The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-04-24

ehdef, and that The people NJ Tesss dog NJ
ninsiilnie nee, s1ysfeihn and ibdependen
epnbllo. From thla dec afaiion, there va
20 ts!tsst, Doies, meant snnlbil.,ion, ant
they knsw 4. They had drawn thu swor
and thrown tlia toshbafd behind them
Well did they unhrrs and ths import o
this mOmentOui declaration and we'll dit
they know each othcr.
TlfG ALAMO.
Fellow'oitlzanB, ! oome now 10 speak o
ohiyslrlc devotion 10 duty: Of devotion "a
tbs cause OF county; at deviation 10 free
dom, uneqn-ilsd la all the worlds history
j come TO speak NJ ,ne last aud crownins
glory OF "the goodlieat fellowship Of knights
whereof This world holds record" Eyei
green be the memory NJ Travis and Crock
cit AID Bowie aud ,B1nhnm, AID the noble
Or theIhoOd who peristed with them, "a
this tar OF ifee Texas nc the Alamo, Clear
~ the merry penl of ths marfiase bell, rtnc
out n his fsll1w'ciuzens aud compatii IT'S,
carried out oil the fort by daring htnd
the messnge OF William Barrel Travis, Fen
ruary 2i'h 1861 thali never surrender
or retrHatn-aud ne fidneitrer, II am
determined to sustain myself az long as
piasib q, aud like soldier VINO never for
gets what ia due 10 bis own honor anr
that OF MIA country. Victory or deatb!''
Tnase were not idle words.
Santa Anna had appeared Ia person A.
the mead OF an amy estimated at 8 600
before San Antonio. Tue AltiGo under the
| command of Colonel rrsvie Was defended,
ali told, by abont 1888 men; the numbers
vary ieS by dliieTeut acc1uots, bus al
' agree tn At IL Vas u mere handiul q. com.
pared with the hsssiisntI. Those who may
tnInI that these defenders Were reckless OF
lite, possessed only OF uursasoaing physical
cOntsge, gr5a iy underrate them Life was
| rs sweet TO them M 10 us. Among thost
| defenders were msn OF n high order OF In
tellsct and OF scaol .rly attn'nments; men
who had a grand future before them, IL lite
mad oten 0pared them.
No men knew better than they tue con-
sequences ot capture by assault after sur
render demanded. 1t was tue highes.
courage tnaJ moved them, devotion To
Cutv. 1t was necessary 10 hold santa
Annas army rs long as possible, TO the
end tnat ,he people OF Texas might arm
themselves, assenole and prepare to defsud
az iiq, INV aston. Every hour Santa = ma
| was thus held, was precious 10 Texas
Believing thai Efe high duty that they o We'd
| to Texas demand the defense OF the A amo,
even " they were sscrihcsd on their c,un-
! try = altar, they made that defense immor-
| tsl and ever glorious. | csn Imagine tnat
last solemn council Of var, that last Ok.
eroise Of supreme will, supreme couragr
supreme devotion 70 country. Well might
they nave SAID:
In the beauty OF the lilies Christ was born
With glory III ms bosom that trausigu'cs you
ad me;
As he iii d u make men holy, let us die to make
There, aay after day, and night after
night, ST. Cd those brave men at their post.
! Surrender was demanded. rhe cannon aa-
sWeTed. And SO the brave men o. the
| Alamo stood to their guns till tas morning.
