The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-01-22

But we would be untrue TO onr -couststu-
ency, representing rs we do the clearly cx-
pressed viii Of .lzz s--r-T,fz VI TexAS- snousd
/ enc T'IHS-inaking power Of the government
fail 70 redeem their pledges 70 tie neople
by the enactment ~ such laws as viii give
force and power ~ the plpular viii. and
restore peace and quiet. protect person and
property, life aud liberty-,ievelop our won
derful material resources. and which riIIse-
cure purity aud ability in az the depart
ments Of our State government, Legislative.
executive aad judicial stand in the pres
ence Of q body In whom the people may
well have conided so great aud so sacred
a trust Some Of you stood by the Repub-
lie Of Texas at its birth, saw on the histori>I
field Of San JacintO our star rise fro,-
night of darkness and Of storms NAY OF
you, more than a quarter of a century
ago, were engaged in the seryee OF the
young and struggling State, Its eounsels,
and guarding the frontiers = men TINS capt.
tai itself was on the wil7 0order.
Others of Won. in 4dOre recent periods,
have adorned the 5ench and the forum,
represented the people in the legislative
colnsels Of +se cOmmOnwealth-whils all
have rece;Ted the endorsement of great
peopIc>for distinguished capacity, expert
enc and integrity in the public service.
10 such presence, repeat, do not feel
called upon, nor does the occasion require
of me 10 advise any course of State policy,
save that which is dictated by your own
wise judgment and a devoted love for
Texas.
You represent State magnificent in di-
mansions and resources, rich in all the
elements of mineral, agricultural and COM
meFcial power and prosperity. You rep
resent, likewise, more than q. million of
people, who, by their enterprise, tolls, and
daring have removed our frontiers from the
Sabine almost to the Rio Grande, within
two decades, and who have so developed
our resources, that to-day we exercise q
controlling commercial and political power
in the American Union. Such a con-
stituency impose grave and solemn respon-
sibilities. But We are yet only in the in
fancy Of our progress, noble and vigorous
manhood awaits the wise craftsmanship OF
our Legislators, and a just administration
by the chosen rulers of the people. To
foster Q just and benefcent system OF inter
nal improvement; preserving the people
from ext0rtiOn and monopolies on the one
hand and giving liberal encouragement to
the investment of capital on the other; to
foster immigration so that our vast solitudes
may be filed by the coming millions from
the WORKOUT lands Of the Old world and the
new; to protect our frontiers under wise
and wholesome laws from the ruthless saw
age; to organize judicious system of COM
mon school education, so that in due time
the children of the State, poor and rich,
MAY reap the fruits of the labors of the
fathers of the republic when they founded
a magnificent school fund for their posteri-
ty; to inaugurate economy in the govern
ment reducing taxation, while we, at the
same time, preserve our honor and integrity
and plighted faith; these arc some of the
chieTest of the many subjects gravely de-
handing legislation The opportunity and
duty are ours in conjunction with the other
branches of the government to inaugurate a
new era of efficiency and prosperity in the
State. A majority of nearly fifty thousand
of her SONS in the great civic contest
through which we have just passed, pro-
claims that of those to whom much has been
entrusted, much will be required. For the
first time in many years the government of
Texas, by the fairest constitutional express
sion of the popular will in OIL its depart
ments is placed once more in the hands of
the real representatives of the people. Let
us SO use that.power that the bitterness and
controversies and passions of the past may
be forgotten in common union and in a
common brotherhood of sentiment for the
honor and glory of Texas.
Emerging, in company with our sister
States of the South from great disasters,
stricken with sorrows, borne down in the
unequal contest, mutilated, poverty stricken
Ia stainless, fadeless honor crowns her
brow-still radiant with courage and hope.
Standing as we do in the presence of the
mute memorials of our country's honor and
gIory-speaking from yonder monument in
the vestibule of this Capitol, erected to the
memory of the martyrs of liberty, and from
the breathing canvass on its. walls, telling
us of the ''heroic age" in. our history-let
us invoke the aid of that Providence whose
sway is justice and ''who ruleth in the coun-
sells of men, " that mo false or faltering step
may be taken in the path of hoporand of
dat dl5EFtty
Senator Culberson moved that the Senate
adjourn until 10 o'clock A. n. tomorrow.
Carried