The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-10-05

1UtUt VI 49,
from Lex ,ossay, 6ivcs the
tio;ned f,.ss and ssssetisAa which
J ..ny localities u shs
~. ~ last sAs scssd worm
-.bbsi u, ed , shevt istsrluds
,ry wessAaf gsts hefs y ~ far
- ~ tssssss d thss FILL de-
,,.r would b asassyably stayed.
The ia ussk, And a prssAss
i,;ss. " have ~, - ere hssisg.
%. ;nossssst shswsss. Ths wssm
.,,;n .. wssk, and nasy Sod
been atssrly dsstrSyed, sd
4 !. MOI yet destroyed. 10 Doubt
I doomed. I hare never sseu Z
;,,eeu yean residence ~ tbs
In,s--indssi il ny liis--sash
= Of dsprsssiss asd gsec~ opea
c,ce Of s.y people. Without the
%,tsss ~ ~ Worus, OF people
Id have lostIhsavily ID tAsiT fspn-
",.,,siose, Bot ns~, Il II aaeA
ne advances 70 he freed.
arc all lost without the hope Of
Every. Navy Of our farmers, who
! lost their cotton IcsspA and have
.;,v ei,s for ~ ftssapsa to do,
,,,;,r 70 iudsss thso T. repair
h t..cisg, &C.; tst ~ fsed~ss
10 Al he sans tiae Insist %
u,ual r,sions. In conversation
our planters, ! lad the descr.
lion slpos. uaaninops 70 cut
fro. The frssauss snetAsr year.
ali sdmis tAas The system il
aus, and ns.s in . few Year, OF.
!, their cstiss capital, SD reduce
q to peaury. They argue that il
ettcr 10 let their lands iie idle, ex-
what they can cultivate them.
es, make expenses meet, save
: capital Tor sss when = new efs
ii bring arossa ~ dawn Of bet.
times, than to exhaust II npon =
le effort to carry on A. Of old.
But viii they adhsrc TO this rcso-
onY VIII they come down to tho
pt of self dependence and self-ex-
Ion? If,ar not. II is hard to
low Of the habits Of y lifetime. II
10 be feared that many will con-
ue the experiment Of freedmen
kloy. till their capital Is spent, and
only wake up to tho real folly Of
Sir course, to fad that they have
o,n meucs life aftssh, without tho
Of the means 10 vsinly spent, and
6ch would have bssa 70 useful an
;stsn., to hgk>en their labors and
both the pssh Of sslf-sssstion,
h is remarkable feature In tho
|tory Of the people n the South, as
klass, 10 tki1sesls, hosevsr, there
many prsiasvostAy exespsions,)
!, in their fhsning and nochani-
operations especially, they have
opted The longest, hardest, and
|st cxpensfvy way Of performing
Dir labor. TAsy seem disposed to
a long way round, rather than the
priest way across. For ia'tance,
Dir faraisg i9plsnsnts have ever
eH Of The rudsst and most impcr-
Il kind. A hrnsr, In the days Of
very, would put an able bodied
We behind . e6sv incsDabie Of do.
! more than 6lf work, and that Of
most lnPsslses kisd, forgetting
It, BY - dolsg, b was losing more
IN ahaK Days work, both for plow-
IN and tsen. Ono would set his
nd in The clesFiay, with M axe 10
Il and vosa ont, thst one might
e to nil aslzids on the sams with
rfcet ispssity; aad this because
wosh ~ 60 10 the extra expense
. new are and = grindstonc for
m uss, forgstsfsg that, BY his false
,nony, hs vas losing = hak days
TX Of bic Aasd, aad that hat hand,
his neaIaeG 70 furnish him with =
ID toe, While osly perfsrninz half
labss 10 ssgh& aad could with =
'ler iuvosussst, was costing him ~
lch y !. - performed dcublc the
or, thus doubling his icss: Our
pie seen 70 have Ignored tbs fact
/ god labas, ssd IS full Anouat
Il. caa osly 10 performed by the
Il gssa asi approved Implements.
~ isseaassA, ssd tAousaHd
~, 10 ~ labor economy Of the
,ple n ~ South, while they may
isonesK1 saasisratsd, yos illus
sc fast uAisl ~ experience Of
least obassvsAt among " will At
70 eoshsD. They illustrate an
Tor psl aslpls, that I'll will u oncs
nit, The rspugnanee Of the Southern
opls, - 1 mss, to improve labor
ing maehinery good tools. A
Cd tool, oas that will perform the
satest amount Of work with tho
ut possible AMOUNT Of motive pow
--bs that nstive power the arms
d musclss Of . man, or the crank
team sngiss- DO that implement
hoe, = piow, Or = steamboat such
DOL l call : labor. saving machine.
ID il Is this rspugnsnce to such
.chiassy, IN habit Of doing every
ing in he HARDEST and most cxpcn-
@ way, besssss, / Suppose, dad
!" .aa I'll ~ fbssssthers did 80
fore ", tAst solves the riddle OF
Q great rspsgaasee Of our people to
il. the negYo.
Strange tAas our psoPls should be
10th, sad have 70 lcng delayed 70
ultiply thsir power tc accomplish
Dor aud lessss the cost Of produc-
IN, BY usiag good tools. Why is
that The Ysskss csn make axe,
ger aad shissl haadlss, and trans.
IT then tAosssads Of miles, and
en- seord - ssll then to a. At q
1t which, ~ dirk, IL cheaper than
. can make tAsn osrssleves' The