The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-22


BY force oi AIMS"
AT the suggestion OF tho committee O
ssfe.y y general conrcll was organized Il
October, 1895 An army was organized a.,
Austin pisJed a. the head OF it. the oon
sultstion mot Al San Philipo, November isl
1885. The lisi Is given In fan In the his.or,
OF rexs, by Morphis, page W rcllosins
this CAME the prov lnsional government
Austin having been sppoiDted one OF The
CONN lssiouers ~ tbs U aited States, BAN
Houston wss Gbusea co.ntnsndsr'in chief.
| pass by the stirring events beiofa Sar
Antoui1 and its capture on the lOih OF De
oafnbsr. 1885, and tho surrender ~ the Mex
ican General Coz rhe galAntry OF tbs'
noble bard ~ Texans, In which Benjamin
Milan offered mp his liio on the altar Of his
adopted country, and In which the yonsfa'
| BILE president Uf ,lis association, Colonel
Frank w, johnson, performed ~ sa,laui
and conspicuous a pert. Is known 20 you
all. pass, Tor timo prrsses, the eYtAte ol
January aud February 1886 lnd come 70
the declaration a. Independence, March ths
| a. 1885 Up 10 this point, Texss had
claimed tiss shs was Iuetiled IN taking mp
arEis ~ restore constitutional free gov
ernman', ~ esfbbliehed by tho con.
stitituon Of 1924 and ovt.thrpNn by
Antonio hoptz de- Santa AIMS, who had
nsutprd e. power aud was cole dictator Of
Mexico. Now the word rang shnrp and
| t4NnF Alt NNtl AtAhNt ANNh H'NNNtN=l NNAti.t
llOn with the Mexican nation mas forever
ended, aud hat the naopie 0f Texas do now
Constitute lfoe, sovereign aud independent
republic. From this declaration, there SAH
no retreat. Defeat meant onnihllaiion, and
.hey knsw T.. They he'd drawn the sword
and thrown the ecsbbari tehiud them.
Well did they uuders and ths import OF
this momentong declaration, and well dit
they know erch other.
Fellow citizens, ! cono now TO speak oi
shivaric devotion ~ duty; Of devotion 10
the cause OF country; Of devotion 10 NEE
dom, unoquriled Ia al the worlds history;
| come 20 spssk Of tho last and crownint
glory of "the goohliest feliowebi y of knights
whereof this world holds rsoord.' Ever
srssn be tha memory Of Travis aud Crock
ct, aod Bowie aud Bonhsm. aid the noble
br~therhoGd who perishei with them, on
the Altar OF free Texas at the Alamo. Clear
| ~ the merry Deal OF the marriage bell, rang
| out u his feilaw. citizens and compatIiots,
o,rrisd out OF the fort by daring band
ths message OF William Bariet Travis, Fec
rnary 2i.h, 1856 III shall never surrender
or rstreatn-and he dianeither. II AIN
determined to sustain myself ~ lorg as
| poesio q, and Ike a soldier wno never Tor
gets what 10 due TO his own honor ana
tha, Of his country. Victory or deat.
Taess were no. Idle vords.
| Santa Anna had appeared In psrson A.
| the head OF an amy estimated NJ 500,
| before San Aatonio. The Alamo under the
command OF Colonel Travis was deiended,
oil soid, By about ls3 men; the numbers
| vary few by different accounts, but al
agree that IL WAS a mere handful a. com-
pared with the asaailalt'. Those who may
think that these defenders we're feckl jss ot
lite, possessed only OF Reasoning Dhyelcal
! courage, grea'ly uudsrrate them. Lilo was
At fa han N n NJ y
defeljers were men c' a high order OF iD'
v ll-ct, aud ot schrl.rly sttainments: men
VINO bad grnrd d future before tnem, II li'e
had been spared them,
No men knew batter ,haa they the cou-
scquences Ol capture hy Assault att1r sur
render demsnded. 1t was The highest
courage that moved them, devotion 20
dutv. II was N C3ssary 10 hold Santa
Auua'a 0rmy as Ing ~ possible, 10 The
end that the pso3lg OF TsS.s might arm
,hcmseIyes. assemble aud prepare 10 deiend
agsiu Invasion. Every hour Santa a ma
Tas thus held, was precious TO Texas
! Believing that the high duty that they o@et
| 10 rexasd:mauded the defense oithe Aismy,
| eysn II they were sacrificed on their Glu1-
tfy d altag, they made tnat defense immoI-
/ lal and ever glorious. | can im0gine tnat
last solemn c0uncil OF war, thai last ez-
efoise of supreme will, supreme courage.
