The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-04-21
OUR TEXAN VISITORS.
They Have q MiSSlOn-There Is No
Place Like TeXas-The Victims
of Cincinnati Hospitality.
From The Cincinnati Enquirer


Nothing affords better illustration
of the dawn of u brighter day for the
south, both politically and as regards
her material prosperity, than the pres
ence in our midst of a delegation of the
prominent citizens of the state of
Texas, who are alive to the importance
of encouraging the immigration of
honest labor to their great and promis.
ing state, for the purpose of develop
ing the mighty resources of her soil
and building up her material interests.
| This delegation contains men who
were, before the war, wealthy slave
holders, and who once deemed il inn
possible to cultivate their land with
other than slave labor, but they have
manfully accepted the issues of war,
and setting bravely to work have ac-
complshed results that prove at once
astonishing to them and encouraging.
They are alive to the Importance and
advantages of immigration, and are
visiting the north for the double pur-
pose of setting forth the advantages of
their own state, and of becoming bet
ter acquainted with the northern peo-
pie, and establishing more amicable re-
lations between the Lone Star state
and her sister commemorative.
The delegation left Denison April
Sth, and came north over the Central
Texas to st. Louis, and from thence to
indianapolis, and from there to this
city, arriving here at midnight We'd
nesday. The party is making its head
quarters at the Grand, and is headed
by General j. b. Robertson, of Austin,
who is the state commissioner. Colo
mel Allison, of Collin county, is the
president of the Texas association of
immigration, and the members ac-
companying the party represent some
twenty-siX counties in the southern,
central and northern parts of the state.
Most of them are farmers, with few
lawyers, merchants and editors sand
wiched in.
The party devoted their chief atten-
ton yesterday to keeping warm and
wondering where that weather came
from. Many of them who never saw
snow before are suffering from severe
colds, and they are yearning for the
genial sun and green fields they left
behind them, The sudden transition
from Texas sunshine to the cold and
fOrbidding wind of yesterday was not
very inviting, but fortunately the
warmth of Cincinnati hospitality COM
pensated for the frigid weather, and at
an early hour the party was abroad
Sightseeing In the morning they Wis.,
tied Halls safe and lock mandatory
and other places.
In the afternoon Mayor Johnston and
other prominent citizens called on the
gentlemen and extended them the hos
pitality of the city.
MAYOR JOHNsToN's ADDRESS OF WELL
COME.
Mayor Johnston's official welcome to
the Texan visitors at the sitting-room |
of the Grand hotel was as follows:
"GENTLEMEN-Your mission here Is |
q peculiar one. / am reminded OF a re-
mark made by Daniel Webster in ref
erence to the state of New Hampshire
That it was a poor place to emigrate
irom.' That is my opinion of Cincin-
natl. Should you, however, succeed in
inducing some of our citizens to go and
settle among you, / can assure you
that they are of that class of people
who will add prosperity to your sec
ton of the country. 1t is with pleas
ure that l welcome to our midst the
representatives of the people OF the
Lone Star state. The most fraternal
feelings exist between yours and the
Buckeye state. No other city contri-
buted more toward the Independence
of Texas than Cincinnati, Nor does !,