Texas, the Home for the Emigrant, From Everywhere. Page: 4
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war between the States, the erroneous opinion prevailed that a Northern or
Western man, and in fact the immigrant from everywhere, was not safe here;
added to these, we were not connected with the outside world by railroads,
and there was no way of entering the State by rapid or cheap conveyance.
Notwithstanding all these impediments, since our Declaration of Independence
from Mexican tyranny, the country has steadily advanced in population
and wealth, while the other Southern States have languished or barely held
their own.
Freedom is universal now. Northern and Western men have learned that
they are as safe in Texas as at home.
Law and order are as rigidly maintained, and crime as promptly punished,
as in any of the States. Every neighborhood is supplied with church privileges,
and the cause of the Bible is well maintained. The climate in many
portions of the State is superior to that of Italy, which it greatly resembles,
the mean temperature being 65 degrees, the mercury rarely ever rises above
90 degrees in Summer, and as rarely falls below 25 degrees in Winter. For
health the country is unsurpassed; the death rates of the principal cities is
only thirteen to each one thousand inhabitants per annum. The mean annual
rain-fall for the past ten years has been 39 inches, as shown by the following
tables.
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Texas. Bureau of Immigration. Texas, the Home for the Emigrant, From Everywhere., pamphlet, 1875; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth28586/m1/4/?q=%22civ-war%22: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas at Arlington Library.