The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-06-23
To LIE pennI of.e.ns.

On the 14sh of January, 1889, the third
congress OF the republic of Texas passed an
act requiring five commissioners to select
location for the capital Of the republic at
some point "above the San Antonio and
Nacogdoches road, and between the rivers
Colorado and Trinidad" The congress also
required the commissioners to set apart
grounds 1t the capital "moSt eligible for
university" Thus Austin was made the
permanent seat of government, aud forty
acres of land half mile north of the capitol
building WAS set aside and dedicated on the
map as the place of the University OF Texas
Westward enc mile distant rise the noun.
tains of the Colorado, whilst from the lofty
eminence CT University hill, hundred fest
higher than the c.pitol the vision ranges for
thirty miles in every other direction over q
ricn and lovely landscape.
The spot thus selected for University by
Lsm4r, -Burne. Rusk and their compstrio's,
has from the date of Us dedication, oeen
proudly pointed to by those who made Tex
81, rs the site of her future Univers'ty.
rhe PEOPLE will be called upoA In Septem-
her next to vote vt Il specisI election Tor the
location of the University, and We respect
fully suomi tue ioilo"InS iS"S"'S $50 ~ ~
cation 1T Austn: =,
The state owns commanding and
lovely site at Austin, dedicated forty two
wears ago for University purposes.
The healthfulness of Austin 10 unsur-
passad. its mortuery report showing the
smallest leatherate of any city In the Soulh
or Southwest.
8. The proximity of marble, granite and
bs,d limestone TO Austin will enable tho
stste to erect tbere university
building with as little, it not at less expense
than at any otter ONT.
The Youth of Texas, while being edu,
Gated at Austin, could observe tho practical
administration of The actual government
legislative, executive ard judicisl-and ID
their hours of relaxation listen to decisions OF
The supreme court, hear arguments by Inc
ablest men of Texas involving life and pro-
perty, and come in personal contact VIII
distinguished men from every por ION OF Tue
state 49,
s. There the student would ook from the
porch of tho university to the dome OF !
splendid capitol, now TO DO erected. Sho
see 10 it, aud the buildings in which the
blind and dumb receive the grand bum4n
tiles Of the state, everything to excite patri t.
ism and Stste pride.
from oil portions of the state than Austir
while its nesrness TO the geographical centel
OF the state, is it="lf entitled to CONSIDERS
ton.
7. The vast business of the General Lend
Office, Comptroller s ard Treasury depart
meuts, and of the Supreme Court briggs 10
Aus iE at every Period Of the wear, parents
and friends who could thus know from per
eonul observation the progress aud deporI'
inert ni the student
8 There lie poetic justice in building
grand Universi y on the very spot selected
for thst purpose by those who made ant
gave US Texas, ut the time when they wer'
yet struggling for their freedom,
Dispsrsging no other locality. we have
thus set for h some reasons which seem Il
US potep isl ia favor of Austin as tn
proper p ace for the education of the youn!
men Of Nexss.
Respectfully,
CITIZENS OF AUSTIN.