The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-10-27

produce oil We need for home 0Ou
sumption, but let us do our own manu-
featuring, There Is no earthly reason
why tins cannot be done We have
paid tribute 10 the north aud west Long
enough. Let Us live moro within our
selves. We should manufacture every
agricultural implement we stand In
need or Let us manufacture aud save
the cost OF transportation both ways,
and AVOID the profits OF the middleN
men, Texas should live nt home,
Raise your own meat improve your
stock. Supply the place. OF thin'back
hogs and mustangs by better stock,
Substitute short horns for long horns.
Make your own butter aud cheese,
The best clvllizer Ia the introduction
of blooded stock, In men and beasts,
blood will tell, 10 Ia II fact that the
wild cattle business of Texas adds 10
the criminal population thirty.three
per cent, more than other sections,
and for this statement he had figures
| from the attorney generals Office.
Blooded stock h what IL wanted, IL Is n
peace maker. Becomes selfAsustaining
in all things. DO not fall into the
wake Of The older southern states.
Texas produces $4,000 bales Of cotton
more than any other state In America,
or One.siXth of all that Is produced.
Let this be manufactured at home.
You nave the raw material and the
railroads. why not do your own man
ufacturing2
BE self-sustainiug in all educational
matters. Self protection requires this,
There Ia no reason why Texas may
not have IA good schools aud institu
tons Of learning az any state In the
union, or outside of the union. Edu-
cate your sons at home. Cultivate
your 0w schools and stand by them.
Capital without culture and farming
without brains will never win. Sus'
tain your literary institutions and
newspapers. Intelligence must be
cultivated il we would keep pace with
the age In which we live Send your
boys to home schools, and send them
all there.
He said of the MeXicsn question,
tha' he expected that the state In its
foreign relations would at least protect
her honor. We have had enough OF
war, enough of the knife and the
musket, yet while your executive
breaches and invokes this doctrine, he
holds that your treaties, even with
wn'trOdden Mexico, should be OBJ
served, and shall appeal for justice,
and justice only, and refer IL To the
national government, so ! wash my
hands OF 1t, and say to It, we have two
millions of people whose borders have
been pillaged and outraged, and now
II you mean protection to southern
people by your southern policy, show
10,
Fellow-cltizens, the duty OF the hour
Is not only economy in labor but In
preserving what you make. Become
less migratory and rowing, and strive
for permanent homes. AT this mo,
ment, Texas is the most prosper state
in the union; her credit is better than
that of any other her bonds are worth
more In market. Prosperity ahounds
everywhere. Texas has and will pro
tect her honor.
call upon you to take these homely
truths home and put them in practice.
Take them and weave them into
web for your future guide.
The governor closed by advising the
young ladies to choose their husbands
from among those educated in Texas
schools and institutions. During his
remarks he was frequently applauded
and all seemed highly entertained, and
well they might, for he is second to no
one in Texas in making speeches on
occasions like this. In fact as an oft.
hand speaker from the rostrum, he
wears the horns.