The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-04-12
SATURDAY, APRIL ~, 1873.
OUR TRIP TO AUSTIN,

generalIy known that Austin is the
capital of Texas. We have boon
there, and have seen the sights and
surroundings Of that place, no less
classic in its picturesque beauty
than in tho advanced order of eve-
rytbing which makes up it's mag
nificcnco. Austin lies under The
soft shadows which fall from tho
mountain ranges that rise beyond
the Colorado, on q plateau which
seems to have been designed as
well as formed by the Master Nc
chanic of nature for the site of a
beautiful city. Many elegant build
ings, both public and private, have
been erected by skilled hands to
adorn the comprehensive advan-
tages spread out by the Great De-
signer, and evince no little proof
by their impassive grandeur, ofthe
appreciation in which they arc held
by tho refined element which have
located upon tho grounds 80 emml-
nently adapted to tho purposes for
which they are used. To many
persons beyond the limits Of our
State, the idea that architecture has
not been cultivated and implanted
in stone and mortar away out there
in those wilds, where Castilian herds
and painted savages roamed in the
days when regal splendors -four
ished most in their own States, is
moro of a romantic dream than a
substantial conviction.
The roar Of the Mexican guns
never ceased to sound in tho ears
of our Eastern brothers until the
marshsllod hosts of the whole ma
tionn clnshing in the fiercest contest
which history records, drowned the
horrible din and gave peace, after
its calm, to the : lowings Of the
countless herds, which make up for
Texas a magnifconce in sovereign
wealth unrivalled, by any State in
the Union. 9El
The past is past, the present is
facing the great future, I nd Texas
is now being discussed oy tho op.
pressed and homeless who long for
thesunlights of freedom to break
upon the day-dreams Of their hap.
piness and prosperity, and cause
lifeto be earnest and real in all its
bearings. In this interest we are
moving forward, land to-day our
capital is sending its greetings to
the whole world, bidding honest
industry to join the ranks of capt.
tai and carry the banners of pro.
gress in triumphant success to every
part and portion of our common.
wealth.
The Legislature is engaged in a
double duty, and itS members are
working with the skilland tack Of
statesmen, not only to undo wrongs
which have been placed upon the
statute books of the State by the
Radical body which preceded them,
but are also meeting with sage en-
actments all the wants and do
mands Of the people,
There are exceptions, however,
in the Legislature, which every
true Texan must regret. There |
are mon in that body wboaro more
fosil than 1.-Two, who cling with "a
portinacity unshaken to dead ideas
while living wants call. alo nd for
active response at their hands
men who see in the wide waste of
untitled and unprodactive acros Of
the public domain, some superb
mirage which exists in their minds
alone, thing ofbeauty forever,
and entirely independent of the
auxilaries which sturdy reason and
practical brains always use in pro.
iucing and sustaining such pic,
lures. There are those, who do not
avor internal Improvement, when
I is to DO achieved at the slightest
'ost thelStats--nnless it chance
o be some cold watcr scheme
Which courses through the green
clds, over which their own herds
re accustomed to Craze. We re- I
ret the existence Of this apathy in
he Democratic members of our :
legislature, and hope that tho day