Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-05-09
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that the many blnnders Committed by youthful in:
discretion, which generally prove to be fruitful
source Of annoyance in more mature life, have been
great terror to me and were no little objection to
my taking up the quill. For the history of every
age is full Of striking examples to prove the factthat
too many Young men seized with the 'kakocthis
serebendy" Major Jones calls it. and under its in
fiuence do many things of which they Afterwards
seriously repent But as never expect to be can
ditate for the Presidency or to become eminent in
the literary world can seize my old quill and scrib
BILE away without the least fear Of having the record
plead on me- or inconsistency charged against me.
Bound by no party affiliations and trammeled by no
PLATFORM can, unlike Douglas, Seward, or Bates,
thunder away against this, that or the other party
clique or principle without the least fear of being
called to account by my constituents, or excommu-
nicated by the terrible bull Of the wseacreS Hay-
ing nothing can certainly lose nothing, and being
an irresponsible character can say and do what
please, regardless of the consequences. Don't con-
clude however thai am trying to come the Juvenal
or JuniuS mysef-far from IT. only wish TO
have little nfa6 with my old North
and It's nobody'S business but own what we say.
am then, as you see away here in Texas and
some Of your readers may think, right in wide
wilderness eXiled from society and clvlllzatlon WIN
no other companions bu. Camanche Indians, Spanish
horses Mustang mules and bowling wolves. Though
far away from what every little .towhead thinks IS
the centre of the world his fathers hearth-stone,
and in a few days travel of the Camanches toma-
hawk and scalping knife, or CortinaS maraudlns
band yet am not altogether, as some may conclude
stuck upon pole out in boundleSS prairie with
horde of savages and beasts bowling at ITS
bottom. Popular opinion in this case, as in many
Others is not correct. The trite expression, Ills
lance lends enchantment to the view, does not hosd
when applied to your sandhillians idea OF lexis,
but the contrary robes the scene IN hoI7td hue.
am not therefore, most Of you Think lost IN the
labarynthian mazes of deep forests or boundleSs
praries but surrounded by intelligence and refine
ment standing on the Lexington of the Texas rerO-
luton, the place where the sturdy actors in that
eventfu drama, nervcd by the love of liberty and
independence struck the first blow at tyranny and
oppression. And while the old Texan acknowledges
with pride his ancestors of &c, and claims share IN
the glory Of their achievement, yet his heart beats
with more enthusiastic thIob, and his blood quick
its flow when mention is made of the 18th day
of October, 1856 day on which was proclaimed
the death Of Spanish oppression and the birth oil
Texan freedom. Gonzales the place honOred with
the opening scene in that memorable drama, is stu
ated in a beautiful valley the banks OF the Qua
dalupe river, about sixty mdes east OF that world
renowned city, San Antonio. Like the Guadalquiver
which flows silently in its wIndings through the
beautiful valley Of AntaluSia where fourshed the
brave and rcdoubtable GanZalve de CORDOBA the Qua
dalupe in its quiet hroug cool wales and love
Nv prarics brghtens with its limpd wave the hues
of thousand flowers and cools the parchet tongues
ofcounte>s cattle that browse upon its scent ed banks
Like the Guadal1uvcr, it too boast of its heroes
and heruineS, and could it speak narratc many
mauces in which the red of the forest, inspired
10y the moons silver light "wOoed his dusKy bride"
or nerved by the passion Of revenge, drove the gilt
tering steel to his cnemy'S heart But these themes
invoke the poets pen or the pencils stroke little
boats like mine must keep near the shore
As is the with every other interior town, the
citizens of Gonzales think that there is bright fu-
ture ahead for them. But really Gonzales is now
second to other place in western Texas except
l. San Antonio, and her prospects in the future
brighter than ever for she will soon have connection
BY Railroad with the seaboard and the lucrative
trade with Mexico The elegance, neatncSS and taste
displayed both in public ard private buildings, is
unsurpassed BY any inland town in the State. Ii
has the finest college west Of the Colorado if not in
the whole State and her citizens intelligent,
fined and energetic In fict no county has such
large number of industrious, intelligent and social
farmers and stock-TaiscrS and such n large body Of
universally good lands for both purposes. And yet
in the face OF all these great resources not only this
section but many others of Texas lave been laborng
under great disadvantages. White the dry weather
has nearly starved out the peOpl Of sections,
the Indians and Cortina have he ravagng others,
and between the three she has had hard road to
travel But notwithstanding the dry weather and
the outragcS committed uron innocent women and
children by the savage Cananche and the desperate
! Cortina together with the indifference manifested by
the federal government, have, all combined, preSen-
severance iSc, yet her energies have not been Grip
pied and the pi ture with all its appalling features
has not been sufficient to check the tide Ct emigra
ton Within the last year fifteen thousand slaves
! and treble that number OF whites have been intro
duced into thus State, and the cry is still they come.
Ii is the innate advantages Texas has that is the
of all this. 1t is her capacity for producing
the great staples of consumpuon-cotton, corn,
wheat, and sugar This is the of the far see
! ing planter of the other States emigratng thther
And he who considers her capacity for producing
wheat, cotton, and sugar her mineral resources and
variety of soil and climate, and does not the
bright future that awaits her. is blind to the natural
advantages Of any country, and certainly ignorant Of
what constitutes the wealth and prosperity Of peo
| pie. In fact Texas has in spite Of the drought in
spite OF lie Indians and the indifference Of the gen.
| eral government, which she has only known and felt
| by its eXactiOnS, by her inherent power and
rendered herself the most prosperous and
promising State in the South In her resources for
wealth and means for Development she is without q
! rival Her wheat growing section is destined soon
successfully to contend with the fertile prairies of
the northwest, her cotton region with the fairest
portion OF Alabama, and Der sugar plantations with
any that lie along the Mississippi its tributaries.
Such seems to be the destiny of the Lone Star State
who is not proud to be her son?
The promptneSs of Capt Turner in capturing the
vessels of Com. Marin, meets the appreciation of
every and one universal shout of praise for the
gallant navy has gone up from the heart of every
Texan and made the wekin ring with rejocings
over the prospective overthrow Of the church party
and the establishment of the liberal government
Miramon has abandoned Vera Cruz and departed as
is supposed for the city of Mexico, where he has de-
creed the expulsion of every American citizen and
the confscation Of their property direct violation
OF international law and open declaration Of war
against the United States The Governor of Tamau-
lpas has ordered that Cortna and his band shall be
destroyed which, together with the cooperation Of
our own troops will, think, be very likely TO get
the gentleman, unless he fees to the interior and
joins Miramon. There seems to be abatement Of
Indian troubles but rather an increase The pre-
vailing opinion Of the sober thinking part Of the