The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-06-10
Railroads and Leai.I.,,o.-

the Interests of the People.
Straws indicate the direction of
the wind. The Ztxas Bont;st
Herald has, perhaps, the laTgest
circulation of any religious paner
IN the State; is read by men of n.
Huence from one end of the hah
tied portion to the other and h.
commanded the respect and conf;
dence of its readers as sound ax
ponent of the Baptist doctrine
welding an immense influence az
we believed for good. We wara
| not only astonished but panied r.
see it step down from its noblo
mission to use this influence for the
soon to be, if not checked bv law
greatest monopoly that the people
ever had, or will ever have. to con
tend with. ''
In an editorial, of the eth Of
April, of a column of fine nr;nt =
pitches into the Governor and the
Legislature severely-the Legisla
ture for having passed and the
governor for approving a bill re.
duclng fare on railroads from five
TO three cents per mile. The Her.
S<d takes up Texas in its primary
state, when it was the general con
ception that it was a land of Bowie
knives, pisto-s and cut threats.
where no honest mans life was
safe for day." and gives the rail
roads all the credit for driving out
these cut-throats or removing the
the general conception that no
honest mans life was safe for
day. 1t might have been the con-
ception of the Herald, but not of
the people. We are surprised tc
know that the Herald came to
Texas under this conception. He,
OF course, belonged to the class that
was not safe for day"
The HcrDld says: There were
once some wise, far>seeing men in
Texas, who concluded to use it's
wide, unmeasured wastes for their
own development" This is too
true. These wise, far seeing men"
did appropriate Texas wide, I'M
measured wastes for their own de-
velopment." They have literally
robbed the people of the inheri
lance that was secured to them by
the heroes of the revolution.
| The Herald says: "They knew
that their isolation must be broken
up" We tell him that isolation
had been broken up in many por-
tons of the world without the aid
that he alludes to, and would have
been in Texas, too, perhaps not so
soon, but with much better results
to the people.
The Herald says: GA grand
scheme for getting railroads built
was inaugurated." The means re-
sorted to were, indeed, grand,
which resulted in their securing
from sixteen to twenty sections of
land 10000 to 10000 acres) per
mile, which will pay the companies
for building them, at a much less
price per acre than the Herald
quotes land at; and, in addition to
this, hundreds of miles of the lands
given them by the State, and all
appurtenances belonging to them,
are exempt from taxation for TWEEN
ty-hve years.
The Herald says: "The State had
lands, but worthless as they stood
Admitting this, they were all paid
for Would it not have been much
wiser for the State to have reserved
these lands for actual settlers, in
stead of giving it to railroads? l
have no doubt but these E'far- see
ing men" will be literally reim-
bursed, but the people have not
been, nor never will be. Indeed,
'they planned wisely"
The Herald says: "While these
far-seeing and comprehensive men
were doing this, numerous class
were busying themselves with their
raw hides and their long-horns,
without a dream of what was com
ing upon them" They being hon
est men, did not expect the whole
sale robbery that was being perpe-
trated upon them. Who were these
men-sFnumerous clasS"-who were
busying themselves about their raw
hides and long hornso They were
the men that fought the battles
subdued the country, opened it uF
for settlement-thep pioneers. But
lust as soon as this was done, these
, ''far- seeing men" came forward ano
! appropriated the land to 'Their o70h
; development" and also all the pub
lie school fund that they could gel
hold of
} The Herald says: "These sleep
ers began TO whke up at this pc
Rod" but too late to prevent the
public domains from passing into
: the hands of these "farseelng
men," and worse, certificates fol-
; millions of acres Of land, more thar
2 the State had, have been issued tt
J them, as we are informed, and II
t due time they will come up to the
: CAPITAL and demand the cash fol
, their certifcates-not the "price o
: a pair of boots or a Spanish pony
per tract" but at the highest marke
! price. Then this "IGr9e cash bal
} auce," alluded to in the HeraId
l article, will be needed; then th'
5 Governors amazement' will be re
moved; this surplus cash will flnc
, a resting place forever in the peck
S cts of these ''far- seeing men.
s The Herald says: "a Constltu,
t ton was fixed up that promised t.