Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-08-05
WASHINGTON
Pride Of Ancestry and !,
Old Nan Eli,
His Detesta.isn Of Nah,
for Riddleberr,,-.,
yards Of VIM
Farms, Homes, Nen,.,
wa'bng r.

Special Correspondent. :,
WASHINGTON, jus,
never encountered =
and begun to tell 4
homes and farms ~
plains OF Texas, that =
estly, while his nose 3.
more and more lunI.'
matchless charms Of N
Shenandoah. IfItSI ,
growth of Fort wostb \
boastiul of its az
Murray and eoal
of Maughs and
good Virginian mos1
that "old Virginia. 4 i
and that her town.
finished before Tex. !.
that antiquity lends 4. J
and sweet old memoirs
to Virginia, transCsndi.''
for the scholarly apd
fascination incident !
plains, rugged nounbl'
farms, countless aoci, :
homes. When sojou,,I
or travelling the stsis h.
Midland railway, q M
quires of all student M
Virginia, 1t is strans,L 4
gray-haired NATIVES A
able common wealu 4
ly more inelilJ 4
about men and fschs I.
and twenty, than ON,
Vanity of race Is rnI
ginians tell of the n;
speeches and poiliw \
their fathers. MeauvI{7
little delight from reIr
terrible events Of TN p
state war. They houo, +
Lee and Stonewall JIM
Stewart, but stand ~
with barred heads 10 h,
heroes and statesmen d 4
luton and of the coloni1
HOW ONE WAS M
l was asking an old I'd
l might not kl
whether l had properly 4
feelings of his elias, ~
" Oh, yes, we old peopls I
recollections are Of h,
century ago, before oil u
vices and brutalitles a,i
war and Malone and ,
savagery in governmeu.
people never care to Alt
follies, corruption Z
and that we may I
thoroughly as posdlA|
back a hundred n
produce the history an1
fathers and contrast thss
and morals charactefiil
temsa and government d
was u pure republic "
man went on, becumlq
discussion Of his choi
George Mason, Of vbaa
ways spoke reverealy
the owner Of a great9 %
than any Virginia. 4
yet he WAS the tsasx
sprang from the condk
land and the colonIa
Virginians do revere y
splendid virtues ofoh
He was pronoane
Madison the 'sIti1
er and orator q
| Writ did not write hn
therefore, in the eye
tion, he does not riseul
less majesty with vhid
character were invale
our fathers. TradlIl
often truer and jusiei
is written. Every sco
recites the speeches o.
but they never near
George Mason, dell's
dria even while Geo
hesitated and w
no. vet determine
would share the
ginia or cooPa'
loyalists Of his tlns
Mason made an unit
and washington dsdI
even at the doorvg
church in Alexandn
ties and lead the srn'
George Mason was ON
having great wealth
faith in the capacl!!s',
ment. He VA y
faced, changeless
term sadly PERI
time, when it Is emp
a party which has
the republic intoa 0e' u
Old George Mason ,ns
but not = modern
was !. true Dslnoc.r,,t', a..
people the true PM "
can government
He sibhorred the ~
as do the people tnesss n
the womb Of Blacs
Il Al
that OF blood-sts'i'nsrs,
Aye, SIR. !, TIE 49,
continued, "old WI y
believe the peopis
knew little Abou.
never dreamsdl, o. .,
education, but snS n
In the valleys aus
liberty, and they
for it and no. 70 y
in organic CODE n
posterity. B9s "a =
been perverted. ~ ~
ments have tne ~ W
power resting
liberty and lo ~ y
h. h. vsI loss os. only ~
to secure seats y
senate. Then
lican' scheme .os !,
destroyed ds :cs',psSs
made the lnr
power almost
suffrage was H.
| Southern goys, 4
made intolsfsp
negro dominaI