. The people's illustrated almanac, Texas hand-book and immigrants' guide, for 1880, being an index to Texas, her people, laws, state and local governments, schools, churches, railroads, and other improvements and institutions .. . he result of political animosities, or ofrace prejudices. If there has been a murder in ten years in Texas onaccount of party strife, it has not been reported in the papers. Sincethe war the present writer has had his domicil for a time in countieshaving a large colored population, he stood in the ranks with scores ofcolored men, marching up to the polls to vote. To
. The people's illustrated almanac, Texas hand-book and immigrants' guide, for 1880, being an index to Texas, her people, laws, state and local governments, schools, churches, railroads, and other improvements and institutions .. . he result of political animosities, or ofrace prejudices. If there has been a murder in ten years in Texas onaccount of party strife, it has not been reported in the papers. Sincethe war the present writer has had his domicil for a time in countieshaving a large colored population, he stood in the ranks with scores ofcolored men, marching up to the polls to vote. To all appearance thecolored voter excercised the elective franchise as freely as his whiteneio-hbor. Again we have lived in communities where, in addition to thewhite American and the Negro there were also many Germans, Mexicans,Frenchmen, Italians, P^nglishmen, &c. There was no appearance ofrace prejudices or di^isions. Every man voted his preferred ticketwithout let or hindrance. And this is the rule in Texas. If there isany exception it has never come to the knowledge of the writer. Men of different races are occasionally killed in Texas, but they arcgenerally kUled by those of their own race; and simply because they,. TRADING WITH THE INDIANS.
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