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REPORT
flMe Committee on Federal Hehitums
Mailt to the House of 1'iprrnrntth
tiers of the State of Texas on the
jimeiiaments proposed tit the Joint
Resolution of Comjress as Artiele
A' I T. to the Constitution of the L'ni-
d il States.
Mr. Smith of Harris made tlio
following report from Cuintiiiltco on
Federal Relations :
Ctl.M.MITTKK Room )
October 111 181.0 J
lion. X. 31. R-trford Speaker of the
Jfouxe of Jtrpresentqth'e :
Sin: Tlio L'oinmittoo on Fodrnil
Kuln'ioiiH to whirli wuh rcforrod tlio
l oinniuiiicntiun of tlio Hon. Win. Jl.
Si'Wnrd Socretnrv. of .Stnto for tlio
I'nitoil States to hid Excellency tlio
(lovernor of tlio Stnto of Texas
dated Juno 10 1800 covering a res
olution of Coneress proposing to
tlio Legislatures of tlio several
Stuteri 11 fourteenth nrticlo to tlio
Constitution of tlio United States
liavo tlio honor to report as follows ;
The Amendment to tlio Constitu-
tion proposed by this Joint Resolu-
tion as Article XIV is presented to
the Lecislnturo of Texas for its ac
tion thereon under Articlo V. of
that Constitution. This Articlo V.
providing tlio niodo of making
amendments to that instrument
eontoniplates tlio participation by
all the States through their repre-
sentatives in Congress in proposing
amendments. As representatives
from nearly ono-tliird of tlio States
woro excluded from tlio Congress
proposing the amendments the con-
stitutional requirement was not
complied with; it was violated in
letter and in spirit; and tho propos-
ing of theso amendments to States
which woro excluded from all par-
ticipation in their initiation in Con-
gross is a nullity
Your Committo might rest the
whole matter here but they will
not propose the rejection of tho
amendments on tho denial of tho
right to participate in originating
them but will consider tlio sub-
stance of tlio amendments submited.
Tho first section proposes to do-
privo tho States of tho right which
they havo possessed sinco tho revo-
lution of 177G to determine what
shall constitute citizenship of n
Stale and to transfer that right to
tho Federal Government. Its ob-
ject is provided the section shall
bceomo a part of tho Constitution
under the color of a generality to
decluro negroes to bo citizens of the
United Stales and therefore citi-
zens of tho several Slates and r.s
such entitled to all "the privileges
and immunities" of white citizens;
in those privileges would bo cm-
braced tho exercise of suffrage at
tho polls participation injury duty
in all cases bearing arms in tho
militia and other matters which
need not bo here enumerated. It is
unnecessary fo appeal to tho fact
that in most of tho original 1'reo
States negroes have been by hfw
and in all of them by immemorial
usage excluded from theso "privi-
leges and immunities" now sought
to be forced on the Southern States
to show that tho amendment pro-
posed in this section contemplates
and intends a violation not only of
iuskice but of the common instincts
J ' . T .1 . f
01 our nature in 1110 opinion 01
your Coinmitteo it is not desirable
it is not fitting it is not'domanded
by the smallest show of right that
the broad comprehensive principles
which havo pervaded tho Constitu-
tion of the united States since its
adoption jnoro than threefourths of
a century sinco should bo abandon-
ed sacrificed and become a. bur-
lesquo to gratify the vanity the
malico tho fanaticism of rivals and
imitators of Anaeharis Klootz.
There is scarcely any limit lo tho
power sought to be transferred by
t his section from the States to tho
United States. Congress iight;
elee'laro almost any right or fran-
chise whatever to bo the privilege
or immunity of a citizen of tho
United States and it would immedi-
ately attach to every citizen of ev-
ery State whether white man or
descendant of Africa. Tocstimato
tho comprehensive scopo of tho
power herein sought foij Congress
thut body might declare miscegena-
tion a 'privilege or immunity.'
r" The second section is in some do-
grco tho counterpart and comple-
ment of the first in its. object to
force negro sufi'rago on tho South-
ern Slates. As punishment for
refusing suffrago to the negro it
proposes to deprive theso States of
their rightlul share in the Electoral
Colleges and in the Representation
in Congress. To appreciate tho
full scopo of this second section it
must bo considered in connection
with tho third Section which is a
sweeping disfranchisement of the
white inhabitants of the Southern
States. The two sections together
appear in the light of a aefarious
conspiriaey to transfer so far as
crafty and iniquitous legislation can
effect tho objct the government
the civilization of these States from
tho white race to negroes. Yonr
Committee will not characterize as
it deserves the pretence that this
section has bocn dictated by spir-
it of justice towards negroes ; for a
majority of tho States proposing
these amendments to the Constitu-
tion have from the foundation of
the government to the prosent time
in their State Coestitations denied
to the free negroes among them the
identical franchise now ouglit to
be wrested fromtbe Southern States.
