Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1860-12-12

II Is seldom that so respectable nnd we'll
infnm,d journal as the Times newspaper,
eyiuces So '.sLan,l-,s" disregard OF facts
aud Of the traih of history. The attempt
To mislcad It's readers, Is unparlonablei for
We are confident that the above-qnoicd arii-
Gle Is not the offspring Of Ignorance, but Of
an utter disregard for truth, and the desire
to Garry out the programme initiated by
Northern journals. The paltry attempt NJ
ridiculc il connierbalanced by the SWIVEL
ing tone of the Times in It's leader Of the
same date, wherein il says that "the
secession movement is no longer u matter Of
indifference to the North, and that the North
can well afford TO erase from her statute
hooks nll Personal Liberty Bills, &c., TO ap-
pease the irritation at the South The
dread of coming danger has opened their
eyes; and, Yankce-like, 'wiih batcd breath, -
they are ready to higglc over the cost
of the struggle, and finally to take what the
South offers.
Texas is not responsible for the cost OF tllp
Mcxica War and the purchase of California
and Mcs,lla Valley. When the United States
had conquered peace" and Mexico lay
PROSTATE ut hen feet, the General Govern
lucnt had the right to dictate her own terms.
Texas was not onsultcd MS TO who should
pay the expenses, nor whether California
should be purchased: and us to the into. est
that accrucs upoif the war dent, Texas has
annually paid reasonable share in her GUS
tom house duties, all of which she transfer
red 10 the United States ut the time of an
ncxation. In 1860 the imports at Calves
ton amounted to S3050S0G: exports, 81, 1873
l72, according to custom house valuation,
which shows an increase of more than eight
millions of dollars in four years. The same
proportion may be observed in all the ports
of entry in the State. At Sabine Pass the
trade has been conducted without the aid OF
the Government in furnishing buoys and
indexes to the harbor, except the lighthouse,
the keeper of which incurred the displeas-
ulc of the General Government by using
too much oil by tro gaiioas! The trade Of
Eavacca, Corpus Christi Brownsville, and
other places at which custom houses are cs-
tablished has increased regularly and aided
in swelling the revenue of the General Gov,
eminent, while the machinery Of our State
Government has been carried on alone by
direct taxation. 1t may be presumed that
Texas helps to pay good rate per cent on
the purchase money of California, and as
TO the rest of it, California is able to pay i
herself.
ain assuming the debt" of Texas, this
State sold to the United States the Santt
Fe country, for which she was to pay tel
millions of dollars, on five millions Of which
the United States played q sort of "gral
game" and has never paid it up to thi
date. In this trade Of assuming our debt
the United States got the lions share, ant
|iTexas was left dissatisfied. As to- takini
the navy off our hands-thc United. State
graciously received the gVt Of more than
million dollars worth in ships, vessels, &c
tl,e officers of which she refused to recciv
into the United States Navy oil terms Q
equality with her own officers. In this, tn
ungracious act was committed by the Gen
eral Government. The United Statet dc
serves no credit for adjusting our boundar.
to our satisfaction,-a boundary which Tex
as had won ut the point of tie sword, AM
could have maintained in the same manner
a boundary recognized 10y the accomplishe
British Minister, Captain Elliot then o
Galveston for the purposeaf negotiating
treaty on the most advantageous terms
promis ng that Mexico should acknowledg
our independence, and that with this prov
so alone-that we should not be annexed I
the United States. We owe them no debt {
gratitude for doing what we could have don
ourselves, and what others wanted to do o
better terms.
The General Government has never give
any lands to railroads in Texas but Texa
has. disposed of her own lands as she he
seen fit. The Federal Government had
right to dispose of Texas lands, unless 81
would play the game Of the Northern siste
hood on the South in the nice little game
J stealing what does not belong to them; an
J as to conniving at the slave trade, the 1im'
seems about to turn States evidence, an
|, show up the villainy of the whole concei
of them. The Times is as indisciect as
is badly POSTED in historical matters.
LETTER FROM AUSTIN.
Indn;mity efhe people for a Contention
General Houston refuses 10 assemble 4