The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-12-20
aA.vESrox AwAKEs AT LAST.

AyEsTOy AwAKEs AT LAST.
A late Galveston News, noticing the
carly prospect Of a line Of steamers
from New Orleans 10 Vera Cruz and
other Mexican porta, has suddenly como
70 realize what this writeroi THE HER.
ALP tried tospersuude or pound into
lt9 hcsd three, four, and six years ago,
ttWii, tiat Galveston, on tho cpmrle-
fian ni bcr railroad connection with
- l.ouis, Chicago aud the West, would
ut once hecome the proper port for
trade in all tropical fruits, and steadily
grow In power as a mart for sugar and
coffee, to be brought from the Mexican
coast, Yucatan, and the Spanish Main.
The writer of this, while struggling
with few others, to Americanize the
richest part Of Mexico IN such produc-
tlons, aud render it tributary to the
chief port of Texas, endeavored by let
ters In the Galveston News, and in
DeBow's Review as latc as April and
May, 1870, to convince the people Of
Galveston of their splendid opportu-
nifty to seize and build UP mighty
trade by simply lending encouragement
to American settlement in the TuXpan
valley al Mexico. We sought to pre-
pare them in time for the grand west
crn railway connection now so happily
in fvll operation. But instead of
meeting with smile of encour-
agemcnt from the business men of
Galveston, we encountered, in the
main, their opposition. The fullnina-
lions of every chicken-hearted adven-
turer and lazy drope returning from
that magnificent country, lying within
forty-eight hours fGalveston by steam,
were eagerly, hlindiy, seized upon and
published in the Galveston papers, to
dissuade migration to thot country.
This was kept up until the leading
Texans who were thus trying to bene-
fit themselves and their State at the
same time, became sick of heart and
abandoned the effort.
The writer of this spent large part
of the year 1860 and the beginning Of
1870 in the city of Mexico, co-opera-
ting with a public-splrited citizen of
New Orleans, in getting from the Mex
lean Cangress a bonus to encourage n
line of steamers to make the circuit
of the gulf from New Orleans, touch
ing at Galveston, Matagorda Bay,
Tampico, Tuxpan, Vera Cruz, El Car
men, Campeche, Sisal and Havana.
We succeeded in getting a bonus Of
two thousand dollars gold, the round
trip for each vessel, and hadthe United
States done as well the line would have
been established. AS SOON as the bill
was introduced at Washington, though
not in Texas, we addressed a letter to
member of Congress frou, this State,
urging clause to require the vessels b,
touch at Galveston. The clause was
inserted. ap--aa n a1
In all these years of sore trial IN vol
untary exile, while the News always
kindly published our letters, and
we had the unstinted personal
sympathy of Mr.. Willard Richardson,
but one of the leading business men OF
Galveston ever sent us words of good
cheer and seemed to comprehend the
rich harvest Galveston could reap hy
building up an enterprising, industri-
on, % j.riIation IN that country of un-
told nntural wealth. That man, and
We mention his name to do his memory
honor, was the late Mr.. Henry Rnnge
He fully realized what mine would
thus pour its prospective wealth into
the lap of Galveston in the shape Of
sugar, coffee and the finest. tropical
fruits in the world, to be thence hast.
ened by rail to the great populations Of
the West, with st. Louis, Chicago anc
Kansas City as the distributing cen
ters.
The capacity Of the Tuxpan country
Tabasco and Southern Yucatan, AM
the great rivers dlsemboguing at AL
varado, Minatitla1, San Juan, Bau
tista, Laguira de Terminus, with th'
ports Of Champion and Campeche, Z
produce sugar and coffee clleapiy, J
oniy limited by tl.elpdnstry to be used
Sugar Of first quality can te prottabt
delivered in the potts at less than tw'
Mats per pound. Industry and ma
Ahiusry only are needed u revelation
ge tle sQsar trade Of a large part Q