The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-05-15

fIte tide u the Affairs IF aien
VileA aken Al rs food leads On 10 fortune
This IS he Affairs Of State no less
than hs tiIs q men. 30 period in the
history 81 1'ekas bears such marks Of a
a9od-iis 8 prosperity As the prssenk 10
country 81 State attracts such universal AZ
ienlion 30 land las such iheShaasiible and
varied resources, promising such large re-
salf from the jndicious Investment cf cap
iiei L would not be an. exaggeration to
state tiiat thousands in every country Of
Europe. and every state in oar Union, are
locking 70 Texas as their future home.
What possibilities deyolye upon our leg
sIator What wide spread and. far reach
Ing results must eeentuate from their action!
Wc would have them remember they legis-
late for an Empire, and not for petty
State; an Empire IN territory and resources,
that needs but a wise and liberal policy to
develop into an Empire Of wealth, and all
the aus and. appliances Of progressive and
refined civilization. We would have our
Legislators remember they are individual
men, not a political mass, and as such
win be held 10 an individual responsibility
IN all the measures Of general and public
utility. What is few dollars or few
millions spent in legisIating Of in fostering
j liberal system OF internal improvements,
II itresult in attracting millions Of capital to
ouf State and millions OF settlers ON our I'M
cultivated domain Thew uncuidvated
domain and undeveloped resources Of Texas
must remain untouched for years to come,
unless labor, capital aud intelligent enter
prise be attracted to our State Thirty
years ago raen purchased land in Texas at
two dollars an acre as a speculation and
have not yet been able to sell it at an adj
vance, while land in States less favored by
climate and soil have advanced from two
dollars to twenty-five in the last ten or If
teen years; and why The answer is, rail-
rosds. Had two or three main trunk rail-
roads been built through Texas twenty
years ago, to-day we would have FIVE mill
lions Of population instead OF little more
than one million. The real wealth Of Texas
to-day would have exceeded its present
value ten fold. What has beeH in the
past viii continue, unless we carry
out our already inaugurated system
Of internal Improvements. and foster and
control them, by Uniform and liberal sys
TEN of legislation. Capitalists viii rot vol
UNFAIRLY place themselves under burdensome
restrictions that viii render their invest
nents proftless. Too.many fields are open
Tor profitable investment many enter
pr ses are clamorous for attention-for eapi-
talists to go where they are not wanted, and
where laws arc not liberal aud in harmony
with the interests Of all.
We would have snr legislators remember
they are making laws for years to come
that they are doing work which will not
only affect the present, buttorch the bound
aries Of distant future, and retard or pro-
mote the onward progress Of our great
State.
Enlarged and liberal views Of State policy
should actuato and control the action Of
both houses ignoring political and sectional
issues, as revolutionary and damaging to
the best interests Of all classes Of society,
and every investment Of labor or capital.