The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-11-27
TEXAS AND HER FUTURE

ylle commenting upon the dimensions
Of The United States aud Of thcadauco
Of the white population towards the
Rocky Mountains, after stating the dis-
lance from lake Superior 10 the gulf Of
Mexico to be twelve hundred miles, "as
the bird dies adds; "lt hos been cal
ouhted Ihat the whites nd Ruce every
year mean distance Of seventeen miles
along this vast boundary This
gradual and continued progress. of the
European race, toward the Ro,ky
Mountains, has the solcmnity Of a PROV.
idential event, II is like q deluge Of
men rising unabatedly and daily driven
on by the hand of God, There is some
inoccuraoy in this general statement of
the justly distinguished and eminent
Frenchman, This tide Of western adj.
vance did not then reach the gulf OF
Mexico or the southern states, II rolled
along the vast line, from Michigan to
Kansas, but farther south the line
was broken and there was compar.
atiyely little advance west below
the thirtieth degree Of north loti.
tude The Indian territory COM
ironted Arkansas on the west, and Tex.
as had not yet emerged from Mexican
thraldom But more potent than either
of these, slavery raised its dark and
gloomy barrier along the boundary line
Of 36' 80" and turned emigration
away from the south, to the west
and southwest. With q rapidty which
has exceeded the glowing anticipa.
tons Of De Toequeyille, the advancing
tide Of white immigration has filled the
wide expanded regions of the west
and northwest, has passed the Rocky
mountains and planted itself on the
shores of the Pacific and now from
these and from unforeseen causes the
wave Of population is turned back
from its course, and is emptying into
new channels, and flooding in its
progress new lands. The golden fever
in California has abated The winds
and the SHOWS Of the long and severe
winters of the northwest, and the
great distance from market of the
products Of its soil, deter the
emigrant, while in the southwest
a state, with territory larger than five
of the largest of the middle states, with
soil which produces in equal exuber
ance the staples Of the north and of the
south, where grow the fruits of the
temperate zone and Of the tropics, whose
winters never know the letters Of the
ice'king, and whose summer is famed
by perpetual broezes, opens its wide do
MAN. and bids for the emigrant Of
every cline. To the northern, man il
points to its magnificent harvest field,
OF grain, better than can be grown al
the north. To the southern man. to its
fields of cotton, producing more thar
can be gathered. To the wool grower
to the vast plains of the southwest anC
the advantages Of that favored locality
for the raising Of sheep. To the cattl,
raiser, to its undesirable herds, living
upon the broad prairies, and its tire,
hundred and seyenty.hve thousan,
head of cattle exported annually
Then to its millions Of acres of cheal
lands unoccupied, and yet sufficient t
sustain ten millions Of people. These
are some of the natural advantages
which attract population to Texas
morally, they are scarcely less though
not appreciated or accredited in tn,
outside world. In Texas, all men ar,
free in fact, as well as in theory. Tn,
people talk but little about politics, no
do they care what man 5 politics are
Everyone follows the bent of his owl
Judgment, freely entertains his opinions
whatever they may be, and there ar,
none ito modest or make him afraid.
The people of Texas welcome the straug
er and extend to him the hospitalite
for which the south has ever been dis
tinguished. They give to everyone
cordial greeting, and fair chance, anC
if he proves himself worthy, extend t,
him friendship and consideration,
The violence which once prevailed il
the state, was but the natural result o
sparse population, to proper organi
2ation of communities, and having NJ
courts through which to enforce law
men We're driven to violence both in tn,
assertion of right, and in redrcssing
wrong, but with the increase of popula
ton, this necessity passed away, an,
with it the condition. The reign o
terror is over in Texaa, and there is II,
state where greater vigilance and reso
luton is manifested in bringing crimi.
nails to justice. This is becoming know
and when fully recognized, there will
be nothing to impede or obstruct tn,
swelling flood of Texas immigration
The tide is now high and incrcasin.
with each successive year, but it will
rapidly rise higher until our two hund
red and twentyNseven thousand squar,
miles of territory will be filled with tn,
most prosperous population upon thii
continent. With the same number t
the square mile that Massachusetts, has
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