Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-06-09
ANYTH1NG,LL DO SOUTH.

thern States was being perfected ev-
cry day to give every facility to the
favored inhabitants of that section,
those of the lower end Of the Missis-
sippi Valley, who have no right to
complain Of anything, were getting
along year after year in a free and
easy way.
The Baton Rouge mail, transport
ed by the Bayou Sara and Vicksburg |
packets, came up and down when
ever the fog, the weather, and the
convenience of the boat officers per-
mitted.
At last, about January of this year,
some one obtained O contract to carry
the mails to every Post Office situa-
ted between Donaldsonville and this
city. A staunch little propeller, the
Morning Star, steamed off every
morning at fifteen minutes of seven,
and at a quarter Of six, almost to the
minute, every evening, she arrived
at our wharf with the mails and New
Orleans morning papers.
Besides, the Morning Star convey
ed passengers at reduced rates to and
fro from Post Office to Post Office, and
to the Donaldsonville terminus of the
n. O. Pacific Railroad.
Our citizens were, every day, con-
graduating themselves and the de-
partment at Washington, that their
convenience had been looked to at
ter a lapse Of sixteen years.
Alas, they had been made happy
by the Southern Postmaster General
Judge Key, who doubtless, felt a
kindly feeling towards the far South,
50 long tabooed by the Republican
loyalists.
A man named James, appointed by
the liberal minded Garfield, was in
stalled at the head of the Post Office
Department.
The Star Routes fraud was dished
up and honest James began to econo.
: mize the peoples money. He sup
pressed the Star Routes, very careful
ly however Ito hum"
Having done that, he turned hi
eye Southwark, towards the steam
boat service, and discovered that thu
: Baton Rouge people and those of thu
, Mississippi coast, were served bette
! through their daily carrier than the!
: had ever been.
His loyal feelings were aroused tt
l the right pitch of indignation and h
| issued his mandate that the little pro
a peller should cease to carry mail
and accommodate the reDellious Lou
g isianians, from and after the 1st 0
July proximo.
S And our people will have to biz
: farewell to old Captain Surls, tn
: genial mail agent; Captain Penny
witt, the intrepid and experience
e master and also to the jaunty littl
o propeller, the only visible return tina
the National Government has beef
= giving for the moneys levie
c through the Revenue Department
p the Custom House at New Orleans
/ and the protective tariff Of the grea
e Republican party, whose CARTEL
V dispenses the Federal patronage a
II Washington.
+ Withal, the South must be lOys
and feel comforted with what crumt
V her people receive. They must nc
IS be solid against the generous Reput
lican party, to whom they are indeb'
l. ed for so many (?) favors!
If Have we not carpet-baggers an
: scallawags for judges, postmaster
IF revenue officers, etc.
% What more are we entitled
Is have
t. SO mail is furnished us now an
then, the duty of Postmaster Gener
le James will be fulfilled towards Il
ct State, which Kellogg, the offsprir
of the Joe Bradley Frand, claims
Sc represent.
ie Our friends at Port Hudson, Bayt
Sara, Clinton, Woodyille, Pointe Coz
D. pee and Red River Landing can shall
| hands with us and cease to look TO