The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-09-12
THE LONE STAR STATE.
Centennial Grafton OF Gov. II. b. Hub.
hard, or Texas, Delivered NJ the
National Exposition.
Texas: Her Area OF Territory, Health and
Its Evidence, Wealth and Population,
School Endowments, Products, Ia.
ternal improvements and
Sources Of Wealth.

PHILADELPHIA, Septem Der lI.--Th
feature at the Exposition to-day wa
the eloquent centennial Grafton q
Governor Richard b Hubbard, q
Texas. He said
Mr. President and Gentlemen OF tho Unite
states Centennial tOmmlsSion;
Nearly two centuries ago Sieur d
la Sale, u brave and gallant Knigh
OF France, crossed the Atlantic in ship
OF war, and planted ON the shores o
the Bay of Matagordn, in the wilderness
of Texas, the standard OF his king anC
the cross.
Searching for the mouth of the Mis-
sissippi, his sails were horne westward
OF the great river and landing, his fol
lowers erected, from their own wrecked
vessels, the first human habimtions fol
white men ever known before in tina
strange country, hardening on the lane
of the ancient Altecs and the Monte
zumas. This bold French navigator
had, three years before, passed down
the Mississippi to its mouth and borne
back TO his sovereign the romantic
story OF the great inlhnd water, and its
majestic entrance to the sen,
c. Aller thirty years, the colony OF La
Sale, through mutiny, desertion and
pestIence-and nj last by the martyr.
dom oftheir heroic lrader,--passed away
to live only in the traditions of tho cen.
'u nm 70 lo''ow'
lno h'ns"o'n OF Spain theh sue
'vo"eu !" Vne p"sse'S'oh ny armed oc'
ouP"''on' o' MI thNt Slleildlu empire,
|'Vo "i'"er 'he eyes Oh the eagles OF
-, rance east OF Mexico ana west OF the
rathnrs OF waters FROM ll9, and
more 'hnh century thereafter Texas
remained the SUBJECT OF the spanish
crown ana uhtli the revolution winch
severed MeNico from the mother coun-
Try, our history during all these years
down TO 'he early part OF the nine
!een.n eentury,-oears no FRUITS OF clvhs'
Hh.ioU no trophies OF war or the arts
Oh peace me only refei TO TINS PIC
,ofe' the ohiV CLEAN OF sunshine IN tins
iohS ana weary night, were the lahors
ana sacr'hces OF devoted Christian men
ana Women VINO erected temples to
GOD IN the solitudes OF the desert and
'ied Tor the faith, The ruins of these
old missions still stand on the banks OF
the san Antonio aud near ancient TO
llad--glorlous monuments OF the Chris
nan herolsm OF men and the plous and
deathless hdellty OF women to the Cross
--renturies ago,
The shackles OF Spanish and Mexi-
can despotism, Texas, more than forty
years ago, burst asunder, and through
inc blood ana storm oil battle walked
iorth INTO the hight OF new day--bear-
ing on prov ana bosom the scars OF the
cohiiict between the oppressed and the
oppressor' since that DAY, her political
history Is known TO the elder genera
IONS OF tne'e states II not to the ma
IONS al ihe eartl as Wen IL was q
wonderful ana heroic history, that OF u
ueepiy-Wronged people struggling
gainst the treachery oil the knave and
the tyranny oil the despot--an unequal
contest OF MY years against eight mil
non OF people, contest waged by rag
ged soldlery M poverty ana hunger
poor IN purse put rloh IN vaior, and a
ior''tude ana devotion which, amid
burning MONIES, rapine and plunder,
was Wiling 10 die Tor Their country
rather IMAM sue lor dlshonoraole peace
or KISS the rod winch smote them to
the earth--a contest winch bore upon ITS
bosom, ana 10 the 'front.', the great, ne
roc names o, Houston, ana kusk, and
Lamar anu marion, ana Sher'
man, ana thelr conlreres, VINO IKE
Cardigan nj Baiaklaa, rode down
70 death ana victory at san ia
cinto on that historic heid--remem'
oering Gollad and Acknowledging
dence was won and the Republic OF
Texas was born unto the free nations
OF the earth.
For nearly seven years she main
tanned a separate nationality, and was
SO recognized 10y the great powers. Her
struggle was not on so grand n theater
as was that glorious seven years reyolu-
ton OF our foreiathers, nor was It Illus
trated by nobler fields than Bunker
Hill and Saratoga or Yorktown, nor by
srander iortitude than that which
stood by Washington ana ms army
amid the SHOWS OF valley Forge, stained
by the blood OF Their naked feet
But we 10 glory IN the TACT my coun'
trymen, That our independence was
achieved by no "holy alliance OF EN-
perors or kings, ana that we trod the
vine press and won the victory alone
In the darkest hours OF the revolution
France with Lafayette, came 10 your
MD, and her gallant soldiers followed
washington at Monmouth AZ trenton
and at Yorktown Her treasures nileu
your scanty Golfers aha heI ships oore
down to your rellei through .ne YEN. '.
pests OF the ocean. Noioreisu syo.,ns
came to the Struggling army vi inirsy'
six, and no voice OF kihuiy recognition
came to us tiii aller our CONNECT was
ended, and the victory was wonl