New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-20


The ,lsve State and 20 work on f1 consiitl'og
Western Texas a. free s.1te of re Uaiog' T1s =
project which, perhaps u nearer consum nNioo
itsDr generally supposed TIE inserss, OF me n)I-
slsv. Dol ling settlers shoss ev-fy day more evii@nly
tina. this solution il Unavoidable, becslse soil and ,li
mate sb-onely favorable 20 free A4bD-, AMI De
came some Occurrences % la.e have ver9 mu % ii,-
tUrbed the good understanding between the American
and German residents The presen' consultation IL
rot 90 fsr a. | know opposed ~ such -sPar iti1n
W. are sv r. thai when Texas vas annexed - the
United s,sies The CONCESSION was made 70 he- 70 d.
VIDE st future time her extensive territory into f)ar
cf.reut States AT least ncession made IN the ~
,.rest Of the slave holders DOUBT buti' a. we'll
h. available for other interests aud, by analogy the
N.brs.ks bill will tainiy operate against the ln'en
tcrs of lt- authors by establishing the preceten n
Corgr.s % ard the Genera Government sail no, inter
f.re If such Oh attempt BE- made. The constr Iflcs
of ,e state Of Texas itself can throw obstacle in
the way Of carrying out the plsn True the em,nci-
nation OF the eiav-s therein Is subjected 10 the con-
sent 81 their owners and they are entitled - full IN
d.mnifcst Dut il the whole country here in qn--
ton ther. srs very few Shareholders Their whole
number betT, co the Rio Colorado and the Rio Grsnde
dOes Dot rea 300. Slave property very uncertain
there Mekco being too esr, ADD the negroes kno g
Ig very I'll that DO German will deliver fugitive
slave ~ he H. Il s-t year 80 slaves escaped
to Mexico. in spiie Of blOOdhOun1s and the number
will III, r. likely increase ID lessen The prop ,rti
IN respect tire nativity OF the residents in Western
T,yas about two-6f,hs native 40 orleans. twOffrhs
If Germsn origin and enc fifth MeXicans Esch one Of
n srst hno the lat IL entitled Ia Voe. While but
hsl, Of the Germans are so. The Mexicsns ho<ever
can essily be induced 10 vote with the Germans. be-
cau.e they are like any other weaker race most con-
ten ptuously treated by the Americans. and they nave
alv - t. 10 paw with their .kiI wh-n-ver slave has
mace his escape. Lazy and ignorant, they have in
political maits been essy tools IN the bands OF COW
e,ous Office hunters who ~ very where Else the
tools of the Shareholders. Spanish ptper, coulter
acting this Influence published IN the center OF me
Ito San tp+A n,l1 v
bring Them ~ coo J.r.t= with The G-rmsns and So
cure them the numerical preponderanee. Inc inter
,st of all those American farmer, mechanics and
tradeemen who keep 10 slaves would influence hem
TO 60 with the Germans aud the votes 0f their colOred
free servants would swell the number.
Things there are at pr. sent at crisis al the sou
ton determines the future property 0r decay OF the
country In consideration Of tue uncerttilty ct slave
properly, there are more slavehJ ders setll z 10
the western part of the State and on the other side,
very few Germans and still less Amerc ins from toe
free States, are induced settle 10 State which
knowedges slavery. Without further immigration.