This injustice i more palpable from
the fact thai the free ngrocs are a
most iDOOnsidersble element of their
population while their numbers
m if lheoe ameiJments shall
j be ad'-ptcd and become the liw of j
'the ln J. would profoundly modify
not destroy cur politic! nd even
ir soual in-titatnD. tr.tl '
this wrong it is now proponed to
change tho hiiiH of representation
of tho States in Congress and in the
Klcctornl College which was entul)-
lUlied by the (Valuers of the Con-
stitution mid acquiesced in. without
a murmur to tho present time and
in such manner as to deprive. tho
South of a portion of their just rep.
rcsciitntioit im now guaranteed 111
the Constitution and to givo to the
North a stil nioro overwhelming
preponderance in the Xulionul
Councils than they already possess.
Tho third section is designed to
effect ndislVanehisenieiit of the white
inhabitants of these States. Its
provision is so sweeping as to em-
tirueo every individual in the. Stato
who may at any timo of his life'
either in Texas or any other State
havo taken an oath to support the
Constitution of tho United Stales
and who shall also have engaged in
tho Into war or given aid and com-
fort to persons engaged. It embra-
ces all persons holding civil ortlces
however inconsiderable ; all soldiers
whether volunteers or conscripts;
every person who may liavo given
n blanket or even n meal of vict-
uals to u Confederate soldier. The
very charities of life aro mado a
crime by this joint resolution. It is
id!o to attempt to draw any distinc-
tion between the practical effects of
a denial of tlio right to vole and
that of holding oflico. Under tho
sweeping exclusion whom would
vou have to voto for? It establish
es what might by a perversion of
terms bo called an aristocracy ; out
it would bo an aristocracy tho most
hideous and revolting ever imagin-
ed ; it would ho an aristocracy foun-
ded on ' baseness and incapacity.
Under tho swoeiiinir provisions of
this Articlo there would bo a com-
paratively small number eligible to
ofliccs of trust and honor except
thoso who from want of virtue and
want of capacity havo never been
deemed worthy of their fellow-citizens
to lill even tho humblest pub-
lic oflico. This third section if it
shall become a part of tho organic
law will bo nothing less than jdio
disfranchisement of tho citizens of
this Stato ; it proposes to stigma-
tizo and degrade all that is most
elovated and most worthy audit
coolly asks us to bo tho execution-
ers tho -instruments of the degra-
dation of our own people. Few
men among us may caro to hold of-
fico but no one with tho spirit of
his fathors in him will willingly
submit to bo hold up as unworthy
and least of all will ho bo tho tool
una i-.leM-l -uillj mo inininj-
sought to bo inflicted on us. Tho
right of Representation has ever
been deemed an inestimable inheri-
tance ; but it would bo weak as well
as wicked to barter our birthright
for tho empty shadow of represen-
tation offered in theso amendments.
The fourth section is sufliciently
provided for by tho action of the
late Convention of this State.
The firth section is tho fitting
completion of tho legislation pro-
posed' in tho preceding sections.
Adopt this section invest Congress
with this hitherto unthought-of con-
trol over Stato legislation over
Stalo courts over all State action
and you lay your Stato and its citi-
zens without tho shadow scarcely of
protection at tho foot of any major-
ity of Congress which may rulo the
hour however vindictive or malig-
nant that majority may be. This
Legislature docs not need to be ad-
monished what evil and unrelenting
passions may sway majorities ; our
own history" the history of tho
world is full of theso examples."
You are herein called on to shear
the last lock of 3'onr strength ; to
throw away tho armorwhicli is yot
furnished 3-ou jn the Constitution of
tho United Statos. Lot theso pro-
posed amendments with this scc-
tiop bo engrafted in the Constitu-
tion audit is a virtual repeal of
that Article whick declares "The
powers uot delegated.! AVo United
States by the Constitution n'oY pro-
hibited by it to tho States aro re-
served to" the States respectivelyor
to tho people." . As the first sections
embrace every thing touching citi-
zenship what right what franchise
can the citizens possess that may
not be disposed of destroyed abro-
gated under this "appropriate legis-
lation ?" To so abuso power would
indeod bemonstrous ; but your
Committee aro not permitted to ig-
nore tho threats solemnly mado and
often repeated by the acknowledg-
ed) leader of the IIouso of Repre-
sentatives and of the Radical abo-
lition party. If there be any ono
who in weariness of soul would
vield over this fatal and irrecovera-
ble power in exchange for a shad-
owy an unsubstantial and curtailed
representation in Congress 'e ad-
jure him in behalf of tho freedom
and honor of his fellow-citizens to
pauso.
