The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-12


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o. l11at son tte pes ~
a a pension a'afnf aus
49, - tie f1rse liat Should elall1
- intieia rht q DING ni1n
1e cis ms objection 81 VS. ean'f
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etai ttp D. sie ietts
y ls9Ae tiht 3iiar q n9iA - 1870
me santa fe lez, rsii Antonio
a-l tl'.NaeA sfe itsafe1s-
- taai satiea th9uea taT from including
81 laitie lonE claims "a pensions. WIS
itii19 e vote lar ~, bit hoping another
Hnile supply rs defects
Tut fhen tie be7se 20 amended the biii
% e STRIKE from isiaus Sire survivors
e the oanii fe A.er san tnionlo and
Dawson niassacfe pr oneis, my SENSE Of
equity enl historical Justice Compelled me
20 vote aeaInet The cmascuatcd measure.
Wild and vague notions pcnade Tie
eeunilF "a tile subject Of pensions. Few
men seem y have elietsiesi Tue matter. 50 rs
g tom opinions safe, prudent and Just for
legislative adoption blush to say some
lev ~ tie I'D feiefsns have complicated
thesg1esaon aea Weakened tile general cause
~ indisciis ~ stepping forward - indicate
what siorid - done assuming q sort Of qsftsl
rigAt0f determining what the Legislature
should DO and what 1t should not DO. IN
this they l'ase manifested the same weak
ness betrayed ~ an occasional old citizen
pa writing notes 81 history "a the Texas
Almanac, and elsewhere, By way Of per
sonal rceoiiecnons. \ small number Of
saciii however obscure 81 the time, have 80
written as 10 leave the impression that they
played part ili glorious transactions forty
years ago. 81 which their now surviving
comrades seem 70 have boon wholly uncon-
scious e ihe time. See letter q i. W.
johnson and 6m. J Russell IN the Calves
Ton news some two months ago.
buf another manifest injustice IN nearly
every proposition before the Legislature
ieAeep.lnB tiie substitute offered by the
non 1astare cook, % ltaufsl has been IN
limiting The pensions proper Outside Of the
SarioNs classes 81 prisoners referred to) to
s,'oss 91is VINO served before q iifli - $3.50.
- y m apsoi lte historical truth that some
men server a. eitIzeh volunteers IN the iai
81 $50, ana others Tor q few weeks IN the
spIln9 81 teJ0, ana never afterwards; while
Duf aieW days OF weeks after the battle OF
San jaclnt0. large numbers Of volunteefs
from the United States previously en- route
10 reinforce General sam Houston) arrived
and mainly constituted the army Of the Re
pnhiie, siccessively commanded by Generals
liask, feiix Huston, Albert Sidney John
ston and z. 3 Green. until lts disbandment
IN 1881.
rf.flnffl Ilofrfi frnr hot Ten
erals Felix Huston and Albert Sidney
Johnston, in the memorable year Of 1886,
successfully commanded the army stationed
onour southwestern border, and suecessfully
prevented a second Mexican invasion under
Gehefais rliisola anet Bravo. fe under
the Dill ~ passed, neither tneyf living,
nor great MAJORITY 81 1their surviving
soid'els ~ olunteers from the Chitea STATES,
are allowed pensions l0r % ieasi years
service, IN On unhealthy district, ragged,
lllied nnd substantially unpaid, while, as
before said, many who served only few
weeks before, and then returned to their
already acquired homes, are literally PEN
sioaed for life. assert, as an undenlable
truth, that the men who became the
bold anu successful defenders OF our
Mexican and Indian frontier for ten years Of
war aitcrthe battle 81 San Jaclnto, were COM
posed on On average 81 ABOUT three 70 one,
q men VINO arrived ~ the country after
that pattle-Aen whose names and deeds
,t.e inaeinis iAlpfesseo On the pages OF our
ofs---slino,ig n.hleh stana the names on
/ Jolinston. FeliA huston, uenef;t -'loIin a.
( sAisilah, John =. HAYS samuel il walker
i ulioeh, owen, Mark b lewis, came
! ROM Baker Neil, Chandler, and q host OF
others endcafcd 70 III WHO prize all that IS
'ciAYaifous, noifleana glorious N ourten years
struggle from 800 % IBID. hose ten years
constitute the true peFiodoi the revolution
"llieh separ''led lsNas from AleNieo. A
not now comes ~ tna5 rate - 1911,
ne'Hi5 anc Years altcf tue baltie 81 ssnl la-
en- D about TWO hundrd 81 onr prisoners
were heeiatcd from Mexican dungeons, az
tive years Incarceration; or that the
oantess prisoners As liberated M 1872,
more than seven yea.s after thcsame battle.
" 1urther stiiii That SOME OF our citizens
were stlii "a Mexican prisons up 20 the hour
81 y 'sn y.
+ the objects o. pension IN Republic o.
St''te, 3 NOT os'is 70 ASSIST sile defenders OF
s''s' steii.sN' Nieh p''' ,'iiS aserl eet %
reward dis1ng siisiied salianfry ana suffering
~ ene cause tiiei, ia,.lnfain mat, however
she eilei campaign 81 1850, or m March anu
April 1886, they can show no higher title
20 theif connfiys gratitude and parental
care, tnap can many other survivors, Who,
at Q later day, heroeally performed their
parts, gave uniadmg glory To orr arms. and
ianguished, some for months, others for
years, n Mexican prisons, while Others, and
often many y the same men stood for long
years as 9niWark OF safety on our Next
can ana lnoiah ifontier some 81 whom