The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-03-24
Our Duty.

one of our choice, and we arctic tie
left free in future to do that which
will couducc to our best interests III
the way of selecting officials, we
must take into consideration the new
surroundings to which, after years OF
struggle, we are elevated
Governments, conducted 10y native
officials aud with purity, are but the
foundations for the future greatness
of Comnonvealths; it remains with
us to say, whether we build struc'
turc thereon worthy the expense,
trials, and blood we have exhausted
in the struggle to reach the higher
p|ahe. Local Influences mnst now be
mt to work in order to make artlti-
cially for Louisiana, that prosperity
nature has fitted her for. Each sec
ton can now move off with compo
sure and confidence in the work re-
ouicd to build up and enrich us.
Immigration is what we mostly de-
Sir. Five, bnYAred thousand white
We want them-must have them, be-
fore we can lay claim to GREAT!
How are we to turn the tide OF en-.
igrAnts upon rs, until they submerSe
our abandoned lands and make our
waste places blossom as the rose Z
Should be aqueStion asked by all VIII"
desire to see us prosperous, and they
should act and work to give it a sat-
isfactory answer.
The first thing to be done is to or
ranize, SO rs to act iu unison, with
system and to a purpose. In this
organization all matters can be con.
sidered-price of lends, their adver-
tisement. class ofimmigrants desired,
mode and manner of selling lands,
time granted, &c., &c. Second. Our
energies must be bent to make the
NEw ORLEANS PACIFIC RAILROAD
success to complete it at as early a
day as possible. Railroads are the
natural highways Of the people We
want-fast, goa. head, energetic, har'
dv men. Wagon movers and steam
boat travellers are cold coaches,
and do not belong to this century
Such feeders to this trunk railroad as
will assist us in our object must b'
built. With US, the NINE MILE ROAI
to connect this city with the N. 0
Pacific, must be completed within 81.
months, so as to put us in instant COM
munication with the outside as sooi
AZ the main line is opened. So much
fo1 the "emigrant route" Red Rive
as we'll as Cane, demands the atten
ton of the government. They mus
he improved in navigation. Log
and instructions removed from tn
former, with facine jetties for }o7
water; and dykes to make perpetua
navigation for the latter, in order t
afford transportation routes, quic
: and cheap, for our coming either
Cotton and Wooden factories must b
: started, and all enterprises looking t
the advancement of our materis
s prosperity fosteled and encouraged
6 The fact of Governor Nichols an
, his government being in charge {
+ State affairs, will not of itself brin
0 about this state of prosperity. TIL
d people must pnt themselves in hal
j. ness, and 60 ahead while the Stat
u government will assist them With a
its power.
|. The most dangerous moment fl
l. our prosperity is this; because el
q tire|y too many citizens rest all hoI
,. on the State government, which,
itself is powerless, save to shield fro
Of plun1ering taxation, and to enfor'
y, law, protect life and guard propert
w Let supineness at this hour mark q
conduct, and fifty years hence "
not see rs any farther on the hi!
= way to wealth and prosperity, as
a people and commonwealth, tb'
rs now.
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