We
have been warned by tho
Radical Tress of tho .North; we
have bocn warned by Wtters writ-
ten by gentlemen who are avowed
members of the Judical party to
hide from the threatened wrath of
the Radical party !n Congress by
ratifying those amendments to the
Constitution. Mr. Thaddeus Ste-
vens " the leader of that party in
Congress in his place in tho House
of licwcsentatives and more re-
ccntly in. bis s)(eetu at iouiora nas j
proclaimed whst the punishment j
shall be which is in store for our i
contumacy. Radical gentlemen j
have in thir Iutter.4 tiM us of th
conaeqacni. Conspicuous among :
the consequences are sbrogation nt
our State JoTemmeiit ; the rera- j
UiB of luartial law with a nuhtary
GoviTor; the
noiiCsition of
tl.e ;
the
laltmce ofosr-proj
erantin? of frU!d
l.roncTtr.
bnest to !
negroes c-r. ht panr.-i .iu - Lt-rr-m
tier lsq L-ctn u- u ... a..-
DALLAS DALLAS COUNTY TEXAS NOVEMBER 3
nieiil of the President ; thn abroga-
tion of all pardon gninti"! by au-
thority of the President ami trials
for treason before military commis-
sions which may ciimio on such ab-
rogation; tho (.weeping disfran-
chisement of our people and the
nussairo bv Contrives of an Knabliiig
I Act lo authori.e certain classes
! which means the black race and a
fraction of our own people to create
I tt lieW Stato (!ovel'liiieiit mi the
ruins of our esisting Constitution
1 and with such new Stato IJovurn-
j inent for Texas to re-enter the A-
merienn Union! Theso are threats
not mado by implication' but in ex-
j press terms under which your com-
ntitleo havo considered the nnioiid-
I incuts referred to them ; and they
j are stated at some length by your
conimittco that tho Jlnuso may
1 know that wo are not unmindful of
the solemn circumstances under
which wo aro acting. Our own ex-
perience tho history of human pas-
sion do not permit us to consider
theso threats as unmeaning ; tho
Northern press foreshadows the suc-
cess of the Radicals; tho telegraphic
wires aro ulready heralding their
success in the first Northern clec-
tions.
Jn determining tho action which
your committee shall herein recom
menn touching tho proposed amend-
ments they have not been guided by
considerations of momentary expe
diency; they huso their action on
principle. lint as it has been iusidu-
ously intimated both by a certain
portion of tho Northern press and
in tho letters of membors of tho rad-
ical party just alluded to that tho
adoption of theso amendments won VI
save for us our Stato government
your conimittco will simply remark
thut no pledge has been given no
party is authorized to niako such
pledgo ; that your Stato government
so preserved and at tho cost of prin-
ciple would not bo worth tho hav-
ing. 11 tho proposed amendments to the
Constitution shall bo ratified by a
sullicient number of Stales to beconio
a portion of the organic law of tho
country notwithstanding our refu-
sal to ratify them we shall then
yield to them full obedience as a hiw-
abiding people. If wo reject them
we can appeal from the passions en-
gendered by tho Into civil war to
tho senso of justice to tlio lovo of
right to tho principles ot tree rep-
resentative government which wo
believe aro deeply and firmly im-
planted in the hearts of tho Ameri-
can people ; wo will "appeal from
Philip ilcmilr to Philip sober." Hut
if with wiliingnnd ignominious sub-
mission if in very poverty of manly
spirit; if in delusive hopoof momen-
tary case wo sacrifice tho inestima-
bleinheritanco of American citizen-
ship and declare' all who havo been
most honored and esteemed among
us to bo unworthy and infamous wo
shall incur the contempt or at best
but the sneering pity of our enemies
who would humiliate and disfran-
chise us ; we shall take tho first fa-
tal step in that rapid career of abaso-
ment of spirit so often witnessed in
tho history of peoples that abaso-
ment of spirit which developed tho
cunning Creek of tho middlo ages
out of tho conqueror of .Marathon
and which engendered tho Italian
of tho dark ages out of tho Roman
onco the mighty master of the
world. Nor have your Committee
on tho most careful and unimpas-
sioncd review of the circumstances
surrounding us found tho leas; rea-
son to hopo that any improper c.m-
coboiuu on our part that ixny humil-
iation or abasement however am-
nio or however abject would obtain
for us tho abatement of 0110 jot or
ono tittle from tho malignant pur-
poses of our enemies. Nav such
course on our part would stimulate
them Yather. ' d
On tho other hand if we reject
these amendments ifwoj f iiov.-fl-liugly
to transfer our Since tjuvei 11-
nient and our Representarive rirht.-
iu the Electoral Colleges r.r.d iu Con-
gress from the great master race of
theTness constituting the Cancaiun
family of lmt'ons to "Africans and
the descendants--of Africans ;"' if
amid tho ruins of ouf"jwpertywe - son Jones of Titus Kendall King
stand unduuntcd unappalled by the Kyle Lewtef Land McKee Merri-
dangers which gird us and refuse ninn Moncuro Munson Phelps
wiliinsrly to sacrafiee lor an -mipty.
