The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-02
THE NATAL DAY OF TEXAS.

bOlemnly ana ehfHpsll} upplAl'n WV Np''
pendenee Of the land and IN abTogalion of
any and all allegiance 10 tho government of
Mexico, II was band Of brave, clear
headed, strong'handed patriots who were
assembled together on that day, They had
been chosen by tho people for tho work be-
fore them, because Of their sterling worth
and integrity, because oflholr Intelligence and
devotion 10 tho cause NJ stake, The population
Of Texas then was but few In numbers, but
II was u hardy, determined people who had
loft behind them the comforts, safety and
pleasures Of tho old States Of the American
union 10 Try their fortunes In tho wilder
nossos of n foreign land, They had come 70
brave whatever perIls might confront them,
to endure whatever hardshlps might beIall
them, Surrounded with dangers from hos
tile Indians, and imposed upon In al their
rights by n yranncal people no less hostilei
short Of ammlnlIoni but rudoly armedi iow
In numbers lily clad and but moO-
gorly supplied with tho nccessarlc'
Of life, Nil was dark about themi the outlook
was gloomy indeed, But never once did they
quali never once did they faltcT never once
did hope do within them, Unable To attain
their rights from tho government from
which they were justified In expecting pro-
lection, they determined to be tree and
announced In u bold and defiant voice to
their hated onomy and to all the world that
thoy were free, The brave Fannn and his
mon were massacrcd Mt Golad the intrepid
Travis, tho peerless Crockett, tho dauntless
Bowie with their devoted companions, after
wonderful defense, persisted amid
their numberlcss foes nj t"o Alamo
leaving fame and glory bchind
them that will 1.-Two when storcd urns mo
crumblcd into dust when the proudcst Gncs
that exist are no more. Indeed tho sun of
the young Republic seemed set forever in
night But Sam Houston WINS lending the
little army of Texans. lie had sealed with
his blood ut the battle Of the Horseshoe u
ronown for dOuntess courage and he could
afford 10 retreat that he might draw his foe,
with his superior numbers and appointments
of war, rs far from his base ~ possible,
YEARLY slowly the little band OF Texans
fell back; fell back thepurSuing enemy ever
close upon them. Finally Buffalo Bayou
was rouche Deaf Smith and his scouts dis
troyed Vnce's bridge on Sims Bayou, the
2lst OF April Ind dawncd, san Jacnto we
fought and won, and Texas was free in fact
rs well rs in name. The sun of no Au,
tcrlitz WAS over brighter than was the sun of
the Ind Of March forty-four years ago, than
was the sun of San Jncnto.
'"rwas '86 and every where
Through mear aud moorland sweep
The yellow haired young queen OF spring,
Where lnte old winter Crept,
Bright flowers smiled around her way
And sweet voiced songsters sang
The welcome her coming, till
All earth with glad notes rang
The sunlight with uncoudcd CLEAN,
Athwart the heavens pay'd;
And earth, lit with Its radiance seem'd
Aword too fair to fade"
What mighty changes have been
wrought in these forty,four years The
blaze of war has famed and circed high
and spread its dread oriAamme over tho cas.
.elated cities and turretted homes of that peo-
pie who sought to Cypress young Texas,
The mighty men, heroes and patriots all, who
won San Jacintos renown have all, save
otterng, feeble few, gone from the land of
her glory, to the silence, to tho night OF
he tomb. Wildernesses have been laid
waste; cities have sprung up; civilization in
Is highest perfection has asserted its sway;
Millions are now counted where only thous-
,nds vera and magnificent prosperity is
developing the giant our fathers reclaimed
INTO an empire the influence and power of
which will be felt from the Orient to the
Occident Ever green be the memories of the
grand old patriots who on this day, 1886, said
Texas was a free and Independent nation,
and whose proves achieved it amid the car
mage of battle. The flowers bloom to-day
where those who have gone to the summer
and sweetly repose, and the birds sing above
hem in hushed voices, while the winds sing
4 requiem that will be eternal
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Hon. i. G. ALEXANDER, of Bolton, Judge |
Of the Bell, McLennan and Falls county dis
.rict is, we learn, a candidate for Attorney
General. The Waco, Bolton and Marlin
papers, and the Corsicana Index observer
.nnnE nf hin, In ihn most nnlnnistic tnr,nna