The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-12-22
COLONlzlNG IN TEXAS.

within the last lew years many
American colonies have located In leXn
~, Previous TO this, there were seu oral
very important German colonies rue
ceSSiully established, notably in FAY
cite Comal and Gillespie counties
while heavy Norwegian colony plans
ted itself probably in BoTquo county
The phlogmotio German and trOclable
Norwegian can be managed very well
~ n member OF n society or a com
mune, but II is the experience OF all
that Americans, as colonists, are not u
success They are less easily led and
controlled, Their habits of life and
labor are less methodical, and among II
large number there will always be found
II good many who will either refuse
TO labor outright or who will do 80 in
efficiently, Discomfort and trouble re-
suits, aud finally the colonists sell out
to Others, split up into factions and dis
band. IIomogeniety in Il government
such AZ ours is the most desirable quail
ity its population can have. The want
of it has produced every national and
state trouble we have had since the
the government was founded. The
trouble with these colonies, isolated and
encysted as they generally are, aside
from the wranglings among themselves
which are natural, is they are liable to
come in contact with outsiders in n way
to produce uneasiness and dissNtislac'
tion.A joint stock arrangement to enable
an nmber OF settlers TO purchase large
body of land at once, securing lower
rates, is n practical and common.sense
application Of the principle of co-opera-
ton from which the very best results
may follow, but when interests separate
and foreign from surrounding popula'
tons are set up or served IN any way 10y
these colonies, the results flowing from
such combination constitute an unmix-
ed evil, whether considered with refers
ence to the good Of that particular com
munity, the county or the state,
As things are now organized in
, Texas, there is not the slight
est necessity for any combination
! after the purchase mentioned, The
regular administration of law secures
protection, and the strong social char
actcristics Of our people secures soci'
al advantages our churches bring
religious facilities within the reach Of
the poorest single settler as well rs the
richest colony ever planted here, ON
) free school system in few years viii
settle the problem of education, and sc
the necessity of community exclusive
ness has passed away let us hope, for,
ever We can conceive of no right OF
public good which should not be shared
by all alike, If any member Of sucl
colony or any number of them discover
y new and valuable principle in agricul
ture or mechanics the world is entitlec
to its use--so any advantage en-
joyed in social or business way, 10y
reason of this combination, become
, public property, and this is contribut
, ed in consideration Of the protection
afforded 10y the state, and the social, re
ligious and educational facilities Of tn,
neghboring settlements.
We are always glad to see immigrants
in great numbers come in from any o.
the states, especially when they at once
become identified with the people o
the state. When once an lllnoisan
, New Yorker or Georgian removes his
household idols to, and plants his roo
tree in Texas, he to all intents and pur'
poses immediately becomes a Texan
. entitled to all the rights, privileges anc
advantages of citizenship, and in like
manner assumes his own proper degree
of responsibility and trouble attending
the relation. Thus it becomes illogical
to shut himself up in community hay
ing separate interests and sympathies
not in accord with the masses or the
people.