Year: 1867

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Productions, etc. A Cordial Wei.


come Tendered.


Correspondence Of the Union and Dispatch.


BRENHAsI, Texas, June s, 1851 have
observed recently from the newspapers
quite a disposition manifested on the part
OF citizens in your State, to emigrate to
foreign lands, South America, Mexico and
divers other regions, where the govern
ment, if any at all, is infinitely inferior to
the one which now holds sway over us.
And as for advantages in any other respect,
win defy any land, far or near, to boast
of finer climate, more fertile soil which
produces more lnxuriantly greater variety
Of prodncts, than the State of Texas. This
matter ofquitting the land which gave you
birth, the friends, acquaintance and asso-
ciates of years, who have been more nearly
aud closely cemented by the wars--the
troables and hardships we have endured
together, is no small consideration. These
ties are not to be severed easily and with
out pain, a continued reversion to which
will cause it to be source of unhappiness
long to be endured. These reflections at
FIRST glance may appear Insignificant and
contemplate in the eyes of some But we
must remember that the smaller ills
Of life constitute the greatest source
of our unhappiness. Our grievances
ii must confess) in our present situa-
ton and the present condition of political
affairs, are many and very weighty,
especially upon those of us who once en-
jayed, loved and admired that sacred and
noble instrument (the constitution of the
United States) as it once was, and when, if
the government had been administered in
accordance Herewith, all would have been
we'll must confess, however, that can
see no remedy in fleeing to foreign land,
in mostinstances withoutmoney and friends.
No sympathy is extended, no advantage
rendered us and no security for our proper
ty, shonld any be accumulated. This reign
OF Radical tyranny cannot last always.
Let the people go to work--rest quietly and
submissively under the yoke placed upon
them, and abide better day, which sooner
or later will surely come-reconstruct un-
der the terms of the military bill, which, /
am frank to say, | consider liberal enough
when we remember that we are looked upon
and treated with in the light of eonqured
people in conquered provinces by those
who have nov and have had the power to
use us as they might see fit. NV desire is
to attract the attention of those who wish
to seek homes elsewhere land commence
life anew to this State. Our prospects for
the future are brighter and more hopeful
than that of any other State in the govern
ment. Thousand Of acres of uneuitivated
lands can be purchased at low rates--par-
TALLY on credit. Corn, cotton, sugar and
wheat can all be grown with greater de-
gree of certainty, and with less labor than
IN any country now known; fruits and vege-
tables are grown with remarkable ease and
facility. Every effort is being made to ad-
vance railroads into the interior, and build
new ones in every part of the State. Our
State, SO far, is filling UP with an enter
prising and intelligent class of people. The
whites largely outnumber the negro popu-
lation.


All we want now is labor; for the negro
can not be depended upon any longer, and
if the soil is cultivated it must be done by
white men. There is no climate which is
so pleasant and agreeable as ours. 1t is the
subject of specisl remark by every one who
spends summer here, and notable fact
is, that but few persons who once settle
here are ever satisfied or willing to ex-
change it for home elsewhere.


With the hope that this letter may be of
interest to many persons of your State, who
wish TO look home in some new country,
and that they may be ultimately benefited
by its contents, | remain your friend,