however. Western Texas cannot thrive and such
step If ike reiToeiession. This period ut transition
cannot lat ong and IFS souions not les dep-n1ent
~ the voter, than tie interest which viii gain
their votes Could it be shown 10 thu uopre udlced
minds there that there i yrt ete< pect Of making
norey # Western Texas we're free State, she
would, doubt, become free. IT, IN the contrary,
the il gaining ground that Wealthy saveholdsrs
sfioD Of the Anti Slavery men viii be lost and all
hope for success with IT, The Shareholders being such
active t4ors for their cause II is the Import
ant 10 mark out such measures will secure est
ern Texss the contribution "a free SAFE. This can
be done by increase OF German immigration 10 thtt
country which in her present condlt m oil srs every
thing attractive for settlers in the choice Of perman-
tnt home. Up 10 this time immgra without plenty
of morey not 90 there, bee 4use The OF
V, ancs are too EXPENSIVE Three years ago met a
large humber OF immigrants, az New.Orlesns, wling
10 go TO Texas. but unable to pay the high fare 10
lpcisDola. They changed their plan, and wen, Up
II 9 Mississippi River There were msny Others 10
Irdianols who willing to walk the whole
distance 10 New Braubiels, but could not pay
50 per quintal freight for their luggage
ard even for those Germans having more means
the journey is Encouraging account OF the 4rci'y
ara the high prices of teams and provisions, and he
csuse they are not accustomed 10 camping out. The
slaveowners. however, frequently pass the
route The fatigues OF the road from the shore 10
the int rior nothing 10 them. When not ia the
IL, they psss ibe light in comfortable wagons and
care but little for the accommodation Of their
tie Coul1 the railroad from the Gulf at Indiano-
Ia Va San Antonio he once completed all hese draw
backs would lose their weight II is most imp aut
10 make western port say lndisnola, the terminus
Of this rallrosd-aLd not G1lvertoD-i order - n-
cresse the yearly immigration of Germans into West
ern Texas II ON twelve 10 bfetn hundred TO many
thousand and to make Der free State. This desirs-
bic ar vanftge being still in prospect, another one is
already secured by pretty liberal Homestead law.
eI acted by the l4st Leghaure securing 100 of
land TO every actual settler without any consider.
ton. This alone is sufficient evidence that already
elements hostile ~ Slavery have lbl: aud effect
i've il fuence-o'hersiss a slave Stae wo aid never
ad nit measure clcuiated TO strengthen oppOs,-
ton 10 Slavery. BE that az may, Ia three months
after the said law had entered into effect, than
two hundred locations Of 100 lots for acus
tiers we've recorded in the office at San Antonio The
GerusIs sTe striv ~ 10 have ali the lands not yet
located within certain distance around the owns OF
D.. = L.
surve,ed il l6Oscre lots in order 10 facilitate The To-
cation Of new settlers and in this wsy there will be
secure in few a sound stock of country voters
for the cause Of freedom. You Will by all this be
aware that our felow-citzens of German birth. in
these remote regions Of the West, idle 10 ad-
ysncirg the euCs of humanity, aud are seeking 20
Pre- mote the true interest OF the United States Do
OF however lose sight OF the fact that increase
of ten TO twenty Thousand immigrants per year you'd
rapidly approach the point desired, aud thai, there
fore the promotion of German immizr4'ion into
Western Texas is duty for every conscien ious
" devoted 10 the defeat of the Shareholders & dis
charge and that il would throw heavy weigh, inte
the scale against them. The more Germans are set
Ting In Texas. the sooner will she become free
State. Let us therefore Enthusiastically e1et our
selves every one bis sphere. aud according his
power 10 support this holy oOre, and 10 promote its
speedy sweep Reproacbes ~ oiten heard against
these and similar tendencies Of the young German
immigration accusing them of shining At the fOrma-
ton Of nsiive German party, losing sight OF all re-
gard due 10 their adopted country Nothing is in f.ct
less founded than this reproof Enis rated Germans
and nafire' evidently contradcting one the other
We, the German, cannot give stronger evidence
that we aft cted by too strong .chmen
our mother country, and that her political calamity
has lis origin in tbs emnently cosDopolitic ch r4cer
her history and not in the national Whoever
chooses therefore, 20 md out HatsCtsm in Germans of
modern stisinments, cannot have the rem)iest idea
OF the historical development and position Of Ger
many. Those German Pefretaots, who are nov in TIE
interior of PenDsy vana passing through the process
of decomposition not considered by the American
thau, h.