Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-08-07
GOV. SAM. HOUSTON.

1 dON. OAM. HOUSTON.
Sam Houston. ex- Governor of Texas
has been reported dead, and the re
port has been contradicted. It hai
been renewed, however, in the mos
positive manner by Rev. G. H. Clark
a Baptis Minister, formerly Of Houston
who is son-in-laW OF Gen. Houston
On Thursday last, Mr.. Clark spoke a
war meeting in Boston Common.
He said he had fought not only hi.
neighbors and friends, but also his owl
father, in defense of the glorious ole
Star Spangled Banner, and he wa:
ready to finish the balance of his feeble
life in the same glorious cause.-the
cause Of his country, the cause of hu.
manity and the cause Of his God. The
majority Of the people of Texas are
now and have been loyal. The State
was carried out by calling the roll oI
the Legislature half an hour before the
usual time, when the Union men were
not in their seats. Sam Houston, the
Governor of the State, was brought be-
fore them on charge of treason, and the
old man made the most denunciatory
speech against them and Secession that
he ever heard in his life. The Seces-
sionists rose and gathered about him,
bent on violence, but his friends crow
ded around him, and for a while moth
ing was heard but pistol shots and the
clanking of knives. The speaker him
self received a wound then that would
probably terminate his life. His faith
er, who had been Lieut. Governor, as
sumed the Office Of Governor of the
State. Mr.. Clark described at length
how Texas was carried out of the
Union by the treason Of Twiggs, and
its dire effect on those who remained
true TO the Union. Men and women
who, two years ago, were possessed of
wealth and all the Injuries of life,
were now in the streets OF Galveston
begging for bread.
He said that il 5000 troops should
land at Galveston and march through
Texas, they would be Joined by 10000
men before reaching San Antonio.
Mr.. Clark, said he had been sur
prised, since coming North, to hear
that it had been reported and believed
that Gov. Houston had given his adhe-
renee to Secession. AS his son in law,
and the one who had closed his eyes in
death, he stigmatized them as false
The old man was loyal to the day of
his death. He took a violent cold at
a meeting held by the Union men to
devise means to protect themselves,
which finally settled in pneumonia :
About an hour before his death he
said: "Charlie, have you an Ameri-
can flag" On being answered in the
affirmative, "BriDg it out" he said,
"and spread it over me, l want to die
under its glorious folds"
Among his last words he said: al
am sorry that it is the will of God that
l cannot see that flag float again. Do
you be faithful and true to it forever"
The speaker described his getting
away from the power of the rebels, his
reaching New Orleans, his interview
with Gen. Butler, whom he styled "the
right man in the right place." but vino
to hang him if he didn't get
better vouchers for his loyalty than he
first produced.
He had been a STAKEHOLDER all his
life, but was ready for emancipation, to
sacrifice everything to sustain the Gov
ernment. He describes the barbarities
he had seen the rebels perpetrate, and
contended that it was impossible to be
too bitter against the rebels. There
was no medium course. II we did not
conquer them, they would conquer US.
II the Southern Confederacy was ac-
knowledged, the war would be no near
er 10 an end than now. 1t would not
be until Toombs called the roll Of bis
slaves at the foot of Bunker Hill. He
believed the South could support more
men in the field, because of Slavery to
carry on their agriculture.
He denounced the rebels with great
power, and with stirring eloquence
called upon the men of Massachusetts
10 awake to the crisis.