The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-10-29
Northern Men I'm Texas,


! GyLvEsTON, October 18Th, SSl.--Referrng
briefly to the article headed as above, let me,
a native Texan and Confederate soldier, add
my testimony to the fact that there is as great
security for one man in this state as another
! 1t does not now nor did IL ever, matter to the
people of this state from what section or cOun-
! try an immigrant came travelled this state
continuously for eleven years after the close OF
the war In those travels | have seen the first
! log laid for an humble dwelling, the first rall
laid and the first tnrrow ploWed, the first calf
branded of great many immigrants from
north Of Mason and DiXOn's line, and these
immigrants were Yankee soldiers once, and
had fought US from the taking of Sumter to
the apple tree at Appomattox. have seen
IN those eleven years mansion where the first
| log was laid, a garden where the first rail was
laid, and loving herds on every hill for miles
around, and where two Confederate soldiers
were sons.inlaw in the same Yankee family.
The sheep and wool interest in Texas since
1866 has increased 1000 per cent, and over
twothirds Of this increase has been made by
men formerly in the Yankee army. Next TO
meeting an old messmate, the Confederate de-
lights more in meeting live 1ank, who
fought him at Malvern Hill, Seven Pines,
IChickamauga, or any other place. Whole
nights have been spent time and again by
over, and parting the bes! of friends. But
then, they were nothing but soldiers. They
did not want office, nor did they wish to rob
the negro nor secure his vote or work on the
color line. Nor do you ever hear OF the men
who did the fighting malignlng the mothers
daughters, wives or sweethearts of the other
on account of section; but, remember, these
were men who came to make citizens in this
famous Eldorado, aud were not sent here by
the hounds whose business has been and will
be as long as they desire to suck the public
teat or steal the presidency. All this Is poll
tics, spoil-hunting, the getting living with
out work-only the echo of the voice of those
carpet-baggers and army followers who came
with the army after peace was declared.
Go into the business marts Of the State, take
Strand street. if you please, and that pallad-
lum from which emanates great deal that is
good for this city, the Cotton Exchange, and
see who will be found there. A large percent
age are X-Cnlon men or genuine wooden nut
meg gentlemen, sharp, shrewd, business-like,
and afraid of no danger. Go, If you please,
to any place Of entertainment, either for pleas
ure or charity, and the element of composition
is Iank, and they are not afraid. Let man,
il you please, offer, IN nearly any place III the
South, for an office of trust and profit, honor
or emolument, and openly declare that it is
his due because he was II soldier in the Con-
fedcracy and his defeat, though popular, is as
sured. Men, gallant men, Of the Confcderacy
shrink from the unpopular notorlety. Let two
young men, same capacity, ability and address,
start on the streets OF this city for business
and the man from Maine Will secure it sooner
by half than the boy to the soil born. The
patriot says, bad" but the facts are patent
from daily observation. And Why Because
when the war was ended we wanted the bene-
fits of the peace to follow, and cut away from
official spoilsmen, and the greatest astronomer
with the strongest glasses could not detect the
Conted from the Yank. All this bosh about
intolerance Of Northern men Is gotten up by
politicians, stultlfying newspaper scribblers,
and all in that grand hunt for official suprem-
acy There is no country under the sun offer
ing better harbor for good people, from what
ever cline, than this glorious State Of Texas,
and the lies instIgated by the devil and con-
ceived in hades can not prevail against it.
AN OID CDNEEDER