The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-10-01
THE GROUNDWORK OF PROSPERITY

BE virtuous and you will be har
py, is a maxim that has stood th
test OF time. To be sure, our latter
day wits have added to it, ssbut yo
won't have much fun" and shallo,
minded individuals laugh and smirl
over the conceit every day. Never
theless. experience has taught tina
vlrtuous sobriety and dignifed chris
tan department lead to happiness
and that a reckless disregard of then
leads to infamy and disgrace. The
rule is sure. and it should staggel
the young men-the old men also-
who seem to glory in their own
shame.
On this subject Daniel bennett,
who is noted for his clear thinking,
makes the following suggestion on
now to make Louisiana prosperous
and happy:
1t would be easy enough to make
any OF these States prosperous and
happy, if individual interests and in
dividuai prejudices and large num-
Der OF ignorant votes could be dis
posed Of 1t takes something. be-
SIDES jetties and the grain trade, and
railroads and barges and lines Of tel
egraph and large plantations to make
New Orleans and Louisiana prosper
GUS.
The children of the State shonld
have good English education, everv
one OF them, and there should be-
plenty OF money in the State Treas
ury to pay good salaries promptly
when due, to the best of teachers
male and female. needed in the cities
and rural districts. This would. in
Tune. secure intelligent voting, and
intelligent farming, aud would be :
cheap investment for the State. In
iustrial schools all over the State |
mat the girls as we'll as the bows NAV
De Taught useful industries. Sabbath
schools should be planted in every
leighborhood, and children taneht
o venerate the Bible and the Chris
ian religion, or pay due respect to
ne Sabbath day, and grow up under
nch influences. and when thew are
I'd these principles will not depart
rom them.
A prohibitory law should be enact
d to suppress forever the sale or
manufacture Of intoxicating LIQUORS
q the State. which would at once
ave the consumers of the State over !:
nirty million dollars yearly-we
link over forty million-to consum-
rs and tax payers, and smother
lore than two-thirds of the crimes 3
ICES and poverty of the State. and
pen the doors of Louisiana wide to =
le best class of industrious imm;. Q
rants and skilled labor. s
Not less than from twenty to thirty z
'ousand dollars a year should be ?
'propriated for immigration purpo- 9
g, and in time all such appronr;a- v
pms would come back increased a q
lndred fold and more, as they have !,
me IN Texas and other States. u
Inc farmers OF the State should
We more attention to making home
pp!ies, and to grasses, pastures and X
eadows, to Jersey cattle and meri. 80
sheep. and to other breeds of y
eep. and cattle. and improved hogs. "
should be great GRAZING A,
ate. and should encourage mirad W
rming and fruit growing. Her soil
2 varied and wonderful capacities. &C
The Legislature should enact a :.
'ong law to protect sheep against =
'rthless dogs, and the result would
an immense increase in sheen
sing, and we want more men ike
!. Stuart, of Ocean Springs, to OF
liter merino sheep aud Jersey cat in
all over these States and to vita gr
, stock breeding and stock improv- on
on Southern farms. 1t
We know very well that the people e9
Louisiana are not going to carry al
these reforms. They will not trt
Q up the drinking usages of the ba
'ple. and they will on the Sabbath fol
N their saloons, and gambling wa
Uses, and stores. and viii violate CHI
Sabbath and do about as thew
e usually done. But we claim ora,
t our views as to what the State p
DIS to make her prosperous and 70.
'py are correct, though they NAV NIL
unpopular and the people may mu
away with them A great states has
once said that it is better to be ths
1t than to be President 80
Needed Legislator. in
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