St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-11-20
SIideII.
Nov. Is, 1897.

NOV. 10, 1871.
Editor st. Tammany Farmer:
Having seen so much discussion rs
to the Slidell Council and the Quaran.
tine, respectfully ask for space in
your valued columns TO submit fol
your consideration certain facts, sus-
ceptible of proof, should it be neces-
sary. / would first deal with the SO.
called Slidell authorities, as they are
responsible for the whole trouble, and
when plant tools in Office are led by
the nose, by crafty and inscriptions
usurpers, for their own selfish ends, il
ia time they should be held up to the
ridicule and detestation of the COM
munity they SO outrage; and when the
Mayor, the tool in the hands of the
s'One- man power we are having tried
to be forced on us T" and to whose Gu
pidity he cate :, does not hesitate to
assume jurisdiction. no matter how
great the OfRense committed in this
corporation against the laws of the
State. his eyes always to the main
chance, replenishing the Golfers (D Of
this bankrupt and venal municipal cor
pOratiOn, it is abOnt time to call for a
halt. l will cite case, among several
lately. to substantiate the charge OF
ov 7rstepping his jurisdiction, of a col
ored man who emptied both barrels OF
his shotgun at another, and il fined by
s.our" most honorable Mayor, five dol
lars or ten days on the streets, instead
of binding him over to the District
Court. Can or will they contradict this?
The Council, than whom no community
has ever had more merccnary set of
zealots, ready to do the bidding OF their
master, seem to think as "a Citizen
says, that ''might is right" aud judy
ing the creatures by their actions, you
would almost think that the State.
Parish and its courts of justice, were
subsurvient to their dictates, and in
their boundless power.
When the yellow fever scare first
started, aud the few panicky sensation
alistS in onr midst began to whisper
among themselves to hold meeting for
the purpose of establishing quarantine,
the members present of this omnipo-
tent Ouncil after hearing the sentiment
of this tea-party. were called to order
by the Mayor and passed q resolution,
if | mistake not, to appoint "Health
Committee" but there was not a quorum
Of the cbnacil present, and challenge any
and all of that tea party, or love feast,
can or will they contradict this? And
if the assertion make, of there being
no quorum Of the Countil to act, how
are thew going to legalize the acts
of this 'strumped up" Health Commit
tee?
Tho cou,rrr;cc<;c, - xsA n~.aa
Citizen of Slidell " which appears in
your edition of the 18th inst, aud whose
effulgence, in trying to cast q mantle over
the Mayor and Council, is only equalled
by the impudence with which he tries to
mislead the public with his bosh and q
tissue of untruths so glaring that he
must be either q knave, or his credulity
has been terribly imposed upon, and
the CANNES at his back, which he SO
aprly p0rtrays in his epistle, could they
understand the righteousness Of his
ut punning any better than ne
does himself, would grOan with pain at
their fairness. In replying to some of
his statements. | will c0nfine myself to
the most pertinent, as many are of
ancient history, and have nothing to
do with the illegal acts Of the present
'ouncil and their '.trumped up" Health
OF which "a BOnafide
Citizen seems to BE- a member, and If
Judged by their actions, are built of the
same material as their Creator, for the
overrides all law, and the very
town Charter which thew aud their ad-
herents clamOrOusly claim they will
stand by, just as their .strumped up''
e, not content with the power
hey exercise in the town, they 90 out
side Of the so-called town limits and
establish quarantine with nonchalance
that is truly refreshing, even attempts
ing to quarantine all the bayous, ten or
twelve miles from here.
The following extract from q letter
u friend of the writer, explains some
u the rebUffs they met with, aud serves
% illustrate the opinion held by others
n this ward:
.'The citizens Of Bayous Paquet and
Liberty were asked by q henchman of
the man who now thinks he owns Sill
iell, to close all bayous against New
orleans, but at the same time to allow
he barges Of the Salmen crowd to pass
u and out without question. The
is not the equal, of course,
Il the city gentleman, but still the
country pumpkins could not understand
' by the Salmen barges were exempt
rom death, when the little schooners
Lying in our bayous would bring it to
-. The people of the bayous did not
'bject to reasonable quarantine. but |
We did not propose to stop everybody |
nut Salmen, and close every shipvard |
tut theirs. The proposition was there
ore Indignantly rejected, aud in re-
ponse the Slidell authorities, to-wit:
'almen, guarantees against bayous |
liberty and Paquet, and required its
itizens t, pay fee of ten cents 10 a
ertain DIR. Hand, before they could en-
oy the hospitality of Slidell. Upon
he payment Of q dime to DIR. Hand or
ONE other competent person. a permit
'as granted for the space of ten DAYS,
4 which we could perambulate the
flOwery paths" of our ambitious city,
nd II we didn't we could pay $50 into
ne lmpecunious treasury, or enjoy q
light in the lock up.
No one has objected to a reasonable
but it has been SO apparent
nat the only object of this so-called
quarantine has been to benefit the Sal.
lens md to hurt Others, that all hon.
st men have kicked. aud will continue
ask you to help them"
During the trying times of the recon-
'ructi0n DAYS in our loved State of
oulsiana, the carpet-baggers who set
ed in different localities Of the State.
y the purpose of holding Office, were
Bonafide Citizens, of their localities.
nd but few Of them settled permanent
:. They and their carpet-bags were
easy migration when occasion re-
lired. "a BOnafide Citizcu'' NAV
.rhaps be likened 10 the carpet-bag-
rs of Old, in this, that after q short
ay amongst US, he too is an aspirant
T oflice, and that is probably the rea-
"a ne shouts 20 Justify in the interest [
the lone man-power." l am sorry