shadow delusively promising pres-
ent quiet tho right 1 of the Stale
whoso roproaeiitativts we ure tho
priceless rights of American citizen-
ship rights declared in the Consti-
tution itself to bo inalienable wo
shall preserve our national spirit as
nn integral portion of the American
people we shull retain our own self
respect we shall command tho re-
spect of the civilized world and
ef our enemies ; we thull .have the
honorable sympathies of tho great
masses and of tho good men of the
Northern Stales ; and when the
passions of the day arc p.ist they
will do us justice and thank us for
tho stand wo here make. Coward-
ice baseness of spiri- never wins ;
justico is often tardy but eventual-
ly triumphs; tho people of other
States will eventually say of inoeh
abnsed Texas her pcoplcsrc worthy.
' Your Committee are then of opin-
ion that submitting to our situation
in good faith having frankly yield-
ed up the issues decided in the kite
war with a full purpose to 3-ield an
honest obedience to the laws tow
in l'iree and to thoe w lith. lusy
hereafter be established l&wevcr
distasteful to OS Teiving 01 the
AT-nn.nT int l.f Ol. iml TT. f- t
i . i j . f..-. :
ican people it Tor bonnJtn de.tytU- Amtri(M Mat. IJen-
to nject tr.e AmTNuJcnt to
tounitBt en f.f tne t ri.u-d fc.afccs
rrof-e.l9SAiK;(eAi.iatt.eJiel;llirf.; rfr;r t Lima and Santi
Insolation -of Cot.ct.s ; ai i thfy I v H.m-tin.il M i. nn -
hsre accord inr'y reported
tbe fol
lowmc Ili-fti . r.t.n :
. JOIM lE.srLLTlO.
The II-.-t'Ci''rf. the -St .TCUirr
Slate of the United Male s. in u com-
munication dated June Kill lsiili
to his Kxecllency the (ioecrnor of
I tlio Stnto of Texas having submit-
ted to tlio Legislature ot Ti Mis the
following Article proposed by a
I .luint I.Ysrilnliini 11I' I In t ' ri...
ill. i .:...! s:ii..i ........ 1
lo the Const iiiitiiiji (f the 1'uitcd
Slates to-wit:
I .UtTld.i: mv.
; Siki'ion 1. All persons born or
liaturili.eil in the United Stales
and subject to the jtirNilictiun
J ' II I lllll II lllllllt III 1
therctf are citizens of tlio United
States and of the States wherein
( they r.'side. No Stato shall make
or enfjreo any law which shall
1 abridge tho privileges or immuni-
ties of citizens of tho United Slates;
! nor shall any Stato 'deprive any
I person of life liberty or property
j without duo process of law nor de-
j ny to any person within its juris-
diction tlio equal protection of its
laws." .
Skc. 2. Representation shall be
I iipporlioiiedainongtheseveral States
t vxcluding Indians not taxed. Hut
I when the right to voto at. anv dec-
J tiou for tho choico of F.lcclors for
j President and Vice-President of the
I United States. Representatives in
j Congress tho Executive and Judic
ml oflicers ot a Mate or the mem
bers of tho Legislature .thereof is
denied to tho malo inhabitants of
such Stato being twenty-ono years
of ago and citizens ot tho United
Slates or in any way abridged cx-
copt for participation in rebellion or
other crime the basis of representa-
tion therein shall bo reduced in pro-
portion which the members of such
malo citizens shall bear to tho whole
number of malo citizens shall bear
to tho whole number of malo citi-
zens twenty-ono years of age in
such Stato.
Sec. 3. No person shall bo a Sen-
ator or Representative in Congress
or Klector of President and 'Vice-
President or hold any office civil
or military under tho "United Stales
or under any Stato who having
previously taken. an oath as a mem-
ber of Congress or ns an ofliccr of
the United states or as a member
ot any Stato Legislature- or as any
executive or judicial ollicer of any
State to support the Constitution of
tho United States shall have en-
gaged in insurrection or rebellion
against the same or given aid and
comfort to tho enemies thereof. Hut
Congress may by a voto of two-
thirds of each IIouso remove such
disability.
