Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-13
ENPIRE OF TEXAS.
80, state Larger than Two
ss''. Nd Fourteen Rhode
,,.nd, or Six ohioH'
Empire and Seven States
!. 49,, han Massachusetts,,
I'm. - Z be Set in Texas

,p aoo,ion Of the vast extent
W. =. embraced in Its limits.
!, ! q general idea that 1t is a
:, They know that it is re-
I. = shout the biggest of all the
n the American Union, but
.,ao taken the pains to figure
4, IDEAS on the subject are
I very indefinite. Parties
! here, who come here from
Instance; they know that
1! nm as one of the big states
q and that Texas is even
I'''9,bsn Ohio, but they will
I1,,,sd 70 know that six
H. as Ohio could be
mi of Texas, and
another slice nearly
wat Virgins. So, parties
l,.r',of Texas from the New
,'tes have an ill-dehned
T,Yss ia considerably larger
!, a said states, but / dare
N them will open their eyes
I,bs In astonishment when
Informed that Texas Is more
n fines ss large as Maine,
mllv pa states IS large az
.lsnd could be gotten in
Ia, converting recently with
IN who has been eleven years
He was telling me OF what q
10 German empire Is, and |
How doea it compare In size
Is,?p Hls reply amused me
ieply to his reply discounted
Med him no little.
"Oh! Texas is not really
4 nv country" BE had re-
Massachusetts, before coming
and his disgust may be well
when / assured him that the
pmpire could be put down in
Ia there would be still uncov-
he state territory sufficient
thieh to make seven states,
larger than the state of Mas
!, The fact is, when newspa-
write Of the Empire of Texas,
hem, / fancy, appreciate the
ort Of the claim conveyed la
tnAtion. For their benefit, as
for that Of the "balance OF
. / have devoted Il couple OF
hguring on the dimensions OF
I'D beg leave to submit the
81 follows:
Islnia ranks second In the list Of
81 the American Union IN point
ietit Is hardly halt IS large IS
ka and Colorado rank respec
number 8 and number 4 buI
larger than both of then
ogelher,
h the list In Oregon as number
would require two and a hal
es to make up y territory 8
Texas,
sOta, as number g; Kansas, a
I and Nebraska, ~ numbe
by any means "small fish ,
they hshes In fsot all tire
would be smaller ethan tn
bale.
mans have an idea that thel
niains a goodly number 9
ld so 1t dOee; but what vii
ok when l inform them tina
exas Is undivided into tn
lee provided for by the treat.
hich we joined the Union c
ch Of such states will have
nearly rs large a. that {
which ranks as No. 9 Ia til
z states?
, Is not n big state in th
which I use the term, out n
\ point Of size, or compare
other states; still it is lsrRt
Der Michigan in the NOrtl
florida in the SoutheaH
hsn Illinois, Wiscol
Iowa, all large stat
est and South, and rankin
II, u, 10, IA and Is respec
q neither one OF these fl
les ia ons-fourth ~ large
sa, Alabama and North Car
ENG rs Nos. 10, II ana Is
q all be put down in Tex
would be- room for two 9th
large as they.
afopeans think Of New Vol
practically the United State
them New York is Anne
hey only think of 9th
ne Union as subuTh0, 80
New York state. Yet, d
$50 big n thing on ice,
9alion Of the people OF u
is "small fryn cOmpar,
als, When the Unit
BIASED Louisiana, the Sc
.Aihat we had secured 8
ltase territory, and 80
ols sense. We got near
aae miles of territory, mo
embraced within the linn
al.lsslsaippi or Pennsylvsn
Texas lined the bandn I
ny Of the American eagle W
over a new territory larf
York, Louisiana, Mics
Pennsylvania combined.
glnis will always think ID.
pumpkins and with gO
y since West Virginia "
M her, she "rooats lowe
Sld IN the matter OF pond
it1as Ia not near 30 "old
y she, and win have to ma
long time
can "hOld "a iigl
lo.aer Of presidenta,n In
caste. But when ID comes
iay II overn the old mot
y O six TO one, and enough
~ sAs \, a state larger than -
Maryland Virginia,
s5 wrinkles and history,
. IN the matter OF 0ini