The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-17

Capt. Holloway, President Of the Chamber of
Commerce, announced the presence Of the
Iexan delegation now visiting the city, and IN
few we'll timed remarks introduced General
Robertson, Of Austin.
General Robertson then addressed the Cham
per, showing the advantages Of Texas as q
nome. he described her soil, government and
climate, referred to her proud history and in
ylted emigration to this promising field.
He claimed that while the soil might not
equal that OF Ohio to-day, it was fully equal to
what hers was in its virgin state; that the cli-
mate was such that the laboring man or me-
chanle would not lose more than one IN Onth out
Of twelve on account OF the weather. Her soil,
he said, was such, that the great staples Of the
country, wheat, corn and tobacco, would grow
side by side, and that to perfection.
Texas, continued the General, has increased
in population 25O,000 wit!,in the last twelve
months. She has ample provision for schools,
and has as many churches ana as large pro-
portion OF church going people, according to
population, as aly of the older States. He re-
ferred with pride to the history OF his State
Saw that Lone Star rise, and saw all the
struggle that followed when his people, then
numbering scarcely Al ,000 arrayed themselves
against s,OOO,UOO OF Mexicans under lead Of
Santa Anna, tine self styled Napoleon Of the
West" He referred to this at Cincinnati, es-
pecially, because in the darkest part of that
struggle Cincinnati came TO their aid and
furnished them with equipments and rations,
for which the men that composed that little
band had never ceased to be grateful.
MIR. j. G. Eblen. Of Texas, was next intro
duced, and said he only desired to express his
grateful thanks for the generous kindness that
had been extended to this delegation by the
people Of Cincinnati. They had not come up
here 70 endeayor, if they could, to break up OLD
associations, but TO induce part Of the great
tide Of Immigration that was flowing westW ard
to turn to the Lone Star State.
Coming on q mission OF this kind they had
expected no such reception. 1t had been sur
prise and a pleasant one to the delegate and
on their return home they should say TO their
constituents, that of all the cities through
which they passed, Cincinnati had been the
chief in the extent OF her hospitalities and
kindness.
In addition he merely desired to say that if
there were those who desired 10 go to new,
and as yet undeveloped country, Texas offered
scope for the display Of energy and the use of
capital no where eXcelled il equaled.
Nopetty jealousles exist among her people
The population 10 cosmopolitan. Her people
have come together from all parts of the world,
and, like the Maced0nlanS, have Stocked their
shields and are marching on in peace"
MIR. Small, OF Houston, was the last speaker.
He was glad OF the opportunity of visiting
Cincinnati, and was proud to know that in a
country where great cities are the rule aud not
the exception, Cincinnati, though one Of the
Oldest OF the Western cities, has not been shorn
of her robes of greatness.
lie was glad OF the opportunity Of knowing
many Of the people Of this city, and gratided
to find that her manufactures were so exten-
sive tnat everything his people needed could
be purchased here without gong further East.
He hoped one of the results OF this visit
would be closer commercial relations between
Texas and Cincinnati, and he assuredIthe mer-
chants and manufacturers that his State
offered a rich field for the trade, and he hoped
it would be cultivated