The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-08-22
Much adv has been made about the religious


Much adv has been made about the religious
test adopted by the national council at Phila-
delphia, and an attempt made to Introduce the
discussion of it here. address the LouisaniaFis.
and beg them to bear in mind that the American
party in Loulsiana\is not now, and never has
been, part of the national organization, on ac
count of this religious test. 1t is independent
in its organization, and presents itself to the
citizens Of the state upon its own broad repub
lican and constitutional Platform, and asks the
support of native born citizens
Much could be said of the opinions of the
founders Of the republic, and The deep anxiety
that filled their minds, even in hat early day,
on this subject, that solicitude Is most touch
ingly communicated to us in heHarewell ad-
dress of the venerable Washing Non. 1t is
erouchen in no harsh terms, but shown the deep
naoyings of a patriotic heart, filed withanxiety
for the future welfare of his country. Ner was.
that pure patriot alone in this opinion The
record of the times show, that the master spNits
of the revolution thoughs, that "AmericAqs
should rule America.' And SO think we! \
There is homely adage known to us all,
that, s'the tree is known by its fruits Letus
apply this principle to the two parties now be-
fore you in this canvass, and see which brings
forth good and wholesome fruit and which
''wild grapes
Both parties claim to be actuated BY foVe
of country, and maintenance Of republican
principles, but when we come to examine the
componant parts of each, we find one wholly
and purely American, contending for the pre-
servatlon of the constitution intact, the amin
paired rights of the States, and the pcrpeuity
of the Union. Depriving no man of any con
stitutonal right, but simply asserting a funda
mental principle, that Americans should make
and administer American laws.
The other is made up of native born An1er
cans affiliated with foreigners, and arrayed
against every native American. The contest
is, not that the naturalized citizen shall be pro-
tected in any right of which he is about to be
deprived, but that he shall be elevated to the
offices of honor and profit of the country To
this end we find ''sag nicht'' associations, for
eign clubs, and other organizations of like
character, and all secret. Native born citizens
attend these meetings and inclte them to acts
of violence, by urging them to arm themselves
and maintain their rights For what right are
they to arm? No right has been taken from
them, or attempted to be taken! For what then
are they to arm? To drive native Americans
from the polls, deprive them of the exercise of
their birthrght, and overawe them by brute
force. This is the fruit of the anita merican
party. Judge ye! which of the two brings
forth "wl1d grapes" D.
A correspondent of the St. Louis Republican,
writing from Texas under date of June 10th,
gives us the following account of that young
and rapidly growing state:
Texas is emphatically ain agricultural state
1t comprises every variety of climate and pro-
duction, from the tropical to the Canadian, the
orange and banana to the hardy cereals, the
apple and the winter pear. At Brownsville
and Brazos Santiago, there is no northern eli
mate, snow or ice in winter. Texas is divided
into three grand divisions: first, the suga~
growing region, which extends along the whole
coast and back from the coast to a line drawn
from Natchitoches to the Eagle Pass of the
Rlcs Grande comprising a strip of country four
hundred and fifty miles long, by about one
hundred and seventy-fve miles wide, except in
the Nueces valley, whore it is four hundred
miles in width. The whole sugar region con-
tains nearly or quite ninety thousand square
miles
Merging with the sugar country, and extend
ing still further north, a distance of one hun
dred miles, is the cotton region. These cotton
lands are the best in the United States, produ-
cling from one to four bales to the acre An
average crop is about one and one half bales, or
75O pounds OF glnned cotton per acre, although
in the bottom lands twice that amount is often
produced. The great drawback to cotton
growingis that p aners are forced to pay about
five dollars per bale for each hundred miles of
transportation to market, whether at Houston
or Indanola. These extravagant freights are
driving the people to build a railroad from
Galveston to Austin.
In the high tablelands above the cotton
region, are the wheat growing lands, and the
grazing region, which comprise about one half
of the whole area of Texas, or one hundred
and twenty thousand square miles, This part
of the state is being settled, and that quite
rapidly. 1t is estimated that nearly one hun
drcd thousand emigrants, from Missouri, Ken
tucky, Tennessee and the states north of the
Ohio, have arrived in Texas within twelve
months. Nearly all these have settled in the
wheat country, on the upper Brazos, Trinity
and Colorado rivers.
Texas produces an abundant growth of corn
throughout its whole extent of territory lis
the staple for food and forage, and never fails
to produce more or less abundantly. Two crops
are grown cnnuaIly-one being planted in
February, the other in July and August Corn
is nearly ready for harvest at this time The
crop is light, on account of an unprecedented
drought. Cottonbols are quite advanced.
Picking will begin in two or three weeks. Wheat
was harvest in the last week in May.
The estimated production of Texas for the
present year, are; Cotton, 10000 bales,
sugar, 100000 hhds.; molasscs, 100000
gallons; corn, 100000 bushels; wheat.
|, SOC, 900 bushels; sweet potatoes, 100000
oush.; butter, 4, 200 600 lbs; wool 500 600 lbs.
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We perceive that another office holder has
mounted the stump, with the view of doing ev-
ry thing In bis power to retain possession Of
he "loaves and fishes" The Baton Rouge
apers give notice that our old confrGre. colonel
'lgur, of the land office, intends addressing the
eople, at various places in behalf of the de-
locratc nominees. The colonel used to be
modest and assuming, and we little expected
hat when he succeeded in obtaining his seat