Sec. 4. Tho validity of tho pub-
lic debt pf the United States author-
ized by law including debts incur-
red for payment df pensions and
bounties for services in suppressing
insurrection or rebellion shall not
bo questioned. Hut neither tlio
United States nor any State shall
assume or pay any debt or obliga-
tion incurred in aid. of insurrection
or rebellion against tho United
States or any claim for tho loss or
emancipation of any slave ; but all
such debts obligations and claims
shall beheld illegal and void.
Seo. 5. Tho Congress shall havo
power to enforce by appropriate
legislation tho provisions of this
articlo. '
lie it Resolved That tho Legisla-
ture of the Stato of Texas do not
ratify thoAinendnientto the Consti-
tution of the United-States proposed
ns Articlo XIV. in tho Joint Reso-
lution of tho Congress of tho Unit-
ed States. "
Ashbf.l Smith Chairman.
P. M. Snmr
N Thom s cf Fayettp
It. II. Bellamy y
J. J. Moncuiib.
. U. W. PIAMOXD
E. CttAMnEKsT
Yi ni and nays ordered stood :
Yt.as Messrs'. Speaker Ander?
son Armstrong Atkinson Baker
Bnrnioro iUiyctt. He.iuchamp Bel
.- Ttlom( Hnnnm-lT7iiv' itra.
i'.v. Cocl.'ran of Latins Daniel Dam
.. . 1 : 1 tv tr"s
nil) Djishiell Davis Doom Dunn
I'uriiDd Durst Estis Foster Car-n-tt
f Garcia (Jiddings Gaston
' i lucock Glnsco Gurley Tlolford
Jhllonquist llnuksf Hancock llar-
m'au. Ilendlev. Hooks. Hume. Jack-
Koevcs Iticliardson bhaw bhort
Simonds Smith of Harris Smilh of
Houston Stroud Tate Thomas of
Fiyette Thompson Thurmond
Trowell Tytis Weaver Wheelock
Whitsett Whitton Wiley Worsham
TO.
Nays Messrs. Black Chavis
Ivnralon .Mnrebison and Tegencr
5.
NearTomah Wis a terrible en-
counter between an Indian nnd a
bear took plnee recently. . Both the
combatants were fonn f in the silent
embrace of death and . there is
probably no living witness to utter
a description of the horrible scene.
Tho bear had been shot in fomc vi-
tal part by the Indian; nnd the lat-
ter when found hud his skull crush-
ed as if by powerful blow.
Whereevet he goes tho Radicals
givo Butler a "stirring' reception.
Of course sjioons are iu demand on
all '-stirring'' occasions.- - r
Accordiiii; to the Spanish Corrcs-
pu'ndt v' O ot The Londoo Morning
Post th Spaiiish Government has
aci-cT.led the rood scrfiee of Frsnce
t 1rrr!. w-itti roird to tho dif- 1
. . . '.. . f 1
t. oil ics Ix W ten ripa.-u ami Foinc 01
tieal iiiMrnci iemn are said to have
.nj 0 thnfrewh ard Enclish
i -"-
arrvVerit between
jeMr'' -'
18C0.
Mict'p.
I'Atruct from ' a Preliminary Re.
port of the Texas Geological Sur-
vey" by Sll. Muck ley.
The number of sheep iii 1 Son as
being in Texas was Tb.'I.OlS. Ohio
. I
id the most sheep hi l.-lill ll.llll:!-
f-'7 which is however less (hall the
amount she had in l."il. The to-
t.d number of sheep in the Ullitei
I States as reported in 1 Slit) was 22
i.i-i.'.'. .-Mime came Keepers are
unfriendly to sheep thinking the'
cat the grass so close as to Kill it
I his iiiay bo so when tlio laud is
overstocked with them not other
wise according to tho testimony of
wool growers which also agrees
with our observations in thoso sec
tions where sheep are kept. Mr.
Kendall who is one of tho largest
and most successful wool growers in
i no Mate mis ono hundred or more
acres in fence from which ho cuts
somo hay after which tho grass on
the mown land attains a good growth
for winter liasturugo. Within this
enclosuro shelters aro also provided.
This is tho sheep hospital whero
tho lame poor weakly sheep aro
placed as soon as they show signs
of want of vigor. Tho result is
that ho rarely loses a sheep out of
many thousands lie told us in
tho winter of 18110 that tho precod-
in2 3'ear ho had lost less than ten
out of more than fivo thousand.
Sheep need a littlo extra caro even
in Texas during cold storms and
northers. A thick growth of timber
especially cedar allords a good
shelter from the cold winds.
