San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-01-31

II there ever was country where milk AM
honey flowed for the poor mon, tho Canaan
Of tho Old Testament not excepted, II wa
In those regions Ia new country WHERE
cattle never before was introduced, the
virgin pasture supports moro than double
tho amount Of cattle, sheep, or hogs, 81
when tho country has been settled tan OF
twenty years. For this reason and other
advantages some stock-raisers always keep
In advance of the settlements towards the
frontier, for the sake ofskimming the cream
Of the land, an they call il. People must
not think that tho fence cutters arc all wick
cd and unchristian people. The orthodox
Christian who skimmed the cream Of tho
land and skinned Mavericks, when living
In community whore large pasture fences
are considered nuisance, will not hesitate
10 cut fence, when he has an opportunity.
The brigands and bandit Of Europe arc
Christians, and some OF them 90 devout
that they, with rosary In hand will pray
before shrine OF the Virgin Mary, before
making raid on tho life and property OF
travellers, because Of habit from childhood.
In my experiments In the early settlements
on the frontier, the death rate Of tho inhab-
tants generally was, that 0 mon diod in
their boots. to one dying natural death.
The surplus vitality must seek vent some
whore. The attempt to coherce this revo.
lutionary element OF the frontier, TO obey o
law, which In obnoxious 10 tho large MAORI
ty OF the people, would DO tho greatest mill
tary blunder In the annals Of history. This
same element, which now thins out its rank
by murder and accidental deaths, will be
cemented by common cause into broth
erhood, closer than blood-relation, they will
perform exploits, which will put Ia the
shade the deeds Of rhe Indian chiefs, Dick
Turpin and the James brothers. Before
tho war, band Of twenty Indians would
sometimes start on foot from Northern Tex
as, armed with bows, arrows. spears and
shield, make raid between the forts and
settlements, killing people and stealing
horses and escape to Mexico by way Of the
Nueoes, without losing man. II the leg
isiature will mako special and generous laws
for those regions, which will ciyilixe this
wild element by opening channels for the
expanding of the surplus vitality, thon they
are ON the right track of saving tho State
from disgrace and anarchy. II those re-
gions have suitable code Of laws, II will
convert the wilderness of the Panhandle re-
gions into gardens and generate fertility on
the staked plains.
wish the readers of this article will not
be 80 rude and call me crank md donkey,
without vindication, AZ did the Galveston
News Of january 9th. do not recognize
the authority of Newton's Principle and
other text books, on certain scientifc ques-
tons, because many texts Of those books
have been refuted in late years, but have
not been recognized by the leading scien-
fists, because the refutors were men I'M
known to fame, Q Corinth, l, vers, 25 TO 2S,)
but rely upon the Bible, practical sense, re-
liable history, mathematics and statistics.
The Legislators In Austin do not understand
the times we are living in. Aprinciple has
oome into action in largo number OF poo
pie on the frontier, which has boon dormant
for o thousand years, except In one in
stance, that is the revolution Of France
century ago. France was ripe sooner than
the other European nations, and 1t received
q special dispen. ation for temporary relief.
The situation in France had almost become
unbearable for the people, society was di-
vldod into rich landowners and poor ten
ants. A land craze took hold Of the minds
of the people, the land was laid out into
small farms, and the poor people got deeds
10 LILO tbuu5 rum iCNOiusiohuAy AAokAnsAesScs
Some of the rich landowners got scared and
fed the country, although there was no RI
citing aud bloodshed In this division Of land,
some poor homeless men would take posses
sion OF the fugitves premises, get title to
Il and was allowed to keep possession Of the
same, even after the return of the original
owner, but the government of France In
IDENTIFIED those men In some degree, for
their houses. France has prospered after
this revolution. The Austin Statesman calls
the present trouble fence cutting craze.
In the fourth aud fifth century there was a
moving crazo in Europe, whole nations
shifted TO different places, few centuries
later there was o orusading craze, for what
purpose I have failed to discover.
When Schiller wrote In one Of his poems,
when nations liberate Themselves, welfare
cannot prosper" he waa requested by some
Of his friends to change the sentence, be-
cause the United States had liberated them
selves and prospered, he said as PLATO:
what IL written 10 written" II God oboo- |
'es the foolish, weak and despised things Of
his world toswork out his plans, then the
mob what thrown the cargo of tea overheard
rom an English vessel in the harbor of Bos-
on, caused the origin of the United States.
fro BE CONTINUED.
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