~ III, 6tu OF March, 1886 when the hsal As
| saulJ was made, and every eienrer died ht
| bis pcst--not one lett 10 tell che story. BE-
| tore the Al mo, the FhermoDyle must'uu-
cover. The charge of toe Light Bcieade, IN
mortalzed by Tennyson, pales before the
Alamo
Though foul ere the drops thNt oft dlstil
On the field of warfare, blood like this,
| For liberty shed, 50 holy ~,
ILwould not stsiu tho purrst Till
| That sparkles among The bowers OF bliss.
l Oh, II there be o. this earthl sphere
Alb gu, an oTeri g Heaven h ids dear,
| IT'S thJ last liba,ion Liberty draws
From the heart that bleeds and breaks IN he'
| cause
Peacs to their ashes, immortal def nder,
of the Alamo! In your mestingf, We eran'
OF Texas, let the story OF the Alamo bt
, told, Let the children of the state bs laugh
how that noble band OF patriots loyst
Texas. aud tesch them to remember tbs
brave defenders OF the Alamo.
FANNIN's MASSACRE.
.
ALAMO 90 the 9Th, and Granite massacre a
Aqua Dulcs On the 22nd OF March, beeS
spread through the settlements, when ther;
/, came the appealing Information OF the COW
, , ardIy and treacherous murder OF Fann'r
aud his men, and with them Colonel ware
and mis- men. all prisoners OF war-susren
d, rcd ss such-sursendered on the latin o
General Urrea's plighted woEdsas soldier
tna6 they should be treated as prison
era of war To the eternal d,sgrace O
: Urea, this pledge vas nor Kept lnVio ate
) they were shot doUn in cl'd blood know
: that Gel eral Urres tu4de efforts to eSonar
ate himself, but not until aztec the civilize'
world had shown iEs abhorfencs OF TIL
, coward y british act, Snd that the at'emptt
shit the responsibility up IA Santa Anna
called Tor explanations from him. L. ma.
!; be that Santa Anna gave the order to Urea
which would make him pirtlcipaior in tn
i0ulest CT ma of the age. bat whether b
gave the order or not, II was utterly unlaw
! iu,. In violation of the code OF civilized wa
: fare, recognized among all civil zed nations
and being manifestly unlawful, 1t was no
) ouly the right, but the duty OF Urea t.
have upheld the honor OF his country ant
nave disobeyed it. Santa Annals notoriou
dupicity leaves his denia, without weight
From the ID to the l7Lh OF March 1856
were
CAD DAYS FOR TEXAS.
; There was universal gloom all over tn
settlements, But when the paralysis OF tn
= great shock passed away, as soon as 1T dir
, indignation, crystalzsd in the battle cry n
, San Jaciuto, seized every heart. R:membe
, the Alamo Remember Goliad Tn
, blood of martyrs ia the seed OF the church
, The blood OF patriots is the seed OF free
dom,
BAN JAcINTo
All Texas Was aroused. Houston was OF
l. 4. e. L.. a,l
! Anna flushed with his tll-gotten success
: SOS, believed that Texas would soon b.
, within his grasp. Houston slowly fell bacl
) from the Colorado toward the Brszos river
: and then crossing the Brazos, fell back tt
the San Jacinto. The effective forces I'm
, der Santa Anna, reinforced by 500 choic
} troops under General Cos wa over !, 60
under Houston numbered 7S3 oil told
OF the engagement, Gsneral Houston say
} in his official repor' "Colopel Sherman
: with his regiment, having commenced tn,
r action upon our left wing, the whole line
B at the centre and on the right advancing
in double time, raised the war cry: Re
mem Der the Alamo received the enemy
fire. and advanced within point blank shot
before a piece was discharged from ou
, lines" You know the result. Fighter
minutes after that gallant charge began, {
victory was won and q nation born.
Wonderful battle Enemy's loss, 63l
killed Including one general officer, fou
colonies, two Observation-Disclosures, five cap.
, tains, twelve lieutenants; wounded, 208
and among them five colonies. three lieu
tenant. colonels, two second lieutenant.colo
nels, seven captains, one cadet; prisoners
$50, among them Santa Anna, Cos, -four colo.
nels, aides to Santa Anna, and the colone
of the famed Guerrero battalion. A whole
army annihilated In 10 minutes, and ye
~ al ca{r
the critics '.iust before the battle
Tha world Ii stiv styles him a hero Gen