The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-06-18
OPINION or TnR nArn Excun.
slONIsTs TO TEXAS.

glowing reports OF texas tfQm the I0t4 eX.
cursionists. They come back to rs Ike ihs
echo Of beautiful music from distant hil|s
Resonding through the lard. Il has given
hope and rapture 70 thousasis and Is
flung back to US, in sol.ened strains ro.n
many a noble cliT. We are tempted to
few extracts:
tFrom DR.. Lofton. II the Memphis 4g1'asAfl
Texas, upon the whOlo Is elale ol
sacred memories-tho suhlimcst aspect 81
the present and the grandest prospects for
the future. The best Of society, the highest
culture, tho most prosperous business lht
nnest farming, the greatest and best %
men and women, unboundcd ibcfalill. and
the noblest Of churches, dot many portions
OF tins great land. Let ua look 70 tIIia land
for the future. do not mean % 20 lhcle.
but let us keep q Watchfnl eve "a Texas
and the west, and build up the canaa which
we 50 much cherish and love. God bless
people whose munihccnce j. ~ broad As The
magnidcence Of their domain.
IErom n. IN the Western Iio,orass 81 losIS,a.5
It would be diiicalt to find At words h
which to characterize the hospitality and
kind attention which has been shown 10 the
excursionists. ImanIne three
or four hundred people permitted to travel
free on al the important lines Of railrosdt
in the State for two weeks; imagine whole
cities turning out 20 welcome them with a6.
dresses and to invite them 70 tables eroan.
ing with bounties; imagine every house.
nearly, open to receive them, and every
hand, nearly, extended 70 give the grasp 81
greeting, accompanied By kind looks aud
words; and then imagine those hundreds Of
-. II.
pense, intent upon enjoyment and eight
seeing
THIS was the late exhibition OF hospital.
ity in Texas; and to say that it wss not en-.
joyed and heartily appreciated, would be
doing more than injustice 70 those who
went the rounds
Il Is almost impossible 70 convey accurate
ideas Of our impression Of the State. ia
many parts where we have gone words are
inadequate TO express the beauty and lcr.
tility Of the land, especially tho ,sfdir e.
In some parts, however, the country Is not
attrac tive, being wet swampy and rpp8l-
emily sickiy. The region arOuid austin Is
worthy of all praise, and We eannol oxae.
gerate the fertility and attractiveRess 81 thc
enriyaled farming country in the northern
part Of the State, composed, as Il is 81
black, high, rolling prairie lands shN eeep
as II tncy never can ear out.
The extent Of Texas is wonderful q
stretches through eleven degrees Of latitude
and thirteen and half OF longitude, aud IS
therefore, nearly 1000 miles in length and
breadth, aud contains 275, 600 square milcs
~ 06o more than in ell France, and sl1o.t
as big as two Of our largest older SHtSt
yet its population IS onlyabout ono noi
perhaps one-fiitieth as many as live in
France Take its extent, soil pali sty nf
productions and climate into consideial
and it is safe to say thai no other country IS
more blest.
From s. B IN the Macon telegraph
The next stopping place was Austin, lhe
capital, q city-like place indeed, with
handsome stone canitol and beautiful poI,-
lie buildings, in the midst OF a GLORIOUS
country. Here Saturday and sunday were
passed in great comfort and enjoyment
ministers filling the pulpits Of the city.
Thus about ten days were whiIed awavb9
300 or 400 excursionists, travelling free aud
enjoying unbounded hospitality every.
where. This liberality and hospitality was
mainly due to the efforts Of Rev. j. b. Link.
editor Of the Ie1dS Baptist Herald and was
rendered generously and layishly, and with
full knowledge Of the fact that BY Il gen.
eral attention would be directed 70 this
magnificent domain, and its attractions lo
emigrants be made known.
A good many Of the excursionists con.
template buying land in Texas Or moving
there. Little is generally known 81 thar
great State, where culture, refinement. re.
ligion, education, energy, progress and busy
activity all have made their homes Whefo
one million Of people only inhabit q land
", 600 square miles larger than al Franco.
and twice as large perhaps, as New Yofk;
but which infinitely surpasses most countries
in the variety and value Of its soil and pro-
ductions in the general beautifnlnes1 and
temperateness Of It's climate, ia the cheap.
ness Of its lands and the facility Wilh
which they are brought into cultivation
Long viii that excursion live 81 thcmcIn-
ory Of the participants, and furnish pleasant
food for thought when the mind dWeIr
upon that paradise for the farmer, the mag
Di6cent State Of Texas. .-lfaeog 1s1rapt
There is a single exception to the aaticr.
ing appreciation Of our country and the
hospitalities it recently extended (Which
We have noticed elsewhere. Andtfachcof
little sheet nst. Iouis-whose name, Laus,
is a sarcesm upon bis character-by some
unaccountable fraud imposed himself upon
the excursion. His asinine quelitieo crop
out in an ill-patured eritiqps upon those on.
whose bounties be was 0 pensioner, and 8
weak effort to rdicule one Of our citizens.
to whose sphe-e in life he can never AZ.
tain, but from whom he was quite ready to
accept favors. You are g dirty fellow.
Lawsl Your miserable deformity s.audi Is
strange contrast with those princely gentle.
men among whom yOu were foisled b some
untoward accident
We must say this much, notuiihsiondin9
your mistake Of caIling a. q brother 81
Governor Coke.