Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-06-24

oviiably lead 10 pFasli0al, dRg,siy
action with rsssra 10 lhese ngrss
{ ries Ol fever, these magsIinps q
dissaso ard death,
Nrsr with a Few suggestions apo
q standing topic II debate smon.
Southern oulligalOrs,
| am not young, - you see Ye
/ | cannot remtmheF a time whel
/ the south ala not affirm and dePl0n
aR excessive addiction vi her Peopl
/ 10 cotton. That eminent seh0la
sud statesman, Hugh s, Lcgare
alluded 10 Il a. venerable grieV
anre, thirly-Oid years ago, Before
as we'll as since, every ono remon
stratsl with every one against Ih'
| hluily which impollsi Sunghroni
% plant 80 huch cotton, oShor,et
. all TO relIenoh and reform, and iheI
slid await TO plant u iow moro acrei
,han ever before. For generations
4 wis reiterated Us an axiom thai
Gotten Cnlluro depended on slavery
Yet slavery Is dead. aud wo produc,
nearly ono million tons OF cotton III
lSI0-moTe than IN any former
year, with the exception Of 1885
aud 1860. Yet, IN this year OI
grace 1871, wo have the old cry
fr0in millions Of lhroats-" Plant
less cotton and | presume with
tho old result. The army.worm,
the bOll-worm, may diminish the
cotton crop; cxposiulations, ! judge
will not. know no more start
| ling illustration Of what 81. Paul
terms the ioolishncss Of preach.
ing" than this inccssant yet fruit
less clamor ngainstgrowings much
cotton.
Doubtless, rcmonstranccs aro
right, rs romongtrances are apt 20
be. But, after two generations Of
inccSant depreciation, the passion
for cotton.planting seems as intense
MS ever. Tho owner Of thousand
arabic acres, after hearing all that
is to be said againsti,, plants almost
exclusively cotton. Tho poorest
negro, who owns or rents u dozen
acres, puts in his field of cotton,
and takes lis chance for bread
He has endured less preaching on
the subject than his old master, but,
had he been lecturcd from infancy
on The madness of accompanying,
no would have planted all the same.
And this for n most obvious rca.
son. Cotton is money, and money
is power. Cotton is of such mode
ratio bulk in proportion to its value
that it bears transportation fer bet
ter than wheat, or corn, or fruit, or
vegetables. IL endurcs tropic suns
and arctic frosts without injury it
neither moulds, nor rots, nor rusts,
nor putrfics. He who has cotton
to sell does not quake at the foot
steps of the tax-gathcrcr, and can
generally look the sheriff squarc to
the face.
Admitting that the South has
grown, and still grows, too much
cotton-(and l judge that three
millions Of bales grown in 1870
would have nctted her as large II
sum Ms the four millions she actually
did grow)--I see no way to coun-
teract this tendency but by intro
dncing new branches of industry
whereof the product will also COM
mand money. In vain do you cx-
hort the average planter to grow
more corn and make moro pork
he is often in debt, and chooses to
produce what will surely sell For
the money he sorely moods. Lie is
sure cotton will do this no is not
so sure rs to corn or pork. But
plant one hundred cotton and as
many woollen factories on tho soil
of your State, making y cash mar
ltct here for wool and meat, for
grain and vegetables, as well as
cotton, and now your agricultnrs
will naturally and certainly divide
it's forces and diversity its products.
Farmers will grow all these, if theJ
know that u siife cash market is ut
hand. A dehser population,-a
greater variety and range of oni-
plcyments, these are pressing wants
of tho entire South. Every wheel
set to turning on q Southern water
fall. every manufacturer of edge
tools or farm implements, started
in any of your cities or villages, is
certain proftably to diTcrt labor
from YOUR cCtton-felds, as naked
preaching never will. There is|
hardly an acre of Southern land
which would not be doubled in
valuc if Southern farms wcrc mainly
cultivated with Southern made i'm
plements, Southern backs clothed
in Southern-woven fabrics, and
dwcllihgsfiiled with South
made furniture and wares. And,
now that slavery has gone out, it is
high time that the useful arts were
steadily and rapidly coming in.
Am / intoxicating what would in
lure my own section7 Not at all.
The more you do for yourselves,
the more you require from abroad.
The State of Arkansas has more in
babi,ants than the city of Boston
set the latter, while the focus OF nm
immense interchange and large con-
SUMPTION of domestic products, buys
and consumes far more of the pro
ductions of foreign lands. Our
purchases are limited, not BY our
needs, but by our means. y thou
sand times it has been predicted
that we should destroy our foreign
commerce by protecting home in
dustry, and a thousand times this
has proved a fallaey by increased
imports under high duties.
| hold the naturalization of new
and the extension Of existing man
ufaotures among the most urgent
wants of this State, as Of nearly
every Young community. Hence,