Year: 1873

prosperity n0ur16leS most. 1ueIe, lne


great body of the people, though intel
ligent and always evincing an interest in
politics. do not neglect business nor
attempt to make business of politics


and live by that alone. Now this is just


what the people have been advised to do
here. They have been advised not to


give up all their time to poll
tics, but to devote the most of
it to business: to the cultivation Of the
soil, the mechanic arts, manufactures,
commerce, etc. The people here possess


many advantages over the people of the
New England States and the States of the
North and West These advantages con-
sist chiefly in climate, soil and the tim


Der, ETC.. that may be gathered for manu-
featuring purposes from our bottom lands.
In the first place We have no severe cold
weather, and our farmers are exempted
from the disadvantages experienced from


cold weather in other sections of our


country They have to make very little


provision for stock through the winter.
which is both mild and short, and the cli-
mate enables them to raise two crops Of
many articles during the same season if
they are SO inclined. Then. again. the
soil is very productive and, il most cases.
easy to cultivate. The worst Of our lands


will compare favorably with the best soil


of New England, where the farmer has
often to contend with rock and snow in


making it ready for seed, and has but


short season for planting, cultivating and


harvesting He has also to provide for
stock through long and trying winter.


Yet all Of these disadvantages have
been overcome by the good man
agement, industry and perseverance Of
the New England farmers who are re-
nowned for their home comforts. wealth
and happiness. The products Of their
labor. added to the products Of the large
manufacturing interest that has been
made to grow up in New England through
the enterprise of her citizens. have helped
to build up towns and cities there that for
neatness, elegance and business are per-
feet models The civilization Of the New
England States, formed and enforced by
her working classes, is in advance OF
the civilization of most of the other States
of the American Union: and Boston,
the chief city Of that section of our coun-
try. is not only famous for its wealth and
business; it is acknowledged to be the seat
of learning and refinement in this country.
and as such. has been denominated the
Athens of America. And while the peo-
pie of New England have attended to
business. and made superior civilization
for themselves. they have also progressed
steadily in politics. The science Of gov
ernment is better understood and prac-
ticed there than in almost any other sec


ton of the United States. In fact, New
England has furnished the mos: Of the
statesmen who have figured in the West
ern States as they have been added to the
Union. and in the early days of the war
for independence her sons took most
prominent part in forming the govern
meet Of the new republic. and shaping
the politics Of the people. And up to this
day the people of New England exert
powerful and beneficial influence in the
politics of the country. This has been
acquired by their industry and attention
to business. which has given them wealth
and influence.


Now, we desire to impress this fact
upon the minds of the people Of Louis
lana. If they would succeed in making
their State powerful in the politics of the
country. they have got to do it by indus
try and attention to business--no: by
wrangling in poverty and incidence. so
far as real business is concerned. hoping
to make business by getting possession Of
the government. When individual exer-
ton has placed the majority of our people
in truly independent position. then our
State will be in a fourishing condition,
and people from abroad will begin to look
upon it as a paradise and seek refuge
here. Then the burdens of taxation will
scarcely be felt. and the government will
have no trouble in collecting the reve-
nues imposed to pay its current
expenses and make such improve
ments as wise policy may determine.
But the people who are here and are in
terested in the welfare of the State because
they are the owners of its lands, have got
to learn that under republican form of
government. that does not entitle them to
rule. nor does it exempt them from work
or taxation. II they are not prosperous
it is their own fault. with very few excep-
tions: and what is their fault becomes the
misfortune Of the government. Ourpeop!:
must look to business instead Of politics
to make them prosperous and happy and
the State wealthy and powerful.