The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-11-24
The PROSPECTS OF THE TEXAS AND
PACIFIC.

\ great point has been gained IN
uniting the Texas delegation on tie
main features ofthe bill. beoaEse when /
they OF the friends Of the measure OUT
side of congress- are pressing its claims
in the Future they esnnot be tyitted,
as they have always been in The past
with the d. 5ioas aud chickering's Of thal
Texas representatives meoagress The
whole genius o! the administration |
is favorable Hr Hayes policy Of fair, /
ness toward the south has the effect Of
commencing this measure So a. ACT OF
simple iustice - our sectipa4 The feel
hugs Of lis bitteress enemies, are fast be- /
coming modified and tolorant in conse>
quence. as but few men, outside 81 thc
coterie which sitsat Mr.. ConlSlinE's fees,
care to openly war against thu person or
policy OF the quiet selt-possessed man,
who from his exalted position in the
White House exercises one Of The
coordinate powers Of government.
The powerful delegation from Penn
sylysnia, mindful Of the political
changes Of Che last few months in the
honored old keystone state, and, in
consideration of the further fact that
none but American iron is TO be used ia
its construction. will rally at the proper
moment, almost without the humility
of a single detection, to the support OF
the bill The taotious opposition offered
here and there in the sonth must sue
cuulb under the presept policy of tbs
managers of the enterprise, and the
growing sentiment Of doing am act
OF necessary justice to our impoverished
section. Mr.. Stephens, of Georgia, is in
favor OF VieSshurg as the terminal
point, but any other point between New
Orleans and Memphis would be equally
satisfactory, and we have reliable assur-
aneea that he win not prove intractable
when the final struggle COMES.
A brighter day for this great route
is now dawning--as it, also, IS for
our section and our state. and all
the interests that are interviewer with
our tnsterial progress as a nation.
1t is now pretty generally understood
and conceded that all the travel, and
much Of the commerce of western Eu.
rope, only awaits the cheaper prices aud
more reliable intercourse dependent
upon the Texas and Pacific, 10 abandon
altogether the longer. more costly and
excessively unpleasant route east by the
Suez canal or the cape of Good Hope.
Ii would be impossible TO transport this
immense commerce across our conti>
nent without signal advantage from its
natural drippings outside OF the actual
money paid tor simple transportation.
itwoaid bring our western wilds into
notice, and soon our immense mineral
deposits on the line of the road would |
be worked to their utmost capacity to |
the advancement Of tile country. Now
without opposition, the enormous |
rates Fixed by the Union Pacific road |
simply amounts to prohibition, and the |
travel and merchandise OF Europe turns |
sadly to the east which. if the rates we're |
reasonable would gladly seek the short |
er, pleasanter and safer route across the |
American continent,
twill be s.aoud day FOR us when /
we announce TO the people of Texas
that congress has at last concluded 70 /
do this great act. not of justice alone.
but of positive and inperitige necessi-
~. As matters stand at this writing /
the promise is'indeed very iattering.