The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-02-24
LETTER PROM rHE CAPITAL.
The University of Texas-The Attempt
to Divide into Factions that
SpIendid lnstitution-Ht
Should be one and
Indiylsible.
mo. Bill


Cores pordence of The Herald.
AUsTIN, February II, 1881.
[ enclose herewith communication in
Yesterdays Statesman, signed "Ncrth Texas"
As [ believe, from most all expressions heard
yesterday in regard TO il, that the views
therein arc representative outside those per-
sons in the interes! of Galveston, therefore
send it for reproduction in our section to
sound the sentiment among us. In my judg-
ment and sentiment shis, the capital, is the
| place for it, but wherever the people shall
decide it shall be, let it at least be all
| together. The article ssys:
1.-THE university bill which the senate has
passed, and which WAS yesterday presented
90 the house for concurrence, deserves the
careful consideration of the committee which
will have to report on 1t, as well as from our
representatives, because of the Stubs
| amendment, which requires that branch Of
| the institution may be located at Galveston.
| Now,it Galveston have portion of it, why
not Dallas, for instance have another portion
Of it? IF the bird is to be plucked, one party
| getting the wings, another the tail, another
She legs, then give the others showing for
| the pulling bone, or the "popes nose p" II
| south Texas and west Texas and central
Texas are to have respectively section, the
! one the medical and the other the sgricultu-
! raj, the other the carcass remnant, then why
| not further eubdivide and give TO north
| Texas the legal department and to east
Texas the theological ? Let's have a fair
divide or none. Arguments can be al
vanced Just as strong quite 80
spacious for the claims of each, as those
Galveston has seen proper to present ia her
interest. We regretted to see the amend
ment pass the senate, because this msgnid-
cent institution ought to be located in one
place, and thus, in its entirety and integrity,
BE- made pride to tine great state which SO
literally endows it, and not be dismembered
aud split up into Insignificant segments.
And, in our judgment the capital
is the place, place ut all
students, free from epidenics, storms, ETC.,
accessible by rail, central in its locality,
wonderfully beautiful and picturesque in its
unsurpassed surroundings, and especially ad-
yantsgeous by reason of its being the seat of
government. That other states have seen
proper to locate the medical branches Of their
universities at other points than the head
centre is true and for excellent reaions BOs
ton is city of nearly three hundred thousand
inhabitants, New York has q million, Phils-
delphia eight hundred thousand, New Orleans
over two hundred thousand these are truly
seaport cities offering extraordinary facilities
10 the medical student 10 the immensely of
their population, beside which that of their
university sites, and indeed of all their inie-
rior cities, fade into ins,goi6csnce. This
is not ST all true Of Galveston,
which in population of $4,000,
barely exceeds Houston and San ANTONIO,
and is not bosstfuliy in excess of DallaS,
Waco or Austin. Furthermore their fate as
tae seaports, par excelIence. of their ststes, is
fxsd, becsuse of their actual facilities 10 The
way of deep water improbsbiity OF I'M
happy contest With neighboring ports, etc.
la our Partially for Galveston, her
self a credit and q pride for us all.
We should like TO see her obtain all
the beneits which the Legislatures
ard the people can be,tow. She is now here
asking aid for her harbor. Let US give II 10
her though the method now preferred 10
the le2i iature IL, we suspect, scarcely con
stitutional She asks FOR the warehouse re-
.ei Of system very desirable thing for her
IN particular, yet largely 50, too, for all her
interior patrons, sDd this certainly ought 70
be granted, ior II is due 70 her IL she wishes
it, and safe and reslly advantageous 10 the
whole state. Let US do al we constitutions
ally can to promote her prosperity, but let
not the university DO divided. Indeed We
are not spprised that her people, beyond the
physicians there, ak H. In the distribution
Of legislative fsvors or grants, we question IT
they woald not, on reflection, regard II ss
preindicing the chances Of larger interests
snd far more important requests.
For the rest, there appears 70 US 3 fatal OBJ
lection 10 the senate amendment, one which
we did not hear pressed or even presented By
senator's when the bin was under discussion,
we mean thu constitui'onality Of the die
memberment. Section 10, article Z, recite,
viz: "a university is TO be lccsied By a
vote of the people Of this state" Now, we
.oprenend thst the intent Of the coRstitu
ti5sal clause. "a university" is toward con
solidsrity. and especially 20 WHEN the sid
,rt;c,e goes on 10 psrticulsrizs the fact tbss
.tbe Agricultural and Mechanical coliegs.
Iocsted lelsswhere. viz: in The county 81
Brszns is hereby made snd constituted psrt
or branch Of the University Of TcKss for m
struction in agriculture, the mschsDic arts,
etc. Inclu8io unins est e1clusio
slisrius. Would The wording which
should prescribs thst "ths supreme court IL
=, - icc.sed bv vo'e on The . ople Of this
sssta.r be construed 70 rnesn fhst tie court
Of sppesls and the other sections Of tbe su-
preT1s court might be locsted in different
I rsrts Of this large ftstss Ard. indeed. By
nsritv sn3 extra refnsms1t Of reasoning,
might We no; as lezitimstsly ard ioEicslly
reason into seysrsie locality, eKis-enciss. the
| iegI.l.tivs. The erecuivs sud other branches
Of the rogernmsnt. &c Wig Dot locate ihs
! ia cffes A. say. Huntsville, where 30 rnsnT
Land szsuts nre nov congregstedf
No, Ts1ss must have Us university ClI