Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-05-14

appeasr lhrm, ug slal lhcir laRis,
anl pcseU srCms absolutely hope
less us long as une al thrn lives ~
ruan> At large, Whyn npn,y yai''n
took place, d WAS anticipated that
2 the powerful urm ui tho National
Government wuuli >n0n bring prr-
maHcnl rcllrf, nul that lhis was
n"l lhe rc,ull hrInn lhc lalr civil
war i, nu doubt, largely lo hr al
lrihutcd I" ihn, same 'l,ilanlhrUpic
spirit which always restrained the
hand short of lhu only result that
could be permanently cilrrlual
determination, ar total cnnqucs,
nul suhmi. sipn, liul the cunlinu'
nnco of this VHr sitter twenty-five
years of ofaRncNalinn, nnl the cir,
, cums,arrc that the frontier settle,
mcnls Tor tl.u rrs. time in Amcri,
can history are surrendered anl
abandoned, are facts that seem nuw
likely 10 induce some decisive ar,
tion on the part uf tho aulhprilirs
having this matter especially In
charge. Tho present efficient mill
lary commander ol this department
made every effort possible, with the
limited resources NJ 'lia command,
TO protect the frontier lie has
urged on his supcriorS the establish.
mcnt OF II military telegraph along
the frontier, and asked aut,io,ilyio
cmbodv, arm aud equip The from.
ticrsmcn in minute companies, aud
To pay them when employed in
scouting, or on other duty against
the imdianA. Short of tile only
remedy that can he cirrc'ual--tUtal
conquest aud submission Of these
tribes, AMI their colonization on re.
serves Nlr from the ironticr--lhcsc
arrangements surln tile best calcu.
lated for protection; and It is sug-
gcstcd that rs ,hcrc may he delay
in adopting them on the part of the
general government, it would he
well 10 provide for putting the plan
in practice ly ti'c Stale govern.
mcnt. There is no lou5t that the
expense of it will be considerable
addition to the burdens we .m!,st
prepare to carry, but am sure
that You will agree with mo that
the settlers must be protected nj
any 20 I.
Incidental tc this question Of the
frontier is presented that OF II prop.
osition to sell TO the United States
part OF the mort h-wcstcrn unset.
tied domain, to the end that the
same be appropriated rs u rcscr"o
whercOn to colonizc the Indians of
Texas and the ncighboring terrific.
rics. The ATTENTION Of the Govc.n
mcnt of the United States 10 sjlch
arrangement might be asked ifyour
body deems it cXpodicnt 10 adopt
this suggestion, and it is believed
that y satisfactory aud permanent
ecttlrmcnt Of our Indian troilblcs
will thereby lie soon effected.
Iou will, without doubt. esteem
it within your powers and duty to
encourage III every reasonable way
and with due regard to economy,
the growth Of every species Of man
uG!ctrrp and industry. Much can
generally lie done in this way with.
dit expenditures cflhc public mon
cy, or the grant Of exclusive Or cX-
ccptional privileges, by the passage
ii general laws aifording adequate
projections TO rropcftS. Nai!Uiac-
turci's, Believe, AN be stimulated
! by relief iroiii taxation for n short
ttrih Of years, and the States in
como not uni;lvorably affected there
by; and our broad and trcclcss
prairies invite the experiment here
! of state encouragement to the plant-
| ing of trees, which seems to have
succeeded well in States similarly
conditioned.
Arune thE iIi6st iinfortGht inter
csts in our State, and one to which
this necessity Tor protection moro
especially applies, is that Of stocl,
| raising. 1t is estimated that Texas
can supply at this time Il million Of
bcevcs fof consumption bcsona TIE
| state. beside o,hah Stock, and under
propcr encouragement the supply
can be largely increased. There
his been some uniricndly discrlmi-
nation against Texas cattle on the
part Of the authorities of ncighbor-
ing States, on the charge that our
cattle, healthy at home, introduce
contagious diseases when driven
abroad. However, it IS Believed
that the real intelligence Of those
States will soon remove these OBJ,
staclcs to tie ffcedonf Of commerce.
But whil0 lhe prospects Of the
E. stock. raiser are thus Improving
) abroad, tie laws for the protection
| Of his property at home arc very
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