Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-03-12
speeches orihe Texas senators,

nu Wednesday, the -lfl uli1 tie u. =
sea,tlrs elect, Hons. VI. 4, llsmillan an,
J, ", Flanagan, addressed the l.Fgi,latur
by Invitation, The following luli IeIOr
of the speeches we copy from the Austin
JOuTnal, MIR, llsmiiion Nss dIsl iulTo
duerd, aud said
GeNtiemsR Of hs Senate aud HOust
Of Representatives,;
! nm glad Of this opportunity tC
express my thanks and gratilud,
for the compliment you have paid
me in the result of the election OF
yesterday, do not suppose that
either tho country or the parties
elected will misinlerprct the signi,
ticanco of the election. IL means
economy in tho administration OF
public affairs il means law and
order in place of the revolver and
bowie knife. II means that law
shall prevail in this country to the
exclusion of mob rule. applause }
1t means n new civilization il
means industry and tho develop,
ment OF the resources of this great
country in all the forms which n
liberal economy should give to i'm
provement and prosperity, But in
order 10 have prosperity we must
first have peace, We have not had
peace since 1860. We are now in n
condition TO assent not only to the
will OF the loyal people of the State,
but the will Of the people of this
nation. hope to find that tho laws
OF the country will be not only upon
our lips, but exist in our lives and
conduct, and that they will be en-
forced readily and TO the fullest
extent.
We are expecting immigrants
into this State not only from the
States in Europe, but from the va
rious States of the Union. We are
now getting population into this
State, but, gentlemen, il is the worst
population that we could have. 1t
is from the seeded States mostly.
| hope and trust that this body viii
inauguratc such measures as will
bring immigrants, not only from the
west and northern States Of the
Union, but from Europe as well.
We need this character of popula.
tion to give stability to our govern
mcnt. 1t rests at present upon q
slender basis.
Still q great many persons feel
exceedingly anxious about internal
improvements, and some fears have
been expressed in my hearing by
gentlemen, that so far as | was con-
ccrnod, internal improvements
would not find an advocate in me.
Gettlcmcn, they are mistaken in
th,t. (Applause.) l have had some
slhre in trying to protect the public
money, the school fund and the pub
lc lands Of this country from waste
and utter ruin. may have been
mistaken in my calculations. We
have got, perhaps, one hundred or
two hundred miles of railroad to
answer for the large appropriations
Of public money Of this country
which have been squandered during
the last fifteen years. Now, | have
notion, from information | have
received, that but for the provisions
inserted in the new constitution, we
should have had any amount Of
money and lobbyists here this win
ter to test the strength of the Legis-
lature of Texas. l believe their
strength would be wasted if they
came. 1 think this body is proof
against bribery and trcachery.-
(Applausc.) l have seen papers
floating around asking the people of
the State to set aside those provi'
sions of the constitution.
Well, it does not become me just
now, being at present in the attitude
of the representative Of this pc e)pie,
to chalk out a line of policy. 1t
rests with these gentlemen, here as
sembled, to do it, Whenever you
have laid down what you intend to
be the prevailing policy ofthis State,
it is matter OF duty to obey
(Applause.) l will follow the line
Of policy you adopt with what
strength and aid and assistance l
can to achieve the result desired by
the people of this State. | mean
the loyal people of this State, mark
you. (Applauso.) ] am addressing
them Just now, and | include in that
class every solitary human being in
this State who feels that he belongs
to the Government of the United
States. (Applause.) Men who war
against that Government and who
stand opposed to progress, to order,
to law, and to provisions Of the con-
stitution, can claim nothing at our
hands except protection against the
mobs of the State. They are enti
tied to that. Peace should reign
over this country. 1t don't make
any difference who tries to disturb
it but when we are talking about
chalking out line of policy with
regard to the administration of pub
lie affairs in this country, it is the
province of the men who are in
power to inaugurate this policy and
carry it out.
Gentlemen, / did not expect when
/ arose here to talk for this length
of time. Really, / had nothing to
say except to express my thanks to
the gentlemen of both Houses for
the compliment conferred upon me
in MY election of yesterday. L beg
leave again to reiterate them.
l have to say now, in conclusion,
that / expect to leave in few days
for Washington, and l shall 90 on
and do everything that can to carry
out the wishes of the o-,o,,or
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