San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-08-11
Texas.

Our visit TO Texas delighted, sur
prised, amazed and overwhelmed US.
It's traditions and history, its strug-
giles and triumphs, its majesty and
as q State, its wonderful
climate and infinite resources, its gi-
ant progress schools, public and
private, its unparalleled and unap
landed ondowments to
perpotuato and perfect its system Of
public education, eliminating in a
State University to be located at
Austin, the capital, aud the most
city on the continent except
Washington City-its churches and
asylums-its railroads and rivers
it's seaport and inland citios-its ex-
haustless supply Of timber-its farms
and ranches-its cattle, and sheep
and horses--its cotton and corn and
fruit-its wonderful mineral springs
with their curative properties, and
sea and surf bathing st Galveston
aad along the ooast-its latent pos
sibilities, marvellous growth, and in
describable future.
Where is the frame large enough
to hold these pictures, or the pen or
pencil brilliant or bold enough to set
them forthf
It cannot be done. That master
hand or brain has not yet been fash
ioncd or taken shape, that can illus
trate and elaborate the extent and
wealth and beauty and power of this
Empire!
Texas must drop its old tradition
of "The Lone Star.
Toxas is the rising star, marching
with giant strides to take the first
place in the galaxy Of States.
Like q magnet, Texas is drawing
the flower and bloom and beauty and
culture of the continent to herself
drawing capital aud enterprise, draw
ing mind and muscle, and organizing
ability of the first quality.
There is room enough. The eli
mate is perfect. Intelligent, law
abiding, Industrious people, no mat
ter from whence they come, or what
their opinions may be politically, 80
cially or religiously, are most cor
dially welcomed.
We visited Marshall, Palestine,
Huntsville, Houston, Galveston, Aus
tin, San Antonio, and several other
points. We mingled freely with the
people, and during all this time we
saw no disturbance and heard of none
with one single exception, and that
was at Galveston, where young
man had taken aboard too much
whiskey and made fool of himself,
as men generally do under such cir
cumstances, whether in Galveston,
Texas, or Boston, Mass. Whiskey
and manhood are always at war with
each other, Whenever and wherever
they come in contact.
Land can be bought
VERY Low
in Texas. 1t can be rented on shares,
and everything you n eed but a
hause, and pluck and energy and ca
pacity to manage, will be furnished
and you share equally in the profit,
be it more or loss, whether you raise
cotton or sheep or horses or corn or
cattle.
GOOD SCHOOLS
are being established, and are well
patronized all over the State.-
Cherches are being erected, and from
a dozen to twenty new railroads are
being built and pushed on, miles per
day, to speedy completion, with an
Of capital-crossing and
re-crossing each other at short inter-
yals in all directions, and bringing to
the doors of all the people the pro-
ducts of all lands and zones and
climes.
We had supposed we knew, from
careful and somewhat extended study
of the map, and from correspondence,
something about Texas.
We confess we were mistaken.
The only way to know Texas is to
visit the State, to mingle with her
generous, hospitable, Arge-hearted
people.
We never met more intelligent
circle Of ladies and gentlemen than
at Huntsville.
We never saw people more devoted
and more determined to build up
good schools, good churches, good
homes and good society, than these
ladies' and gentlemsa with whom we
came in contact at the cities above
mentioned.
You could easily put the whole
OF the United States (50,-
100000 people, into Texas, and then
it would not be as densely populated
NJ Massachusetts,, and the religious
fcrvor and heroic deeds Of Plimouth
Rock and Bunker Hill, glorious as
they were, pale in the light Of the
devotion Of the Franciscan Fathers
VI the Mission Of San Antonio, and
the Texas mlriyrs who died for hb-
erty at the alamo"
We hope our SPECIAL correspondent
Will DO heard from on some Of these
topics We shall also have more to
say Of Texas in future.-St Louis
Journal Of Eiucation-
fse Wise ssd Happy.