The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-12-10

e,1e. 49, IN this conviction. Rome
e -. - 80 lesson Of wisdom, and died.
- ue...S- commerce and the arts TO her
S.'1 -iee : similar fate Greece left
:, sne. 20. % SAVE ~. where Theophrssfns ana
ilesloo eA-lse1 siiAge and drainfncsn and
Aristotle and Plato condemned 49, ~, -us
poverty and vassalage now e hand 81 49,. 's
All efforts to divorce or ALLEVIATE tber, -
recoiled on the endeavor. Cicero and -. ~,
titus taught in vain that true proves ~,
only in the pillow and the sword When ~
genius and example Of GURUS, peniains
and Regulus had enabled prescription Is
triumph, the fate Of the ages was sealed
Neither the learned treatises which Pala-
dius, Varro and Pliny wrote upon agricui-
ture, nor the songs which Virgil and
CollumelA sung in its praise, could
save the imperial city, when its arm which
had swept tho ocean was palsied and the
workshops that had hummed IN its
bosom were stilled. mo prosperous people
will fail to see that the industry and ener-
gies OF ell classes are properly directed and
maintained, and that the advancement oi
each important division of labor b pro-
NOTED by efy.legitimate means.
It Is indifference % the philosophy Of his
tory, which hasmade our section the politi-
cal footstool Of the republic. with So
many lights and experiences before ia. It is
strange that We have not axailed ourselves Of
the advantages Of q diversified industry
and local independence. Tie South an
nually produces for export single staple
worth 800, 900, 600 Of money, and vet the
balance Of trade continues against her.
Texas, with territory seven times a. LARGE
a. the whole OF New England, blessed with
a climate and soil unsurpassed, can hardly
h.. IL -.1N -. =. -.
turing resources superior 20 any State Ia
the Union, we continue to pay tribute and
extortion TO factories thousands Of miles
away. With pork producing capacity equal
to any, we annually pay millions for bacon.
Amid abundance Of tanning material. We
sell hides more than double our wants, and
buy shoes and harness At a loss OF Eve hun.
dred per cent. in profits and labor
Our hour, much of i, comes from abroad,
while our lwheat-growing abilities are I'M
measured and ihealculable; our plows and
wagons, beds and chairs, buckets and
brooms. are freighted with costs Of long
transportation and storage, while immense
water powers, which might duplicate
them at half price, flow idly at our feet.
The very clothes we wear are doubled In
value by tariffs and imposts and profits,
while our valleys TEEN with raw material
more precious than the golden fleece, and
eur hills are crowded with docks more nu-
meroHs than the famed herds Of the Anda-
lusias.
+, With such co-ordinate industries around
Us, such fields for Constructive art on every
side, how can we commit ourselves TO tile
dangerous doctrine that agriculturalists are
the only producers Very true, cooperating
with those great agents. earth, air, heat and
water, multiplying the bounties Of nature,
they are pre-eminently entitled to be called
producers.
But the mechanic. who invents his own
machinery, who lays science under trib
ute to his genius, who brides the thundes
and utilities the evanesoent flashes of the
lightning, who commands inanimate wood,
water and iron 20 perform the labors Of
millions Of sentient beings Is also pro-
Queer.
While the carrier who transfers and en-
hances values, distributes necessaries and
luxuries, establishes fraternity and COM
mands the peace among nations, justly be
longs to the same class. II IL be true that
''s man with but one idea never succeeds,
it Is equally true that no nation exclusively
devoted TO one pursuit mas been permanently
prosperous or powerful.
The Italians and the Spaniards have, in
turn, foundered upon this rock, and "snnk
to the lowest point in the scale Of nations
Their pursuits being no longer diversified,
''their navies have been swept from the
seas, and their armies have melted from
the land" Idleness, national decay and
political ruin have followed Now the
Csmpana Is the resort Of beggary, and the
famed garden of tks Hesperides Is a des-
ert. Let US heed the warning and escape
the DOOM
We annually expend, for imports alone,
q sum sufficient 70 erect factories to work
up the half million bales Of cotton grown
in this State, and by which more tnan
two hundred per cent. above the present re-
ceipts for the crop would be realized. This
course continued for g few years, and our
marshes and valleys and hills would be re-,
deemed to cultivation, 'scifies would spring
up, railways would mark our plains and
steamships would ploW our sea colleges.
schools and charities would be founded and.
endowed; our strength would be console
dated ct home and respected abroad Now,
these are no ideal visions, but living roaii-
ties. already existing in both new and old
England, and blush to own that they have
been established with the profits 81 az
Lsrlsoe tflins 1a4
- All this and more can be done here, Tor
in addition 70 the three 10 four and = half
cents per pound advantage for transporta-
tons, commissions and profits which We
would have to begin with, We can actually
mAnufacture as cheaply here. The same
machinery can be bought Is low Cor Texas
IS fer Manchester, Birmingham or Lowell.
The same operators can BE had for the same
money. Their chances Of health here arc
better, and the cosfs Of living less Il has
been estimated that the average British ia-
borer pays for bread alone what would sup
ply him here with bread, meat, sugar and
coffee. We have but 70 begin, not only 10
secure abundant skilled laboFers but to reap
the rich harvest which Providence has
placed at our hands.
No people on earth have been more Ia
vored b. nature. A glance At the map IN
the world shows your geographical position
10 Be unparallslsd; soil, ciimste. health
and variety Of productions ere al fhat any
section can boast Draper's Intellectual
Development Of Europe speaks 81 yonr
latitude e that Ia which mans mental Zee.
uities are susceptible Of tho highest culture.
That great sscradle 81 nations, on whose
shores arose and fell All the mighty powers
Of antiquity, Is not 80 desirable Tor CONE
mefcs ae that sea which lhFes your feet
Tho sublime picture 81 Ezekiel, as Be de-
scffbes the Tyre Of that Mediterranean ia al
the R0rf ceusne1s 81 Eastern metaphor. you
may reproduce IN Coma new CARTHAGE 81
Memphis here. tOn this central sea tile fnO.t
pI0tilEal bountles have been hsisbe1, md
all the physical circumstances Which con-
stittIte natural greatness have been tosn
bined, Here ere the foundations fof tie
nIoSt magnificent commerce the world ever
aaW,3 Here ere within few days d'atonee