The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-15
"PROGRESs AND PROSPERITY

| Nav ORLEANS. February IA. 1880.
| To tho Editor OF the Democrat.
| In the article signed as above and captionef
Our Business Outlook for 1850 and 1881. :
| courteously published In your Issue OF tht
| fourteenth. you seem to have misunderstood
tprobably my FAULT the general drift of the re.
marks relative to the drones In our Southern
beehive.
The writer OF that article. himself an old
tenant OF that same hive. deems It his duty. as
It is his pleasure. to say now, what space for
babe him to say then. that all are not drones In
our Southern beehive.
We have indeed. and the writer Ia proud to
SAY IL. many smart. active. intelligent and expe-
rienned 20. ahead merchants. bankers and bust
ness men In our city, second to pone In the
Union. These men are the life VI our city. always
cheerful. hopeful. speaking enoourAxingly OF
our future. never despatrlnRy;
Bnt the olasa OF drones alluded to are far
mote numerous than these model men Of action
and vim.
Miliionaires who have amused money and
prises that will build up our waste places aud
act the honest. enforced idler &c. work. these
may we'll be termed "drones.' Thousands of
would gladly fly to the honey fields II they
for certainty knew where they lay. But tney
cannot Their wings are clipped by the shears
Capital employed sets the honest lahorer at
work. the real drones" are such as will
neither move their capital nor contribute to
move any one's else, the poor mans muscle or
one another's brain.
These are the OanaRnites" referred to. and
II IL patent to all observers that we have a sur
plus Of them In our city.
The great complaint has been for years TINT
we ere as 2 people too apaihettc. .drone like"
rushing around ue. attracting away from our
doors that which by nature belongs to ua :
growing poorer every day while others grow
rich: we stand stlll with arms folded making
traction. and bring us within the golden circle
OF universal progress and prosperity. Who
built our railroads that centre here tot day
Every effort or our own people to do that which
has been done BY Northern oalital and North
ern men proved universally abortive.
It IL wholesome sometimes TO have good,
sound sooldlng for our faults and lack Of Indus
try and common senee. The writer has had
many q one. and Ia none the worse for them IT,
day. Indeed. he likes them. Wecannot aee our
". aeneible ecod ones self pride ia aroused II
there a any latent there, and all at once he finds
himself possessed or elements OF which great
cities are built, mountains tuunellad and
making all nature subservient to mans indus
try and indomitahe will.
All our people need Is to catch the spirit OF
progress that is hummin around In sweet
aa a. never never tiring melody Then there will be
Thank d0dl there is good reason to bellows
that we are catching some OF this spirit. 1t af-
fnrds the writer unalloyel pleasure to say that
there seems to be an awakening energy among
the masses Of our people. Let It grow and let
soul. brains and pluck here. native aud to the
manor born. fully able 10 take a hand In the
fierce yet skillfnl conflict tha leads to
PROGRESS AND PROSPERITY.