have literally, under
the prsiext Of quarantine, cut off oil connec-
tlon and trade between that State and New
Orleans No one can enter Texas, even from
| the direction OF st. Louis without a certificate
| that he or she does not hail from an Infected
| port. The little town Of Montgomery, Ala,
| through which passes q great railroad Inc
between this city and tho East adopted the
| same bulldozlng policy as Marshall. Texas.
and forced Mobile 10 keep up m ldtotc and
criminal quarantine against this city by
threatening to quarantine the latter town
and ruin lts trade unless II Kept up the scan
dalous embargo against New Orleans.
II ID now matter OF public nptorlety that
there has been no epidemic or presidential dis
ease In New Orleans this summer and fall !:
that The general health Of this city has been
exceptionally good, and that our death rate
has been lower than that of almost any other
great city III the Union.
Under these circumstances the policy pur-
sued by the State OF Texas, where the quar-
nntne Ia kept up In every direction against
this city, ls simply infamous A. we have
stated in previous article. II one nation
should impose such a prohibition upon tho
commerce OF neighborng State as Texas
hns imposed and still imposes upon the trade
of the chief city Of Louisiana. 1t would be u
cause of war We deem 1t proper now to add
that, In any we'll organized government. no
town on towns could venture to impose such
senseless restrictions upon commerce rs that
shot1 mt roD cr9,
Ala, have subjected the trade Of the South
west to.
These commercial restrictions upon the
trade of this city and of the States which de-
pend upon It. constitute ono OF tho greatest
political questions of the day, and II ID now
In the power OF Louisiana TO solve IL. The
embargo imposed by Galveston upon
the commerce Of New Orleans is not u
quarantine. There ts not an intelligent man.
be he merchant, lawyer, mechanic or physl-
Cian, In Galveston who does not know as well
as we do that there ~ not now. and has not
been this season, any epidemic fever In this
city. Hence there is not man tn that town.
Including the ,nsmbers Of It's board Of health,
who does not know that the 50 called guaran-
tine against New Orleans il simply an EN-
barge, and that II has no justification In law
or sound policy.
The quarantine which Montgomery aud
other interior Alabama towns forced Mobile
to Institute and prolong for months against
us, and which has subjected our people to
millions Of loss was Of thesame character 10
that imposed by Galveston.
Is there no remedy for these outrages2 IF
they are kept up. the mighty streams Of trade
which are naturally seeking the sea-ports of
the Gulf will be turned Westward and East-
ward ind the very cities which are imposing
these embargocs Will be finally ruined with
tho cities. whose commerce they aro seeking
To absorb
Cities and States may recover from the
devastutions Of war, pastilence and famine.
md against these awful agencies no human
virtue, Wisdom or power can, a. all times,
shield us. Governments, laws and treaties
are not constituted. made or entered into with
tho expectation that they will avert those
calamitles. 1T Is the narrow, mean and igno-
rant spirit which inspires the course of Gal
weston toward this city, which 1t Ia the object
of considerations and treaties to avoid, and
which, when 1t trumphs and runs riot. inicts
wrong and irreparable Injury.
The men who framed the Federal eonsttu-
ton sought, by wise provisions. to control this
spirit and hence they specially delegated the
power to Congress to regulate commerce be-
tween the States They understood human ma
ture and knew that, at one time or another,
some State, falling into the hands OF ignorant
and selfish men, would seek some temporary
commercial benefit by perpstrating some scan-
dalous outrage, such as the Galveston en-
barge, upon neighboring State; and, know
ing this, they placed 1t ID the power Of the
Federal government to regulate and settle all
such issues.
Wa suggest now, that, In view OF the facts
that the embargo levied upon the commerce
of New Orleans by Galveston 10 Illegal and
infamous; that neither Galveston nor the
sovereignty Of Texas Itself, has power to I'm
pose any such restriction, and that it Is In
violation Of the Federal con stitution, the State
or Louisiana through her constituted author
tiles. should demand redress and protection
for her chief city and her neighboring States
which trade with and through that city from
the Federal courts.
Neighboring nations would settle this wrong
by treaty or war. The Federal courts, under
our federation, have been create q the arbiters
OF such issues between the States, and we
should seek redress Id those courts. No ques-
ton SO large and grand has ever yet been
carried before those tribunals and we believe
THAT Louisiana should now take stops to
determine whether the real purposes for
which the Union was formed can be carried
out, or whether our whole system has fallen
into decay or become mere instrument Of
oppression and Capitalization.
THE DEMOCRACY,