The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-04-22
SAN IAClNT0 DAY, 1882.
Dsd.estsd 70 The Tsras Veterans, cr9 to the
Teros Legislature.

4 garden made by no mans toll.
Mammal and reptile, bird and bee,
Alike were dwellers, Wild ami free,
Upon this fruitful, native soil.
Wide spreading toward the setting sun,
diamond, still uncut, unworn,
Yet flashing in the light OF day,
Rejecting every brilliant hue,
Lent by the skies, so deeply blue,
The glorious land OF leXas lay
Few men its health and treasures shared.
Its heather owners little cared
Or knew the wealth 1t had in store;
Too indolent to till its soil,
or wan its jewels by their toll,
The land fol them no value have,
save in the thought They owned 1t all,
Had pow + =. Danish and recall
Those who should dwell among its flowers
or crimson handed tyrants te
70 crush all life ami liberty
Forever from It's vIne-ciat bowers
out from the homes of comfort. theirs.
Game forth the sturdy pioneers,
4 lion hearted, spartan band,
To make the soil treasures yield,
And ry their valor on the field,
From tyrsnt power redeem the lanu'
Nor was II with thought of war,
That IN Y had viewed the land afar
They came in faith aud friendllnesS,
The subjects to q tyrante Swa',
From thorns AMI rocks, TO clear the way
TO homes. which thousands more should blcS'
The tyrant' ; promise nothing weighed.
Their hopes were vain, their tatth BETRAYED;
Their homes were pillaged, hearths denleu,
To satisfy IS greed of gain;
And cruel jealousy had reign
Where nature in its beauty smiled.
OF Justice hopeless, then the band
Of Spartans rose, with sword in hand,
Thar homes and loved ones 10 defend!
foe, m tubf fpW
Who, OF wars tactics, little knew.
Thcy dared not contemplate the ond.
Not like the soldiers OF to-day.
Rugged out in uniform. were they,
With nodding plumes and flashing steel,
Bur clad in hOmespun, patched and worn;
With bare feet, Oft by briars torn,
While struggling for this country veal.
III fed and working w'theut pay,
The rebels TO 3 tyranL's sway,
Uurrcognizcd their every right,
Proclaimed as outlaws through the ldnui
The prospects OF our spartan band
We're almost anything but bright.
Twas at Gonzales that the fos
Net with the lrst aggressive blow
He thltneT came to take their gun
Protection sf their lives and lands
From the marauding Indian bands
By which the state was o. erruu,
lie did not take it, need say,
Bat ignnminioGsly away
He He'd pursued 10 FeNaT's walls;
Aud there entrenched, but sore afraid,
L3Gu rang ms iolCe In II, T.t' ~. ~ ~ al. al
MS "''"'OH7 ans " ~ ~ -'7
\ siege began with hearty will,
ate AZ, siTt ,iG EIot"i9 t'i, S'.aoiS
- 1 ~ ,,i'if, v,l ~ ,"s "n,,'msnd
And led his small heroic band
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An. OF "hSt ioii1"eV' heeu 'ch
" nat iL1e ma Ltsie oahu o'i''
Fai ItANs mas Att -A-aiIu'
The HE blood "i me patriots iay-
None IeII 10 tctI Inc 'alt oI "ee-
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NhtFe j. inc bahu % he,"eS- "HeIe'
30 ask thr question OF lhe Aif
-, max iShned h ne n naEk l"'sIal i,,l'.iP, Piie,
10 ask the winds whlch lhoahea iAat uh'
And streWtd thrlF ashes ihauy hlle!
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huI on lhgIhinks me, mss. see tmri'i S'nnu
eurfonhneu, hshhhS manu- 70 manu.
., er po"elei ny the crHe' iot'
ihty SaYe, rach one 20 n"u hi' OreS'h'
Auu H's'oi = al AiHn''
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n"h prGltlst" iiie ana iiber'y,
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:, ~ a. IN ~ 80 % ~ ~, .''t ~ iine'. ',te
! et lalttrlns nrver on theiT way,
Iheft "liu Wal cry was Alamo.
10 tylahL tIetHoleu al maj worn
-hught up oJ bfe'ze anu sang py biiN
Upon that sunny APIii morn
" IN his vast az ,lI ARM ~, IN arr arrS%,
terror III ms soul was porn.
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N. ~ Wen 9t Abr" lhVst FaRs u men
" ere ere, uIe,i . 70 @ uee,ls "l usIlns men,
Anu vengeance SPOKE IN every hTeathi
nat M hattle was 10 oe me last
Ahat cIT meant victory OF dtath
iuN zen tuat FrhstAhet was iGihlltd
!rt ~ nut "a! army iNu'eu' hl4eu,
p, l~i''ee ~ no tha' oatsit i"usht chh say.
Ar' gave TO IeNa5, liberty
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"a -, my sdN' 4" MAS more
"a - - q ! "a noliIe9, "otln'Hht SURE
- "a mStIoH .r,Ii WeaIth auu power
'Snos rich IN g2id ana sllYrr too,
bousht Win the ululhphS oi thht hour
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ave 20 INC oiest lahu oI thoIl Dlfth,
n Su!t,l th'rd q ali her worm,
anu AIieu heI treasury Win goIu-
the Drlght hasn OF MANHOOD thea
No", stopping, weak ana oIC
ney WHO ShoulQ De the naton's s care
IN IN pIchty ana enough 10 spare,
lolIihG IN snJect ooVerty;
dyeu ,'i Dy the Yal9r OF this band
'oil = au' auu Chains anu slavery
ehieu Dy moss VINO hsuSht nave won,
-Iru @ ioI Tue country !lttt IoheI
Il - reap 'he harvest OF Ihelr tollt
islm5 eyeiy ythlng which comes to view
II passing AS ils rlshtfui spoil.
teiore anotAsf century dawn,
his hoole ohhd VIII al De gone.
1,,I. ~n ii',,,.a me- ar toLhE @ uay ny say,
pom Ihe sttealn called NeTermore;
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