Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-04-15

The following data salhefei lrolh
the stat sites n oar exports 10 fli-
,ign countries l0r the Nesr ending
June, 80, lsTo, demonstrates lais
fact:
Tlru rraiurl', Vegetables aui
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tlTssTNs ,,-r- ----------r''r'r---' NNl4st.
Ne.i snt sil'ef'----- ------ ,'-- fiANl-shl
Has eaiian,'-,,''''- --l'W-ssost
fslTaisam sal i.s PTsiasls-,', A-,te5,tN
Al other rola. iiiiss,,'' ''',',, SA'uo,"'s
ln'al iors rrrsssr-''-'r''r 1i'''lNsa"N'
hy delucling tho lire arms aud
specie, amounting a. fls,haI ,ini,
from tho total exports, there re-
mains OF all other products, sgrl-
cultural, mineral. mechanical, tex
tile and chemical, si5o, ,lTG,Tll, The
value Of the cotton exports debut
cl from this, leaves but s22S, lIH,'
dST, or an amount below the vsluo
Of the cotton exported Of 50, SIs,dii,
With0at this cotton for cNp0r,s'
ton, We wolld be continuing u
pile up foreign Indebtedness op'
prcssivc in the extreme, orcompell'
cd 10 cur,ail one,half Of our foreign
commerce. But with an ANIMAL
cotton crop equal to the capacity OF
these new and unsurpassed cotton
lands, pierced by this new railway,
where would wo then stand? In 4
position making us the most pros
porous nation under the sun, with
all Europe paying US annual tsib'
ute.
Passing beyond this cottor re.
gion, wo onter the grazing fields of
Western Texas, over which rpam
countless herds Of wild cattle, hor.
ses, deer, buffalo and wild Indians.
This country is from the frontiGr Of
Texas, in Palo Pinto county, to FL
Paso, on the Ric Grandc, distance
of four hundred miles. 1t is capa-
bic Of producing sufficient beef to
feed King Will Jams army, Tor an
indefinite number ofyears.
New York city, destined to be-
come the great money market bfthe
world, will, in the coming time,
draw much of her beef from these
fields.
From FL Paso west, through New
Mexico, we croos the last mountains
of the plains; fno grazing folds,
abounding in rich mines of gold
and silver.
Through Arigona and Southern
California the country is noted
mainly for its minerals.
The Pacific reached, the road will
control II great part Of the Eastern
trade which has always enriched
the nations pCssessingit.
However regarded, this magnifi-
cent work will become liiagica
agency in the development Of the
South. As a measure ofreconstruc-
ton it cannot be over estimated.
Emigration and capital will flow in
and over the whole region in steady
and uninterrupted streams. The
natural wealth of Texas itself, its
incalculablo growth of cotton, its
vast cxpanse Of grazing land, its
countless herds of cattle, ito wheat
and corn, its wonderful deposits of
iron, coal, lehd, copper, and even
gold and silver its rivers and har-
bors, its equal and moderate eli
mate, and its capacity for division
into five great States, each as large
as Pennsylvania, and able to hold
the whole present population of the
United States, arc opportunities
and facilities nowhere else, combln-
ed in any part of the world. A re-
cent estimate shows that Texas
alone can raise more cotton than all
the great States put togethcr This
splendcd Empire is but the vesti.
bue to an ohtIying country of still
grander RICHES. 1t has lain tallow
for want of this very work, Without
population OF cultivation for cen
turies. Had it NOT been hemmed by
slave States. i. would have long ago
been opened to civilziation-thc seat
of unrivalled commerce, manutac-
lures and dafing people. At last
its hour of redemption has conib.
The Southort Pacific Road derives
it's great strength from the double
fact that it is almost eXclusivsl y
Republican measure, and that it
was duo to the section lately in
arms against the Government. This
accounts for the immense vote it re-
ccivcd in both Houses Of Congress.
Many supported it who were COM
mittcd against land grants to other
similar enterprises, and bechuse
their constituency expected them to
do so us the best and iiiost practical
reconstruction. Its passage will be
hailed with joy both North and
South, as ono of the noble,t oviden-
ces of the generosity Of Congress
and the Executive to the late insur-
rectionary Suites.