The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-08-09

These examples call back the days when
the fathers of the north and south stood
shoulder to shoulder. at Eaton and York
town,at Lundy's Lane and New Orleans, at
Buena Vista and Chepultepec, and are
worthy of the highest emulation.
They should teach us that the fame OF
Lee and Grant, of Stonewall Jackson and
Hancock, of the Johnsons, Mcclellan and
Meade, is common fame and belongs to
all the people OF every section OF the coun-
try.
The military glories clustering around the
battlefelds of the civil war, regardless of
banners upon which victory perched, are
glories won by the matchless services and
prowess of the soldiery of America, and
constitute a heritage of military grandeur
belonging to the whole American people.
The heroes of the war, north and south,
were American heroes. Bull Run and
Oak Hills, Gettysburg,and' 'Antietam, Shiloh
and Chickamauga, and the hundred other
memorable fields, were battle grounds
whose lustre will shed halo of glory on
the pages of our history unsurpassed in the
annals of war.
Soldiers who wore the blue, and you who
wore the gray-While no apologies are
due, and none can be made on either side,
for the part we took in the, civil war, yet,
was
not among the statesmen okthe country,
north or south, that forbearance, lofty pa
trio:lsm and grandeur of intellect sufficient
to avert the tratricidal strife; and while we
mourn the gallant spirits who sumbe on
the silent fields of death, scattered from
the Potomac to the Rio Grande, and drop
tears OF sorrow for the MANNED survivors,
the fatherless and the widows-we should
learn wisdom from the bitterness of the
past, and should teach those to come after us
that tourcountry's glory and free institutions
are to be preserved by mutual respect, by
following the footsteps Of the fathers, and
by an honest oDservance OF the fupdas
mental primo pies on which the gdvernmesft
rests, and upon which the liberties of the
people depend.
Veterans of tire Mexican war--Xour pres
ence here reminds US of period in our
country's history when there was no heart
burnings when the people Of every quar-
ter OF the union responded with patriotic
order to the call tor soldiers to fight the
nations battles.
The right of the Lone Star republic to
become one of the states of the American
union was to be maintained and vndi-
Gated. The bloody atrocities of GOllad, of
the Alamo and Mier, one TO be remem bered
and avenged. These violations Of the laws
If civilized warfare We're not forgotten, but
In their remembrance there was no retaia-
tion of like cruelties for the inhuman
atrocities Of Santa Anna and his myrmi.
dons.
Fannin and Graves. Bowie and Crockett
and their devoted comrades were the
martyrs whyse blood fertiliZed the tree of
liberty in Texas.
The Alamo marked an era In the cause of
freedom, and made an epoch in modern
history that ranks with that of Thermo-
pyl@, and will be remembered as long as
tho liberties OF mankind are cherished ia
the hearts Of men.
The defamation of the Mier prisoners was
the crowning act of cruelty marking the
eventful period OF the Texas war of inde-
pendence.
IL was your brilliant service that COM
pleted the annexation of Texas, and added
California, Nevada, Utah and Ariz Jna TO
the states and territories of the repur lie,
and made possible the grand iron arteries
of commerce that now span the continent,
ana unite in one common interest the wide
ly extended sections of the country.
Your country has been slow in substan-
TALLY recognizing that service. Many a
widow and orphan of the war has toiled In
penury and want, and many a manned and
disease-worn soldier has struggled for SUBJ
sistence, YEARLY waiting aid from the gov.
ernment for which so much was periled.
While this is true, we cannot believe
ican people gratitude TO the gallant men
who added so much to the glory, prosperity
and renOwn OF their country.
Let US indulge the hope that in this
dawning era OF renewed coed feeling and
fraternal regard. speedy and ample justice,
though long delayed, may be done you.
Fellow citizens-Let Us invoke those who
are TO control the destinies ofthis great ma.
tiOn In the future 10 remember the sterr
spirit and devotion 20 principle of the
founders OF our government; 10 treasure in
their hearts the words Of the immortal
Washington when he connselled that free
dom from internal strifes and comrlications
with foreign powers should be the highest
aim Of patriots and Statesmen; and that the
cultivation Of the art Of peace and the sd
vancement 20 a higher civilization is 70 b.
esteemed more glorious than the triUm-
phal march Of war. But should our cOun-
try's danger summon them from the quiet
pursuits Of life 20 the strife Of battle. then
let them Emulate the spirit Of The revOlu-
ton, Of the vsr Of 1872. the war with Mex
leo, and the varlike Rsilantry displayed on
both sides BY the soldiers Of the civil con-
test.
So long as these virtues and characier-
istics belong to the American people, thsi
long vii our government endure. aud that
long viii our country Be sithe land Of The
tree, and the home Of the brave"
We bid y0u al a hearty welcome.
To this address Of welcome the response
was msde by Governor ireland, who was
intrOd uced by General Cebell.
asrEEr0E IEELAED'e EEsP1NsE
an here % speak and 20 return thauts
- the thousands of soldiers here present.
No more fri1g ulace cUud hsFe been
selected on earth than this. Collin county.
He then. In sreech oi half au hour o.
more. alluded 20 The early history of Teras.
the dominion of t1e Spanish g0vernmert
over u. tbe dec Iarntion uf the irdereudeI.ce
of The people, the grHnd fortifuds s1t
aruT undar the noble HrusfnrI
tbe sucoess of the lrus sta-
the merging % The rsrlublic wftn fbe
Ansricsn union, and TIE msisriai progress