The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-05-19

Have passed from us for aye,
Have mingled with the many
Adown deaths dismal way,
Wen pay the grateful tribute
To those we'd iaiu recall
To Him who sought life mystery
10 those who h I'd love for all;
And dearest, best poets,
Within each heart there lies
chord of tender sadness
Which to lis name replies.
lhough soon the tear will vanish,
Lach vacant place be filled,
Our FOND heart will not Danish
The truths that each instillet
D'ar southland long in mourning
For her beloved lost cause
VIII gladly hail the dawning,
And In her sorrow pause.
wen take from her the willow
Aud crown with roses gay,
To literature forever
Wen wed our land to-day.
In this, her star OF glory,
We've men who II make her name
Lustrous in future story,
First on the page of fame.
Here in these halls assembled,
Our brightest and our best
lis yours, the Lone Star honor
And pride of the southwest.
But knights, who bear our banner,
Beware your fearful power
IT'S noble when used rightly,
ie hold glorious dover,
Ambition Yields Il sceptre,
It's power makes men mad,
TIL Ignorance is banished
Your pride should make you sad.
q lard 1t Jealous lest You find
Aggrandizement too great,
Lest you should hold the gold god
Above the veal of state:
sell reverence self knowledge, here
The greatest mnst begin
Yet seek the God-like attribute
Ills self'control must win
AT the conclusion Of the reading of Tn,
ABOVE, the convention showed its appreca
ton of the admirable effort of the yonnp
LADY by hearty and prolonge applause,
Assistant Secretary Pilgrim, of the Con
zales Enquirer, moved vote of thanks I,
MISS Painter, and that the poem be printed
az part OF the proceedings, Carried unani
mously by arising vote.
THE ANNUAL GRAFTON
was Then delivered by Professor r. ]. Girar
deau, OF the Houston Post, as follows:
Mr. rresldent,ladies and gentlemen of the Pr S
| association of Texas.
| Twelve months haya flown ou,,,, =. =, 49,.
VIM since we met together in the Bayo,
Cily-a period not marked in the lives q
many OF us by things new or strange: We
10 some Tune OF prosperity, to others o
sorrow ana trial to others OF the nike,
tate OF man, and to others still, who will
meet us no more associated thus-ot death
BUT, as the old Roman once said. at /
the business OF women to grieye. of men Il
remember" We will not undulv dwel
upon the past as we grasp each other
hands and look into each others ewes. "
cherish the past, we rejoice in the presen
as IN great possession and we project our
selves upon the future. Let me- then, tr,
TO entertain and encourage you for Il Will
! by endeavorlng to magnify our office!
LAW OF SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT.
oelieve IN what may be called the rev
pulmonary or elyclical theory OF the histor
OF man, believe that each age has ii
special law of development under which /
WORKS ana to which, as central idea, /
must conform. Each special civilization i
put temporary as to its central idea-ha
It's rise. Its meridian and its close. Their
is binding together of the whole into on
l grand cosmical unity, but each era has il
: distinctive idea, and when it kindes,
comes to its full glow, its fading and the
u.s. ashes. But that ashes ever breeds tn
!, fhwniX OF life, each more beautiful An
soaring than the preceding. For instanc
I the typical feature of the Egyptian ciyil,y,
Q tion was priestCraft; that OF the AssyriaI
r brute force; Of the Chinese, conseryatiy
optimism; of the Grecian, intellectualit,
: OF the Roman, law under military san,
tions. N'''
Q When the last illustration of the ancer
7 CIVILIZATION was broken on its ruins tber
I arose, by degrees, a nondescript deyelo,
ment OF man, OF an electric character, m
OF antogonisms, yet moulded together b
: the dominant genius Of the Gothic bloc,
= and interfused finally by the benign nm
). majestic influences of Christianit,
I In its inception the features of this ne,
civilization were. necessarily obscur
!, Feud, violence and rapiue commended wit
y the spirit of Christian philosophy, and II
/, energy OF that character which now fin,
Q Its clearest illustrations in the Teutoni
l. the Ango.Saxon and the Anglo. America
e people. The teudal system was the con
l. promise produced and the chiyalric code /
Q morning star The crusades in natura
yet wonderful, manner depleted Europe
/. Its bad blood and afforded yanta,
y ground to the rising ofthe long oppresst
middle classes. Venice and Genoa took n
u lead in that grand commercial race Ia,
:. revolu'ionized the world. The torpor
II ignorance was broken up. Intercommun
& cation became possible, The Mediterra,
IS can was once more covered by Italian sail
y aud the products of the east and west WEI
IS once again exchanged. But under VIII,
L. altered circumstances! The mariners cor
l. pass was invented. We are accustomt
to make great cutlery over ii
II magnetic telegraph, but in compariso
u with the mariners compass, Morses rra,
: invention was but q bagatele. The Port,
IS guese sprangto the fore. DeGama doube
i the Cape of Good Hope, aud shortly aft,
L the crowning miracle of human science az
II enternrise-the discovery of America-da
zled the world. We can have but fai,
idea OF the tumult of mems minds at Ga
i epoch, Everything was in the throes
agitation and excitement. Galilleo and @
perncus started the world by their Ii,
J, mendous theories; Costar invented h
u types and Gutenberg printed his FIR
= book; the restoration Of letters began; me
u tried to think and act for themselye
!. Schools were founded, universities o,
y dowed and great men rejoiced to teach Il
eager youth who flowed to the centre
= learning from all parts OF Europe, and q
rolled the great river Of progress. Luth,
brought In the reformation, Il
keen aud bitter debates cons
quent thereon rousing the mine
and quickening the apprehension
oil classes. Great names came TO the fro,
{. III nearly every avenue Of mental investip
:. t'on and scholarship and the popular hea
y began to heave with aspirations after know
a edge and liberty. Bacon drove his indu
}, the tchoolmen; Keppler formulated the Law
+ Il the CopsrnicAn system; Shakespeare