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TEXAS STATE LIDR,\RY
No. 1610. MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. LA~IAil
[Fragment] [Austin, Texas, 183!) ?'I Action is the soul of a. nation; and it is what Texas wants in her public economy ancl the production of wealth. Industry is the prin- ciple on whicli prosperous nations have founded their success. It is a forced and forcing principle and can only be seen when the springs of national resourse are touched and that industry awake<l and ap- plied. The prairies of Texas which coYer so wide a surface embosom the standard• staples and conunodities of trade an<l are susceptible of the first crop without expense of clE!aring. They are m1irnpr0\·ed Her furs are unapplied her mines undeveloped her rafts unremoved, her sites . . . [ illegible l from the Sea, her harbour m1channeled arnl unimproved her canals and rail ways unessayed and emigration neglected not a statute has passed to arrouse those latent energies or gi\'e in- dustry to the nation. Until this be done Texas may despair of pros- perity. We are in a world of means intended for the exertion of nations and men. Unless those means are sought for mid applied we loose their high and genial effects a11d torpidity ensues. Those means are as various as the springs 1111d nutriments of life. By association they are generally produced and on an high or extensi,:e scale in no other way. For by this we concentrate in one point the respective talents aucl resourses of men. Capital as it represents value so it is the germ of e,·ery thing connected with that practical and well applied industry which speaks the seeds and -gathers the avails of effort and enterprise. 1n America. it i::: hard to invoke capital from individuals for puulic concerns. For such i!;, the . f illegible·! and sinuous use of the circulating medium by individuals and priYate incorpora- tio11s, and so high the consequent proffits that it cannot be diverted from 1-pecial channels for general purposes. He11ce the L'nited States has had to resort to the capital of those forei~n countries whose indu;.:try has long been :::ystematised and consoliclatecl and who are therefore ronte11t with more reg-ular and reduced arnils or diYide11ds. E11.!!'la11cl i;: at present our most beneficial resort. Because from the similarit~· of orig-in ancl language and the causes just enumerated an intirour;.:e with her on those subjects is more ample and profitable. Some of her capitalist have shewn a disposition to cooperate with one of our citizens and to connect their operations with his ln11cls or claims on this republic· ,rncl which he is willing to arrange with this republic on :a:ueh <'qnitahle terms as may he deemed just, and I have rcncl rlocu- Jll<'llts 1111<1 lwarcl fac-t::: whieh l<'ad to the satisl'aetory . . . f illcgihle l that it i:-: fully in hi:c: power to arTomplish for Texas the most important and efficient ach-antages connected with her wealth and incluf-tr_y and other ohjeds still more nearly co1111ect us with our present 11eecls [ ?] The propc,,-ition i;.: to pn,:s a law ronnec-tecl with those lm1ds and claims ::o c,qnitnl,ly a<ljusted as to empower him and his _ar-:soeia~·e;; to mnke ancl c·nnelucl<' c:ontrads of an,· ki11cl with this rep11hlic or with any !!OV- <'rllment with lra,·e f ?l of .thi::: rrpublic·. or with any c:orporntion or p<'r::nn or pcr,-011:: of th«> r1,p11l1lic: for the . . . II" ha,: al,:,, 11\· cloc·nnwnts ,-nh1111ttc,l to me 1ll Im, pow<'r to ofln . to thi:-: rl'Jmhlic· 1i relN1,-1• or quit c·lnim of fl!~ irnmc11sr ~1uantity of rm~- trac·tt•tl f ?l lnml,; withi11 Olli' territory which he proffers as an add1-
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