Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-06-14
TEXAS COMPARED WITH OTHER
SOUTHERN STATES.

South, is truly stimulus to the
tide Of immigration that is setting
so steadily Westward.
We cast our eyes to the East,
and SEQ Louisiana grooming under
the weight of onerous taxation /;
writhjng desperately but helpless
ly under tho strong heel of gov
crnmental oppression, the rights Of
her best and bravcs< citizens tram
pied under foot, without hope of
aid or redress for the great wrongs
heapcd upon them by a govern
ment they are forced to maintain.
Anarchy and confusion mark the
records Of her public history
shame and disgrace sit triumphant
upon her once proud banner.
Mississippilics like sulliedpcarl
beyond her own great river Rad
ical rule and official tyranny ride
rampant over the land, and liberty,
peace and happiness are lost in its
blighting track. The people are
mis-reprcsented by.villainous aliens
who have foistcd themselves into
office by the votes of the ignorant
and dcludcd negroes, and those
seIfmade lawmakers are taxing
their so,called constituents to the
last degree of endurance to ad-
vance their own personal interests.
Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, the
Carolinas, and~Virginia--the proud
queen mother of them all-alile
are bearing their several burdens
in the way of taxation property
once valuable and in daily demand
now lies idle, without purchaser or
lessee. Tho landlord can scarcely
realize enough from mis- once hand
some estate Chat perhaps the best
wears of his life have been spent in
honest toll to win) to pay his taxes
and hold his almost valueless
property, in the hope that some
day better stateof affairs may al
lowthc fruit of hHlabor to benefit
his children.
Internal improvement is almost
an impossibility; and progress, the
ereat watchword of prosperity, is
among the things that were. The
broad fields ofthe planter that once
nodded and smiled a plentiful har-
vest, now spread before the eye OF
the traveller a barron waste. Tho
country is totally unable to sustain
the old cities, still less TO encourage
and promote the growth OF infant
towns; and the advancementof all
public interests is slow and I'M
certain.
On tho other hand, look at Texas
With Legislature already partly
Democratic, and intelligence and
honesty in the ascendency, she is
rising daily and hourly to the
proudcst position among the States
of the South. Radicalism finds nc
home and lucrative Office among
her people. Taxation sits lightly
upon her, and all is thrift, prosper
ity and happiness within her wide
domain. The iron horse, as il
thundcrs from border to border OF
her territory, passes in Its swlll
transit. no untitled fields-ana DESC
late, poyspty branded homesle@dS
AS far as the eye can reach are
rolling, waving fields of graiih r.
pening for bountiful harvest, and
her boundless prairies are grandly
picturesque in their wild beauty
bearing upon their emerald bosoms
source of countless wealth in the
herds of cattle dotting, like living
marks Of thrift and prosperity, the
broad surface of Informative plains,
Railroads intersect and biseci
each other in every portion OF the
State, and along their lines towns
and embryo cities spring up Ike
magic. Progress and prosperity
walk hand and hand abroad, and
the heart of every man, woman and
child beats lightly in cxultant free
dom and gladness. The people of the
other States, toil-spent and weary
are vending their way hither, and
for each and every one there is a
welcome; warm aud honest. On
every side, as wo write, we hear
tho quick tread Of busy feet and
the ring of the artisans hammer
The anvil, too, is not idle, and we
are glad to say that in Texas, the
proud State of our adoption, there
is no haze of degradation sitting
like a ban upon any honest man
because, forsooth, his hasds must
earn the bread for himself and little
ones.
Our aristocrscy is one Of north
rather than birth and lot our ma
tivity be claimed from the chilling
regions of the far North, or the mild.
err, more passionate latitude Of the
|Soutb-from lordly domain OF
pcasant's hearth, we arc alike wei
come in this land Of honest indus
srv and we'll repaid toll. We have