The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-05-16
Interesting Letter from Texas.
McKNNEF, COLLIN Co., TEXAS,
k,,r,I Dufb 1879

MChINNETt NOLLlN Oo.1 lEAAoI
April 18th, 1875. !
10 to The Editors Of the Columbia Herald :
We again present ourselves to your col
umns, and in doing so we feel assured YOU
kind patrons--those with whom we have beel
acquainted in former days--will not feel dis
posed to criticise.
1t is eight months siuCe We grasped, ID
parting the hands of many true and valued
| friends, whose cordial pressure gave evidence
of the warm and generous hearts OF those
with whom so many years OF our life have
been passed; we then bid adieu to our native
land to return to our adopted home in the ge-
NAL light of the clone STAR. Since thai
time we have passed through the longest and
coolest winter ever known IN IeXaS. Inc
spring has been unusually late. On the 25tl
OF March, in on night ice was formed OIL einch
and halt thick, killing fruit, gardens and
corn, and also iDjuring oats and wheat. 1t ls
yet cool and but little rain; wheat has revived
and looks promising.
The Lone Star" is on a forward march.
The Il. I. u &. K. r. is through to Red Riy-
err. The N. X, & T, has also crossed the riv-
er, making a connection with the former at
Denison City.
The two lines of the Trans Continental is in ra-
pid construction; one crosses the ii. L. q Z. at
Dallas, the other at Sherman, making the con-
nection at Fort Worth, and thus on to the Pa
cfc. While we are rejoicing at the gigantic
motion of the iron horse, the agricultural and
commercial future of Texas is yet hidden
scene behind the curtain, which time Will
bring to light. Since the war, there has not
been legislative body that proved to be OF
the type it was supposed when elected: Cap
ital, like the spider, weayes its web while we
are asleep, and all its beauty is but snare to
catch the uususpecting fly.
This, of course, Is Ii speculative view OF
Texas this mighty engine is moving, with all
its machinery, over our State; Democracy and
Radicalism are but secondary. Railroad sub
sldies are put through; the party lines fall be-
fore it. An old citizen was contendng with a
railroad agent about the right of way through
his farm, claiming his rights under the laws
of the State, and the agent replied, 81 will IN
form YOU of one fact YOU are not aware of,
that Is, that you are contending with power
full company, WHICH RUNS YOUR LEGISLATURE.
This moneyed power controls the State; if we
will but take look at Missouri and Kansas,
we can imagine the result. We see from an
able address, signed by twenty-five democrats
of our Legislature who have not yet bowed the
knee to Baal, that this wholesale swindle may
be checke in time, and our State saved from
bankruptcy. AS a State, we need more capt.
tai invested in agriculture aud machinery. a
great many good people have come to Texas
and returned dissatisfied; and in answer to
this we will say. that il would be to the best
interest of many for them to live out their
allotted time" where they were born and
reared from childhood TO maturity. 1T will suit
a few cases better to give what an old farmer
wrote back to his friends in Wilson county {;
"Thls is no place for gentlemen nor over
seers'
Dear HERALD, permit us through You to
tender our earnest desire for the future happi-
ness of dear friends of Old Maury, hoping that
peace and prosperity may surround them, and
that the smiles of Heaven may ever shine up
on them. With Respect,
W L. MACK