Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-01-01


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lani, msRy years aga associations ofthis
character were Taisei 10 a great hight
All Today ksaiueky boasls % as great
improvements aud tie lnsst horses aRi
eaills al Any sale ia the union.
Indiana, Illinois, Ohlo, Missouri and
ether states followed In the train and Tea
as vas len hehlEd. hnt Texas has naiu'
rel advantages over all the other States,
She has an area large enough TO make four
great States, aud she has a history peculiar
10 herself borrowing the seHliIasnt OF an
hamOTlal Statesman, the past sat least Sc
cared to her. Her deeds Of bright enoWn
as sell as tie dark wrongs which have
been PER-, lraled sgainsI herrand which
will forever blaeken the sseuioheensof her
foes, all are secured. There are the Alamo
and Golial aud San JaeiniO and there they
will remain forever. The iRhgman butch
cries OF the Alamo aud GollAd elated the
victorious enemy, aud ihirstlng anew FOR
blood, he bounded forward, Ike q tiger
from Lis jungle. The glorious Travis, the
brave, Fannsn and their comrades were
numbered Wih the gallap, dead, bot The
spirit Of resistance was gathering Strength
al San JAeinto. Houston and his gala
comrades were there. In tbs pomp Of bis
pride aud vanity, the enemy moved for
ward. Ills gid 4 iances reflected back
tho rays Of the morning sun aud presented
an imposing scene. He threw forward his
ranks, like the tail Of a huge serpent, TO
take the little band Of patriots in It's coil.
The cloud Of battle bursted on them. Blu
that little band OF patriots stood the shock,
and like men fighting under the eye Of
Washington, with the slogan OF "Renem-
Der tic Alamo" they charged the enemy
and scattered his numbering ranks. Aud
when the din of the battle was hushed and
The cloud dispclled, the eye Of the wonder
ing spectator might have seen the wooden
legged, SIncho PanZl, hero Of Mexico, on
his knees begging for quarters aud his ar
my either prisoners Of war or pnn;c strick-
On, flying over The distant hills and Texas
had won her Independence.
Since that time, the chiyGlry Of her gal.
LIANT sons has been felt upon a hundred
fields. When in tho great struggle, she
was found in common with her sister South
ern States, her sons returned to their
peaceful homes, and were it necessary, to-
day, would vindicate the honor of their
common country, under the flag Of the I'M
ion, as fcroely and as terribly as tho sons
of any other State.
M =. lit a,oh a htolarv NTH opeh n
peoplc, with such q soil, with such q cli-
mate, with such mineral resources and
with such mn area, we may march forward
with n confidence that we will ere long
pluck the diadcm from the Empire State OF
The Moth, place IL on our own loved Stale
and which, with the additional lustre i'm
parted by our own Lone Star, will shine as
q beacon light to guide to the haven, the
storm tossed nations of the world.
In conclusion, Mr.. President, gentlemen,
Directors and members of this Association,
allow me to congratulate you on the sue
cess, thus far, of your enterprise. Con-
tinne to strengthen and enlarge yourAsso-
citation and in the end you will have effect.
ed results, of the grandeur, Of which you
not even lrcam to-day. Many illus
traiions might he made to enforce he idea
| wish to express, but one strikes me with
peculiar force.
Behold that broad lake out yonder. Like
q mammoth mirror, it reflects back the rays
of the sun. Not q breeze moves upon its
placid bosom 20 disturb its deep repose.-
But harkl a pebble has been thrown and
lights and sinks in its centre. The agita-
ton begins there now. The circling waves
move and widen and increase that circle
until finally, they dash against its distant
shores, and every cubic inch Of hal nigh
ty reservoir has been more or less agitated
by that pebble. Even SO, gentlemen, the
effects and influences. of your Association
may be comparatively small at present and
conf ned to u small district of country, yet,
with proper energy and management, those
efforts and influences will continue to wi
den and increase, until finally they will be
felt far beyond the boundaries of your
and meeting with the influences
of kindred Associations, together they will,
ultimately, be felt all over our gallant
State, and you will look back with pride,
md pleasure to tie day on which some
thing put it into your hearts TO effect such
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