Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-08-14

LADIES: On behalf OF Captain Twitty,
and in the name of this company of patri-
otic young men who have so promptly re-
sponded to their country call, accept this
banncr-ofering,- these beautiful silkcn
colors--omblem of newborn nationality
the standard of the South. feel at once
that shall fail to reply appropriately to
the cloQuontly touching address that fell in
glowing periods from the lips of the fair
and gifted daughter of Texas, whom you
have selected as y our representative in the
presentation of this precious gift---a ma
ton rcgalia-a soldiers idol When say
that her thoughts are as purely brilliant as
| the stars Of our own lcxian skies,-her
worls.as glowing, varied and beautiful as
the floral wealth of our own green prairie
| -Edcns of the West, in my unclassical, il
litcrate style, can say no more; and must
earnestly beg you to believe feel all
ought TO say, and cntreat you to take my
feelings for wordless euogy; Tor shaks-
peare has told us, "There are thoughts that
/ lie too deep for utteiance.' Is it not enough
to inspire n soldiers heart with his more
| than wonted love of the banner he follows
to the battlefield, TO know chat it is the
work of that "egownng of creation + birth
WOMAN? to know that the fair hands of
! loved ones wrought upon its silken folds
that her loving touch sanctitlcd it? that
| her bright eyes bcamed magic upon it?
| Ay, mchinks, in the storm of battle, in the
| cloud and thunder of artillery, that thought
would come like rainbow across Hope S
! darkened sky, and as lie looked upon the
beloved coiors, thrill of renewed energy
and courage would pervade his heart and
nerve him on to nobler strife, to be the
foremost,n the charge But why are we
| here, to-day, engaged in this imposing and
solemn ceremony Why is that balcony
tlrongcd with YOU my fair country women,
and WHY are these med volunteers here 10
receive from YOU this evidence of your lib
erality and ''labor of Love "Ithis starry
standnrtl-ncxt to her heart, woman most
precious offering to the soldier? What
rouscs the children of Democracy to arms
but self-deiencc, or the cause of Freedom
| And it is to fight the battles OF Liberty that
you have enlisted to-day. Yes, that or
| phaucd cxilcd Goddess, who fie'l from Eu-
! ropean Tyranny and found shelter and n
! home in the pathcss wilderness of the New
World. is now imperilcd by the matricidal
/ attacks of her own children whom she had
made happy, prosperous and powerful! I!
However widely we may have differed in
our partisan debates upon 7the policy of
disunion, no American who knows any thing
Of the form of Government under which he
has boen reared, can doubt, or candidly
deny for one moment the RIGHT OF REvo-
LUTON; for it IS the poper of the people
the master of constitutions, the chief cor
ner-sione of Democracy. But President
Of the United States, endorsed by his Cabi-
net, headed by the. master-mind of Aboli-
tiondom, has proclaimed officially the tyr
annous, monsirous, and bloody doctrine. OF
coEncIoS-lIas denied the right of Reyolu-
tion by the people of a. government puit
upon that very right-and by the power OIL
armies and the might Of armadas, seeks 10
crush the will of the people in the States
whore tbev have declared, in the majesty
of the uonuIar voice at the ballot box, their
de.erminasiau TO change their form of gov
comment. This snbvsrfs at one fell stroke
the renins of our government. democracy,
Venus like, rose fresh and beautiful from
the rolling billOws Of the Red Sea of Rev
olation and the war-worn people greeted
her Fi.h delight and love7 democratic
representative government can live only in
the fliih and Affection Of its makers. The
bond Of uuioa was the loving trust of The
people Of the States in their great federal
shifld-thc Constitution, That shield is