The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-16
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1878

with the abundant products of their fertile
! shores; labor to get rid OF surplus water; ana
to irrigate the parehed soil when the Hood
| patas of heaven are closed and the land Ian
guishes under the searching heat Of one OF
our long drouths; and labor to develop all the
resources with which nature has blessed TINS
favored land, whether those resources be, In
her fertile soil, her salt and sulphur deposits,
! her majestic forests, or In her beautiful, tree
less, fowery prairies. -
And how must all this labor be obtained
| how supply this sole and only deficiency OF
your otherwise most highly favored State !
With an attempt to answer this Important
question | will close.
In the first place. truthful and well told &C
counts of Louisiana as IL is should be scatter
! ed broadcast all through the United states
and the thickly settled countries OF the Old
| World. The fact that Louisiana possesses
the richest soil In the world, OF which hun
| dreds of thousands of acres are untitled that
her climate is genial and salubrious; that her
people are hospitable and generous, should be
made known In every part OF the globe, ana
especially wherever there is a surplus OF cap,
| ital and labor, And with these facts should
go out cordial invitation to all honest and
industrious people, no matter what their ma
tionality or politics, to come and find home
in this favored land. Bid them come pre-
pared to stay-come with their wives and
children, come with their household gods,
come expecting to own part OF the soil OF
this fertile valley, and to leave 1t as an inner
itance to their children.
And when they come be prepared to vel
come them and lend them helping hand.
Give them work when they ask for 1t; sell
them land when they wish to buy. Break up
your mammoth plantations, now so unwieldy
so idle and unWrought, and make homes for
the millions.
Then. and not till then, will a new era dawn
for Louisiana; then will q new energy be
visible throughout the length and breadth of
your State. Then the doubt, anxiety and
despair which have so long oppressed every
thoughtful Louisianian will give place to
lively hopes and bright anticpations. New
enterprises will spring into life, old schemes
for improvement will be pushed to compile
ton. Railroads, SO long talked of that they
have become by-word and reproach, vii be
finished and put in operation. Canals, so long
drawn on the map and yclept proposed,
will become a9tualties. Cottages, hamlets
and towns will spring up on the banks OF
your majestic river and innumerable bayous.
Your great alluvial bOtt m will bloom and
blossom like the rose Your reeking
swamps will be drained and become the
most productive spots on earth. Your
grassy prairies will re-echo to the
tread of countless herds of cattle and
horses; your vast expanses OF sea marsh will
covered hill sides will be crowned with sum
mer residences for the wealthy, and the in
termediate valleys be vocal with the hum of
busy and prosperous communities; your
washed and quilted bluff lands will be ter
raced and covered with the branching vine;
thenow almost tenantless pine regions will
resound to the choppers axe, and the inspirit-
ing whir of the saw mill; all the latent re-
sources of the whole State will be brought to
light and prosperity and plenty will every
where take the place of poverty and distress.
And, last but not least, corruption and ig-
nor8nce, and profligacy will be uprooted by
honesty, intelligence and economy; peace,
blessed peace, will spread her white wings
over the land, her people will lie down to rest
at night in security, and will rise up at each
succeeding dawn, and be thankful.