Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-07


generation OF Frenchmcn are SO thor
oughly American that II loses all ma
tional distinctiveness, while Germans
are never absorbed hardly more than
Chinese, Indians or NEGROES.
Pcrc Hyaciuthc's enthusiasm when
he speaks of our personal or local free
dom, of our sturdy conservatism. our
simple republican Institutions, and of
the Integrity and unity of the states,
was even eloquent. He has
studied the constitutions and
evidently supposes that this fault
less paper constitutes the framework
Of society and government and basis OF
law and right. He has not observed
thcpractices OF the party In power or
noted the changes our system, in
twenty years, has undergone.
Hut Pere Hyacinthe will speak FOR
himself, when me reaches For Worth,
more eloquently and Justly than any
one for him. lie IL infected with none
of the prcjudices against the South
and people OF the South which act,l-
ntc most Europeans. They have only
scca the South through the distorted
medium OF papers like the Republican
of this city and Times of New York.
Evidently enough Pero Hyacinthe has
NV iVau NhN>N l'"pViH NitNit 'Nlie"ih,
each day. some paragraph derisivc of
of Texans. They hate Texas
only because Il is free state;
because Texas maintains its local In
] dependence and identity, and because
| II Is the last of the republics once con-
1 shutting powerful union, now trans
( formed into an umpire. a Frenchmnu
alone, of all citizens of Europe, derives
| his opinions OF the people OF the
! United States from the Southern
newspaper press. New Orleans papers
reach all the cities of France. There
! fore French oHjgrcs sock homes in
the South and at once becom
assimilated in tastes, language aud
thinking 10 the people Of Louisiana
and Texas. Greet perc HSacinthc
warmly rs he deserves. He is u mag
| niticent gentleman In appearance, In
his manners and IN fact, and then he
| IL II Frenchman and worthy repre-
sentative of his countrymen. He viii
leave for the West tomorrow or the
next day.
| FORFEITED RAILWAY LAND GRANTS
Within ten years. from 1862 to 1872,
| u greater area of land W rs given bys
| Republican legislation TO great rail-
/
within the boundaries OF New England,
! New York and Pennsylvania. Be
sides, the government loaned bonds
! to the amount of sixty million dollars
and has paid interest on such bonds
In excess of sums refunded to the
amount of forty millions. These inets
We're discussed somewhat in
1874 when very many ot those
who had been foremost IN congress In
approving these concessions 10 rail-
way spectators lost their places and
were RELOCATED To tie delights OF pri-
waite life forever. AT the same time
the Republican party lost supremacy
In the house and senate. But these
lncts have been almost forgotten and
many Of the grants to these corpora
tions have been forfeited because of
their failure 10 execute the terms of
the cessions. Chiefof these denulting
companies Is the Northern Pacific
which loses, IL the law and contract
/ with the government be executed,
! tlirty.seven million ncrcs; the Allan
| tic IL Pacific loses forty million and the
| Texas X Pacific eighteen million acres.
! Hercwe have three federal corporations
I that have forfeited ninety live mil
/ lion acres OF land which the govern
ment should enter upon nt once and
! hold for tho opcuunury of nctunl act.
| tleTs--for those sturdy pioneers who
| have made this county all that IL IL
| In wealth and power. These ninety
! five million acres, forfeited by men
who proposed To make the government
| build road and give II 10 them, and
tiftv million dollars for their enter
/ nri3. ,nJ ,cncrositv lin ncrepilur
innh ,nnni6ccnrclE those ninety.tiye
,nillion acres should be Instantly.
like products of a back-sa,lary grab
covered INTO the treasury Nmotys
I'VE nlliiioi ncreS 10 sh nulHinR "
heiiogB-p nekpVne l"ni SUI w, III ~
| ana, would give II ines tO0bO, OOO heauH