Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-22
HON. JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Isis address az the Texas state Fair
Ehe Nobility and BLESSINGS Of
EabUF-8 ETfcuItuTe, Manu-
Lectures and Commerce.
ns-ccf Trade-EmmigratiOR 60 De In
couraECG Es Any SOHt-We ausC
Have P0Fts-MiBfnE-
Thanks for Sym
pafby.

The Galveston Ne1CS brings us a fair
.yuoDeis of the address delivered by
Jefferson Davis at the Texas State fair
In Houston. on the eleventh instant.
fe sv8ided reference to contemporary
u,li.ics. and alluded but once only, aud
then briefly, to the late war Of the re-
balliou. de said:
LADIES, ,COUNTRYNIEN, FRIENDS, AND
FErL9w-CIVIzENs OF TEXAs-fOr | am
pr5ut TO be One-I have had too many
evtG -nces OF your affection not to be en-
fitIai TO that honor. l have for many
yeals desired to pay visit to your State.
was prepared for all that hospitality
could Oifer. ] was prepared for all that
generosity could give. In the day OF
trouble ard disaster J on would not turn
v0ur backs upon me. This Is your hon
or. that while other nations have held
turir leaders responsible, and received
tHpm with curses IS the authors OF their
,yisf0rtunes, you have not chosen to
'd me responsible for your miseries.
-.,,- ~elcoule with which you have re-
..=-.4 - makes me almost UNIT for ut
,.- Ngu are the descendants Of
-. - peD who, true 10 their An
,,ll. .ss,-1r i,sti, cts, achieved glorious
,-;1.-r,- an tbe 80 4 Of Texas, from the
smoke q. which the LsCe Star rose and
shoue with bright effuI. <s'.1'e' w IN LLls lLie
raroonftfou Of your indt NOeGdehce you
became fl to take a place aI4oug ia "a
tials. You achieved all Tia al couiu IA pe
achieved; but your hearts yeara'eu DICE
toward the Union from which you caIue'
Four times and thrice happy 70 stan i III
the Dre-eHCe Of such men. FIVE tlnSe
and four au proud. 1t has been eald
f1at the last war was u war OF women;
If So, ] hug the charge u my breast;
am proud ~ it.
Eas told that [ WAS not expected to
deliver yau s. formal address; nor shall
d0 il. But upon coming here L md
ana. this j. the opening Of the State fair,
and IL would he like the play Of RtchdTd
with uKiHg Richard" left out If did
not make q speech. Your purposes are
agriculture, mechanics, commerce.
Agriculture was the first employment of
man. From the record OF creation
that record which We know 10 be true
we learn that when the Creator had
-rrsr.tgi the land from the water, Gre
.-af the fishes fiOm the birds, one thing
more vas wanted TO utilize this creation
man TO ill the soil. Right well has
,-agr Dre-fdent told yCuof the honor and
g. artv Of work. But there was still
.,-s. more thing wanted. Man was ere
4..F out # the dust Of the earth, and
r.sIg . living spirit. But something
more wss required, something nObleT
H.r tgc creation OF wOman-thst Gust
-. ereaIfZei and sDnobled was used for
,.a creation uf woman, ana we are all
4.a d-zHsudsuts o. the Adamic race.
a.. fTiug the soil wealth Is created,
--,s,rfso,gres change the condition of
.Ig .,1tucts of the soil, and increase
.aai- y,lue. commerce lnterchanges
.rai- location, and thus increases their
-.Ire. but agriculture alone produces
r-agIln. But it may EOt oe thaI agTl-
crIrura shall look down on commerce
and manufactures. That would be as II
Inc hand should say To the hesd and
.s.r heart, Whist use have l for thee?
rr,.r. sui-s and commerce follow in
tho r-ots aps Of agriculture. One OF the
.,.-o -ous Of Adam kept hOcks and
nerds. and 50 you who live on the vast
,-Iain. ~ Texas srs included IN the list
81 7sbqreTs. You SRve now reached a
r.,Iug where manufactures are sprlnglng
.ln i1 Texas. AS a southern man have
nfIa1 been ashamed that the very
Gfagu.c0rn which grows IL our fields Is
f.Lpn 10 the northern village, where
timber l. less plenty than IL IL with US,
and made into 6-OGms, brought back,
and that our blessed women are required
10. sweep their floors with Yankee