The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-03-19

The following letter was written by
Dr. A. Taylor of Ohio, who is now visit
ing his cousin in Austin, DR.. NJ. A. Tay-
| lor:
AUSTIN, Tex, Feb. %, 1891.
Editor Dunkirk Standard.
The capital city of Texas is located on
the Colorado river and has a population
of $4,000. The plat of the city is sue
cession Of many hills, not mountainous
but sufficiently high and various to re-
move the monotony of a plain, and these
hills and valleys, with background
formed by the Colorado bluffs, give an
attractive and picturesque appearance to
the capital city, and the natural drainage
could scarcely be improved, and the
climate and health of Austin are not
equaled by many cities in the union,
either north or south.
Fruits and vegetables that will appear
with you in June and July are now in
market here. Peaches, plums, violets and
roses remind the people of this delightful
climate that winter is past, and that the
time for the singing of birds has come"
The Brother IN Black is very numer
GUS and instead of being treated as a
sheep killing dog. as untruthful partisan
writers often report, he consi iers himself
to he the master of ceremonies and the
cock of the walk, and when requested 10
perform given service that he judges to
be unbecoming to his dignity, or addi.
tional 10 what he thinks should be re-
| 90 LLTNn 1,nnrcnlf if
you want it done, for won't" In such
cases he is quietly paid for past services
and another takes his place, and the al
fairs of the house move quietly onward
until the brother in black again resolves
to run the mastlr and mistress and
manage the affairs according to his own
sweet will. We of the north would not
| tolerate such impudence nor be as kind
and patient with insolent white helpers
! as these southern Christians are with their
former slaves. 1t would surely be a
blessing TO both north and south if force
bills and the bloody shirt were dead and
buried seventy fathoms deep. and white
people and their former slaves be per-
miited to quietly and peacefully mind
their own affairs and help each
other, as they then could
and would do. The fire.
quent transplanting of a tree
does not promote its growth
and fruitfulness, and partisan
speeches and partisan laws keep an igno-
rant people in state OF unrest and not
only war against their best interests and
the acquisition of wisdom and property,
but also plant the seeds of rebellion and
anarchy and cause them to hope that the
powers that be will soon pla g them in
the saddle, and with the whip in theil
hand they then expect to take possession
ROT the wealth OF the land and make theil
former masters their servants and slaves
The advancement that has been made am
the mutual understanding and kindness
that twenty five years of freedom ant
CO. operation has engendered between
master and slave should call forth pean'
of praise and thanksgiving rather thar
censure and condemnation from every
American citizen and patriot. Let the
carpet-bagger, political shysters and
unreasonable partisanism be buried
in the grave of the rebellion
and the people of all the states, with the
paternal oversight and he'pfllness Of the
general government, permitted to manage
their domestic relations and internal
affairs as the peculiar circumstances and
the interests of the people in each state
shall require. When this shall become
the rule and practice of the general gov
eminent in her paternal oversight and IN
all the states and with their peculiar
various and multiplied interests, then
"The star sangled banner iE triumph shall
| wave
lore the land of the fir and the home Of
the brave"
intend to speak of the public i'm
provements, the dam of the Colorado
river, water works and street railroads,
but my letter is already too long and
must therefore hold these subjects in re-
serve for future charge.
Yours more than ever,
? A. TAYLOR.