Beginners should tuko especial
pains to obtain hardy healthy sheep
and select a locality on which thero
is either a never-failing spring or
stream of water in grassy plains
bordered by woodland. Ihey should
nlso look along the borders ofstrcanis
and in tho valleys for tho burwocds
CXanthiuni) and other weeds whoso
burs when in tho tleoccs injure its
sale. As tho Texas wool grower is
not subjected to tho cxpenso of
building costly shelters or tho pro-
viding of hay and feed for his flocks
during six or moro months of tho
year ho can well afford to eradicate
from his lands thoso woods which
injuro his wool. Let all such bo
cut down or pulled up when in
bloom much of which can bo dono
by tho shepherd whilo ho is with
tho flock. It will not pay to send
dirt and burs in wool to Now York.
Better pay less freight on a less
quantity of clean wool and obtain a
higher price. In tho Now York
market June Cth 1800 Texas wool
is quoted at nm lo to 20 cents
currency per pound whilo tho
Northern coarso wools aro soiling at
from 45 to 50 cents and choico lots
from full blood mcrinoes at from CO
to' 05 cents and choico lots from
Ohio and Pennsylvania from 70 to
72 cen.ts. Why is thero this great
difference between tho price of Tex-
as wool and Northern wool? It is
simply in the condition of tho fleece
and it is for tho interest of all our
wool growers to apply tho proper
remedies as soon as possible We
are glad to seo that many of our
largo wool growers aro awakelothe
importance of tho subject and dis-
cussing tho matter in our public
journals. Tho country has long
been humbugged especially at the
North moro than in Texas I13' heavy
shearing greasy merino sheep. To
illustrate which wo quoto from
notes of tho Country Gentleman
on tho Rochester (New York) sheep
show which took placo recently
nnd where there was the largest
display of merino sheep ever held
in tho country :
. '.'Whj" sir there arc single sheep
on tho ground worth 810000. This
can by easily shown. Hero isa buck
ihat sheared 20 pounds .ounces of
wool and he is by no moans the
Lest slice) on tho grounds as ho did
not iret tho nrlzo. Now' sir your
- 1.. . d.i .inn
sheep that averaged lusty.r only 1
0 pounds of wool. Suppose by pm-
chasing such a ram ho eould bring
up the ftverago to 15 pounds how
much would such a ram bo worth to
him? ' His present flock probably
costs him the increase nnd three
pounds of wool to pay expenses
lenving only two pounds of wool as
profit. But if it wnS 15 pounds nnd
the expenses were the same as bo-
fore the profits would bo 12 pounds
of wool or just six time. as great as
at present. 1 can keep 500 sheep
on my farm and tho profits ns we
havo estimated would bo 1000
pounds of wool in the ono case and
00(10 pounds in the other; or reck-
oning wool at 50 cents a pound the
profits with my present flock would
be ?500 and with the 'improved
American mcrinoes' it would be
8.1000. But this is not all I could
rear rams of my own that wonhl bo
worth thousands and tens of thou-
sands of dollars and I should soon
bo a rich man. Hadn't I better
tnortsnffC my farm nnd buy a rani ?
Full of this "idea I go to a monej-cd
man who happens to bo a woolen
manufacturer nnd ask him to loan
me f 10000 on real estate scenritj-
telling him I want it at once to buy
a sheep and that I must be in a hur-
ry before they are all bld ! These
capitalists are a provoking class of
men. Instead of letting me have
the money at oncd and thus enabl
ing me to make my fortune he
commricod a tirade againt the
sbetp 'These sheep' said he 'will
IU U
the wool growing imei-ei o.
this conntry. Too say 3 ou saw one
of the fleeces that weighed JIG pounds
9 ounces. Tlotr :ta"y -nol d'ou
epjioso there is in '
was vrrv
VOL. XIV XO.
Oh yes I have heard nf'C.iniwull
finish' ami I presume there have
been cusiiij where tho sheep have
been smeared with graso to niako
tho wool heavier but 1 am satisfied
.Mr. Blank is an honest man."
"Well perhaps so but ho has got
thn grease there nevertheless Ho
may not havo smeared tho sheep
bill 1 tell you what ho has done.
Ho has bred his sheen iu such a
wiry that they secreto large quanti-
ties of yolk or greaso iu tho wool.
Ho is careful not to let even the
dew get on them lest it should wash
out a littlo of it. It is all iu the
wool nnd J will.guaranteo that thu
floeeo which you saw weigh L'ri
pounds docs not contain over li
pounds of pure wool! You go and
nsk him how much scoured wool his ;
sheen shear?"
I did not seo Mr. Blank but meet- j
ing a well known Vermont brooder
he said ono of his rams lust year
Mieiii-eu .jj pounds. Jlo was euro-
fill not to say "of wool." "Ho
sheared 215 pounds.but how much
poor wool (lid ho shear?" "Thut
sir" ho replied "is a question wo
never answer." A friend however
told mo that that very lleoeo was
scoured and cleansed only 3A pounds.
