The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-03-07
HOME MANUFACTURES.

dependent.
HOME MANUFACTURES.
Societies for the promotion of home
manufactures and for encouraging the use
of domestics in the dress of the people
were organized in many of the states.
The revival at the end of the century of
the same patriotic interest in the preser-
walton and development of domestic in
dustries and the defense of our working
people against injurious foreign
competition is an incident
worthy of attention. 1t Is not
departure but a return that we have wit
messed. The protective policy had then
its opponents. Their argument was made
as now, that its benefits Injured to partiou-
lar classes or sections. If the question
became in any sense or at any time sec
tional it was only because slavery existed
in some of the states. But for this, there
was no reason why the cotton producing
states should not have led or walked
abreast with the New England states in
the production of cotton factories. There
was this reason only why the states that
divide with Pennsylvania the mineral
treasures of the great southeastern and
SO tardy in bringing to the smelling fur
mace and to the mill the coal and iron
from their opposing hillsides. The mill
fires were lighted at
THE FUNERAL PILE OF SLAVERY.
The emancipation proclamation was
heard in the depths Of the earth as we'll as
in the sky. Men were made free and
material things became our better SER
wants. The sectional element has happily
been eliminated from tariff discussion.
We have no longer states that are neces-
sarily only planting states; none are ex-
! cluded from achieving that diversification
of pursuit among the people which brings
wealth and oontentment. The cotton
plant will not be less valuable when the
product is spun in the country town by
operatives whose necessities call for diver
sified crops and create home demand
for garden and agricultural products.
Every new mine, furnace and factory is an
extension of the productive capacity of
the states, more real and valuable than
added territory. Shall the prejudices and
paralysis of slavery continue to hang
upon the skirts of progress? How
long will those who rejoice that
slavery no longer exists cherish
and tolerate the incapacities it put upon
their communities? l look hopefully to
the continuance of our protective system
and to the consequent development of
manufacturing and mining enterprises in
states hitherto wholly given to agricul-
ture as potent influence in the perfect
unification of our people. The men who
have invested their capital in these enter.
prises, farmers who have felt the benefit
of their neighborhood and the men who
work in the shop or field will not fail to
find and defend community of interest
Is it not quite possible that the farmers
and the promoters Of the great mining
and manufacturing enterprises which
have recently been established in the
south may yet find that
THE FREE BALLOT
of the workingman without distinction of
race is needed for their defense as we'll as
for his own? do not doubt that if those
men in the south, who now except the
tariff views of Clay and the constitutional
exposition of Webster, would courageoosly
avow and defend their real convictions,
they would not find it difficult by friendly
instruction and cooperation TO make the
black man their efficient and safe ally,
not only in establishing correct principles
in our national administration but in pre-
servingsfor their local communities the
benefits of social order and economical
and honest government, at least until the
good offices of kindness and education
have been fairly tried. The contrary con
clusion cannot be plausibly urged.
have altogether rejected the suggestion
of
SPECIAL EXECUTIVE POLICY
for any section of oul country. II
is the duty of the executive to ad
minister and enforce in the methods
and by the instrumentalities pointed
out and provided by the Consti