Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-08-31
Capitalize DO Changed by the Free
Uso OF Money.

here IL nothing wrong In The people oil
90 trying 10 got Tho Capital Of The State
lnged by proper means. They are en-
prlsing, liberal, and have q clear vision
their own interest. Besides they are
torn TO pieces by warning factions,
&c somc other places, which might be
entioned, not thousand miles from
rowder's Springs-tbey act together as a
ni:, and they act with vgor. They klow
le effect of money In these degenerate
ays, aud they are raising 1t by lcyies ard
contributions, an | 1t has become evil
cnt that they ara using it freely if not
Properly, which we are not prepared to
ny. They have travelling agents and
F,ump speakers, setting forth the wonder
Jul advantages and claims of Waco for the
beat Of Government. Mr.. College, of the
advance, has just returned from a short
trip of 500 miles. Our friend Herring, q
fnc lawyer and clever gentleman, has
been making n speech at Waxahachie. But
more than this, system Of advertising
seems TO have bean resorted to-. We have
noticed in two or three country papers that
hey are authorized TO announce Waco as a
candidate for State Capital! Are they paid
for these announcements rs for other adj.
Fertisemenis? 1t looks so. One newspa-
per announces al is for Waco ns State
capital and for 10000 additional subscri.
bers.' We think il about as likely TO get
he one rs the other. All this mikes il
apparent TINT money is being freely used
10 effect what reason ard justice could
never accomplish. 1t is right that the PEI.
pie OF this State should know the means
being used TO change their capital. lfany
good reasons can be given for this change,
at the present time and under present cir
cumstances, let us have them-so far, We
have not seen single one. We are I'M
preiudiced in this matter. We have many
kind friends at Waco whom VIC value
highly. We like the people there, theil
hospitality, their public spirit, their har'
mony and agreeable manners-but these
are no reasons why the capital should be
changed for their benefit, to the injury o.
the people Of Austin and the grea. body Of
the people Of the State.
We say empaatically that Waco will MOI
bear u comparison with Austin as suita-
bic capital for the whole State as it is now
constituted. The situation is not as beau
tful or as healthy. It. is not Of more easy
access, nor will it ever be. 1t cannot put
forward single claim of superiority il
anyth ing relating TO suitableness for Q
seat of government. The rich country
around it and the number of bales Of cot
ton it produces and its commercial alvan-
tagcs, all count as nothing in relation to q
State Capital. They are rather objections
than otherwise. What we want in State
Capital are health, beauty and accesibili-
ty. In all these, Austin is superior t.
Waco. The public buildings, and they are
very good ones, are there, and answer eve
ry needful purpose. The capitol will {
very well until'the State is divided, if it il
thought best to do this, when times are
more favorable md every part of it be-
comes settled. The Land Office is an i'm
posing and commodious structure, an hon
or to the State. The other public build.
ings for the State officials and the Supreme
Court are all that is desirable at present
and it would be perfect folly in the good
people of Texas to be at the expense and
trouble of changing the seat Of Govern
ment from Austin, named after the illus
trious founder of the Lone Star Republic
to Waco, named after an insignificant
tribe of Indians, and for no other reason
but he qualification and emoumcnt Of it
people, ho$ever respectable.