supreme devotion TO country. We'll mlglt
they nave said:
In the beauty Of the llli3s Chrlsl was born
acrc 81 tnc tea,
With a glSry in his bosom that transngu,es you
aBd me,
As he di, d t5 make men holy, let us dis 70 make
There, day after day, and night after
night, stood those brave men at their posts.
| Surrender was demanded. The cannon an
| swered. And 30 tins brave men OF the
Alsno stood TO their guns till the m ornine
OF the 9th OF March, 1886, when the iiaal as
sAult WAS made, and every defender died at
his post--not one lett TO tell the story. Be-
fore tDe Alamo. the ThermOpy.te te must-un-
cover. The charge of the Light Brigade, i'm
mortaIizsd by Tenpyson, psles before the
| Alamo.
Though foul arc the drops thst oft dis'il
| On the fed OF warfare, blood ike this,
| For liberty he'd 50 hDlyis.
Itwpuld not stain the pur st rlll
| That sparkles among The b,wers OF bliss.
on II there be oa this earihl sphere,
| A boon an oifsring lleayoH holds dear
| 'T,s tha last liba ion Liuerty drass
| From the heart that b.eeds aud breaks IN hei
cause
Peace to their ashes, Immortal defender,
of the Alemoi La your meetings, veterans
| Of Texas, let the story OF the Alamo be
| told, Let the children OF the state be tiugt,
how that noble band OF patriots loved
| Tey.s, and teach them TO remember the
brave defenders Of the Alamo.
PAKNIN's MASSACRE.
Scarcclv had the news OF the fall OF the
Aiamo on the 9th, and Grants massacre at
| Aqua Dulce on the 22nd OF March, bees
spread through the settlements, when there
came the appalling information Of the COW.
| ardy and treacherous murder OF Fannin
aud his men, and with them Colonel Ward
and mis- men. all prisoners OF war-surren.
dered as such-surrendered on the faith oil
General UrreA's pl!ghted word.ss soldier,
that they ehonid be treated as prison;
| ers of war To the eternal disgrace oil
Urea, this pledge was not kept invio,ate-
they we're shot down in cold blood know
| that General Urea msde efforts to ex1ner-
| ate himself but not until alter the civ!ilz
| world had shown its Adherence OF the
coward Y, british act, and that the attempt 10
shit the responsibility upon Santa Anna,
| called for explanations from hun. ~ may
| be that Santa Anna gave the order to Urea,
which would make him pattoipa'or In the
| ioulest crime OF she age, but whether ne
| gays the order or not, IL was utterly unliw-
| iui, in violation Of the code OF civilized war
fare, recognized among all civil zsd nations,
and being marilestly unlawful, u was not
only the right, but the duty OF Urea 10
have upheld the honor OF his country and
have disabcyed II. Santa Auns'snotorious
dupicity leaves his denial without weight.
From the "a to the l7ih OF March lSSO
were
cad DAYS FoB TEXAS.
There WAS universal gloom all over the
settlements. But when the paralysis OF the
great shock passed away, as soon as II did,
Indignation, crystal z,d in the battle cry oi
San Jacinto seized every heart. Il member
the Alamo Remember Golisd The
blood of martyrs Is the seed OF the church
The blood OF patriots is the seed OF free
dom.
! sAN JACINr)
All Texas WAS aroused. Houston was on
the Colorado with his little army. Santa
Anna, flushed with his .iil-sottsn success
500 nejiey a that T, xas would soon bt
within his grasp. Housson slowly fell bach
from the Gel nrado toward the Brszo, river
and then crossing the B.ez1s, iell back T.