The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-09-12
[ VOL. VINO. 1856

jackson and Tyler and Polk and Bel.
ton and that great American Congress
OF S44, on the one side, and iIo,nton
and Rusk and Kaufman and yanyandf
ana Henderson, and the convention 81
Texas, on the other.
We became member Of the Union
0y a solemn national treaty signed and
duly attested BY the great seals 81 State
and on terms and conditions FelEiln.
posed which can never be broken
Texas became more thats uo-eaisal
state, because she reserved . her own
all her public lands, then amo,mtinxto
nearly two hundred million X ucref
and the right--to be exercised AZ wiile-
OF dividing her territory into other
States for the Union right--partl0h
the dlgression--whch will never We AZ
erclsed, my countrymen, until san Jas
olnto is forgotten, and the nlartyrd0th
OF the Alamo fades from the memofYo IL
men
That annexation cost this governmant
nothlng--Texas paid her own war debi
amounting TO millions Of money
IL is true, war with Mexico epsnod
ten years after Texas had shattered
lances and routed her legions. withf
Emperor and Dictator, supp iaat ca,
tive at her feet
What did that war eiiect2 In add,
ton to the lustre shed upon our arms.
It extended our possessions 70 tlle
Pacife embracing the III Dorado oftho
west--and making us indeed aud III
truth an "Ocean-bound Republic
And in addition to all this p,aferirl
wealth, the annexation OF fexas
brought to the Union history, all il.
Illuminated by the noblest sacrihcds and
the heroism on men who were willing
to die for their country.
She came bearing as precious Saitts
the traditions Of the early cuonisls.
and bearing on helmet and shield
battle scars of the struggle and Of the
victories from "'24 to'36.,,
She brought TO you Goliad and Com
ception and the Alamo, and points 10
the inscription on the monument made
OF the stones on which Crockett
and Bowie and Travis fell as 10
the bra2en serpent in the wilderness
"Thermopyla had her messenger OF de
but not least, she brought to you kin.
dred blood and great heart, beating
in unison with the Union. and surround
cred the ensign of the Lone Star, Z
hallowed by so many thrilling mem-
cries, and took her place in the COM
mon Sisterhood of States.
come, Mr.. President, representa-.
tive from one of u younger generation
of States.
And what has struck me most in nv
coming has been the fact, that tho mo.
ment crossed the mighty stream
which drains the gandest valley IN tic
world, ! seemed to step from some
tabled Atlantis still girded with prime
val forests and extended plains, unto
one which denotes Finished sayiee,
Its opulent cities, its splendid hish-
ways and bright waters were tlrongcd
with millions of treemen and The varf
Gus and wonderful productions OF their
industry OF more than an hundred "
years. From the Mississippi 10 The
eastern slope OF the Rocky Mountains,
the march of progress is grandly piuy-
ing onward to the front. New towns
new cities, new States are rising thare
like Delos from the sea. Fertile lands.
rich mines knocking the wealth Of tho
lndies-underlaid by measureles delslA
OF coal and iron, unnumbered henls 'll
cattle scattered uvcr countless plal1s, ~
genial cline opening TO the hind 81
man the tacile culture of all the pro-
ducts OF other lands. Cotton, wheat
corn rye, oats, rice, barley and sasaN
grow side By side on the same fertile aciit2
Ere another centennial, this splendid I.
trans-Mississippi empire will rival in
Astounding populations, abundance Of
products, and contributions TO tlip
happiness Of man, all the older colus
monwealths OF the republic
OF this new west, the Stats. 1--we
the honor to represent where, today
holds the tar left, its proper aud ostg
ocean outlet and keeps steady strp 10 4
the march OF. this imperial progress and 4
power.
our AREA OF TERRITORY
Texas is the largest Of the AMERICAN
States, greater in extent than New
York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virgirias
Maryland, Delaware, and the Six New
England States all combined Within
her borders are more than one hundred
and seventy-five millions Of ceres d
land--214, 800 square miles of territory.
Bounded on the north and west hy the
Indian Territory, New Mexico and,
Mexico: on the south and east by the
Gulf Of Mexico and louisa a, tlss
great area lies between the twenty-sixth
and thifty-sixth degrees Of north latr
tude and its northwestern Pam
Handle" extends even TO the border
line of Kansas,
In topography, Texas is naturally
divided into three parts
Erst--The Seaboard, extending from
the Sabine to the Rio Grande nearly i
thousand miles in length, and rifnning
inland from scycnty-iive to one hun
dred miles.
,Stcomd-The Uplands, or Middle rexs
as. This great belt constitutes tie
largest area of the State. Ry actual 4
survey of engineers it is from, ilve hnfs
bred to eight hundred feet obovs tho
level of the sea. 1t contains cyefa
variety OF soil, diversified with hills and <
valleys, alternating forests and ptnilie,
and watered by untailing streams. +,
THid--The great plains, inclndin2
the "Llano Estacado," and the
table lands, stretching far Il
the west and northwest 4
These plains are now and then bseksn
by lofty mountain ranges -oh the head,
waters of the Red, the pecos aud the
Brazos rivers
The first and second Of sliese iokn.
graphical classitications. are ,lnsurpasss \,
ed for richness and fertility OF soll and
salubrity Of climate.
The third and last division i vat the
home of the savage, now fast disappeeis
ing before the march OF civilization; ond,
still further to the westward, the feed
ing ground of the buffalo. lnthis ter.
ritb,y there is embraced wider AREA on &