The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-11-20
30 THE TEXAS AND PACIFIC.
General Darneirs Proposition

30 THE TEXAS AND PACIFIC.
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General DarneITs Propositions.
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The ordinance introduced INTO lhe
Convention by General Darnell, grant
ing an extension of timeito the lexas
,andI Racilic, has not yet been finally
acted upon. The proprlety OF adopt
ing such, an ordinance Is eliciting Il
good deal of discussion both in the
Convention aud out of it, and the Gal,
weston Ayewsiof u late date, devotes a
leader to the subject we shall not
say to the members of the Convention
that they ought or ought not 10
..pass the. ordinance directly grant
Ing this extension, although we THINK
we. could addnce many and mighty
reasons why the extension should be
E9iyep, Yapd we trust THAI either by the
Convention now in session, should the
members Think IL within their prov
inca, or by the Legislature which shall
first meet iiithe Spring, the company
may be granted the further time.
We think, howeyer that the views
presented by tie Galveston Neps in the
article to which we refer, show us no
good reasons why the, ordinance OF
General Darnell should not become a
law. There ishan idea in Southern
Texas, .ialsitS professionally diseloses IT.
self ia ,the columns of the News, that
il iya liecessity to Texas that all the
works OF internal Improvement in the
State should terminate atone or the
othersuofH our coast cItics, which in
plain lAngpage generally means should
ternifnate 1T Galveston. Now, in the
outset, we wish it understood, and we
think A. reference 70 the columns OF
THGI lER kLpMilrshow, that ourearn-
est desire is for the prosperity OF all
our coast cities, and no one would re-
's1oiee more than ourselves at the up
building of Galveston to the dimen-
sions of great seaport. What we now
M opject tois the assumption that the
" prosperity of TEXAS is dependent upon
~ the,prosperity OF Galveston, or of any
W other one, Two, orhalfa dozen ofoul
cities.
The chief point of the objection
raised by the Ne,os to the grant OF
Afptherlimeeis that the promoters OF
@6at roed have notin unmistakeab le
terms declared their purpose TO fix one
of their termini ON the seacoast OF
Texas. The whole gist OF the objection
is in the language OF the Ne'os, when ii
says ag0tItaj Che railroad in
question: has no terminus,
and contemplates having none, on
the sea coast of Texas"
Eorthis reasony the editor says that
f'of al the railroads projected across
. Texas Territory the Texas and Pacific
" Va nov planned, offers the'least beneii'
to the State at large" And 1t is
chiefly for this reason that 1t Ia urged
specially and directly that no furthel
time shouldbe givento1the company
by the State of Texas, aud indirectly
that no Congressional aid should b'
w gianteia essrsTa' #a'~''s'a sae
-. Eromsth ecourse recently Swallowed
in various articles in the NeDs, WI
have for some time apprehended thai
it would soon show itself in palpabl'
opposition to all the schemes in con
tsnpl,.tion to build tbs Texas ant
Rasi1e hallway. So loas as SWillar'
Richardson held the reins of that pc
tential sheet, It's advocacy took in al
of Texas, and whilst his chief enthusi
asm was always expended for the pro
motion of Galyeston,Rthe city of hisin
terest and of lib love, his broad hear
embraced every corner OF the State
We greatly feat that the spirit which
now controls that valuable journal Il
not quite so catholic as in former
times, and that the love for Galveston
runs away with the. love for the State
1t is new Thought 1nS these latter
days that greatrailrow', penetrating
rich and fertile State, and passing foi
hundreds of miles through zthe rich.
est and most fertile sections, can be
of but little benefit TO that State unless
II terminates at one or the other of its
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