The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-09-23
THE HEHALD
DALLAS. TEX n s.
SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER %.
GOVERNOR HUBBARD AND THE STATE
GAZETTE.

structures were made upon tn" oralipn |
of Governor Hubbard recently deliy' |
cred nj Philadelphia an effort 80 mas
tcrly and eloquent rs TO surpas- any
like ornton delivered at this great c%-
position. rnE HERALD does not desire
TO attribute any malicious motives to
the Ga.rih, for it can not conceive how
it conld have the heart 10 indulge IN
them, and we must therefore, consider
that papers comments assthc hasIy ana
unconsidcrcd uttcranccs Of an unin-
formed mind The Gd.dc says that
Governor Hubbard WAS mistaken III
saying that "TcXos paid her own war
debt" IN this regard the Gos@c Is
nanfcstly in error and ia" speaker
right, The United States assumed, it is
true, to pay our public debt but it was for
mi,c rccciod from the ltcpubllcoi Texas.
We gave mp all claims TO certain dis
putcd boundaries and territory, and for
this concession, wc were paid an amount
Of money in liquidation ofour war debt
Hence, Governor Hubbard was doubly
and historically correct IN saying that
annexation cost this government moth
ing and that "rcXas paid her own war
debt IN this the G0sH knowingly
mi-rcprcscnts the orator Tia" hoeHc
attempt, to- grow lNcctious IN dcprrca-
ting the invitation extended to all men
irrespective Of politics OF previous con
dition to immipatc to Texas The dis
tingushcd speaker said expressly that
"Teyas wanted honca men with big
hearts and strong arms etc, etc. to
come to Texas. What tolerant and pn'
triotic Texan would not say rs much
especially standing as he did in the pres
rncc Of all the States, and the represent
ativcs Of every nation2 The Governor
expressly and in strong language rs II"
could use denounced those landcrcr-
Of Texas and the South who
were charging ny with intolerance and
determination to exclude aud ostra-
else all Northern men from our State
and gave his reasons for the dcnm.
citation
1t is intimatcd by one or two news
papers (the Gazette being chief and the
Waco Examiner smilingIy approving,
that the speakers figures and statistics
had too much of the "color OF the rose.
As to population and its increase the
United States census Of 1870 gave Texas
$4,000 population 1t was then and is
now conceded that this census fell short
by one hundred and fifty or two hun
drcd thousand Referring to the oHrjm
reports made to Governor Coke by Gem
cral J, Il. Robinson, appointed by COY
crnor Coke chief Of the Immigration
Bureau, it will be seen that this officer
estimates our increase of population
since that time to averGJc two hundred
thousand per nunum The same or
larger figures are given 10y this sworn
officer in II State document prepared by
him and paid for by the Natr called
Homes for the Emmgrant."
Thus ii will be seen from these e8ird
figures that our present population ap.
proximatcs ira mW,ooS ns was stated.
The statistics rs to cotton and the
first cotton producing State in the Tn
ion are taken from official sources and
will not be denied. The statistics ms to
grain were furnished by the President
Of the Chamber of Commerce of Gal
weston.
No figure was stated nor any statistics
given ns to health, temperature rainfall
or productions except from official dGtN
As to the figures stating amount, and
value OF cur university, common school
and county school lands, they were evil
IDENTIFY furnished officially by Hon s.
II. Dardcn, comprehensive Hon, j. j,
Gross, of the land Office and from exc
cutive documents, Consequently if the
speaker erred, il was because of official
mistakes, and TnE HERALD has no reason
to believe that any of the departmental
officers have been thus unfortunate.
As to internal improvements the
printer has maniIeStly made tn G govern
or say five thousand miles completed
instead of two thousand, There are in
fact some two thousand eight hundred
miles of railway in Texas actually com
pleted and now operated
Az to the moral advancement OF this
much slandercd State, and the church
statistics used, such men ~ VIM. Cary
Crane, of Baylor university, Bishops
Garrett and Gregg as well rs the Catho-
lie bishop of Galveston, will readily bear
testimony to the correctness of Govern
or Hubbards statements.
The national thoughts uttered by the
able speaker on that occasion, were
most worthy Of him, and reflected credit
upon the State AS an evidence that he
spoke well, the Philadelphia Times
speaks of his address MS the most in
teresting delivered during the exposi.
ton, and that paper conters no mdc.
served compliments.
We regret that the Gazette has seen fl
to act ungenerously in its criticisms
upon an Grafton that every Texas jour
nal from State nrile nlona shnuld hoyn