The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-03-09


20 STIR the people most, and OF ne>
eessity be oil the greatest national i'm
portance, should not be tainted with
sectionaiisn. The bill should be killed
in committee.
COL0NizisG IN NORTHWEST TEXAS.
Several large and important colonies
from the northern aud eastern states
have recently fixed themselves in the
northwestern counties of Texas. They
are from Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jer-
sey and Illinois, and are remarkable as
intelligent, thrifty people, with aound-
ant means in hand to make good their
foothold in our young empire. They
come banded together to secure the adj
yantages of schools, churches, stores,
etc, and, indeed, possess the germ OF n
complete community IN and OF them
selves The great advantage is that
they fling themselves With Impunity
beyond the line. of our utternost set
hAiti Nov NNAitboAg tlRAAh
the clutch of nature and the savage.
Soon the waste places of our frontier
are 10 become the gardens and vine
yards of a prosperous people, contrihu>
ting their mite TO swell the numbers,
Importance and wealth of the citizenship
of the state So far, all these Few peo-
pie have titled on the line, or in coun>
ties tributary t. the Texas and Pacific
road. and nave received from that great
corporation and its capable and courte'
Gus local mana cement, all the encour>
agement aud assistance which it has
been in their power TO bestow In this
matter alone, that road has already
contributed many Thousands TO the tax
able values of the state, which in a very
brief time will amount to millions in
the aggregate.
We travelled " ednesday night from
Marshal to Dallas with party of forty
families from Ohio, of German descent,
who we're ali bound to one neighbor>
hood west, selected for them by capable
agents, who came out here last fall for
the purpose. We found them, from the
gray haired patriarch of seventy, TO the
"toddling wee thing of a half dozen
summers, deeply imbued with the true
frontier spirit. They are protestants,
,n.alI,,an, and tbrJTtv ND ~ary so1,
the wilderness will be made to blossom
as the rose, and resound 10 the music
of "a happy and prosperously employed
people. Now then, we maintain that
these efforts OF the Texas and Pacific
road to fiji up our pleasant valleys with
people OF this stamp--call their motives
ly seconded by every true man in this
region, OF in the state These cluster
ing colonies along the line OF this road
are only a budding earnest of what is
TO follow upon its completion, and in-
stead of winning for the road hard
words and bitter opposition on the
coast they should receive the hearty
god-speed of every true Texan The
coming season wiil see many quiet,
modest, plodding man OF business land.
ing here unheralded by the press,
but who will ask many and searchS
ing questions about wood, water,
land, population. schools, churches
and productions. See TO it that
he has intelligent aud honest re-
plies, because the chances are that he
comes to look out in advance TOR set.
! Ting place for party of his friends as
well as Tor his own rooi-tree and good
deal OF influence is often exerted in the
| mind OF such man, by a courteous re-
| oeption, and an honest, reliable state
ment. We have room and to spare foI
| five millions of active agriculturists
They constitute the chief need OF the
state. Let us throw away no single
chance to get one. Let us remember
that all men could not be born here in
time ito tramp down the first grass, but
rather, when he brings here bis house
hold gods, and erects here lis family
altars, he is then equal to the oldes
resident, whether q son to the manor
born, or by adoption. When an emf
grant brings his wife and babes here
and builds for them shelter. he car
give no stronger or better guarantee o
the sincerity of his intentions rs to ulti
mate citizenship. He is then tit to re
ceive and enjoy the frank and heart!
hospitality so characteristic OF the from
tier, and that of Texas especially. Ou
frontier is no longer the house of refug
for the villaiuy of other lands, but tn
future home of the industrious, tn,
virtuous and the honest toiler, wh,
would secure the fruits of his best ef
forts to the enjoyment of the idol
which cluster so thiekly round his rud
frontier hearthstone
| The moderate republican press i