The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-08-14
Cptltst.
rris az Morning, i. August Ia, 1859.

that might be put to the Agrleultn-
4 rists Of Louisiana, II that body was
fairly represented, but II ia not. We
\ have no .Agricaltufists, no farmers
\ II IL our misfortune 10 live IN the very
centre Of Mopopolists; and the land
which Is not only the body. but The
very soul itself Of The State, u nearly
all absorbed by few wealthy nabobs,
who cultivate as much AZ suits their
purposes, and the balance IL permitted
to lay fallow. N We may safely say
i that three fourths Of the lands Of this
State.--than which there ia none rich
or on the habitable Globe. Is now as Il
was century agc---a primitive forest.
Talk Of railroads. and other improve
i mauta, In the face. Of this condition OF
things, and Il ~ simply Ridiculous
There are many things operating
directly against the best interests Of
this State eminently calculated to
sustain a large and prosperous people.
Look at the character Of our great
Metropolis lsit not made Of foreign
SPECTATORS and capitalists, who use
their money solely with ali eye to its
compromising at interest =! Is 1t to BE-
expected that with all their profess
aions Of interest IN our affairs, that their
own interests will not be first looked
to- Not At all Then let rs come to
the country. What IL the coast male
of Milionaires, whJrride them
selves upon nothing but their hun
bred hands, and the thousand acres
Of land that they can soy is theirs
What IL the hopeful generation made
OF, that Is now rising to .stand in
the shoes Of the present people when
we pass out Of the way 7 Though
many Of them. are educated lii the
North, yet most of them are kept at
home to waste their energies IN the
Streets of small towns, until the aye
of maturity when they euter the
lists FIR regular training, in the sci.
epce efpolitical gambling for miser-
cradle sineeure offices.
Go into the country and look at the
,sparce population and rec lyon need
not esqn,trl how they live. The
houses and fences and tallow-t faced
children will speak III the most plain
terms A few logs thrown together
for house, with weeds creeping in at
the windows to choke il out uf exist.
ence
"Loaisiana---her scis" might we
be permitted to add her daughters, and
the picture is complete puny, sick
", delicate, wishy-wasl,y things, they
do nothing They know not how to
do anything, i ~ disgraceful to do any
thing, and tho health which depends
upon action, and the strength Of mind
which depends upon the nerves and
muscles. falls into that lassstutlc, and
indifference, for which alone they are
noted. Dove exagorate the pictur9
No, IL is yet incomplete; VIZ should
look to the condition Of the public
school system, and zee directors Of
schools making marks for names---and
witnesses making marks, and bad
public school system abandoned COR
verse, until Il isa mockery to cal il
any thing but humbug
Where Is the true wealth of tho
nation, III. is net IN the sell what ISL
there that the lands Of louisa ~ will
not produce This is question that
We would put hone to every man in
We community. And We would 20
into the large city and The small town
and make temperance lecture on the
subject show the miserable starving