In othor words tho fleece contained
iU pounds of wool and 20 pounds
of worthless matter. After talking
this matter over with my friend I
concluded not to mortgage my farm.
Ho says this 20 pounds of greaso is
not only worthless but that it costs
n good deal to prod uco it and that
ho would rather havo tho greaso on
tho kidneys. Is this true? Have
theso breeders of improved Ameri-
can mcrinoes devoted their timo in-
tolligonco and skill to obtain a class
of shoep that secreto fat among tho
wool rather than in tho enrenss? Is
this tho improvement? They sny
tho wool is not remarkable fino pot
fino enough for inakinir tho best
cashmeres and that wo havo to im
port several millions of dollars eve-
ry year.
Mr. Clapp's "American merino"
cwo that took tho first prize at the
Canandaig uatrial last year for the
greatest quantity of scoured wool
in proportion to livo weight was
again sheared and gavo 10 pounds
li ounces of wool. Her woitrht after
removal of the fleece was 57 pounds.
Last year when two years old sho
weighed 49 pounds and sheared
985 pounds of wool. Last year
Mr. Gaztey's Cotswold weighing
991 pounds sheared 89 pounds of
wool. This year ho sheared one
weighing 100 i)ounds that gavo 10A
pounds of wool. Ho also sheared a
CSotowoM ram that -wciijliod 1:25
pounds and gavo 11 pounds 10
ounces of wool.
Las year at the Canaiidiagua N.
Y. trial the fourteen Merino sheep
sheared gavo 17(i:f His. of wool and
after cleansing 04.V lbs. or 30 per
cent of scoured wool. Th: Cotswold
fleece on tho other hand contained
82 per cent of scoured wool. In
other words 100 lbs. of Cotswold
fleece contains as much pure wool
as 227 lbs. of American Merino wool
and that from sheep selected for tho
trial."
The abovo is from the pen of ono
who has a flock of Merinos publish
ed in 0110 of tlio leading agricultural
papers of the country and its fuels
will uuablo the Texas wool grower
to value rightly thoso heavy shear-
ing Merino sheep some of which
will probably ere long bo brought
here for sale'. The writer in 1S0O
saw Merino sheep in somo Texas
flocks recently brought from a
Northern drove at from one hundred
to. three hundred dollars each which
would not bo valued at more than
five dollars a head -in their native
country. If we must give thero
high prices it woro better to give
them some well known wool grower
of onr own State. Recent improve
ments in machinery by which tho
manufacturer is' enabled to make
superior long wooled fabrics now-
much in vogue in the winter season
has increased the demand for and
tho prioo of loin;' -wool. In the
Boston market in 1865 Cot.wnld
wool during t'o season was about
ten cents a pound higher thi.'i
Michigan Merino. Tho demand for i
this kind of wool is now greater than j
tho home production.. At n meeting
of the leading wool buyers in Clove-1
land Ohio the last week in May I
tho following resolutions ycrc pus-!
scd :
Whereas The wool crop of Ohio
is fast increasing and willpr bably '
reach 30.000000 pounds the present
year and being one of tho most im-
portant and "profitable productions
of the State meiiUthe care fill in-
tention of buyers: and
WliKiiF.AS. In former years the
clip of our State hasranke I superior
to that of other States;' and
Wnr.RKAs For several years past
the wools of the Slate have lost their
high reputation in conscquenoo of
tho careless nnd dishonest manner
of working and hnndling-lliis is j
not intended to apply toall growers
as there are many honorable except-
ions thcrcforo
Resolved. That in view of the
mnnv inst causes of complaint from
manufacturers and dealers that onr
wool is greatly degeneratingin con
dition wcrecommend to theprowcrs .
. .1 .t 1 1 . K '
that tney inorongmy imz cim .-
their sheep tuh whine the lags
and keeping them sc -nte from the
flcceo; and not allow the i-hc-p
after washing to run more titan
from six to lndnvs Mo:Tl exr:?.r:
VjMcn." 'e wool r '
1
7.
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- a. i. ia 11 V .'a J...l v-1.!
in value. Miiniif.ielurcis will here-
iilb'r select only wool in good 'con.
1 dilion 11 nd will avoid greasy dirty '
I llei 'th. ) ' ; V V
Ji'eitolrrd That tho members (if V
this convention recuiimei'd ti all - '
dealers and liiiyuw that they neither'' -'
purchase ilicm.eU-es. nor allow t lieir. .
agents to purchase wool ect ptinij .
on the following condition: ' '
1. A deduction of one-half oil
nil 1111 washed buck fleeces.
2. A deduction of one-third on
all washed buck fleeces.
'! A deduction of one-third on
all oilier unwashed lleoeef.
