Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-08-12
anv. Hamilton in Nouston.

The Telegraph gives the follow ns report
of the speech Of Gov. Hamilton, NJ Houston
on tho night Of The 2;th ult, That paper
s.,s that u vast concourse of people were
present. The Governor was introduced to
the audience by DR.. Roberts OF Houston,
in short address, after which the Govern.
or spoke as follows as reported by the Telc-
graph;
GOV. HAMILToN's SPEECH.
Gov. II. could not be distinctly heard by
the writer Of this, for some momentq after
he commenced, such was the rcstlessness
and continued conversation by many per-
sons on the gallery. lic said that it had
been aeyeral yers since he had been per
mit,ed 10 address his fclow-citizcns of
Houston, in Harris county. More history
had been enacted during that time than in
all the previous years OF the Uniicd States.
Following the same line OF remarks ms in
his Galveston speech, he said in substance
that Texas had less excuse for rebellion
against the United States than any other
state. The United States found hcra "fam-
ishing babe il the Wilderness and nnrsed
,
vitality and st,eng,h under The Benign in
duenccs of its Constitution, and the pro-
tecrinG agis of its flag.
The flag waves over us now. She had
never wronged tho State, or any citizen of
the State, in any particular. If any man
in this aud icnce thinks he has ever been
wrongea BY the Governments let him get up
here and proclaim it. SO it was with all
the other Stntes, and all their indivsdual
citizens. History would pronounce the re.
belion as the most unprovokcd, "nakcd,
and unaiorned conspiracy ever heard Of,
gainst the best government ever moulded
by the hand of man." But it was said it
was not the Government that WIS charged
with the wrong to the South but the ma
.jority of the people of the North. That
party, Governor Hamilton said had elected
a President, according to The forms and
without any violation of the principles, of
the Constitution. The people Of the Sonth
forgot that the fathers of tho Constitution
never made any provision for the sepera.
ton of these States. No Government on
earth, III narchial or aristocratic, or repub-
lican hal ever made provision for suicide.
Attempts at SUICIDE were always punished.
Why rccur to these things now, it may bc
askcd2 liecausc we shall never realize our
present position or our future duties, until
the people of Texas understand and ac-
knowledge that they engaged in most nn-
natural rebellion against a 6 )vernment that
never wronged them. You forget that the
claim of the right of secession on the part
of State, gives the correlativc claim 70
the Government of the right to "kck any
State out of the Union. Has the Yhple
Governmen, no right equal to the right Of
any one of the States? "What fool will
deny it?' Suppose the Government had
exercised such a right to any one Of the
States Tho whole world wpnld have cried
"3ilame" upon such inhnmaT conduct
Yet your political leaders claimed tha night
and you swallowed the doctrine, A con-
yontion in Galveston, in 1860 "declared
themselves tho grqndest set Of fools the
world ever saw" put it upon record, and
proclaimed i to The world They declared
that Texas, On entering he UniQn, had
surrendered none of her attributes Of soy-
eYeignty!
She was once independent, and had the
right to regulate commerce, raise and sup
port armies, coin money, 'proyided she
had any metal ont Of which t. coin it.
But she parted with all this when she be-
came II member Of the Union. "Yet these
fools, for know no better term" Taught
these doctrines, ara the people swallowed
them, and swore b. them, BU. it was also
said by some that whether we arc right Or
wrong, 1--WE are mad any how' If the
people of the North have not wropged us,
they will do il. We have made them rich.
Ip III
green in the streets of New York, Boston
and Philadelphia. Their ships will foa'
with their dead upon their decks towards
ores-prcpared TO receive them, The
South will enjoy unexamplcd prosperity ?
The crowd before mo look contentel, but
feel assured that il is not because Of the
success Of the Confederate States. You
were asked, in the name of past and pres
ent prosperity, and Of the promises of the
future, not to act rashly. The institution
of slavery was made the pretext for your
course. You were afraid of tho natural
antagonsm between free and slave labor
that one would eat out the other. That
was true, the fear was well founded. One
of the greatest Of the secession;sis in the
Convention, or Congress at Montgomery,
(evidcnily meaning Mr. Ynucey.l acknowl-
edged this TO be the true view of his party.
He saif he was ashpmcd Of any man who
woulS hase the course Of tho Soigh upon
any wrongs inflicted by the North.
We have no quarrel with them. We Quar-
rel with the principles Of democratic gov.
ernment. The men who vote in the North
are laboring men, as yell as CAPITALISTS
We giant capital 10 cantrol not only the la
Dor, but also the government, so that tho
power, "shall be in the head and not in the
heels" If VIC continue in connection with
the North, their principles will gradually
pervade the South, and gpse. ou- Whole sys-
system. That was frue--it would have
done SO. These wcro the principles Of
the Southern leaders. The people were
moi tod the truth. They said to you, come
and vote---vote as you please-but remem-
Der the ''ready rope and the convenient
limb" Vote openly you shall not fold your
ticket.
Who denies all this7 "Many valiant
gentlemen heresbouts promised to collect
all the blood that would be shed in lady s
ibimble.' All they shed could be 80 COL
lected. Some Of them are here to-day, who
still have the aulacity to advise you as to
whom you may trust But | shall never
make such mistake in my rccomnenda-
( uons-nor advise you TO trust them. Re-
member oil that they said and predicted,
aRa hsw 2ll fheir predictions have hsea
la's'ned. "Ihey have lied to you from BE-
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