Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-16
ALIEN LAND LAW.
A Strong Advocate of the Measure With
Possibly Few Minor Changes-TeIas
Independent of Foreigners.
HASKELL, TEX. Aug. 9, 1891.

HASKELL, TEX. Aug. g. 1891
Editor Gazette.
My attention is called to your editorial of
criticism in THE GAZETTE of 4th inst, of
my letter published the day before, con-
corning the alien land law. 1 am glad that
the columns of your valuable paper are
open for fair, honest discussion of this as
well as all other pubic questions. By dis
cussion of these questions is the way to
get people interested and get them TO look
into and investigate the truthfulneSS of
statements and the wisdom and policies of
our laws.
am proud TO state that THE GAZETTE is
noted generally for being liberal with its
columns and conservative on all public
questions, but YOU will please allow Inc in
reply to your editorial criticising my letter
to state that it seems TO NE from an in
spcctiOn of the same you have flown OFF OF
a tangent in assuming that | stated or took
the position that England or English
landlords came into control of the
Irish lands by purchase or mortgage.
If the readers of The GAZETTE will
carefully peruSe my article, II will be seen
that l never said anything about how she
gained control of Ireland, whether by con-
quest, purchase or Subjugation. Nor does
il matter how she obtained control of il.
The glaring facts still remain. that Ireland
Is under the iron rod of England, and the
effects are the same regardless of how she
got control Of it, and would be the same
no ooubt in America, regardless OF the
manner in which she might gain control
here There is no fear. however,
that England nor all Europe will ever sub
jugate America by war to her will The
GAZETTE truthfully said she had already
tried this and failed Years ago.
The GAZETTE article is conspicuous in an
other light. /. e, that it never denied a
single proposition that did make. That is:
That loan agents, banks aud certain news
papers were opposing this law; that these
parties fail to tel US (the people, definitely
what the iaw is. 1t does not deny the cor
rectneSs of my definition of aliens. 1t does
not deny the correctness of my statement
of the law not that Northern and Eastern
capitalists in the United States are per
mItted TO own our lands. etc. {; that the law
gives the alien six years in which to dis
pose of his or their land; that they are per-
mitted TO continue TO speculate on their
money and invest it in this state in any
other way except by owning our lands;
that it is in substance what the great
Democratic parties. state and national,
have demanded for years; that the
national law fcrbids foreigners and
aliens from owning her lands. That these
loan companies have sold out already many
OF the poor farmers who have borrowed
money from them and given mortgages, re-
correspondents and others to the contrary
That there is plenty of money in the North
ern and New England states of America to
invest here in Texas and that they are in
vited to do so: nor that the people OF Ire
land are serfS to English landlords as many
Americans would doubtless be in America
were aliens allowed to gobble up our lands
None of these propositions are denied by
THE GAZETTE nor others, but on the other
hand HE GAZETTE assumes that nave
made statement that I never made, and
denies that and argues from it with ridicule
and derision.
give THE GAZETTE credit for generally
being about right and with the will of the
people at large on most all public questions,
but l believe it is wrong this time on the
alien land law. I said and now affirm
5isat this law was good, equitable and just
Md the best law that could have been
passed by our legislature. and believe that
if our people a. large will read aud under