The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-12-16

10 fortune-telling Gypsy. Appro-
priaiionS for public works. harbors.
sewers. custom houses. postal facili
. ties. and all the ten thousand f:iyors
that Uncle sam has To bestow. will
be shOwercd on Ia with the prodi-
@ality or lover making presents
To his first sweetheart. In this re-
specs the South viii be 4 great gain
er. Garfield will do more from
selt-interest than Hancock could
have accomplished. Don't let Tex
ans mistake themselves: the North
| does not hate them. neither will She
love thenFwith any absorbing afIec-
ton. These things do not enter into
politics. All political union j. Of
that sort which the French call Il
marriage of convenience" There
is self-inferest ut IFS foundation, and
the divorce comes just as soon as
that interest ceases. Texans advice
10 his fellow-citizens is TO make hay
while the sun shines. The next four
years will be an excellent season
for asking Federal favor Do not
miss any good thing by being too
modest to ask for it, The bloody
shirt will be laid aside and new is
sues presented. and on these il is
hoped to divide the South by offer
ing her such favors as will buy her
love.
There is a scripture which SAYS,
"out of the abundance of the heart
the mouth speaketh," so / must
claim pardon for introducing this
theme. There was time when the
people of Texas opposed the use of
money in aid of immigration. There
were reasons for ii, as Texan" has
been called upon to say in more than
one Northern journal. Texans are
a debt-paying people. Unlike some
other states, Texas has never had
smirch on her financial integrity
When our people saw the cause of
immigration associated with eXtray-
qgant schemes they opposed all
together: not because they did not
want immigration. but because they
wanted more an honest character:
not because they opposed proper
and economical immigration policy,
but because they wanted 10 pay
their honest debts first and before
all other things. That day has
passed. There is no longer any
cause of fear, and the people. one
and all. as the action of the last
Democratic convention shows. are
united i'll desiring Il policy which
will induce Immigration. Both fac
tions i'll the second convention so
proclaimed themselves. The only
question was rs TO power. The Rob-
ertS party conceived that they had
power which was taken away from
them, and which the Savers party
proposed 10 obtain by constitutional
legislation. TO appropriate money
for the promotion of immigration is
forbidden by The constitution.
We may qaibble about il as
we may, but we are simply
chasing old clOven foot about the
stump. All parties desire to pro-
mote immigration, and all must con-
fess that directly they have no power
to appropriate a dollar in that be-
half But there is no word in the
constitution against the promotion
of agriculture. Indeed the promo
ton of agriculture being one chief
source of a country's wealth, it be-
comes the duty of the government
to strive by every means in its pow
er to enhance the prosperity of
those who cultivate the soil. for
it not only enriches them, but Incl
dentally benefits the entire commu-
nifty. 1t has been both wisely and
wittily said, that every citizen of
Texas. from the banker i'll his man
sion to the apple woman at her stall
is both richer and happier when the
cotton crop is good. Agriculture
needs, requires and imperatively de-
mands, that board shall be Or
ganized for its benefit; that stat
istics shall be collected and reports
published for its advancement. The
doing of. this will incidentally give
immigration the assistance it needs.
These reports will be the best immi-
grafton documents in the world, and
the men who distribute them, will
be immigration agents in all but
the name and all the more
effective because that their la
Dor is only incidentally given to
the cause. Col. Lane. of the South
western Company, Is here organic
ing the machinery by which to de-
fend the reputation Of the state
from the torrent of SANDER
that interested politicians anu
ignorant journalists have poured
upon her. He will either force
these fiippant falsifers, both
clerical and journalistic, to eat gen.
erous slices of humble-pie, or
else he will publish the evil
dence in contradiction in other
and rival journals so that any way
Texas will have the benefit.
TEXAN.