The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-06-13

FRIDAY, JUNE 10. 1873.
TEXAS COMPARED WITH OTHER
SOUTHERN STATES.

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son with her sister States of the
South, is truly n stimulus to the
tide of immigration that is setting
so steadily Westward.
We cast our eyes to the East,
and soc Louisiana grooming under
tho weight of oncrous taxation
writhing desperately but helpless
ly under the strong heel of gov
ornamental oppression, the rights Of
her best and bravcst citizens tram.
pied under foot, without hope of
aid or redress for the great wrongs
heapcd upon them by n govern
ment they are forced to maintain.
Anarchy and confusion mark the
records of her public history
shame and disgrace cit triumphant
upon her once proud banner.
Mississippi lies Ikea sullied pearl
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.rcpresontcd by villainous aliens
who have foisted themselves into
vrfice by tho votes of the ignorant
and deludcd negroes, and those
scIfmado lawmakers arc taxing
their so-callcd 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 alike
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
years of his life have been spent in
honest toll to VIM to pay his taxes
and hold his almost valucless
property, in the hopo that some
day n better state of affairs may al.
low the fruit of his labor to benefit
his children.
Internal Improvement is almost
an impossbility; and progress, tho
great watchword Of prosperity, is
among tho things that were. The
broad fields ofthe planter that once
nodded and smiled plentiful har-
vest, now spread before tho eye Of
the traveller a barren waste. The
country is totally unable to sustain
the old cities, still less to encourage
and promote the growth of infant
towns and the advancement of all
public interests is slow and I'M
certain.
On the other hand, look at Texas
With q Legislature already partly
Democratic, and intelligence and
honesty in the ascendency, sho is
rising daily and hourly to the
proudcst position among the States
of the South. Radicalism finds no
homo 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 it
thunders from border to border Of
her territory, passes in its swift
transit no untitled fields and desc.
late, poverty branded homesteads
AS far as tho eye can reach are
rolling, waving fields of grain, ri.
pening for a bountIful harvest, and
her boundless prairies are grandly
picturesque in their Wild beauty
bearing upon their emerald bosoms
q source of countless wealth in the
herds of cattle dotting, like living
marks of thrift and prosperity, the
broad surface of their native plains
Railroads int rsect and bisecI
each other in every portion of the
State, and along their lines towns
and embryo cities spring up like
magic. Progress and prosperity
walk hand and hand abroad, and
the heart of every man, woman and
child beats ligh thy in exultant free
dom and gladness. The people oftha
other States, toil,spent and weary,
are vending their way hither, and
for each and every one there is a