The Gonzales inquirer. [volume] (Gonzales, Tex.) 1853-current, 1853-06-11

TO draw from the old worn out lands OF Missis.
sippi, Alabama and Georgia, those wealthy
planters who now arc only kept there by these
convenieDccs, Of which We are deprived. but
which lie within our reach II We would only
make the effort.
Then it bchooves us as n people TO look TO
this subject, and TO be up and doing, that il if
VIC pride ourselves in the future welfare and
prosperity Of our country.
The great question at issue IL, would Il be
policy in this State TO enter into q general sys-
TEN Of Internal improvements Let facts an
swcr. There is not Il single portion of the
State where this subject has not been discussed,
and the wind work of forty different roads has
already been done, and no doubt, in the imagi-
nation Of those who have mounted this hobby
to ride into Office, the cars have Numbered over
many n thousand miles, crossing at intervals
other roads of less Importance, upon which,
likewise, tho cars ladcncd down with the rich
products of Texas, were rolling on their pom
derous wheels into some magnificent city which
had sprung up on the shores of Texas, TO daz.
zic the eyes of the commercial world. Such.
no doubt, were the dreams Of Memucan Hunt,
NIltIl ut Mtht MI tit WHY 10 tennessee 10
bring ont little Jenny Jones to make his Rail.
road speeches. II is evident then that II Is tho
desire of the people of Texas to enter into this
Railroad system; but this desire cannot be
carried into effect, because they have not the
whcrewith TO do it. Then, il we have roads
Mt all, they must be made by the State. 1t
woubl he best for her to enter into n general
system of Internal Improvements, or 20 permit
her citizens TO build her roads, than to impov.
| pfigli flpmgplypg md no tbn ,npt,aaf,ru nf Shn
San Antonio and Gulf Railroad company have
been, be dupcd by the Yankees of the North,
and induced to pay the cxorbitant price Of $27,-
900 per mile, when half that sum would have
been sufficient. To prove this statement, we
need but refer To the New Orleans and Opc-
lousas Railroad, which is now being construc-
It'd through the low lands Of Louisiana for the
sum Of $l3,333 per mile. Thus, we have been
chiselcd out Of about $40, 900 per mile by these
ever exactlng and Unsuitable Yankees Of tho
North, who, not being contcntcd with chisel-
ing us out of our rights ms a State, have thus
robbed MS Of our hard earnings ms n people
Thu it Is evident that our people are neither
able nor competent To enter into these public
improvements, and our only hope must then
turn to the State, who il only capable Of bull.
ding our roads. Suppose the State had under
taken to have built this San Antonio and Gulf
Railroad, she would have built II, with the as
~sistance that she would have obtained from her
citizens, for about one half the amount which
that company have obligated themselves TO
pay, thereby saving TO her citizens about 3d.
600 per mile, and freeing herself to some OK.
tent, Of tho annual tax imposed upon her ciSii.
zcps. But this liz not my project. wish tho
State to enter into a more general system Of
Railroads, commencing on the Rio Grande, on
the West, md pass through the heart Of tho
country to tho Sabine on inc East and there
intcrscct tho New Orleans and 0pclousas Road.
The benefits arising from such q road would be
lncalcnlable To thc State, passing as 1t would,
through the heart Of one of the best timbercd
countries in the world, and through tho Eas.
tern portion Of this State which now Is worth.
less and as dead capital, but which, IL this road
were built, would Mt once yield n revenue TO
the State that would forever free our citizens
: from tax. Not only so. but the annual cmigra-
ton induced to migrate to this State by such n
road, instead of being nm hundred thousand.
would be ut least an half n million, composed,
too, OF the most energetic and wealthy citizens
of the older States. And the p%rairics which
now extend from the Guadalupe River to tho
/, Brazos, instead l. of presenting to the eye q drca.
ry waste and desert bare would at once bios.
som and bloom like the rose, though now In.
accessible To timber would then be furniehcd
, from the pine hills Of Eastern Texas and Lou.
=, / isinna.
Again, by ttIis means VIC woald open direct
communications Win New orleans, the Cres.
cent city Of the South, and which furnishes the
best marke, in the world for the Southern phn.
ter, and thereby our merchants would he h,
duced Ia cease their traffic with those Norh.
ern traders, who, in their hearts, abomins,s
and dcspisc our institutions, aud support hone
|, industry and trade.
If this system Of Internal improyerlsss
would IHduoc IL otif State such q vast egsr.
ton, and support home industry, would. 81. 1
2 lN la tI.t xt .... 81 a. "a 1T -
crease the value of her public lands and this
/, in addition To the direct tax which would bc
imposed upon the emigrants, in q few wears
would pay ior the building OF the Road. and
The profits n before stated, would forever free
The inhabitants offcyas from that annual tax
= which now opIrcss our people, Then, like tho
Texans Of ol!, we might faan our prairies
wild aud free, and cScaiin IN the language of
the poet
Westward the star Of Empire takes is way.
Tho first four acts already past,
The iIhb shall close the drama Of tho dsy
Times nobloSt offspring " lor last
And n road Of this character r,nn;nc .
would. through the heart Of our State. would
not only advance oar national greatness. and
place us beyond the rivalry of other states, but
would tend Ia Unite our people, and forever
} hush the rawlings 81 those aspiring ,l,masog,es
who daily spou, forth their limited know i,iyn
al State policy and scphisiry in favor Of di,i.
ding the state, and then
THE ties around this Union flung,
Caa net. VIII mot he undonc."
Ansl if sycf that sad catastrophe 80 much
fcafod. slionld ~ wi,eessei-whtn The tinion
shall 30 dissolved when ilt glorious rcnuhl,e
erected hy our nellie fA,herS cf 20 shall DO
S~rs,,eftst I" iae tosrwi'fis " Nsavcn-whcn tho
eiglo al hbeity shall al iSsa his exalted hei.yh,-
90, startled from has anticni mr3c AZ the bali
aaNsnycs cf r%cl,lral s%spi,snis, SHAH cas-, ooc
lingering lrok NJ the nohlo tower oo vbis, h.