The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-17
col. whl.ehe.d,. speech.


/ pu1iish - chaste and elegant speech
( o. Col. J p G. Whitehead, made jus
PRIOR to the sine die adjournment o /:
the Senate. It was upon the presents
/ sion of a memento TO Lieutenant Gov
erner y yers. He SAID:
! GOHeEoT SdyeTs- In obedience to the
/ wIsn al the senate and my co-lsborers
/ in ITS service, l have assumed the
| pleasant task of presenting you testi-
monisl OF ur respect for you as an Of
| ticer, and our esteem for you as a
friend. And let me assure you thst
speak not the words of cold formality,
but those Of sincerity and truth, when
L avcw that though as to some we may
have met As strangers, certainly as o
all, We part rs friends.
Fiatlery, always distasteful. could
not be tolerated ON an OCCASION like the
DreseLt nor could | be, under any cir
cumsIA Co.'S, employed rs the medium
of expressing Its hJneyed accents;
promises op-n to the ear Ony 10
be broken TO the hope. Hence
| you will believe me, sir, whan I ssy
that amid the delicate Gu'ies Incident
To your pos on IS le presiding officer
of this Senate you have ever inspIed
It's confidence, commanded It's respect
and challenged Is admiration. To
neither the one DCr the other Of the
cOnteudIng sides ia the recent an m t
ed and exciting contests through which
we have passed has there been any but
impartis justice melted out, AMI your
| decisions have been such as not only to
silence cayIl, if any there had been,
but To make I bOtn n pleasure and
duty for all to beaT testimony to your
fidelity, imparJiali'y devotion and
worth. Whatever may have Oe yuui
Opinions, it has been felt that they were
the resu OF rt a ctinn and not the ebuI-
litIon of feeling. KnOwing that they
were entertained w.thur { pi, jldice;
that those opposed were t-eaitd with
respect; tnaC neither syc iphancy ar
the one hand nor ,imidity on tire other
could ever charAct re- your coudIc',
you have occupied pos IN so htyh
that the sh ats of envy aud ietrsc i0u
could not reach u, and conscience.
can sleep in its tribunal for want o.
crimes II puUIs1 or indI-cretinn-
10 reprimaud. la "a w,rJ, y"uF Cp s.
ions and your decisions have even
been expressed wnh the ii mncss
hat b-comrs 'reem4O, with
an eernes'nts, that be; ok rnr,i silc..'-
ity, and yet they were n: ways Ie,nSei-
Ell with that courtesy winch dennteu
the gentle man.
Accept, then, Governor, This ricg as
token of our esteem aud aiT elton
and as it has M end, may IT be typical
OF friendship began on earth, to- he
continued through the unen ling ages
of eternity.
much beautiful and excellent and fair
l. seen beneath the un; but naught is seen
More beautiful or excel or fair
Than face Of falrest friend, .irest when 81 co
| In dAIke cay;
But all are faithful f.iend in heaven
Ohe word more. and that l., the SGT
ting is Il Texas stone, fit memen,O
for him who has defended her IN bat
tie and protected her in council. A
what grsnder obi ct can command ,ur
service than IL work for the material
development and moral advancement
of Texas, cannpied 10y NJ lovely sky
as ever charmed the gtz, Of the mDuL-
tain bard, and famed by as sweetly
scen ed zephyrs rs ever woke to melo-
dy Tass9's Tyre; an empire in itself,
famed for the fertility of its soil, the
variety of its agricultural prOtu3ts, its
mineral wealth, its manufacturing re-
sources, its genial cline, and dIslir-
guished alike for the beauty of it's
daughters and the chivalry Of it4 sons
no ingloriOus life is that which is de-
voted to her in erests, for NJ inglo I0us
life is that win, b. IN vIng ever upward,
is guided by the purest patriotism and
wisest philanthropy. Sr Walter $50 t,
through the instrumentali;y of one of
his characters, gives utterarce to a
sentiment no less just and tue than
1t is shblIm- and bsnutifui. Says
JEANNE Bears in her memo able AZ
dress to the Qaee,i: IA the hour of
trouble, ana sildnm may it C me to
your leddyship, an IN the hour Of
death, which comes alike Ia high ana
low, rich and poor, lang and late may
it be yours. Oh! my lediy, it is nae
what we ha' dcne for oursels, but what
we ha' done for ithers, that We think
on most pleasantly" Such, sir, may
be your reflection in your life, as it will
buoy your spirits and tighten your
pathway rs you come to walk throus b
"lhe dark valley of the shadow #
death"
Friends we were when near each other,
Let DOT absence break the bond
May no icy cold sever
The friendship We have deemed so fond"