The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-04-22

Adjourned 10 Meet at Paris.

BkLToN April 2l-[Special. 1.-The vete.
rams this morning formed in line on the
public square and were photographed
They then proceeded to the Baptist church
headed by colored band from Waco. The
spacious building was crowded to overflow.
ing and hundreds turned away unable to
even get near the front OF the church The
proceedings were opened with prayer by
DR.. Atkinson, after which Mayor Chamber.
lain formally rendered the freedom Of the
city to the veterans. Judge Y, b. Sauuder,
delivered an address of welcome, compar
ing the struggles of the American colonies
with the struggles of Texas for in,
dependence. The address was bril-
liant and was listened to with
profound attention. Hon. Guy NJ. Bryan
responded in few appropriate remarks in
which he urged the unity of Texas now and
forever. In the behalf of the veterans he
| said Make your children swear upon the
altar of their country that Texas shall re-
main united forever
| Colonel Joe. H. Stewart then delivered
the annual address, which wasa as follows
Texas soldiers of lS3)'G, and the Widows of old
Texas Soldiers
LADIES AND GKNrLEMEN.-I feel at this
moment as il | were at some holy shrine.
| what an honor, standing here almost in
my youth, 10 be called upon TO speak 10
| you.
When quite boy | visited the Smith
sonian Institute at Washington, and alone
and without a companion, prompted by GU.
riosity, entered the various rooms and de-
partments of that institution. At length |
! ioun myself ushered into large room,
perhaps eighty feet square aud fifty feet
from floor to dome. and saw the whited
walls hung with the pictures of distin-
/ gulshed l1dian warriors, adorned with war.
/ paint and feathers, and human scalps
dangling from wampum belts. Each eye
seemed firmly fixed on me, and | felt in
my boyish fear us ii confronted by living
red men.
At that moment | remembered all the
the thrilling accounts had heard and read
of these men OF the forest. The occasion
and surroundings inspired the remem-
brance and reflections.
Looking now into your faces am alike
impressed with this occasion. These
wrinkled brows, snowy heads and trembling
limbs these sunken eyes, cleaning still
with the sunbeams of patriotism, impress
me with the magnitude of this presenae.
and realize at this hour that am standing
in the presence OF the grandest living he
roes OF one OF the grandcst political revolu.
tions hitherto known among the children
OF men.
Such collection OF the living portraits of
men OF three score years and ten, pencile -,
by the very Master Hand of the Universe, il
has rarely been the priyielage of men to be-
hold since the days of the prophets and pa
triarchs of the olden time.
II shall not allude in detail to the hstor.
ica events in the early days OF Texas, that
grand temple erected by you and the dead
heroes OF the young Republic, within whose
walls all the liberty-loying men now living
ana TO come hereafter, may gather courage
ana inspiration, and upon whose polished
walls your pictures will hang when nails
are eaten with rust, when cords and tassels
are broken, and when marble structures are
orumbled into atoms and dust.
Yes, that temple of imperial structure
whose foundation stones are laid deep and
sure on the rock OF ages. aud whose dome
now grows and swells towards heaven ana
eternity. ! would only wipe the
dust from its plain, old noble urns.
Every nation has had its heroic period,
and its heroic race The heroes OF Bexar,
OF the Alamo, OF Goliad, of San Jacinto,
and tie Texas revolution, furnished the
heroic race for Texas, and the revolution of
1885 aud 1856 was the heroic period.
The heroic age is that time distin.
guished above all others by q concur
renee of grand agencies with grand
results by uncommon examples OF the
rarer virtues and qualities OF man, tried by
an exigency that occur only at the begin
ning oil new epochs-when the great bell Of
time sounds out another hour
The heroic race is that one in the course
OF history which is recognized as the great
agency TO klndle and feed the moral imag-
lnatlon, nerve the heart and command the
intelligent wonder of the world for ali time
To come. Such ar age was the Texas revo.
luton, such race was that which fought
the enemy upon her then trackless prairles
Tha, was not the age OF the looking glass
OF dainty appetites and of gentle manners
Sam Houston, like Achilles, sometimes
cooked his own scanty meal; men then aud
women, too, wore blue denims and buck
sklhi they may have seemed to possess
no ray OF fancy, no emotion
OF taste; others may have had a quicker eve
Tor the beautiful In act, may have CON
triouted more wit, more song; may have
worn more decorated armor in battle, vet
their lives and deaths have been a whole
lliad in action; grander, sweeter, of more
mourniul path0s, of more purifying intlu
ence than anything yet sung by old or
modern bards.
In 1885 Mexican oppression and DONNA
ton became so insupportable that revolt
and arms were the only recourse for free
citizenship within the borders of Texas and
the few colonists and settlers staked life and
fortune upon the hazard OF independence
All brave and loyal hearts throbbed In ten.
derest sympathy for the little band strug.
Cling for life and freedom,
Tennessee sent her Ed Burleson, her
Davy Crockett and her James W. Swisher.
Georgia her Ward and Rusk her Lamar
aud Fannin; Connection: her Il. NJ. Pease
Mississippi her Stephen Darden; South
Carolina her Travis. her Bonham; I.onisi.
ana her Bowie; Kentucky hor Ben Milan;
the Old Dominion her Stephen i. Austin.
her William l.. Hunter-who now sits be.
lore me bearing the leaden and bayonet
scars OF Labardie, his head ripe with wears
and honors-and her Frank Johnson and
there he sits presiding over your association
like an old and honored prince of The royal
blood the land of the Teutons sent her
kleberR. and hundreds of true hearts
gathered around them, and brayer and
more loyal men never defended woman's
honor or espoused country's cause.
They came from the south, from the north
ana the east, from the banks of the flowing
Rhine, and the land of the green shamrock,
70 contest the palm with the imperious and
eager foe. They came not Tor pelf or tordid
gold. for the infant republic was
Too poor 70 possess the precious ores
Ana 700 inuch of stranger 70 borrow.
The world, IN all the ages, has furnished
no such exemplars Of ohivalry, self.abnexa-
tion and God.like manhood. Young men.
just In the untold delights OF o honey,
moon, kissed their tender brides sad fare.
a.ll Av.A Ian A.. III. A.. -.
were then here lighting for freedom; Young
fathers left their hrst born TO Join the right.
eous cause. see now troops gathering along
the banks OF the Tennessee and the tor. |
tuous Chattahooche, away up on the 81,
Lawrence, In the glens Of Scotland and on |
the blue turf Of Kentucky; I hear The |
long roll OF the kettle drum and the shrill |
blast Of the bugle, and the tocsln Of Texas
10 sounding 10 the rescue" Loving moth. |
ere ,r are ssyinr to brave and dui,ful sous,
Hre w,pihy wa'ery eveA and saving vvith