The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-07-13

Chiffon, now in this city.
speech Of Governor Il. d. Hubbard ut
the Pre.est ,tIo9 Of Tom Gree"'s Por-
Hail, Aus.an, July I, Is7s.
Mr.; PRESIDENT and honored surviving comrades of
the.DyisfoH OF Gen. Green:
You have come up to-day to this Capitol Of a
| great commonwealth with loving hands and
grateful hearts to present a splendid memorial Of
your dead chieftain TO the State he loved so well
and served so faithfully. As the mother presses
TO her beating heart the canvas glowing with the
| loved features of the dead and lost so Texas
presses 70 her heart the features of her dead
| hero and her loved soh. In behalf of the peo-
| pie for whom he gave his life, it is meet, com
| rades, in no sectional spirit and taking no heed
Of sectional issues. that you. by this Offering,
should attest your devotion TO the commander
and love for the patriot. Fad you changed
places, were he standing here this day among
u.s. with what sad and joyous pride would he do
honor TO the memory of the humblest private of
your number who died for his country How he
sympathized with the afflicted, and mourned with
the mourning His was nature to be unduly
exalted by the pride of station, the pomp of high
command. He was easily accessible, and list
ened with a sympathetic to the tale of dis
tress was always ready to visit the sick and to
speak cheering words TO the wounded soldier,
and when all 1ods Ocer would follow the remains
of the humblest of them to their last resting
place. He, whose cheek never blanched in bat
tie whose heart never quailed in peace nor war,
would have borne the body of the poorest, rag
ged boy who followed his flag, and fell on the
field of honor, back to his mothers desoate
home tenderly as you long ago bore the hero
to rest by his own Colorado, where the waters
and winds might murmur his requiem; and it is
we'll for you to do what he would have done. 1t
is meet that 1erds through one of her officers of
State, receive this memorial of her son; meet,
because lie gave his life for her. The story Of
that life has been told you by eloquent lips. How
he came from his mountain home in Tennessee
to assist people struggling for liberty, far
away from the associations of his youth, eX-
posed to danger and privation, striving
with Crockett and Fannin and Bowie and Travis
(namos that live in history to uphold the lone
star banner of the young republic. How he came
to give his life, if need be, for his adopted coun-
try, and how it 9cdS afterwards offered up,
a rich GbatiOn to the cause of liberty.
How he was assigned to the Twin
Sisters" of artillery, one of which he com
manded at San Jacnto-the gift of the noble
women of Cincinnati, sending greetings TO Texans
through the mouths of cannon-and how splen-
didly he fought his guns, contributing grandly to
the success of thatnnemorable day. Santa Anna
afterwards said that he chad seen cavalry charg-
ing, but neCer of artillery charging before that
day.i How, when the fierce struggle over
and Texas was free, he offered his services to the
civic arm ofthe republic. How he entered upon
his duties as clerk of the Supreme Court and of
the Congress-; how he worked an humble sur
veyor, locating hundreds of thousands of acres of
the most valuable grants i'll the country, with OPP
portunitles to acquire a splendid fortune, yet
lived and died poor, but rich in honor, precious
legacy to his children and his State; how, after
wards, in the Congress of the Republic from Fay
cite county (Which he once told me he loved as a
father loves his chld) he served his country with
his wise counsel in dark and perious periods;
how he sprang to the defense of his cOuntrymen
when the savage Indians were desolating their
homes on our exposed frontiers, the unpaid and
gallant ranger, with Hays and McCulloch and
Gillespie and Ford and Henry McCulloch, and
that noble band, when this splendid capital city
was but rude hamlet on the border. We must
not, comrades forget, whatever our political diff
ferences of the past, to recount on this national
anniversary day, hOlo he rushed as loving son
to the side of his beleagured mother, and with
Hays and Walker and Gillespie and Chevallier
and the first to report on the Rio Grande
n when Mexico waged upon the flag of the old
Union. 1t is matter of history that he could
; have commanded that splendid regiment at worG
! from his lips, but he said he only wanted to com
: manu- company OF ms old Texans under the flag
of Hays or Walker Noble, self-sacrfclng cti
. zen, whose modesty was only equaled by his vaor
/ His heart then beat to the music of the Union,
4 and the star spanged banner the only flag
he acknowledged and followed to victory
: His services in that war are known to
t have been great. Al Monterey he the Mu
: rat of the field Fea less, calm in council, reso
t heroic memory he led his soldiers to victory
He was the loved and trusted counsellor OF
bencb and har and court and fald Tovod ss
e we'll in civil life as in camn or bloody field
From the sad contest of the Lost Cause" the
features of the dead chieftain look up from sa
: "richt or wrong it was his countrv.n Like Sum
Y ner of the old army who Tell will the stars anf
, stripes around him. or Mcpherson. who fell al
Atlanta and was laid to rest with their country,
: flag as their winding sheet. so Green fen a,
e did these heroes of the Uuion- that bis own ma
n tive Southland and his own loved Taxas wer,
STRUGGLING for the yioLt- and be went down n
e his Ionored grave. with this conviction like tn,
/ sunset glittering on his brow. He did not wisl
!. | for war: he urged Cancellation and il was 0nh
:, when Texas where be had ra;sd his bab;ration
married his wife seem his children horn cas-
!, loose from the moorinys of the Uoion that h
spranv to her aid H6y we'll he served her le
:, history tell You who served under him know
81 full well with what unselfsh devotion he live
}. and died in her cause His was indeed n cbiy
"a alric soul When il was determined N attamn
- the racantura Of Calyos,o, tbat beautiful or
n enthro,ed by the sea Green was sought as m
l. man to do the chief work II was a desperat
~ task-a " f0rIOrn hoDen-none knew better tina
he who was used To leading forlorn homes
!, have here feIlow.solders found AMONG som
v old papers which this occasion brings to lUbl
:, as brush of painter some grand old picture a
knight and cavalier. his general order issued /
E. his command inst on the eve of the confic,
,e Hear II.
aSold;srs Won ore ca,,ed ,,no, 70 voInptae
in n dangerous .ynad;t;on have newer AZ
ce;rad vo5 will ~ deceive 10, ,,o, -
,e arS his "a ,hs no, aas1,ara,o o,,,a.Dr;so ,a
d mem svor epgas,eJ in shaII 80 h,,t 40 Nc
I,ou, ,ba, s5sn a,.- ro,,,rn A. No. Inc,
that snv who on with mo vii, ana Wan, NO rna
L to volunteer Who Is not ,riVin0 10 die for hi
p country. ana to die Now
:, In f6st order Is wrt,en the history NJ q hero
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