The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-07-23

cereals OF the South and the sugars anC
fruits Of the tropics Beneath her soil arr
immense beds of coal, ores Of silver richel
than the far famed mines of Nevada; hill,
of copper ore of surprising productive
ness; iron ore which is pronounced superior
to that Of Sweden; also gold and lead ores
which, If not so valuable as the others, are
worth more than can now be computed.
Her scenery cannot be surpassed. Hel
mountain peaks and broad, rolling, rich
prairies, upon which may be seen thousand.
of cattle, horses, sheep and goats-while
the beautiful streams nsing in the noun,
tains dash down over cliffs which look like
the ruins Of some mighty ramparts, ovei
which the fabulous giants of old kept
watch, and, passing through fertile valleys,
are lost in the waters of the Gulf Of
Mexico, all present panorama of lowell
ness unsurpassed even in the highly colored
tales of romance
Water power she has sufficient for turn
ing all the spindles of New England and
the Middle States.
These are notidIe declarations, written to
produce sensation and without truth.
They are based upon facts, which can be
shown to the doubtful. They are general
statements of substantial advantages, which
the lapse Of ages will not destroy. In fact,
men at a distance, who have no personal
knowledge of the climate, soil, productive
ness and topography of Texas, cannot con
ceive of the vast and varied resources oi
the State. As Colonel Toon, of At
lanta, Georgia. gentleman who ha;
long been connected with the press, and
of large experience and information
said recently while here, that the sur.
prise of the Queen of Sheba, wher
she viewed the magnifcence and
glory of King Solomon was not cqua
to his own in viewing the natural advan
tages of Texas; that he had heard and
read great deal, but never could be made
to fully comprehend the real situation. AND
yet, in the face of all these facts, which arr
patent to thousands--facts which are a!
palpable and striking as the Alps-there are
mean, narrow-minded, lying, envious and
dishonorable men who do not hesitate tC
slander the whole State, and make declara
tions and statements which are manu-
factured out of whole cloth, utterly false
and without foundation, declaring that
THavoe - 4bo 1o,J of 4l,a bo,ov,o,. a y, =
caterpillar, of chills and fevers, of ex
tremes of heat and colds, of uncertain
crops, and other absurd stories. But VIZ
desire more particularly to call attention t.
a correspondent of the Atlanta Georgia
Constitution, who says;
Those of you going, or contemplate go
ing to Texas, had better consider well be
fore you 90. travelled 1900 to 1000 mile
in Texas, and of all the overrated sections
of the country in the world Think it is tn,
most so. There is plenty of rich land il
Texas. This | admit, but at the same tim
there are incOhvenienees to Overbalanc
this. Those who write letters from Texas
as a general thing, are interested men ant
are not very scrupulOus as to the truth o
these statements. ni r
There are hundreds upon hundreds o
nice families now in Texas doomed to sta
there and drag out life of disease, and re
gret that they ever left their homes in tn
old States and moved to the uusalubriou
State of Texas. b 8
Now, we will venture the assertion tina
if this writer ever travelled fifteen hundre,
or two thousand miles in Texas, it was u
and down some river and along the coast I
the Rio Grande and up that stream. II
never came to the interior Of the State an,
travelled across the prairies, hills and noun
tains. If he had, unless he was paid t
slander the State, he could not write sucl
stuff. We would like for this creature 4
point out the :. hundreds upon hundreds o
families here doomed to drag cut a life o
disease, and regret that they ever left thei
homes in the old States and moved to tn,
unsalubrious climes Of Texas. There ma,
be, and doubtless are, families here, as il
every State, who are pressed for the neces
saries Of life, but not on account Of tn
climate or soil. They may be too lazy t
works or it may be that they have not th
means to operate with. No one withou
means or industry, here or elsewhere, cal
expect to live as we'll as energetic beings
We can point the writer to Georgian Mr.
Huif--of good family, who says that 1t i
the best climate inthe world Tor the laborer
that breeze springs up IN the morning
about o'clock, which is refreshing and in
vigOrating. He. although unused to labor
made, on new land, last year, with hi
own hands, unaided, twelve bales o
cotton, one hundred bushels Of corn
and seyenty-fve bushels Of potatoes
He believes that he could, II well prg
pared with every necessary implement
make twenty bales and corn enough 1
supply the farm.
Tho writer complains about families 0
immigrants having to live in old dilapi
dated negro houses. This may be true; fo
on the prairies timber is hard to get; an
people far from railroads cannot easily "a
lumber to build houses. But there IS ger
erally plenty Of the finest stone for build
ing purposes lie says that he found n
place where 'the water was COED. and ever
place some one was having chills. Thi
IS wholly uatrue; for there are thousand
Of places where families enjoy the very be.
health, as the rosy cheeks and elastic steF
Of their children win testify. Again v
copy from his letter as follows;
s'It is ons Of the rnost extreme countril
in the world-too hot or too cold, too w
\ or too dry. The uncertainty Of crops 8 aI
other great barficr il the way. A GOO
crop--fhcn from three % hre years b6foI
so0 have smother. THIS ls What some 3
fhc cldea cilllcrs told me. The caterpl
Ilf e thcro every year. and 81 Wcsler
Texas the grasshcppeI. ocFoaling g. the
eo. The Er'es1opptr 's Fclset than lte cl'