The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-05-20

bFply heAlllslOile upon llltee plphl
pralrles,
As This, Mr. Davis, Is your first visit
~ This portion Of tho state, deem II
appropriate, briefly, 10 call your lllen-
ton 10 IL rapid growth, aud tho char
aeler Of 10 citizens,
liut little more than three decades
have passed since II was tho home ana
huntinggrOunds Of the red man, aud
these illmilahle plains the posture
lands Of countless herds Of bison, wild
horses, elk, deer aud antelope, From
tribal war disease, aud tho piercing
rifle Of The Texan ranger most OI these
Indians have been translated ~ hap
pier homes aud hunting grounds, Tile
others horne by the advancing aud IT,
resistible "slur Of empiren toward the
setting sun, and with them have dis
appeared these herds.
Thirly-lhree years ago, either rom u
disdaln Of civilization or through u
spirit and love Of adventure, John
Nicely Bryan pressed forward far In nd.
vance of the settlements, aud erected
his humble but ever h0spl,nble fort
upon the banks OF the Trinity, the first
white man who ever dared 10 do 30
and became the pioneer Of this region
Of country. This fort became the nu-
Gleus of settlement, aud, after years
Of trial aud prlyatlon, prosperity
dawned upon this band Of advenlurers
The fort IN remembered with the
things that were, but In lts place has
arisen, IN II by the hand Of magic, the
beautiful aud solld city Of Dallas, teem-
Ing with population Of fifteen thou
sand intelligent, industrious and ener-
gellc citizens.
Around II on every side tho folds OF
waving grain speak Of the industry
aud intelligence Of our farmers, aud
give earnest Of ample room for honest
toll.
The audience here assembled II com
posed of emlgrauts from about every
state aud territory In the American
union, who have sought comfort and
competency from our rich aud pro.
ductive soil, or health from our genial
and invlgorallUg breezes.
Here also are emlgrants from almost
every European nationality, Somc
from the cold region of Scandinavia
nearly every province Of the German
KAISER France, Spain, Italy aud the
land of Marco Boz2aris, from the
land Of Magma Charta, the blue peaks
and sequestered glens of Scotland and
the land oft the lamented Emmett and
his noble compe RI. They are here from
the land of Tell, the Alpine republic
which for six hundred years has sus-
talned Itself by the intelligence, the
honesty and valor of it, people,
against the powerful empires that
have surrounded and threatened II,
from d0wntrodden and dismembcred
Poland, upon whose devoted soil
"Lcogued oppression poured forth To north
ern wars,
iowhiskered pandors and her llerco hu2Zns,
Waved her dread standard 10 the breeze of
morn,
Pcolod her,,!oud notes, twonscd her trumpet
until Poland was blotted from the map
Of nations.
Coming together rs we do, from
states and nations so widely separated,
adversely Of views and Interests might
reasonably be expected. But here, we
soon became homogeneous, and all
strive togetherfor the public good. Here
are veterans OF the Texas revolution
and pioneers of the republic and state,
sprung from Il common ancestry; they
were early taught the principles OF
civil and religious liberty; these they
brought with them to their new homes
and dared to assert them against tue
relentless and vindictive legions of the
boosted Napoleon of the west. Though
few in numbers, they hurled their
lcgions, defeated and disgraced from
their borders, and have since main
tanned the independence achieved upon
the field of San Jacinto. They then
by degrees, drove back the red man,
opening up and blazing out they way
for the settlement of u republic, with
untold millions of agricultural and
mineral wealth; u state, which ut no
distant day will be the empire state of
this great government.
Here are veterans of the Mexican
war, who assisted to vindicate the
honor and avenge the insult to the flag
OF Il common country, who were side
by side with your Rifles at Monterey
and Beuna Vista, and upon the memoir
able campaign from Vera Cruz to the
famed halls of the Montezumas.
But, alas! shese veterans and pion-
GERS are few! Time is rapidly thinning
their ranks. Their heads are sivered
over with the frosts of many winters,
and brows plowed deep with the fur
rows of time, painfully reminding us
that they, too, will soon join their gel-
liant comrades who have gone before.
Here are veterans of the late fierce
some of whom wore the
"blue," others the "gray," men who
have been upon many hard fought and
bloody fields, men who stood when
none but brave men dared stand, and |
yet they have shaken hands across the
"bloody chasm," and fraternize as in
days of yore.
Here are the mothers, wives, sisters
and daughters of the men before you;
who, with devotion almost |
have babe adeu to friends,
relatives, luXuries, comforts, and a
thousand hallowed associations in the
United States and Europe, to follow
husbands, brothers and sons to the Lone
Star state. Here too are the smiling
faces of happy children, the future
matrons and rulers of the country.
Shey come as Sabbath school children
from every Sabbath school in the
city. All, all have come to see,
hear, welcome aud honor one they feel
entitled to pre-eminent honor!
True you come not as some conquer
Ing hero the recipient of the splendors
Of triumphant entry, yet your well
come here is warmer and more sincere
han any that could be awarded by the
Roman senate to dictator, consul or
prietor who had laid conquered en-
Dires at their feet. Ours springs from
he heart. 1t is for tile man and his
'irtues. And now Mr.. Davis, on be-
,alf OF the vast audience here as