Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-17

bun gingl ourlEpubliclF IsndsEintc world
wide notice sby agrj eingl to buildIthe
house for three million acres sat asiCe
for that purpose. Il VIII be recollectf
that these lands were offered for fale st
so cents an acre
WITHOUT ATTRACTING PURCHASERS,
while the building has cost nearly three
times so cents an acre and is really worth
more than five times that amount II we
are to measure its value by the cash cost
OF similar buildings in o her states. The
state snd the Farwell syndicate
are to be congratulated on such
result as demonstrating beyond the
power of successful criticism the wis
dom of 3 contract which made 1t possible,
the state becsuse she has realized for
these lands much more than she could
have done under her land laws for their
sale, and got them under tax snd,st the
same time secured the use OF this noble
building
FOR ALL TIME,
which probably would never
have been built . in any
other way; the syndicate because they
have obtained 5000. 0C0 acres OF the best
land in Ttxss, and will in due tine cover
them with prosperous farmers and in
crease the wealth Of the state by hundreds
of millions of dollars instead OF lesv-
ing them for the free use of
foreign cattle companies, whose earnings
would not have remained in the state.
Every true and honest Texan must re-
joice that the Farwells have found 8 way
TO turn our previously useless land into
such state monument So we are to-day
dedicsting sud that they must, from self
interest, il from no other motive,
COVER THESE LANDS WITH FARMERS
as soon as the railroads have opened them
up. From every point Of view, therefore,
1 say emphsticaly as friend of Texas,
whatever may have been thought by the
i.ics, that we have built better than any
Of Us thought, and the Farwells are justly
entitled to our thanks, and this celebra.
ton by this vast concourse Of
our citiz9 ans is the best expression
of our feeling toward the men
who have made it possible. This
magnificent building will speak
for their skill thousand years
after we have ceased to speak, and
when the state in it's citizens shall realizs
q value in these lands improved and set
tied up OF $40 to S75 per acre, no one will
say that the Farwells were not entitled to
every dollar they will make as
JUST REWARD
| for benefits received by the state. In
1852 by the sale of her title to New Mex
| leo, Texas occupied the capitol which
+ WAS destroyed by;fre in 1881. Let US NOT
pass lightly by that old structure. Its halls
knew so much of the grief and glory oil
! Texss, so much of her splendor and hel
sorrow and so of.en saw her destinies al
ternately -etween triumph and ruin
Within the walls Of that old capitol whose
burned foundation rest yonder, the gov
ernment,of Texas was administered for
| twenty eight years. Beneath its roof
we're assembled thirteen legislatures and
four constitutional conventions. There
were framed the constitutions Of 1861,
of 1866, Of 1869 and oil
1886. The organic law under which
We now live and containing the provision
for the erecting Of the cspitol in exchange
for 5000, 900 acres of the public domain,
passed within the walls since wasted BY
fire, over which the historian of Texas
must ponder. 1t was there that the fair
profits of annexation withered beneath the
simeon breath Of war. Here, too, in
frantic haste, wss contaminated the SCI
which shattered the golden links welded
BY sixteen yesrs OF union, and hurled
Texas into the vortex Of secession, and
after southern vslor had wrecked itseli
against the weight of the Union,th same
old capitol, on whose ruins many OF this
multitude stood, saw reconstruction
plant its crown Of thorns around
the weary brew Of Texas and press the
sponge of bitterness to her lips. YET
that same old building saw the parted
sceptre return to judah when the Four
teenth Legislature grasped the reins O!
power end submitted the constitution
under which we live. II
the adoption of that constitution
you, the people, decreed the erection o
the building which you to-day accept snG
dedicate to your use. 1t decreed tn,
eternal union Of Texas. Hereafter let NJ
man seek to put asunder that which tn,
fathers united. Let those who wait upol
, the last hiss their hate and
SHREK THEIR CURSES
; in the esr at him who would plot tbe dil
r memDermens u Texas. F5-da5 Is al