The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-06-22

.Tiues have greatly changed With
= 10 the lass few ysass. The long
asd ,anguisary struggle thFeugA
.whish VIC Ave just passed, Which
sssslscd il the overshrsS Of slavery,
and mos, Thorough and couPis's
social, financial. and commercial, as
we'll as political revolution, has
driven rs in a measure from our old
and dearly cherished haun's of ag-
ricultural Incidence aud ease, into
the great thinking world of ingcni-
Gus conirivauccs, labor saving me-
chanism, aud time economizing in
ven,ioss, and money making enter
priscs. Our political system is moi.
more completely disjcin'ed than are
our social and commercial Affairs rev
oluticnixed. What was to our in-
tercs,, aud for our good six years
ago. could not now IL persisted in,
but result to US moot disastrously.
Investments which then yielded from
ten 10 fifty per cent per anum, would
now not only prove unremunera,'vc,
but would involve us in pcrpIeslng en-
barrasments, and perhaps IN the
end prove our financial ruin. We
are beginning to appreciate the
altered state of affairs, and the sooner
We fully comprehend and recognize
them the better, no, only for our
selves bu, for @osterity and the
world at large Circumstances which
we cannot control or reform, have
fastened themselves apen us, and like
w,se men, II bchooves US TO conform
our means. habits, customs, practices,
lsbors and investments to the altered
state of affairs BY emancipation
capital has been diverted from its old,
and long aud deeply worn channel,
and is forced to seek an outlet to
the great ocean of reniunerative in
vestmcn,. through n new and differ
ent course. 1t is partially left with
US to determine what that course
shall be We say partially, because
Their. are hu'two great thoroughfares,
according to our opinion, which offer
present rcmuneraliye inducements
manufactures and internal improve.
men,s. The ono is the hand maid
or help Of the other BY the en-
oouragemcnt cf the one, the other is
fostcrcd with the success Of both,
the prosperity of society, the strength
and Independence Of community,
and the wealth Of the corporation
march hand in hand. They provide
employment for the idle, food for the
hungry, homes for the housclcss, and
plenty for the destitute and such
classes are even now by far too plen.
tiful 10 our midst, and unless some-
thing is done to redeem them from
their sci imposed or unavoidable in
activity and Incidence, vagnbondism
and paaperism, TO say nothing OF
probable darker and more damning
crimes, will soon form very prom
inen, ingredient in our social and
political element. There arc thou
sends and tens of Thousands Of white
women, girls, and boys in tire South,
who have neither the physical nor
peeuniary ability to engage in agri-
cultural pursuits, who would rejoice
in the opportunity Of earning an
honest living in some manufacturing,
establishment aud thcre arc thou
sands OF able bodied men, who have
not the disposition to engage in
farming, who weWld gladly avail
themselves of the privilege Of aiding
in promoting our railroad enterpri-
SEES, and uniting the whole country
together by bands more durable than
hooks OF steel" Such enterprises
would give employment to the poor
and needy, and whilst doing 80 would
contribute nv only to State and
national strength and glory, but to
individual wealth and power.
There is no country more greatly
in need, both Of ready means Of
transportation, and well regulated
and properly conducted nanuiac-
turing establishments, than the
State of Texas. And there is in tho
nation no State where such invest
ments would eventually pay larger
dividcnds. Tho eyes Of the people
Of tho old a. we'll as the new world
arc now turned towards our genial
climate, and rich, cheap, productive
lands and with good manufacturing
establishment ts, and increased faeili-
ties for transportation, immigration
and espital would be INCREASINGLY
attracted 10 our borders, and We
would soon be what the extent, beauty,
prodncsivcnes~ and healthfulness Of
our territory demands and prognos-
ticatcs ~e shall he, the most poput
lous and wealthy State 10 the Union.
We have lsbored long enough for
tho lords of New England, who have
grown fat and saucy on :he fruits Of
our toll, and should now begin to
make preparations to "ses up shop
for ourselves There is nothing to
hinder US, but the want Of disposition.
And there il no kind or class Of man