The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-23

az hut The spawn of ustrpatiun aud not to be
recognized as Legitimate under any ciroum-
And what Of Kelloggism7 Why. Kelloggism
was but Warmothism under another aspect
Kellogg was badly beaten ut the pols, Tor me
whites had now become re-enfranch sed. Even
Warmoth recognized this fact: hut the milltary
power OF the general government was invok ',a1
by the bayonet, and the elect OF the people were
driven out to give place TO Kellogg and the teaIs
alive tools that were TO do his brhe-ts. hsnHh
their unanswered denuneiation ard tep,i,h, ~
lion of H. socaed ,bs rrse1Id and you
will there find names , # m n tbe T aa'
are now talking Of The inyoaPl VIA y b .al bond
ered CONTRACT between the peoHKe e f was
even warmer than that hRaihts :, =, err, ~
for the former more d'sIasle,u, iut,n ~
wing p,ve, nnent ~ coDtradistinguished from
bold daring, brazen robbery and detauohety;
This opposition en INN af the eowsrdIy VII
lain oannnying tho gubsrnatorial chair, and
although the strong arm Of Fed raj power ~
FidsreI bavnnets to the last hour of his rule
And the consideration OF Re!loggtsm brings
ua 10 that of the great taared contract low
nreached 10 on Carondeet street When Kel-
| iopg came Into power he ouDd that the people
had been % robbed by Warmo'hism that there
was nothing more for him to eteal. The goose
was pluoked bare; 80 be took another to k.
The debit amounted TO God knows h " many
millions, no more bonds could be sold: the
hat saered hing 9 yl
tnous. and he ami bis Legislative miniops
passed the funding law under which the debt
tho dollar, and new bonds issued bearing per
cent interest This was. of course. featfully
unjust t. the legitimate creditors OF the State,
but II would greatly reduce the enttre debt. and
Il was put before the people at the ba lot-boK.
voted against It ~ unjust and dishonest e.
wards tho holders ,of Legitimate bohns,
aud because 1t would be recognizing the
legitimacy of the government Of Warmoih and
Kellogg aud don't know man who did vote
for Iii but The Returning B2 %1 q k. JAZZ
for the law, and 1t Is so recorded. This law IL
the great 'saered contract. so-eailed, between
goes further. He says that this contract was
ratified by resolution of the fret Legislature
under Gov. Nichols: that their body pledged
the faith of the State to stand by this Contract
|. THAT can't Imagine this people. IN law and
morals bound to sustain my act done py me
so-called governments OF Watmoth and Rel
logg II we are republican people. II our geo.
ple govern themse vea. aud only th1s form ~
government In republican In essence, then milt-
taTy dpspotsm is not only not OF the people,
and to be denounced and resisted by the people,
but every practical feature or Impress o. II
noasih ia estent Otherwise. WV the years 81
| unceaeing remonstranee, why the blood that
was spilled on our streets. while under Hadlcal
military rule We're we then children actt
little part or were we real men determined even
to die TOR the rtgbt2
We had no Legitimate government during the
eight long years that wrought our ruin. aud the
remnant of our lives, aud the lives Of our
chillren. should be devoted 70 the holy cause of
| practically demonstrating that this II govern !.
ment of the iople, and not q government OF
| the bHyonet and the bondholder.
| q lay no stress on the resolution 81 the first
Under G2y yaaras be %
and doipgs Of that monerel. bringing, com
promising" bargaining boty will brig blush
when they read understandinRly. The
body that would vote thousands u
par Packard's police. who held bayonets Mt
| our throats, and even shot down our best on tho
streets, while refusing one cent TO the brave
epirits who put them In power. would pass any
resolution dictated by the bay9nett or tn" bond
alluded to M b,rdun ftlmenm.,,wind., aud foul
wind IT that-nothng more. There is no good
| the evil they accomplished. Legislature that
| could be deaf to the eloquent appeals of even
| the blood stained stones that pave our streets
could not have come from the people. Of i i
| did II was recreant to their behests. But even
| had they been true az steel, such resolution az
that alludsd to has no legal binding force: j.,
the eye OF the bondholder. the vilest thing that
walks the earth. And yet am not one A man
who refuses to pay that which ne Justly ana a,,
pay that which he doe. not owe either has
money to throw away and ls wiilngto throw II.
ag uSe save In degree Tor States to pay
out is to reduce the volume Of the purse Of In !.
| divldual men. / care not for the howl about
state credit" Phiosophcally speaking
aye, speaking from the point of com
mon sense - the credit of State
IL good. and ought only to be good TO the extent
that she husbands her resources, taxes her
people liz htly and pays only lchdt she ONES. A
| reckless. spendthriit state will forfeit the best
credit In the world. The credit Of Louisiana
Ia o-day wrecked, and ought to be wrecked
because abe has been. and IL still, reckless
spendtlriH. She undertakes to assume, under
the dietation OF the money power. debt the
larger part OF which she does not owe; she
spends five times M much on government M
she ought. and she taxes her people TO the
point Of forfeiture OF their properly and me the
| no credit she cannot retrieve 1t under such
circumstances. aud che ought not.
| A word more aud am done.
| Let the bon dholders pause and think. Two
years ago the people OF Louisiana wanted n
constitutional convention: but the money D wer
controlled the Legislature and foiled thu PEG
pie One year ago the same thing was re-
enacted. But the people have at las; triumphed
| Let the money power remember that there Is
| even a limit to the power of money to buy. but
| above all let them remember that long coniin-
| ued oppression at last steels the human heart
against justice itself; i has been 80 among al
one mode Of action with the money power
the pse Of money, In foiing the reasona.
BILE behests of the taxpayer and the
| worker. Better change your taettca. gentle
men. The people are reasonable beings. and
molasses catches most flies. Better devote
| your energies TO reH80DADle hTThnReH1eul Vi
| the debt and an absolutely economical admin
istration OF government. Better try to make
the people richer. and. therefore. more able t.
pay what they owe. A bond that certainly pays
| per cent and can any Gay be sold ut par on
| the street. Is better than bond that is being
| fought over. pays per cent occasionally. and
maybe can't be sold as an investment at any
price.
With the hope that the DEMOCRAT will fear
| lessly advocate always the interests Of all the
people, subscribe myself ANXIOUS,
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THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.