The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-05-04
TINE TEXAS AND PACIFIC,

Tho arralgnment OF southern hlelhN
bers by Mr., Chalmers, Of Mississippi II
very severe, but NJ the same time "
must be confessed, II ia very just, When
ever II is question of sectional adyan'
tage, or Of national aid TO a sectional
prQleet the north il At once q unit
Party differences, hates and lealonsleS
are laid aside aud demooratand republl'
can enters the breach shoulder TO shout
der aud the fight IL continued until the
rape Of the treasury has been accom-
pIished, How different II IL with W. Of
the south, Here We have an enterprise
which il 10 be Of the utmost importance
10 every man, woman and child OF our
entire section which is to add 10 tho
value Of every foot Of ground, every dol
lar Of invested capital and every dollar
Of taxable value throughout tho entire
south, aud not only that, but will prove
Of almost equal value 10 tho north, ana
yet We have divisions and discussions
among IN sufficient 10 carry W. head
long into blind opposition to the very
enterprise Of all others likely to COM
pleto not only tho entire rcconslrucN
ton OF the south politically, but which
IA 10, In great measure restore our old
time prosperity, Upon what grounds
IL this veteran cross purpose founded 7
Upon our jealousy IN TO terminal points
and branches upon our suicidal devo'
ton TO m antisubaldy abstraction,
We are not strong enough 10 ops
pose thoroughly united north
when IL wishes 10 subsldiao Union
or North Pacific route, but we
are strong enough in our mullsh stub
bornncss and stupidity to defeat any
subsidy which il likely to lit us from
the slou,h into which we we're plunged
by the war, The south lost four mil
lions Of slaves, which were worth eight
hundred dollars each that capital
has been annihilntod, and can only be-
offset by schemes Of internal improves
mont for the increase Of values, such ~
the Texas and Pacific bill opens up TO
us. This attitude of tho southern mem
beers in opposition is pusllOnimous and
If persisted in until defeat comes will
win for M an unenvablo prominence
among the most distinguished suicides
of the ages,
The simple endorsement of the Texas
and Pacific bonds by the government
will add many hundreds OF millions OF
dollars to the value of property in the
south, and will add many millions to
the population Of our section, and open
up trade with outside nations and
Mexico the value of which figures can
hSrdly express, The passage of the bill
will electriiy the country and vivily
every enterprise and every hope of the
people. What seems now to be acloudy
possibility for the distant future will
Immediately become living, practical,
reality, The settlement and development
of the immense districts between the
Trinity and the Rio Grandc and between
the Rio Grandc and the Colorado will
follow MS the logical result, and will
be ms prompt and complete rs
has been that on the eastern
part of the line already completed.
And yet with all this, we have men
claiming to represent the spirit of prog
ress now animating our bruised and
broken section, who oppose the scheme
bitterly, and upon such grounds as they
would an insignificant branch road, or
the location of u country postollice,
While the south persists in clecting
such men to represent her at Washing
ton we may expect just such results,
together with the reign of inertness and
listlessness which has so long kept her,
teeming as she is with so many advan>
tages, behind other sections of the
country
Mr.. Chalmers bold speech ought to
arouse us ought to set people to thinks
ing, and thinking they ought to resolve
to bury out of sight all differences and
jealousies and work in concert to cons
fer upon the south the Immense boon
of route crossing her territory, con-
Meeting not only the Atlantic and Pa
cic oceans, but the far east, with its
stored past and its present commerce,
with the new west and its busy millions,