New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-07-02
speech Of DR.. Branch r. Archer, before inc
| Farmeru, Club Of the New-York Amer'ca"


Your labors gentlemen. no; confined 10 the neish
borhood in which you act No They are coz sieh'l'.
with the intellectual world and that world Is thereioe'
bound TO cooperate with you in your labors ana %
Sor 20 Won every aid in its power The little can do
viii be mos; cheerfuy done You desire inf0rmaio" 90
the subiec, Of the soil climate and productions OF W
country in which am located ia seozrspno" ~ III
lion Is known to you i,s topography unknown wa
therefore i've YOU the best OF my knov!eds. u .
geographical with statement Of IL soil
and productions Will gentlemen, IN ms sdoie,
inc nv observ atoms that portion OF Texas -,
between the Rivers Sabine and Nueces. EXTENDING %
one hundred and nifty miles from the northern y,
the Gulf Of Mexico To 90 into genera 20 .be
the face Of this vast country would s'e""S
ordinary limits prescribed 10 an sddIc-s- .o,ed
Then taking the country within the iiints Ia no
the srs, thing that would strike the observer
he relave proportions Of Tnter and frsIie Ia IT,,
49, ;,,,oeais,e ses 10 which each could be sppHeu-
oronortions within the limits mentioned ar, - ,;
10 one Not than one s.xih OF our s,o,fnr
bered and they are with very Jew ~, aid s,,rar,
ouy water courses The next matter inS,
.ar ,o,ce l. the long Rivers by when the country
e in,ersected from North TO South Hiuoe hele IN!
our long Rivers. viii SPEAK presently % oui
.,-esus We viii take the SABINE our Eastern oouiD
Ia rrorress West, This River affords fne bodies OF
ard and in ordinary tides Is nayigaole .or steanooa
,;ng lcb, iraught OF water from four to nve hundred
mics The next proceeding West Is the Naichez navi-
Fable about one hundred rliles. The average distance
between these streams IS forty miles
Next the Trinidad atiordins excellent lands We. I'm
oered and nevigable in ordinary tides lot s'eainOos'
ye, The Rrszos OF Centre River of the Republic, IN the
heart Of the live oak forest aordng navigation Tor oOa-
drawing six feet water, sixty miles and for igii steam
boats four hundred miles. Next the COLORADO sloiulhs
very fine lands it, navigation obsructed by rat ncai
ts mouth Next the Gsudaleupe. arording super TOT
lands well tirnbered and nayigsbe some two hundred
miles Next the Nuece sfording fine lands. but i'iit
| -imier Next the Rio Grande Western boundary
Ofbi. River am not sufficiently informed 10 give ini9r
ms,on For the information Of your association iAA.
occasion TO mention, that there il now in pre- ana ""
| appear In few weeks work edited by zen Ihoini' =
Green of the Mer expedition. giving fuil accouh I"
tho Valley Of the Grand River and have no douot M
General will take pleasure III presenting 10 ms
copy of his work Returning from West 10 last Wi
bng 20 your view our shorter Rivers And rst the Ssi
An,onia afIordng a fertility Of soil and saubrly oil CD
,a,e no, surpassed on this continent Thu RIVER i not
navieabe though susceptible OF cheap ana easy improve
menr 10 that end Next the La Bara ana Na'i''a1 al
| fordinr fine lands not navigable. Next cane RIVER
n-overb;a for ia fertility: nav-able my miles NeN
aan Bernard is lands well tImbered and iertie NeN'
| Oyster Creek well timbered is lands second only
"a. Cane lands naygable fifty miles. Next Bart-op bayou
md no, al good sayigabc forty miles. Next Bufal'
Bavou land. inferior navigable thirty miles
have attempted gentlemen, 10 give you 3irdsey
view OF our rivers Their distance rom each ohei' ah
in both long and short does not exceed ihr! miles =
in tho lower or southern section Of the country we can
NOT be removed than fifteen miles from naFigho'
stream In presenting this view of the rivers nave VeI
INV impressions Of the soil Though the climate and s0i
ON he hester understood By reference 10 the products
will therefore call your attention 20 our productions
hose particularly adapted 10 our soil ana climate ana hrs
sugar second cotton third tobacco iouri nee nun hdai
corn,hese may be regarded the staples OF the coln
Try though we can grow small grain 10 advantage Inc
siap,aton Of our soil and climate 10 the staples ABOVE
,nen,ioned can be best estimated by the products pc
| acre in ordinary Will therefore, win view
10 brcvy not wishing 10 trespass on your patience gave
concise statement of the products per acre oil me 7a
pies mentioned. This VIII enable you to Judge oil me ca
| paciy Of our soil and influence OF our climate on ih'
| richest products known to agriculture II shall be con
rise gentlemen and first sugar the product IN Ordinary
seasons from one thousand TO fifteen hundred weigh,
21 cotton from two thousand 20 twenty-five hundred II
tho seed Sd rice from forty 10 fifty bushels ith corn
from twenty-five thirty bushels. This statement wi
enable you judge Of the adaptations Of o'{o and Ell
mate 10 those rich products Our seasons so"in!
both cotton and sugar are one monih ION pan II
Louisiana We have area Of two hundre ~ fort
miles from East West and sixty miles from North Il
South adequate the supply of that luxury, or rattle
necessary of life
The Doctor then went on to state how many people
Texas might yet support and calculated that there wer
| ample accommodations in that country for ten million
of people The sugar of Texas is an important item
her production Not more than third Of the suga
used in the United States Is raised here. The annua
consumption sugar in the United States is 32oO hogs
heads The largest amount ever raised IN the eountr,
| in one year 10000 hogsheads
As 10 the cotton crop, il is acknowledged in Europe
that Texas produces the best specimens Of that crop
| ever raised in any country.
The of life very plenty. Good beef cal
be had at per pound and cornfed pork at tw
| cents pound.
DR. ARCHER concluded by requesting copies Of offcia
papers from the Institute. The above is only an outin
of his speech which received with great kindncs.
We give il for the information Of those who may wish Il
obtain it, If Texas is grea country for internal re
sources. and we doubt not she H. we wish she wou'
keep them to herseor if she will force herself US
that she would dvesi herself of the load Of debt AM
slavery sin and shame which must take with her.