The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-08-07
NO. 263.

?, IN blue: "We were enemies in war.
a IN peace, we were frisnds.n The peopIe
Q OF the South are nov discharging In
+ good faith all their daties OF citizen
G snip, a. much as lies in their power,
building up the waste places and en-,
! deavoring 70 perpetuate civil liberty in
: cur NaIionaa Republic.
: The vaior Of our soldiers, both Horts
Ana South, ~ illustrated on
: many hard fought fields, is
our comIRea heritage OF ma
.ionai glory. We can point alike with
hibitsd at Conoord, Lexington or Bun
kerhiil, or at Manassa, Chickamauga. or
Sharpsburg, or st Resaca de Ia Palona
or Beuzaa Vista, on ut San Jaeiarto. or the
Ahno-these all rejecting a aood-tide
OF glory spon the American arms. And
should foreign foe ever invade our
lsnd, ana strong men are needed for its
ueiensei All VIII then see in that hour Of
national peril,
"W hose dripping blade and stalwart srm
Wlii new = red circle In the line,
Ano renee their country's Gag from harra.r
~ WIN then be seemthat we are not
aliens in the land Of our fathers and
exiles in the homes Of our ehildran.
but peace hath her victories, and the
North and South should,stand united 10
rsuSein from the errors OF the past and
to develop renewed progress and i'm
provement in the grandor future. II In
VI sueh reunions az this on the part
Oh the soldiers OF the North
and South that must restore tho old
Justice and bring back the old love far
our common country. II, the country
IN the past was such as to excite orr
National pride, how much more nav
our joint efforts make 4
worthier Of our admiration.
Ana Whatever its material progress
may be, however grandly 1t may de-
velop its commercial relations, however
broadly il may lay its foundations Of
greatness, however valuable its manu-
iacturlng interests, however all these
material elements Of growth may arise,
there Is still above them all one thing
better worth having, it is the fraternaI
love and respect of the people OF the diff
ferent sections for one another, This is
tort that cannot be stormed, citadel
that cannot be taken, for the angels OF
God stand guard upon its parapets. and
their flaming swords turn every way to
defend It's approaches. l am an Ameri-
can, IL the Sin hoe signo yineesu which
win each Godlike act, and pluck sue
cess, even from the spear-proof crest OF
rugged danger"
THE JEFFERSON DAvIsLErTgR.
MAJ Elliott said: In obedience, gem
tlemen OF the committee, to your wishes.
written and telegrapbed to me ct New
orleans, | called upon the Hon. Jeffer- :.
son Davis last week at his home MT
Beduvoir, Mississippi, and pressed the
acceptance or your earnest invitation to
himself and his family to be present at
this reuion. He and they were eager to
DO among you, but owing TO business
requirements, the long distance, and tho
excitement naturally incident to such
occasions, he deemed il best 20 decline.
however reluctantly. Thereupon I ad-
dressed him u formal and cordial com
munication, TO which he bade me 10 give
you the reply, | now hold in my hand.
Mr.. President, however grand and useful
as statesman military hero Mr.. Davis
may nave been, II Is in his home that
ne seems to shine the brightest. There,
IN the sweet serenity of his76 years, sur
rounded by an intellectual and most
singularlv amicable family, all love, az.
lection and devotion to him, he passea
the evening OF his honOred life. If'in the
heid and the forum he has been admit
teuly pre.eminent, he appears all the
nobier and more interestingly charming
Ill ms superior social qualities. His head
quite white with streaks OF silver gray.
symbolic of tho coming dawn thai lies
but little way beyond for so many Of
us, he Is extraordinarily instructive with
his "reminiscences of the past or his des-
sertations on the present, whether his
subjects range in the historic, the scien-
tllc, the literary, the biographical or the
agricultural, etc. So that to know him
~ an, AT ms home, Is pleasure truely,
but to know him thus Intimately, In II
self the equivalent of liberal educa-
ton. Although not so robust as when
with clarion voice no cheered TO
victory, in aiding in the achiey-
ment OF Texas independence, some
forty years ago, yet his splendid mind is
as clear as the purest crystal that knows
no fiaw and is luminous from every side.
100 long there has existed many mis-
apprehensions as to the present senti-
lnents OF this grand character. Al
though wearing his principles upon his
forehead, and his political faith upon his
coat sleeve, and pronounced on proper
occasions as to leading questions, vet is
he ever just and generous In his speech.
There are those who would fain make
some believe that his bosom is the very
vestibule of rebel feelings and his lips
the ever ready double doors for their
exit. How different is the case. There
no lives with all the personal magnetism
| lhat genuine greatness wears with no
bitterness ut his breast, no ssperity
for past or present. L would that All
o: you could see the hero at his home,
and so learn from his life
that no revorses can break
| iuduiDOu, anu no ill.,
scrlptlons on stone or monuments OF
metal can adequately disclose the mer-
lts OF man like the exemplary ex-chief
OF the Lost Cause that lives at Beauyoir.
and In the hearts of these poaple..
Tho illusions to Mr.. Davis charaoter
and his life met with frequent and rapt-
urous applause.
TIN LETTER,
Benuyoir, Miss, July 2ath, tsSi.--MAj.. Iohn
+. Elliott;
My DEAR STR:-I have received vonrs
OF the 18th instant and the renewed in
Vitation to attend the reunion In Texas
ofthe old settlers and ex-Confedorates,
intensiiles the regret heretofore ex-
pressed Mt my inability to he present on
that occasion. The very gratifying
terms of your otter rpviyos the grateful
recollection OF the many manifestations
of the kind regard of your people. Prom
the GATE of your revolution and admis-
sion as an independent State OF the
| Union, have watched your progress
and development with the hope and ex-
| pectation that Texas would bein the full
tillmcnt OF her destiny-the Empire
State OF the American Union. Her vast
territory, with corresponding variety
OF climate, soil, mineral and agricultural
productions, form a solid basis for such
anticipation, should her territory re-
main undivided. 1t was with such hopes
Tor her future that in the offioial posi-
ton TO which | refer, resisted tho
transfer of the northern portion OF tho
state to the public domain of tho United
States; but shorn of THAI portion OF her
territory which was north of the parallel
OF 10 degrees 30 minutes, there vet re-
mains enough to Justify the expectation
alluded to above. The expansion of cul-
tivation has no doubt changed the APP
pearance OF the country, substituting
the usefal Of agricultural man for the
beautiful Of nature. Years ago, in It's
wilder state, | went over wide-sprpad-
ing plains, carpeted with nrimroaos.
whilO haro nnn thnra x.N., t,,1.taK