4.. That all heavy unconditioned
and b-idly cot'ed or stullYd ilouecd
shall ho classed ns unwashed.
6. A deduction on all wool tied
with tm
twino.
unnecessary amount . of
li. The nwscction titidem law
for .'wind fur 'any attempt ..I'luisr
representor to deceive as to tho
inside condition of tho fleeces in
reference to tags' nipasuro dead
wool or any foreign substance. '
7. To pay tho outside limit of
tho market f" r all wool in good con- "
dition this being but a matter of
justico to thoso growers who put up
their vf.'l 1 onevtly.
Wo gi v p ice t. Uk'h' r -;o!ut'on
becauso they sh.nv how things nrd
dono or are required to be dene i!i
one of the leading wool States. T. t
there bo a union among our wool
growers and let them only send
thoir wool in good condition t-.i .
market and all such will roccivt il
creased prions while thoso who cbn'-
tinue 10 put up tlieirwoelina dirty
bad e hi dition will soon find littlo'1
or no sale for thoir fleeces. ' One
thing i-i very certain thoso last will
receive fur loss profits than tho.
forme.'.
'.Lot not nuy one suppose we in-
tend to disparage Merino sheep far
from it; wo only caution tho people
against buying at. high prices heavy
shonrors of that class ofsheep which
may be brought hero from tho
0 from tho ."
g in Texas M
y profitable
. or tha Cots- 1 k'
North.. Wool growing
may bo rendered ery
cither with tho Merino or tho Cots
wold o'.' other lotig-woolod sheep.
Tho area of t he Stnto is osti mated
at 175594500 nerc3 of which. " "
only 2758 '143 acres aro improved
according to'the census ol'le)" and
20480!)00 are reported in'addition
ns unimproved. We presumo this
includes all on which taxes were
then paid. It is probahlo that near
ly 100000000 acres of Texas lands
remain unsold most of which is in
tho western and northwestern p r
of the State and capable ofsnst-1 bv
ing many more sheep than are.
iu tho entire United Slates ; arti
predict that it will yet bo d6noV;'i"
if dono rightly Northern wool ..p.'. '
ers cannot compete with' as. As
ono acre of grass is sulficionl to keep
from throe lo livo shoep it will bo
s-en Hint oar estimate is not ovejr-w
drawn besides giving ample r$W.
for largo herds of cattle and U'.-'..V'
The following in relation tf
large number of tho passengers w.
sailed from New York in tho.7vVw'n
Stiir. recently foundered at sen will
the loss of nearly all on board-
reveals a picture in the world of
depraved life but. little lo thoeredit
of the country and the ag . Tho
people who number such exports in
liu ir annual traffic need scareoly
have troubled themselves uith hor-
rors about slavery and the slave -trade:
A Curso of Coiirlo.sms Embarked
for the Crescent Vliy.
;:... 11. x.i v. rk n.-i- 0-1. J
On Saturday tho steamship Ev-ti
vim Star sailed from this port for
New Orleans hearing hence eighty -m
'i pros limes. !f is a custom
among the matrons of the !a.-j;o as-
si'iuilioii ho.ises of Havana. New
Oiveuns.'nnd other .Southern fciticf
lit .the opening of the f.t'l season to
i.'-'t the. Nurthvt-n Slates and spoil''
a month or six wei l.s in seiectinr
tho most fascinating beauty that-may-be-
found in thelrol.'-. f prfiV
'.tuition in New Y01 k Boston and
I'hilad-.dphia. and tin si; they con-:
sign to theii' bagni'i ! 01 the South.
Several wv.i-kl.otvn keejK.ra of .
fashionable mansions of pollution '0
New Orleans arrived in this city
and at once commenced their search
for a supply of fresh victims'to fill
the places of thorn ( f whom they .
h..d been relieved bv removal' or
death. After weeks they sffoceuuod
in procuring tho number requisite
to lill their almost deserted harems;
and on this occasion tho number
who en. barked on board the Ezeniitj"
Stiir was as wo have already said
eightyeven some of them the most
accomplished handsomest and un-
scrupulous Jorettos to be found iu
the gilded brothels of'this vity. '
Kvcry available s.l.'.to .i Oo;n on tho
J.'reitii"! Str which could be pro-
cured had been engaged in advnneo
of the boor of sailing find into these
were packed two or thr-p girls to
each room. Sosr.dten had been thi
arrangement that paseiiger who
were bound to tho Ctvsr-cnt City on
business found thcmselve deprived
of the prdinary accommodations ty
this remarkable cargo cf the lost
Tho steamer was adveitisd to
sail at three o'clo. k precisely snd
long before that hoar' a succession
of hacks had d stharged tStit ia-
mttitu ( the r" and imnrrw
trunks bearing v
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