Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-01-07
For Me E9Yu'r6r
The Pacific Railroad -Texas-Hsr Future Pres
poets, &c.


am sratifiei and instructed lay Your re
marks in the Enquirer" Of the 18th inst. %
the subject of Il Pacific Railroad. think it
very clear that you have designated the best
if no, onlv practicable scheme for the buildin
of such Il road. The route indicated b.
YOU has many advantages over any and al
others. II does seem 10 me that the Northern
and middle routes are wholly impracticable
Either would have to cross the 'plainS"-th
American Desert. for hundreds Of miles
through a country which never can be settled
and through mountains and ''caycrns' cover
ed with snow some five or SIX month
in the year. and IN some places from
thirty TO sixty feet decp-and very larg
portions o fthe countr,r without water or fuel o
any kind. How ther could such 4 road, ever
if made. he successfully managed: One hun
dred millions Of dollars it would cost 10 max
such 4 road. No pirate company could thinl
of attempting it, anC sincerely hope the TO
ycrnlnent will not embark in 50 wild and chi
merical ali enterpri>.
Few. if any objections can be raised TO III.
route through Texas: hct would he a paying
road. could be travelled n. all seasons of tht
wear, would pass through a rich and populou:
country. and would answer all the purposes o.
the Government, and the wants of the people
Let all of our en.rgy bc directed to the build
Ing of that road, and in L few years we will
witness lis completion.
Tm STATE OF TEXAS.
| DO r1t advise emigration from our own
State. We want a much larger population than
we have. and there is q wide field for enterprise
here: but :, there will always be n class which
will leave Is. | say to them, 90 10 Texss-ior
40 Stateo 2.rrit1ry liz tie ini9H 9Ttr, the
same Inducements to the property holders or
men Of snail means: her climate, so:l and
production are unsurpassed. 1t is the finest
planting. AGRICULTURAL and grazing country it
has ever ben my good fortune 10 ste. Horses,
mules. hog md cattle ca. be raised 10 any tx
tent. without costing anything but clrc. Al
ready large drU'eS Of horses, mules and
cattle arc driven 10 the West, and within
the last eighteen months thousands have
found a market n chicago. The writer Of
this visited Texas a. Ing ago As 1896. and Of
ten since. and frequntly met with persons
who owned from fouro six thousand head Of
cattle, costing them Id one dollar. except the
expense Of annually tanding the young ones;
and the sweetest andbest beef he ever saw.
was taken off At hc"MuSluet' grass in the
month Of February.
Again. with prop legislation, the people
need never bc taxc1cven for the support OF
Govcrnmcnt-for STOOLS or for internal i'm.
proycmen,>. she han surplus fund Of ahou,
i've million Of doll:s. after satisfying al Of her
crcdilors-she has her own right about one
hundred and ten irlion> oil acres Of land. Can
any other State 1.-THE Union even compare
with her: She h.now q population Of near.
" or quite tivelundrcd thousand and is
RAPIDLY incrcasin In lsSi her popula.
lation was les, IAN $4,000. Under the
liberal charters GATED. the whole State in 4
few wears will ba network Of railroads.
Who can set 4 lit 10. or form ali idea of her
future grcatnes;,nd power: The health Of
the country, inhc main, is unques,ionably
good. levcrs IT unknown in the san An
tonic country" would be strange. if som,
p~ortjoaS Of this mcnsc country. three or tour
times as large as 'rsinia,) were not sickiy-
but they are mr, less 60 than any Of the
Southern States.
The writer (whc maine is with the Editor
expects to visit Tas in a few weeks, and will
afford any informon which may be desired.
"OBsrRvEg. Sa."
HExnmo. Janrv Sth. 1859.