The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-11-27

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~ interesting and we'll written description ofthe
/ province ofTeSas This country has been very
much praised by many persons who have visit
ed il, but We have heard others, who have had
4 Ike opportunities. speak oft In quite different
terms representing it TO be the nativity of all
the poisonous reptiles which infest the earth;
the region where " Fever has erected his
throne and as the vicnage OF maraudng In
dams who have experienced not the slightest
benefits ofcsilzation while il presents no cor
respondent advantages, except IN the richness OF
the soil Il the immensity Gifts products improper
ton to the labor employed in its cultivation.
But, where are the markets for this produce
however great win the cmigrunts who settle
! in the interior think Of transporting il by land
to the borders Of the Red River, by the way Of
Mexico and Vera Cruz, to the only markets
which can, by any possibility, afford them re-
muncration BY this mode of transit, if we
may judge from the experience of older coun-
tres, the profit and loss would be easily calcua-
ted, at the end of every year. 1t takes no So
lomon 10 tell that the culdyatof of lands, howe.
ever udlcious his management and however
rich the soil, must in looking forward to his re.
ward have an eye not only to suitable mar
kei for his produce, but 10 the mode of transpor-
taon II is absurd to say, that in country
just emerging from obscdrity, the habitaton
from time immemorial of uncivillzed Indians
and in point of fact, deprived OF the benefits OF
| GIG hos 1ya3gd tgb
to market as will enable the settler in the iuter
OF to anticipate any profit from his industry. lie
may lire, it is true; but 0hcre cannot a man of
industry livel The question Is, whether we are
disposed 10 give up the advantages which attend
state Of civilization and refinement, for those
which belong to savage Nature, wild and grand
as may be her features, and prolific as may b.
her womb, with the necessaries Of lie I Who
ther we are willing to surrender the comforts Of
our houses, and our beds, to lay ON the bare
earth and to be canopied by the sky Whether
we will leave our fathers, our mothers, our bre-
thrcn and our friends, 10 meet with the reluc
tant salutaton of strangers in distant land I
| And for what? Because with the same labor,
only one busbel OF corn will, in Texas, produce
fire. Ayaricc, like every other passion nordin-
ately INDUCED unless il be placed under the re-
stfaints of judicous mind inevitably works its
own ruin. What benefit will the eniglant de
rive from his surplus produced lie may scat
ter it on the wide wastes which, on every side,
will greet theeye, as food for the horses aud
mules which wildly bound over the plains, or he
may, by gratuitou,ly bestoEing it ON the indo
lent Comanchecs purchase temporary sccur-
" from the tomahawk; but it will bring no gold
| and silver into his coners--lt will furnish no
comforts to hmsolfno add any thing to the in
helitance Of his children. What, then does he
seek for? He leaves behind him all that rem
ders existence dear, in pursuit OF a mere chime
IA. lie leaves friends. connections, and rela-
tions-all the comforts Of his Gre-side, g all the
conveniencies Of life, to 90 to a country which he
is told teens with iluitluIncss--a country where
corn, wheat, cotton aud tobacco grow almost
spontaneously; but where dc is mol toid) that
they are all, beyond the demands Of his own
little circle, useless and Improbable.
We make these remarks, because we think
strict justice requires them at our han Dis. We,
IN one column, give description Of Texas,
which is held up TO the gaze Of the people, as
the promised land in another, we deem it
our duty to tell what we have heard from those
who have been ON and near the spot, however
contradictory the two statements may appear
1udi aiteram pariem is as judcious and as ne
cessary a rule in civil as in political life and.
lse have no doubt that many who nave not adj
hercd 10 it, have died in distant land, regretting
the creduty which seduced them from the homes
Of their tathcrs.-lfit be said, that we are urg-
ed to make these remarks, by interested motives,
re admit the fact. We cannot see, without re-
luctance, the population OF the " Old Dominion
daily decreasing, by the emigration Of those
lofty and chiyalric spirits whose bos,cst prinei-
pies aud fine talents have reflected 50 much ere
dit on their native State. We cannot sec, with
out regret, the annual decrease Of the physical
strength of Virginia. II, however, we for SIN
gle moment believed that the ilaitcrius prospects
held out TO the emigrants would ever be reaiiz-
cd, we should say to them go on, and prosper -
But convinced, as we are, that they are illu-
sorry that they fatally deceive the most OF those
who build their hopes upon removal, VIC cannot
in conscience, suffer any thing to appear in onr
columns, recommending such a course, without
expressing our dissent. There viii always be
found hardy and adventurous spirits, VINO will
leave their relatives and homes from the mere
foye OF dnager aud encrprze. Let such men
90 on They are the pioneers of civilization,
and are preparing homes for future redundant
population. Such was Daniel Boone, vino died
far from the haunts of his ieilow-mcn, on his
Bonded knee with his gun in his hand, struck
himself 10y the arm of Death, as he was about TO
discharge its leaden messenger against one of
the noble,t beasts ofthe forest Such were ali
those who built their rude habitations in the