The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-10-04
ELOQUENT ADDRESS,


The following address Of Ex-Gov. Hub
n arl we clip from the Tyler Democrat and
Reporter. 1t was made in response TO a
Hi upon him for the purpose by a commit
lee of the citizens of Tyler.
Il GOV. Hubbard said; I'VE offer tribute
b this day, which becomes historic as the
anniversary of the one ON which fifty mil
ions of people shall follow in heart, if not
&n presence, the mortal remains Of the chief
buler of the republic to their last resting
lace.
L 1t is meet that Texas should follow his
bier and be near the mourncrs who shall
Etand around the grave of our dead presi-
llent to-day. HcwaS republican president
IN the sense of party distinctions; but he
Twas withall our prosidont-alikG OF thu
southland and northland--and had begun
Ihn administration Of the government which
promised uncompromiSing hostility TO
corruption in high places, and had al
|rcady been signalizOd by ~ broad and lib
Il eral and conservative spirit of statesman
|ship, which embraced within its folds the
4 whole Union, irrespective OF party ties or
sectional lines,
In republic, which rests upon the will
of the whole pcoplc---an independent and
representative democracy-there will al
ways be- has always been, and ought al
4 ways to be, political parties, to discuss
great questions of State, of finance, of reye-
i nue, Of foreign and domestic relations OF
taxation and internal improyem ents, anu
the ways and means Of making the bur
\ thens Of government rest lightly upon the
subject, and atlording sure protection to
4 life and liberty. Dcspotisms always ignore
party lines and discussions, and imprison in
dungeons or impalo on halberds of persecu-
ton bold men who question kingly power.
Yet political corruption and the sure evil
dences Of national decay faston their fangs
on the republic whenever political parties
contend only for the spoils of office, and
hesitate not to ignore the constitution and
the laws in the mad pursuit of unhOly
power
James A. Garfield though running the
gauntlet Of stormy political contest, when
the passions Of men were dashed 10 fury, ere
he reached the first office Of the republic,
has been, by all his Countrymen, regarded
as rising to higher aud loftier plane than
mere partiSanShip, and from that noble
eminencc became the president of the whole
republic in truth rs in name.
His policies we have, n large portion Of
his countrymen differed from but in Eib-
ute to his patriotism, his great ability, his
craftsmanship and love Of country, We this
day from Texas-nearly two millions of her
men and women-send to our countrymcn
of Ohio, who stand nearest by the grave,
and to our whole CountrymCn, these earnest
expressions of grief and sorrow ~ the loss
OF the iiig>triuus dead.
five seek for the silver lining of this
dark cloud which settles on our land tO-dsy,
and gathered darkly IS his life cbbcd away
by the shore of the Sca--if We seek some star
ofhopc in thi, night-may we not lind ii in
the returning spirit %! brotherhood
which th. great misfortune has
witnessed among our COuntrymen? No
morc--no, never more shall il, can il be
said, by pen or speech, in peace or peril, IN
high campaigns or in fierce debates, in the
councils Of the nation--neyer more shall 1t
he said that the south and the north, the
east and the west, are not one and the same
in all the fraternal elements OF glorious
and eternal union
Around the bedside of the dying civic
hero, in spirit, was sitting, keeping loving
watch, every southern heart, alongside the
men Of New England and the great west.
From every southern home, from lips OF
brave men and pious women, went up
prayers for his recovery, during, al
those eighty days when his body
was racked with the pangs of mortal agony,
And when he died, old men and young men
"who wore the gray and the mothers and
sisters Of our dead who sleep by the side OF
the "hOyS in blue on many distant teld,
wcpt as they heard at midnight the bells
which told Of his passing away. We know
this is no false light no unreal tragedy to
orr people. thank God that it tells us OF
returning peurc and good will 10 all sections
of our once divided union We have been
nearing each other since the day when the
banners and the buglcs were lald
To rest The south shall not
forget how our Countrymen OF the
north. when yellow fever swept our tens o.
thousands from Memphis, New Orleans and
our own Galveston, and the cities and towns
of the plague stricken district of the south
how their gold and silver, like libationS OF
water, were poured into our laps, to relieve
distress and bury the dead And now, that
the tirc-hcnd is sweeping through Michigan
her thousands of homeless sons and daugh,
tiers shall receive from Southern hearts and
hands the contributions of her charity, t'
their houSclcss COuntrymen OF Tar away
Michigan.
Yes, we are one pcoplc-samc blood
same ancestry, same glorious history ant
traditions; and, thank Cod We are comlnl
together again a. Of old, when our iather'
stood side 10y side at lexington ana @id'
hy side at Yorktown, when the victory wa
won
In addi,iou to all this l commed to the
Young men of Texas the example of prcsi
dent Garticld's lifc--of how he climbed W
by labor and resolution from the humblcS
path 20 u place rohcr than the crown o
kings. | commend to the domestic lie y
America the nohlcst EXAMPLE Of his life a
homc--or how his wife aud children loved
him with singular devotion: of how he loyct
his country home at Mentor; he begged I,
bctakcntherc 10 die, because It was home;
of how he loved his aged mother, and how
the message of death at last made the llgh
fade from her life; of the devotion of tina
noble wife, "thc first woman of America,
BY virtue of her place---so touching even 4
thi end. All this shall be memory o
priceless treasure TO the home life Of oul
country forever,
Not only is the example Of his life a logac!
TO the youth of our country, in the faith re
posed by him in toll and patience and reli
ancc on himScfnll along FRI a the poyort.
his hoyhood To the royal achievements 0
Ms manhood hut the last days Of that sue
ccssiul career wovG for the dying president
chaplct grander than the coronets of kings
10 his wonderful iortitudc and patienc
under pain, he added an unfaltcring faith il
the tod ot his iathcrs-iaith in the promise
of Him who held his countr
in tie hollow of His hand an
faith that when the tabled rive
WAS crossed he should dwell in the bette
land" beyond the shadow and the clout
Noble In Rife. but p,ander still In the herr
Int have said enough, Aud yet befor
c'n.N Cnuuut forget how exceedingly al