Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-06-24
Address az
nov. HORACE hEELff
on tiis openias ot the
SECOND STATE PAIR.


on iiis openins of the
SECOND STATE PAIR.
Ihe rigiliIaiiaa a ear aoe u ssinoei
aUl Easasuroi ty ths snsNiA aat PTesress
ofits nfriouiiuu- Ihs iheraaga saFaso ~
nrEsr : saltwater, hhai he earth speh-
lantausly EIalnoss he aPpFeFTiaifs With
ssi eTsiiiaie ahl consaurs 9iuhogi fore
cast, he TsFels ia atuniahes one week,
10 lrs pincaoi bY hungsT lhe best, nnly
his nani cfan ave oF bis ignorance 0f iis
use tIeslules his felliRs, sal has destroy
ins. the irrr Nhirh, ioF generations, has
fsi his tiibs with iIs huTishihs palila bic
nuiis. iie delights ia gorsing hiWseli On
he nssh u aniu.als, tat nsFer Reds nor
shslitrs lhsm. Thus ieV0GriRs and de-
Vastaiins, nsErT tillins HeT pnsiaeihg lie
W4uiEvs salGsTr ia.ies ~ slislsl seahll'F,
pTseaTiausly, his iFihs, shers his eiEiiitci
successor aili issi sud eloihs more PER
sons generously on 80 maHy ssFrs' Amer
posis snl iFsAasrs have dons their beet 10
siaFify him With
The light that nsyerWas on sea or iahi, 70
he savage Is a miserable creature, snisy-
lac lee. sad Suffering more than The Nolf
or The leopard, 10 which a lsSls.i, pTeiale'
~ freedom i tTnely natural, and which Is
Al hons iih the slemenIs, as 10 hsVer
va. nor eau be-,
The savage builds no monuments
leaves but seahty proofs shat DO ever eH-
listed save his bones. 4 hundred Of bis
generations comes and 50, leaving tho
earth aud lis living Veslure essentially as
they found IL. Hut le, civilized man re-
place him for bars lifetime, aud he
leaves footprints that centuries will not
efIaee. Our Atlantic sesboarl has hardly
been known 10 eiyill;el men for four gem
erations; yet, II these were 10 DO swept
away Tomorrow, and the wilderness un-
trodlen by human foot were here TO resume
/ lis ancient s~ay, more memorials Of uese
four generations would challenge auen-
tion and reward inquiry two thousand
| years hence that we can now discern OF all
The races than peOpled this Atlantic sbpe
prior to the voyages and discoveries OF
| Columbus.
Tho rigors of Winter, and tho cx-
pcricnccd porils of starvation du.
ring its reign, gradually inipcl .hc
savage TO save and storo the grains |
and fruits of tho seasons OF plenty !
to subsist him through the death
which regularly follows, and ho
slowly learns to preserve and tamc
tho animals best calculated to serve
him by draft or rs food. The grains
which habitually grow and ripen
on the fertile lntcrvales Of streams
which annually overflow their
banks ultimately teach him to in
crease their quantity and render
their reproduction moro certain by
cultivation. To plant tho seed in
the most promising localities and
take the chance of its reproducing
its kind ton or .wenty-fold, is his
first essay; necessity impols and
experience gradually teaches more
methodical and efficient cultivation.
The loss of cattle by cold, by storm,
by hunger, at length suggests the
curing of fodder for Winter use and
the provision of such shelter as the
climate may seem to require. The
supply of food being thus doubled
and trebled, population increases
corrcspondingly; and thus is Gre
ated o necessity for still more
thorough and effective tillage of the
soil. Thus proceed by want Or n
justified apprehension Of it, man
slowly learns to deepen his culture,
to fcrtilizo his field, to diversity his
implements, and improve his meth
DDS, until the labor of ono produces
adequate sustanance for many, and
evcr-enlarging conceptions, wants,
capabilities, achievements, enjoy
ments, expand his intellect, refine
his nature, and exalt his aspira-
tions. His increased power over
nature is tho general measure of
his progress from tho lowest bar
barianism up to that perfect mental
and moral stature which is symbol
lied by Copernicus, Galileoi Shake
speare, Milton, and Newton.
Modern Agriculture is an aft-or
rather u circle of arts-based upon
Natural Science, which is method
ical exposition of Divine Law. The
savage is Natures thrall, whom she
scorches, freezes, starves, browns,
as her caprice may dictate. He
lives in constant dread Of her frosts,
her tornadoes, her lightning. Sci
ence teaches his civilized successor
to turn her widest eccentricities to
his own use and profit. Her floods
and gales saw his timber and grind
his grain in time they will chop
his trees, speed his plow, and till
his crops, as well. Science trans
forms and exalts him from the slave
into the master of the elements. If
he does not yet harness tho cleo
trio fluid to his plow, his boat, his
wagon, and make it the most docile
and useful of his servants, it is be-
cause he is still but little advanced
from barbarianism. Essentially,
the lightning garnered in Sum-
mer cloud should be as much at his
command and as subservient to his
needs as the water that refreshes
his thirsty fields and starts his
hitherto lifeless wheels.
Nowhere has human stolidity
been more forcibly demonstrated
than in the average farmers bygone
dealings with water. This noble,
subtitle fluid, which will volunta-
rily travel wherever you will, ifyou
give 1t an inch of descent per mile,
ought to have long since been abb
and everywhere at the
beck and call of every eultivator.
And yet have stood beside corn
field parched and withering from
drouth, while milllstrcam danced
and bawled right through its centre,
falling twenty feet in a hundred
rods, yet moistening the roots of no
plants but those of the two, rots
next its bed on either side, while
three days' work of two men would
have damned and diverted.its wa
ters so that four or FIVE acres of corn