The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-03-31
the SITUATION IN TEXAS,

The war hurt Texas only in this it
deferred for a few years the dawniug
I Of that prosperous day which every one
saw was near at hand. We had no
farms devastated, no cities DESTROYED
no railroads torn ny 40 fences burned.
and spoons--so to speak--carried off.
50 soon rs the smoke Of battle had as
cended from the bloody fields Of the
| south, IS soon as the shouts of the con.
testluts and the boom Of the cannon
/ had died out. aud as soon As the war
worn hcr1r-. whom Texas had contrib
utcd 50 the struggle. had returned
home. the work of the former years
was taken up where it had been drop
/ ped, and was pushed with a yigor which
H-tonishedl not only the people of Texas
themselves, but those of the entire
south. and even the North. by the
magnitude of the results obtained
Geographically Texas is most felici-
tously situated The trade of an i'm.
meuss territory in the Northwest must
p'-s through our territory to find its
natural cheapes. aud shortest route To
salt water We have none OF the social
political or business complications of.
the states East or North. We are in
deed an empire in and of ourselves
paying tribute to none, but receiving it
from nll. With all the productions of the
Northern and Middle States, with those
Of the south added a temperate and
delightful climate; health and prosper
ny ON every hand; An easily accessible
market for our produce with a temper
nt~r industrious aud virtuous popula-
tion. thoroughly homogeneous, united
i1 every way, and politically almost a
unit respected abroad, and contented
aud prosperous at home. can any one
doubt that in the near future Texas will
stand head aud shoulders above all her
competitors among the new States Of
the new West2
oar State government is liberal and
enlightened one The off GERS selected
by the people to administer it are pro
rressive men, and behind those of no
other state IN the Union. our repre-
s"ntatiy-s in Congress and the Senate
are the tat opponents Of the new Texas
which has sprung into full manhood
since the war. car cities an towns
though rapidly built. are all on good
solid basis, and are the unerringly
truthful ndices Of the real progress of
the country, as represented by the
development of our wonderful azricul-
turh resources. Our manufacturing
interests are not neglected and each
passing day malks the establishm nt Of
some new enterprise, and the success Of
is not matter of doubt. No other
field for the profitable employment Of
ma uiacturing capital can be found. to
excel Texas. and q home market is
created by which her own domestic
wants are supplied from her own domes-
tic resources.
Nature has indeed been lavish Of her
t,yors, and the wise and liberal policy
of the state has procured Tor her people
the full benefit of her great natural adj.
'autages. The cream efthe enterprise
aaa vim o. the Northwest and South.
east gravitatcs naturally to this State.
| Every train ofcars which thunders over
onr border lines, every far ship which
touches our gulf washed shores. and
every white covered wagon which rolls
into the State, brings their own proper
quota Of earnest men and yirtuous wo
men, to add to the busy thronc already
pruhtabiy employed in our fields our
work shops. and in our counting.rooms
Capital is easily supplied for any
legitimate enterprise, and now only
insure Us an economical and IMPARTIAL
national administration, aud very soon
the Texas OF even to-day, will be lost
and swallowed up in the new Texas OF
tomorrow, and will bear no sort of com
parison with any other of the newer
States of the great west. or the earlier
years of her own history.