Daily Republican., 1881-01-03
THE DIVISION or TEXAS.
A HOME pTedictIOu That 10 Will ia
AscOmpiisaed ~ tale Eext Term
Of Ghe s.egislnsure.

a recent issue says:
The division OF the territory of Texas
into four new additional states is ex-
prsssly provided for by ,he joint rsso-
luton for annexiDg Texas with the
United States. Until Texas is divided
or until the contracting partioj concur
iu striking out the stipulation Tor di-
vision, the division will hang AZ a per-
pstnsl menace to the integrity, or rsth-
or the entirety, OF our STATE. Will 1t
be stricken 0uti We think not. Will
division be madei We think 1t will,
by the mex. Legislature, In January or
February next, and tor the following
very obvious reasons: The political
party in power in Texas Is the Domo.
cratic party. That party brought
about the annexation Of Texas as q pro-
slavery and Dsmoc ratio measura.
That party made the division of Texas
one OF tho conditions OF the annexation
of Texas. II expressly provided in the
| Joint resolution referred - that Texas
might be divided into touf new addi-
tional States. The conditions prece.
den. to such division az stated aTe that
uch States shall be OF convenient
size," that they shall have Sufficient
population, and shall organizs by the
consent OF Texas-nOt BY the consent o.
the United States Government-for that
Is given in advanoe---is contracted for
by the terms of the joint resolution,
which says that such State 'shall BE-
entitled 70 admission under the FEEDER
al Constitution" Since o portion oil
New Mexico has been rslinquished, in
consideration OF $40, ,0C0,1V to the
UDited States, IL is contendcd that Tex,
as can, by conseuting to tho organic Il
tion thereof, create only three new ad
ditional States, This ia q mistake, By
.ha: com promise, we are informed, the
right to make loar new States Is reser
we'd. II is the lack Of population Gnly
that restricts tbs number to three at
thia time.
We infer that those new States vii
bs created at the next session OF oui
Legislature for the following reasons:
l. Because the Democracy, which
has the power to do 80, will not 80 much
az promise to make division imposst
ble by acting itself aud getting Congress-
to act concurrently, as has been sugges'
ted.
| 2. Because our Democratic Politician
want to get leading offices which they
cannot get by any other move.
3. Because our Democratic politicians
both ct home and abroad, want to gel
control of the United States Senate fol
the next four years, and Can only do 8,
by sending six new Democratic Sena
tors to that body from three new addi
tiOnal States created out Of the terrific
ry OF Texas.
To effect the division the United
States Government (having consentec
already has nothing to do. To defea
it, ii it be judiciously made, that Gov
ernment can do nothing. The matte
lies entirely in the con r0l of Texas
and Texas is governed by ths Demc
cratic party. To accomplish the divi8
ion the Legislature Of Texas has only II
lay off cut OF its ample territory three
additional States, each Of which will b,
sh .wn by the late census 10 be entitle
10 two Representative in Congress. /
can DO that by a joint resolution. 4
vote 0! tho people III the first inStanc'
Is not required. TO make the moasur,
popular that joint resolution Woulc
need to provide:
| That each new Stale on organizing
should have one-fOurth OF the public
domain Of Texas, and ofall tbs fund:
and lands heretofore dedicated to pub
lie uses, and Ehon!d be responsible fol
one fourth OF the public debt. Tht
people would organize the new State
accordingly. To make 1t 8 certainty
that they would do so, our politician
would need only to urge each nes
State to adopt the Texas Constitution 0
i645.
That Constitution is botter than the
ons Texas now has. II has been tri9C
for years, and has worked well in pre0
tics What recommends it above al
things is that it was in 1916 accepted
by Congress as being Republican Il
tOrsl, aud hence cannot be rel jeCtod now
AS it provides for fewer Offices and low
r. salaries, the people OF each nos
State would be iDclined 10 vote for |
az a measure Of retr9nChmsnt and r
form.
| Such is the ptoapaot. There b2ilg
no other device by means cf which oNt
Democratic politicians can secure ior
themselves leading Cttiios, aud for th~lf
party the control of the United State,
Senate, we believe they will put 1t jlt0
practical execution within the mex
three months. Those pOlltio!nl3 vii.
do what circumstances require them b.
do TO reach their snda-thefe is no de-
nyiug that. We, thspeopIe, hava OUly
TO acquissce in the inevitable ana let
them get The Offices they want aud OBJ
tain control OF the. Uniled States Sen.
ste--if they can, and We thiuB thuS
can. Do straws show which way the
viud blowsH Does the recent agitation
of the division of Texas in other south
ern States indicate uothingf Has any
matter ever been submitted to the vote
of the peopls OF Texas which they did
not vote through Do not the most
extreme men of the Democratic party
always control that partyH When
coming events cast their shadow before
it is not for the newspapers to pretend
not to see those shadows. 1t is barely
possible that the exposure in advance
Of the scheme 90 divide Texas may de-
feat it.
big wheat.
4. B. Darlington, Of Rosedale, Pa,