Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-10-18
THE 6AzTTE En- WORTH TEXAS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 49, 1882

eiai nri,,i iiao, ne oeileVed not In spe-
He believed that the lowly cltizen M
ne walks adown the furrow, Ma heart
iresn IN the love Of wife and chiidren
ana home, and his soul cheeriulsin Ana
prospect OF ripening crops by homes,
-PloWlng nelds not encountered
by de0t-while his life was pure and
nus conscience clear that this man Is
the peer in real dignity OF OF any mon.
arch that sits upon throne.
That declaration in the Federal
constitution that "the powers not dele
gated to the United States by the con.
stitution, nor prohibited by IL TO the
states, are reserved to the states re-
spectively, or to the people, formed
the basis OF his logic and his hone.
IL does not weaken the government
10 eNalt the state, nor the state to exalt
the citizen, but each becomes stronger
as the parts becomes stronger. And
thus he believed that the least govern.
ment was the best government, and
that the people should guard with
Jealous care their accesslons Of power.
:. He stood for progress
He entered life just at the close OF
the war. He looked upon land once
beautiful in its feudal magnifcence
when our men were lords and our
women princesses-upon a civilization
builded with their delicate hands
more magnificent in Its purity as well
as It's elegance than any other of mod.
ern or ancient times. But that SPLEEN
dor had gone, that light had faded,
that scenery had shifted, that curtain
had been drawn. But its blessed tradi-
tions linger even yet adown the corri-
doris OF the long past.
Grady beheld a land bearing with
patience her load Of sorrow and Of suf-
fering.
Out OF every home had gone father,
brother or son 10 die upon the
field Of battle. While those who
had reached again the homes
they left smiling in plenty, found their
slaves all free, their stock gone, corn
cribs empty, their financial system in
choas-homes desolate everywhere.
But Grady caught glimpses OF bet
ter day. He sang the song Of hope to
his tellowmen. He touched a PROSTATE
agriculture with the magic OF his pen
and the farmer caught in It's warm
glow the hope OF brighter days, and
looked forward to the time when in the
freedom of manly independence he
should behold the 'haryest locked in
golden sunshine"
He wrote OF truck farming in Georgia,
and to-day she supplies northern
market.
He wrote OF orange growing in
Florida, and wonderful developments
| have followed.
He wrote OF Birmingham's prospects,
and to-day she sells iron through Pitts
burg into New York.
He wrote Of cotton factories in Geor-
gia, and now large part Of her crop
is manufactured at home. He spoke of
how Atlanta that Sherman made des-
olate with his TORCH might rise from
her slumber, and now she is the peer
Of the proudest.
He set on foot and carried out the
Piedmont exposition, grand in concep-
tion and execution
He aided to develop the marble in
dustry OF Georgia, and to-day Pickens
county has the largest cuttings in the
world
While to Grady cannot be attributed
all this still his life was instrumental
in its execution.
He viewed with alarm the encroach-
mems OF foreign capital on the Ameri-
can homestead in the way Of mortgages
He pointed out that where states are
mortgaged TO the amount OF SlOO, 100000
or 500, 100000 and the interest on
these vast sums goes east each year u
be re-lOaned serious condition
cOnironts the American lands.
ireland has already found the result
Of subjugation 10 foreign land lords,
and Grady counseled his people to sim
| plify their habits, to lessen eXpendi-
lures below their incomes, and, by
simple lives Of frugality and industry,
10 make the homes seli-supporting aud
free.
He pointed out to his people the dan
gerous tendency to be found in the
fact Of the overgrowth OF the city, and
the consequent depression OF the coun'
try; that in 1910, one-twelfth oil the
people lived in the cities OF over 5000
In 1850, one-eighth; in 1860, one-siXthi
in 1870, one-ffth; in 1850 one-fourth.
Since the war the towns have Increased
500 900, 900 and the country decreased
$4,000, 900. His conclusions were, that
more people should stay on the farm.
And so, touching every phase OF the
| industrial life OF Georgia, he advanced
along the lines of progress, blazing out
the way and making clear the path
down which his state and section shall
travel toward that splendid future OF
! fullest triumph and ultimate glory
which 1t is her destiny to reach. He
| viewed the future when every strain
shall be vocal with whirring spindlesi
| the mountain sides showering down
| the music'of the bells as the slow NOV
ing herds go forth from their fold, the
valleys tranquil In the gold OF harvest"
when uprightness shall be in every
heart. and eternal justice shall rule
supreme-life, love and liberty every
where.
acy.
Boston audience that IL would be well
II the North could be brought TO know
that the negro can never rule in the
| south The white people, bearing
nine-tenths OF the burdens OF taxation,
Welcome the negro TO fifty per cent OF
the school fund. The courts are lenient
In the administration OF justice. The
humanity Of his white neighbor Is
ranidIy reducing crimes TO misdemean-
oyl More tolerance is given his
wrongs than those Of the white brother.
| PolitIcally. he Is his equal; numeri-
caIlv. he is his eQuas but morally,
socially, intellectually, he is not.
The Lord God Almighty stamped on
the brow and in the heartoi the Anglo