The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-07-03

The charms Of home have been depicted
by painters and poets. John Howard
Payne has told Us there is nothing like
'Home, Sweet Home, and this has been
re-ech0ed by millions Of tuneful voices
throughout the world. The comfortable
dwelling you can call your own, the feeling
Of security, seclusiOn and independence
there, theloving wife, the prattling children,
and the growing, smiling, sprawling, and
.kicking baby-these are matters which may
well call forth ell the enthusiasm Of the hu-
man heart, all the genius of picture and
song Home Is the great teacher Of sobri-
ETY., virtue and contentment It is the nur-
eery Of patriotism, for in proportion to a
Se for his. home viii be his love for
..o 5untry in which it is placed, and the
government which protects it and enables
It 70 be the enchanting paradise of earth.
But beautiful attractive and beneficial as
home is, or evcr should be, it is not good
for people always to remain there. They
should occasionally go abroad, if they can.
Those who never travel, who seldom go
beyond the city, town or neighbcfhood they
I've in, are apt to become somewhat selfish,
aud narrow and contracted in their views
and feelings. They are apt to consider
themselves better than others, beyond them
and out Of their reach and association. Too
often they regard themselves as the very
salt Of the earth, and the remainder of
mankind as little better than barbarians.
This was the view entertained so long by the
semi-eivilized people Of China and japan.
The more people travel and become ac-
. ouainted with the manners, customs and hab-
/ is Of other countries, or other people in
diIereat sections Of their own country, the
more enlightened they become, and the
more hberal and catholic in their opinions
and sentiments. Before the civil war, when
amestic slavery existed in its mildest and
mo- lraftige type in the Southern States,
ehcn its people had wealth and leisure to
travel, many Of them did SO to their great
mental improvement. Nearly every sum-
mer they went North or Northwest, and often
70 Europe, and mingled with the people
there, and noted and profited by what they
saw and heard, and came home, with in
creased intelligence, to communicate their
knowledge, thus acquired, to their neigh
bofs ana friends, by the unrestricted as
sociation. then existing. The consequence
was that the Southern people, as mass,
kere ihore intelligent than the mass of
Northern people, with broader, higher and
more liberal views on all subjects There is
ioshine ike travel tolibeniize the mind
md expand the heart
Since thewar and the abolition Of slavery,
q our Southern people have the
money @ travel They have been
ed TO comparative poverty, and are
obliged 10 stay at homoand work ortheir
laily bread. The Northern people, on the
ontrary, have grown rich, first out of the
PRODUCTS Of Southern slavery and Southern
avei. and then out Of the rich harvest of
war, and they have now the wealth and
asuro 10 60 abrdad Tor general improve
nenf, which. many Of them sadly need.
nsscaa Of going to Europe, as the most Of
llm do who travel at all, unless on busi-
less, lei them first come South and become
equAintoa with the people Of their own
onnirg. Our word for it. they viii be
featIy benefited thereby. They win find
very peaoeabie and clever people, ready
8 oculiiVafe the acquaintance Of ell good
1ka from any part Of the world, and to
fresh intelligence from interc0mmuni-
\ Is with them. Let our Northern broth-
ry Il lei them come and spend the
with as Is we used to spend the
with them. and We think Il win
nuloaI benefit and blessing.