The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-08-07
Speech Of a Southern Unlonist. ..GovcrnOr
Houston Died Under Our Flag.

Houston Died Under Our Flag.
War meetings are held every day on
Boston Common. At = meeting on
Thursday, the Rev. G. H. Clark, OF Tex.
as, spoke.
Nj. Clark was a Baptist Minister in
Houston, Texas. His remarks were
heard with difficulty on account Of q
bronchial disease from which be suffered
The Rev. Mr.. Clark is the son of the
present Rebel Governor of Texas, and
son law of Gen. Sam. Houston. He
said he had fought not only his neighbors
aud friends, but also his own father, in
defense Of the old Star-Spangled Banner,
and he was ready to finish the balance of
his feeble life Ia the same glorious cause
the cause Of his country, the cause of
humanity, and the cause Of his God
The majority Of the people Of Texae are
now and have been loyal. The State was
carried out by calling the roll of the Leg.
islature half an hour before the usual
time, when the Union men we're not in
their seats. Sam. Houston, the Governor
of the State, was brought before them on =
charge Of treason, and the old man made
most denunciatory speech against them
aud secession that he ever heard in his
life. The secessionists rose sud gathered
about him, bent on violence, but. his
friends crowded around him, and for a
while nothing was heard but pistol shots
aud the clanking Of knives. The speak
er himself received a wound then that
would probably soon terminate his life.
His father, who had been Lieutenant.
Governor, assumed the Office of Governor
of the State. Mr.. Clark described a,
length how Texss was carried out of the
Union by the treason of Twiegs, 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 luxuries Of life, were now in the
streets of Galveston begging for bread -
He said that if 5000 troops should land
at Galveston and march through Texas
they would be joined by 10000 men be-.
fore reaching San Antonio.
Mr.. Clark said he had been surprised
since coming North to hear that it had
been reported that Governor Houston had
given his adherence to secession. As his
son in law, and the one who closed his
eyes in death, he stigmatized them as
false. The old man was loyal to the d=y
Of his death. He took violent cold at
a meeting held by the Union men to de-
wise means to protect themselves, which
fiually settled into pneumonia.
About an hour before his death, he
said, "Charlie, have you an American
flag 7" On being answered in the efirm.
ative, "Bring it OUT" he said, "and
spread it over me +; want to die under
its glorious folds" Among his last
words he said, 81 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 had been STAKEHOLDER all
his life, but he was ready for emancipa.
ton, to sacrifice everything to sustain the
Government. He described the barbar.
tiles he had seen the rebels pcrpetrats,
and contended that it was impossible to
be too bitter against the rebels. There
was no medium course. If We did not
conquer them they would conquer U.s.
If the Southern Confederaey was &C.
knowled ged the war would be no nearer
an end than now 1t would not be until
Toombs called the roll of his 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