The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-01-21
Inaugarated and the Inaugural
TIM GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
ooaraupondenn, Of tho narsld.

Correspondence OF the Herald.
AUSTIN, Jan. IS, 1881.
The governor has just eorcluSsd the
delivery of his inaugural address, and the
other initihtsry ceremonies Of the trRRsier-
enco Of states government from tina old to
the new rssimO have been genO through
with, and return 10 ray roSpa To give you
An account of IL all.
In tho frst place, WhiS the houfs was liz
the midst Of business, tho Introduction Of
bills being then under way, the dSor'fsspsr
annouacSd "tbo presence of the HSnsrabla
tho fonatq." Hareupsn the sshstera sat0rsd
the houas chamber and took ,hS asats pro-
vi6sd for tam. The roll was ksn called
fer 4 Joint asi.ion. A quorum present aaa
ready fOr busneE. A few miautO' lstsr tho
dosrksepsr Of tho heuse announced, "Er
Speaker ksvs 10 iufspn you sEd this hen
orsbl0 body OF tAe Hressncs of tho gSysraar
and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of STATE, and Of TIE
eevbrasr and tho lieutenant govsrsor slsct
and all IL readHgss to precssd Wits the bus-
nasl which Tao joiat sassien is called 10 A.
tend TO-" Then, upfR proper
response Of the speaker, these OH
eials, uudGr escort OF the coAnilLse
headed by Ssnstar Houston, Of caA
Antonit, proceeded doWn tho Aiilo 10 tho
speakers elaAd. Tho roiirisg .And the new
cfioials ascending, the fpOskSr welcomed tho
goyeu0r-alect, gud the outgoing lieulbERatN
governor wolcsmrd by hanashNking the
licutsngptg0y rnsreis9t, Tbs oath OF oiics
was th6ieupan administered to Governor
Roberts BY jGdgo Walker, iormorly 0t Ter
roll g. Walker, Of this city. Tho Soversor
then proceeded 10 read biB inaugural NOS
sega from printed slip, a. follows;
Fellow.CItiIeHS, ssNatorn Lnd Representatives.
In the Legislature " 1e&Ss
In view of ths sysntful career Of Texas ia
the past, loag Nv unknown land to the civil
lized wOrId--am0rgiEg d.o eziitOncs ia tho
gloom Of 4 far OF county crsdlGd IN rsYO-
lulions and Wars growing Rp with history
6llsd With sore trials and grisvcus sacrifices
allernStod by glorious ashieVemSnts, both
civic and military; famous for her great rase
and chiyAlric people; GEd noW ritips up cor
sFisuously into general visW, with her T&st
proportions ana magnificent rssourCsa and
fairly catering upon tho graSd Strugyls Of
their Development, | Csa bat fsal diiidsht Of
my ability TO be equal to tia tRIk before MO
as your chief magistrate, BOW for tho second
time ctlea TO preaide eYor tho Sssliuiss Of
our beloved state But sustained bY
an ardent zeal for her fullest
prosperity AID fulura greatness, [ cbsSr-
fully and hopefully accept tas petition Vt
the hsbosl Of generous people, who have
msnifehtee their do,ira 30 place their pablo
interest under NY care and direction, EstAay
have deus bftosg. 1t is only by the wisdom
Of tho legislature tAo Harmonious e. -epsrs.
ton OF the executive sfioers ard the patriot.
ism ef the citizens that oan bops 10 ho
equal TO tao grave responsibilities imposed
on nae in the rear future Of this great aud
prosperous stats Of tho Americas union.
Sixty ySsrs sgs Mo,St Aualn entered
Texss--thSs q Spanish proyinco--lo found
colsAy, which rsgul,sl IN the Grst erganixt1
establishment OF AmsricSn aiyilsgAtioa ia
this counl.y, through the pAtisnl Esrltyer-
anco and wiGd0m OF hig son StsphaE Z.
Austia. Sac AntoRio aAd Nsaogdochss we're
then on the track OF thS kings highway, q
mere Nuls'psih that trsvergsd thu provipca
frem tho interior OF Mexico 10 tao Unltsa
States, and which was then, knd had b;an Ter
lOOyesrs, the enc great route Of travel ass
cemmcrco througA tho proyisco. There
were We towRG on th0 COAT fer trsdo
but our ports and hsrhors hAJ than but lately
beea tho hidinE-plQee Ter slsyora and ifeeseot-
era OF the sea, a few yilNeae and settlements
were aituassd south Of and along tSs kipp's
highway, upon tao Sabine and Rcd rivers
SMALL bands of iaGiAss, from their tribes ia
the soutkorn ataIeg, were located belsw and
aboya the kings Highway This great plsins
OF Ie1as were the hemo Of the rUvinG wild
lndiABs and tia budQlogs, WhOsa undisnuleA
dominion had existed forusgNowH c0Htuties
While its forest and widespread md iertie
plains HRd genial climate ware ~ inviting Ia
them IS new they existed IN the solitude Of
their native grandeur here, whila. for luu.
bred years bslors, copteia Of civilization had
been iormed and spread asroad. far egd
wide, 1850 rallies Borlsoest aud soulhwa,t eF
II. Why was iris saH Simply hscsuso lbe
wayeL sad currents ef tho gulf had heavs3
up bsra 81 fan& shat closed eur rivors and
bays lrom reosiyiEe tho vessels that traps-
ported civilization from EufopS 10 Averigo
as il vas dsne on the Atlantic eSast ard "a
Vera Cruz, in Mckee. IL had, with sill na
sluMbSrinG resources SD prospscts of
beauty, TO ew@t the Fpres3 from eaa
or the Sthsr center, ia Hs slav
tread by lad, and, fortunately, aud 1t
last 1t came pogriHg down upsn The
north aud eset, SRd RON, how changed the
feeEe Over million and half of psopls.
moving and pressing on 10 work cut It's asc.
ninosnt prosperity, are settled within its bss
ders. Tbs lAts rapid increase in Texas, with
lta being ROW tho centre Of attraction for
every spscisS of enterprise, givss Eropaigs OF
S,OOO,e0e people within theGs1t ton or nItsrn
years. Already Texas il the foremost state
Ia the union in the prsducllsA of cotton and
beef cattle, aRs aosn will DO in Ueol-graw.
lng., Here different productions flP the
Whele range OF those in the te@psrats zone.
and ssms Of those in tao tropics Shs has
csttoh regien SO lsrgo ~ two or three OF TIE
othsr seutsefn stAtSs; sugar region "a large
as L9sislana; - wheA. rCgjen laroar than
pRio Or New York region fer srobsras
larger than haw jersey aud Delaware q
grazing country Tor atook Of all sorts eytesd-
ing through ten aesreea oflalituSa s,d fro,,,
enc hundreds four hundred rgiIss m ,s;1tb.
~ lrsh ore Asd coal region larger
tAsh Hehh'y wanna With ospgsr
ana etosr metals added; ese hss
an abundance of COED wstsr.poWer in tse
es,t and west atd iimbaB from piss 10
bsis dare, Of every vsluabls ysristy: mr.. az
the largest sypiNm bal ia tho world, ssep Is
20 reached by the railroads; an irsxkNn,ti.
bic supply o. limo rsck, aaa e;bar hnil5;Sg
rocks and valusble oSrths. RailrsaIa pas,
trsyerset siAto, in several lines from nor,b
TO scuth, and two OF thom will traverse iLs
state from eset TO west. Wealth /, Snrinr'
ing up in cities, towns and countrv far sSd
wide over the state, and even on sur e.s,t