The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1869-03-12

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AZ istd llpsss itrnss Il tbs ssus'
= sspasksd ;, =, day or two age
thss b I'd ~ tAisk the pres o.
The ssssssy, vas suasIsssly persist
~ b IL ef.sas 10 snfcss upoa III
niaA Of ~ psopls, the inpesssne'
sad The dign'.y Of labor. Osr grows
up white people we're holdisg bach
froa lsbss Hs nssA, SD, wssss sbss
all. many Of them were raising "
their children 10 idlsness.
Il must 10 evident TO every cas
tbs. Tss.s l. dsstiHed to b eoatrol.
led, and that its prosperity dspssd'
spos The shi,. race. TIE pvssss'
s,oak Of ssgross work telsrsbly vel
under ths Isssliiesus dirss.iss Of ths
superior Aes, vhss, II lsi, y then
selves, the nsjosisy Of ,hen wesld
rapidly Degenerate isto barbarian
! Bat how win il b. With ~ succeed
lag geperatiop' They will b lsa'
account thsn The laborsn ~ hssa
now and, IL god eevsroSsss ~
stored, and there n ssstsuBsssaas.
s~iEr1i' rSssrssts V b. IN innsnes
sni,rstiou to Tsxas, and that within
= very few yssrs. II shs people o
n, North and Europe knew The H.
ducemens held out By oar Fs"'s'
climate, fertile soil, and varied pro
dusts, ,hsse seuM r. shoaaands to-
dsy asxious to get here. But with
Tho disorganisa,ios, aud bad govern
msnt tia. has prevailed, Nth the
false reports that have gone abroad
TO our prsjudics, immigration ssd
cs2itsl have been kept out Of the
counsry. To these evils nay b add
ed, The lisslss.ness AID indifference
Of the people themselves. They have
had great great reason to b d'scosr-
aged, but certsinly not sahcisnt to
resign the State and it, interests, wiz
which their prosperity aud happiness
il 70 intimately connected, to 'on
dnion that has boon drifting toward
ruin. Al the worry tine. when Out
people were most slandersd' aban'
dousd and lawless characters, tssia,
advantage Of tho apathy and sesPon
dsncy that prevailed, entered upon
1 career Of lawlsssness and violence
\ for which entire communities hav
been held responsible The civil OBJ
GERS Of the State, in whom the pcopl
had Conscience, having been removed
aud a military government hsvinI
bsen made the controlling power, III
good ci.lssns, seemed to ccnsids
themselves DO longer responsible fo
wba, might take place, This w has
slvsys eon,ended va. wrong. The
own safety aud The permanent Pro'
psri,y Of the State, depended upon
different eoursc. In many countis
meetings have bsea rsesstly bels
aud the citizens have volunteered
put down every character Of lswlss'
s.ss, asd 10 brisg criminals TO ju'
,ics. This ought to be done in over
county 10 the State. While il vi
Eive pssse swG security to the eoss
TRY, it will silence eslumny, aud Do
troy every prsiext for the sxsrciss I
srh,rsry power.
What our people require, Is -
raliancs. patience, and tho cultivssid
Of everything thst viii promote ~
morals. fntinatsly eoussstsd VI
these prerequisites to better fasur
are sobriety and industry. An Id
people cannot loss rsmsin virtuou
Young men should 60 to work, an
learn to regard idIsosss and dissip,
ton ~ disgracsful. Parcats shout
,sseh heir children industrious bal
it,, and cur eitissns depend no IA
ther on the labor Of the negro tia
they can avoid. Two years Of sue
united nanaesusus will give hsa
th.ss toue to society, and make
psrsr, wiser, and more prosperous.