A Journey Through Texas, Or, A Saddle-trip on the Southwestern Frontier: With a Statistical AppendixDix, Edwards & Company, 1857 - Počet stran: 516 Excerpt from A Journey Through Texas; Or a Saddle-Trip on the South-Western Frontier: With a Statistical Appendix At the same time, I do not desire to engage in it, as I hardly need assure you, in a spirit at all inconsistent with a desirable friendship. Rather, in explaining the significance which, in my own mind, attaches to my narrative of facts, relative to the question upon which we have the misfortune to be divided in judgment, I shall hope 'to lessen. Instead of aggravating, the causes of our difference. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
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... whole income will be reinvested in field - hands . He plants cotton largely quite all that his laborers can cul- tivate properly . Generally , a certain force will cultivate more than it can pick , pack , and transport to public ...
... whole , be more economical ? That free labor , on the other hand , cannot be restrained ? That the climate of Texas demands African laborers , and that Africans are incapable of persistent labor , unless they are controlled , directed ...
... whole South against Northern men or Northern measures . This feeling , always carefully kept alive , and maintained at too intense a heat to admit dis- crimination or reflection , is a lever of great power in our political machine . It ...
... whole , a very agreeable one . The time is somewhat longer than by the more northern routes ; but the charming scenery and the greater quiet and comfort , amply repay the delay . THE OHIO VINEYARDS . Twenty miles above Cincinnati begin ...
... whole population . A ceaseless energy per- vades the city and gives its tone to everything . A profound hurry is the marked characteristic of the place . I found it diffi- cult to take any repose or calm refreshment , so magnetic is the ...