The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-07-24

this favored land, whether those re-
sources be in her fertile soil, her salt
and sulphur deposits, her majestic
forests, or in her beautiful, treeless,
fiowery .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 I will clos.
In the first place, truthful and
we'll told accounts of Louisiana as 1t
is should be scattered broadcast all
through the United States, and the
thickly settled countries of
the Old World. The fact that Lou
isiana possesses the richest soil in
the world, of which hundreds 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, and especi,
ally wherever there is a surplus of
capital and labor. Aud with these
facts should 60 out cordial invita-
ton to all honest and Industrious
people, no matter what their nation
atty or politics, to come and find a
home In this favored land. Bid them
come prepared to stop--come with
their wives and children, come with
their household goods, come expect
ing to own part of the soil of this
fertile valley, and to leave it as an
inheritance to their children.
And when they come be prepared
to welcome them aud lend them a
helping hand. Give them work when
they ask for it; sell them land when
they wish to buy. Break up your
mammoth plantations, now 80 un-
wieldy, SO Idle and unwrought, and
make homes for the millions.
| Then, aad not till then, will new
Terra dawn for Louisiana; then will a
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 an
ticipations. New enterprises will
spring into life, old schemes for i'm.
tprovement will be pushed to compile.
tion. Railroads, so long talked OF
that they have become q by:word and
reproach, will be finished and put in
operation. Canals, 50 long drawn or
the map and yciept proposed" viii
become actualities. Cottages, ham
let's and towns will spring up on the
banks of your majestic river and in
Vulnerable bayous. Yo1r great allu
vial bottom will bloom and blossom
: Hike the rose. Your reeking swamp'
will be drained and become the mos
Eproducttve spots on earth. Youi
grassy prairies will re-echo to th'
tread of countless herds of cattle ant
horses; your vast expanses of sea
marsh will be waving sea of COLDER
rice; your forest covered hill side
} will be crowned with summer, resi-
dences for the wealthy, and the In
termediate valleys be vocal with tn
, bum of busy and prosperous commu
! aities; your washed and quilted blu
lands will be tereaced and covere
i with the branching vine; the no'
= almost tenantless pine regions wi
b resound to the choppers axe, and tn
: inspiriting whir of the saw mill; a.
the latent resources of the Who'll
Il State will be brought to light, an
'tprosperity and plenty will every
where take the place Of poverty an
!, distress. And, last but not leas
= corruption and Ignorance, and prt
Aigacy will be uprooted by honest,
intelligence and economy; peace
blessed peace, will spread her whit
y wings over the land, her people wi
u lie down to rest at night in securit.
and will rise up at each succeedin
dawn, and be thankful.
y lDEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS..
ID WE ARE THE ONLY AUTHOF
jIHED AGENTS FOR THE SINCE
. NEW FAMILY SEWING MACHIN
> IN THE PARISHES OF RAPIDE!
r VERNON and GRANT. FERGUSO
& SCHNACE, WATCHMAKERS an
) JEWELLERS. s,,s $685. 4=n3
III REGISTER. - Major Watts, Regi