The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-08-14


hrondly II my nv its ioUntuion. nj
greatness, however valuable lis WUnu
featuring Interests, however ell tlipst
material plrmuiilH NJ growth may arise
thorp IA still above ilUu nll ono thiui
hottor worth having, u IL the frnturnn
love and respect Oi Tie people of the dil
foTpnt sections Tor ono uuuthCr, This D.
II fort that cannot ho sturmod, u CltndC
/ that cannot hc tnkon, for the angels tI
tod stand guard upon 10, pnrnpcts, nnd
their flaming swords turn oyery way I,
defend its approaches. ! am an Aucri
can, i, the "ln hoo slgnO YlnvpS' which
"win each Godliko net, and pluck su"
cos,, even from the spuar-proof crest Of
rugged danger"
TiIE JrFFERspS pAv's ErrhF.
! Mai. Elliott said: In obedience, rcn'
tlemcn ot the committee, "a your wishes
written aud telcgraphod to ne NJ New
Orleans, ! called upon the Hon. Jcifer'
son Davis last week at his home NJ
Beduvoir, Mississippi, and pressed th,
! acceptance of your earnest invitation tC
himself aud his family 10 bs present al
this rouion. He and tncy were eager TO
bp among you, but owing to business
requirements, the long distance, and III,
excitement naturally incident 10 such
occasions, he deemed IL best to decline
however reluctantly. Thercupon ! nd
dressed him formal and cordial com
mmication, to which he bado me to give
you the reply, ! now hold in my hand.
| Mr.. President, however grand and useful
rs n statesman military hero Mr.. Davis
may have been, IL Is in his home that
he seems to shine the brightest. There
in the sweet serenity of his ~ years, sur
| rounded by an intellectual and most
singularly amicab!e family, all love, nj
fection and DEVOTION TO him.. he passes
| the evening of his hoIored life. If in the
| field and the forum he has been admit
tedly pre-emincnt, he appears all thu
nobler and more interestingly charming
in his superior social qualities. His head
quite white with strcaks of silver gray
symbolic of the coming dawn that lies
| but little way beyond for so many OF
us, he Is extraordinarily instructive with
| his "reminiscences ofphe past or his dos
sertations on the present, whether las
subjects range in the historic, tho scien-
title, the literary, the biographical or the
I agricultural, etc. SO that to know him
at all, ut his home, Is Il pleasure trucly
but To know him thus Intimately, is It.
| self the equivalent of liberal educa-
ton. Although not so robust ~ when
with clarion voice he cheered to
victory, in aiding in the achiov-
ment of TeX's independence, some
| forty years ago, vet his splendid mind is
|
no flaw and is luminous from every sido.
Too long there has existed many mis-
| apprehensions as to the present soIdi-
ments 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, yet ia
he ever just and generous in his speech,
There are those who would fain make
some believe that his bosom is the very
vostibue Of rebel feelings and his lips
the ever ready double doors for their
exit. How different is the case. There
he lives with all the personal magnetism
that genuine greatness wears with no
bitterness ut his breast, no asperity
for past or present. l would that ali
o. you could see the hero at his homo,
and so learn from his life
that no reverses can break
n conscientious manhood, and no in
scriptions on stone or Monuments of
metal can adequately disclose the mer-
its of man like the exemplary oX-chioi
of the Lost Cause that lives at Beauveir,
and in the hearts of these people.
The illusions to MIR. Davis character
and his life met with frequent and rapt-
urous applause.
TIE LETTER.
Beauvolr, Miss, July 10Th, lSSl.-HaJ. Joan
f. Elliott:
Ny DEAR SIR:-I have received YOURS
of the 18th instant and the renewed in
vitation to attend the reunion in Texas
ofthe old settlers and ex-Confederates,
intensities the regret heretofore eX-
pressed at my inability to be present on
that occasion. The very gratifying
terms of your letter rcvives tho grateful
recollection of the many manifestations
of the kind regard of your people. Fro n
the date of your revolution and ads IS
sion as an independent State of the
Union, l have watched your progress
| and development with the hope and eX-
pcctation that Texas would be in the full
iillmcnt of her destiny-the Empire
State of the American Union. Her vast
territory, with corresponding variety
of climate, soil, mineral and agricultural
productions, form solid basis for such
anticipation, should her territory re-
main undivided. 1t was with such hopes
for her future that in the Official posi-.
ton to which / refer, l resisted the
state to the public domain of the United
States; but shorn of that portion of her
territory which was north Of the parallel
Of IS degrees 80 minutes, there vet re-
mains enough to justify the expectation
alluded to above. The expansion of cu!-
livation has no doubt changed the APP
pearance of the country, substituting
the useful OF agricultural man for the
beautiful of nature. Years ago, in its
wilder state, l went over widespread
ing plains, carpeted with primrOses,
while here and there rrse isolated
groves of sturdy oaks, felt the charm
of a scene where nature had, on scale
too grand for mans imitation, laid out
parks replete with beauty; but tho most
cherished memory IL that Of che cordial,
unconventional welcome Of the gallant,
Il
| have said Texas, instead of a"High
land welcome" the wide world
DER. The approaching reunion
is to. bring together the men
whose friendships were formed in CAM
and which have the sure, enduring foun-
dation of having been cemented under
the severe tests of toll, privation, suffer
ing and danger by which all that is
weak or meanly selfish is exposed
and from afar | send you my warmest
congratulations. OF the hardy "0ld
Settlers" who against desperate odds
won the battles of the war for indie
ence; of the veterans who served in the
war with Mexico. GLOW few, all weak
and withered of their force, wait on the
verge of dark eternity?" The Romans
gave to Great Britain and to the United
States in the rules and articles of war
the basis of the military establishments
of these peoples, who here attained to
the highest degree of military glory, and
it was a rule among Romans rich y
to reward their Generals when r.
turning successful from foreign war,
but never to grant triumph for vic
tory won in internecine strife. With us
the rule has heen reversed, and the We
Grams of the war with Mexico have be n
the subjects of a special discriminate I.
During the progress of the Texas rev :
luton distinguished officer left the
United States army and went unher-
aided to join the struggling Texans,
and entered their service rs u private
His ability as well as his rcDutntiOn at