The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-03

"F.A.B.,n writing from New Orleans to the
Galveston Civilian, says:


OF. A. b. writing from New Orleans to the
Galveston Civilian, says:
WHY. in the name Of common sense, should our
youpg men wish TO join hazardous enterprises,
and 10 leave all the comforts OF peaeet Is IL 10
better their fortunes? II so, that object can be
gained at home. without half the risk or hall the
hardships in their own States. For where on the
broad earth does labor find q better reward than
here at home? Where are lands cheaper, mines
more prolific, or climate more delighuulE On
the broad praries of Texas, If youth desires
excitement to sweeten his toll, he can mod Il IN
the wild and spirit-stirrng profession OF stock
raising. Then be can turn his courage and com
batiyeness TO q profitable account 10 guarding ms
fold from the savages and wild animals. II al
earnest seeker after fortune, no young man can
he silly enough 10 turn his back upon sure wages
and The mild laws of our government, Tor the,
PROMISES of rapine and robbery abroad, under
tie severe discipline of a camp. When the cry 10
heard all over the country, Give rs a reliable
system OF labor" shall the only people IN the
country to whom we can look FOR that system,
esve it. defortit it, Gold help Us, If Il does. For
thin we will, indeed: be eisunder the oomina,
ton OF the negro. Mo- let US stay by our old
homestesds, even If they should be 10 ruins, aud
let us prove 70 the world that the men who gave
such a splendid example Of courage and con
-tancy in war can never despair, especially wnen
he only obstacle to be overcome Is unfamiliar.
| What would we have. thought Of the young gen.
ueman at the breaking out OF the war, who,
when the fret shell burst in his vicinity, had run
away from the field, and gwen 70 as an excuse
| hat such things were unfamiliar 10 him and
| exceedingly unpleasant? He would have been
| d sRrsced ss q coward. Well, now, let Us acknOw.
| lsdge the fact that manual labor y unfamiliar
| ano exceedingly unpleasant hut hold tha1 ne
| WHO basely prefers preyng upon the public, and
1 ssek- at this time 20 shrk, when the bugle OF
| DUTY calls him TO the front should be held in
'ontempt What right has he TO talk pOlitcsl
| What civil rights does be deserve 10 have!
| While on this subject, the reader viii pardon
| me il | say few words In relation TO the con-
slant twaddle which a class Of our people indulge
| n abs ut emgrating TO Brazil and To British Hon
duIss. Ask them Why they want 70 expatriate
| themselves, and they will answer that their po-
lticsl rights have been taken from them, snd that
they have. been robbed of their properly; that
they want to leave a country governed Dy ne
gToes ere. Yetwhat are the factsy Not one 10
| \ hundred who thus gr0Vl, have lost single po-
litcsl right, and those who have, rarely made use
of hem when they had them. They lost their
| Or, perry by the chance OF war, "ilch should
have been well considered previous 10 entering
| into IL and, as to getting into white mans
| country Brazil is not that sort OF a country.
| Neither is British Honduras Slavery exists, II Is
true. in Brazil and ! am afraid that four.hfths
who emerate there will hnd II cut 70 their sor.
| toW.- And il a white man is not quite as good
| ss a Niger here it will be found, upon trial, IN
| Honduras, that be cannot hold candle TO him,
for there negroes rale the roast aud have done u
for years. ..- 60. 49, -
that If we could only induce large white emf
grafton to this country, that the evils they com.
main Of would be miugated, and the South might
again recover her wealth and Importance. But
AZ hem if II IL fact that they Ind the country
too badly governed to live N happily, how can
| thev COMPLEMENTARY ask the German or Irish emf
| gtsnt 40 come into itg Cannot aud will not this
iendlv expressed desire TO leave the land by the
reopie Lorn upon il be used as a weapon against
n nv It's enemies or rivals for population? Who
would be so foolish as TO volunteer In an army
, we see dwindling away by the desertion OF its
: | officers and color bearers No, our Southern
country offers every iDducement to the emigrant
!, Throughout the southwest agriculture h never
held in check by the frosts and SHOWS of The Nortt
; and West. Land Is cheap, and unsurpassed II
fertility and the honest aboring man viii hnd the