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

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, s0hs ~ tsa var with Nes o., ins a0fS q
| ner sons - q buDdfei bd \ 'lis. ~n0sI
obivslfy IN The Letter var, cod ssripn u
the cause they esponssd 80 snioh II
heir heart NJ hearts tneT rli Vfd J1sf, be
lnng 10 Texas Ihe love ~ fskans l0r the
defenders VI the lost o'gss, WI 10 'spund-
ins down the ages" ~ lois ~ nan loves
gaiOr, and woman the igh H. pinrsga oI
fbeI couhtTy'6 defenders. ossi The veil
oytr VIII was right aud VINO vfons. That
has nOthlng 10 do With our love Tor TIE
boys liylng aud sad, wac xirs the gray,
we know they wore honssf. se Know thsy
we're maoly aud brave. We love ths liv.
Inc; Wa revere the memoir oi the dssd.
| Prace be Ia their sshFs am al that op.
position TO division IL a sentiment. Dc it
| 50; the glorles Of ths naft, tbe traditions OF
grand acl.tVvments, th- decide oi ihe reat
dead ~ our iUntTy, ara siemeft' of ps,Ti-
| 1tism. bave read ,nRt great p1et OF o
fJre!sG land said; "I.si ins make toe eongs
o, your country. aud villa not care who
makes your iass." Il | had tho genius I
would impress In sorg and story, nd By
he tongue o! oloque lce love OF Texas,
through love az her nobls achieve meuts aud
glorious traditions.
wax SHOULD TkNAs ne DIVIDED?
Frst-itis sAid mat Trxa, IL 100 large,
'bp lNNlTluNt wv lhit HfNNtfal nun
troll under uue st,.e govern 'eut, TOO d:tA.
cuit u reach tho staie capital This pro-
position lite ell other iallpciea, defeats
itself. The Unttei States sre moving on
graDdly. There are und r ne jurisdiction OF
,ne constitution thirty eight stales aud nine
organized t-rlitones besides Alaska. For
all this vast counttv with it, divtrsitis ed pur-
suits there ia + r the execution II the pow-
trs eDuWsraied IN lau Glnstitu ion bnt ono
Legislature, nc CZ'Gutye, one jl1iciarv.
TO say thHt w. cannot manage our own
state Hifiirs, IN IA say that va ara l. capable
OF selrgovsrnmtnt VINO Will say thatf
There is not people in all the wide world
better equipped for ,sii'government than
tue people OF Texas. TOO hard 20 reach tho
capital" RNlroads sGd telegraphs answer
that objection
Spcond-rne diversity Of pursuits aud Of
business interests, render " desirable to
divide ths state. rhs objection ike the
lirst answers itself. That state t. thrice
blessed which Is capable oy the diversity Of
its oursuits ana productions, 30 sunpiy
within itself thr Chief warts of its people,
with capacity TO produce over Il d above
the home consumption, enough tor export
. buy all that IL nee Is from abroad, and to
bring besides from nevond iis limits u
handsome return IN sp Gle. Thst Is the
exact condition of T-xss. This DIVERSITY OF
production asd of Gus ess ana ~ capacity
Of EXPORT, have more than snv other csuses,
40 rapidly developed the United states.
fhis reason OF diversity 81 tar from iavoring
division, ie a powerful rersIn sgiipsi. aud
as this ciYcc5ity l. powerful
ligament in bihGlng the A nericsn
Union together, go Il Is q pnweriui Iea,on
against the division q Texas Capt GUS
,ersons are someilmes given, 10 which
shnil not reply. These relating IN The size
Of Texas, difficulty Of reschinsall the parts,
diversity Of interest have the air OF plsusi.
oitity, and luinS have iuliy met ihem.
rhere 10 still another, wn'c1 | perhaps
onght not TO overlook, although l. is never
assigned. There are not enough offices TO
20 Ground. Well, my ambitious friends, II
mere he any OF this class. let me say. ifyou
are worthy vi promotion an. prove your
selves worthy to the satisiac ion of The peo-
pie, they will not ae SLOW To recognizes you,
and II YOU are not deseryiog, the least
fragment of dismemberfd discovered,
Texas wOrli send you to the rear. There
is 40 sound reason in favor OF division. On
the contrary, every sentiment, every reason.
rom every standpoint is against IL. VIII
not every lover o. orr noble state who has
inteiligeptly syod,ed The history OF past
states and people, tell you in tho light of
that history. and with an eye to the iuture,
that the division of Texas would be istsl
mistake. Let the Gresrv history of dead
states, Of fracmen.ary aud discovered states,
be "a lamp unto our feet and Il light unto
our path" See TO 1t that no blind Samson
pulls down the pillars which support the
temple OF free, undivided Texas. to-day,
Texas is as our fathers gave it to us, aud We
are united people. H'r majestic and
comedy proportions. her salubrious climate,
ner amazingly fertile soil, her fisds white
Nth cotton, her barns grooming with the
product OF the field, with greet focks OF
sneep, and herds of CATTLE reared without
grain upon the native grasses
OF the plains and hlisides, with
her hills filled with minerals, her
mp as by magic, with all her many and de
versitisd pursuits prosperous, with popu
lation of fair women aud nar5v men, who
know no such word rs fail, are attracting
more attention than any state III the Amer.
lean Union. She is increasing il wealth,
population schools, churches, factories,
farms nu6 railroads, with amazing r6pidi v.
Let well enough slone. What M IA in ell
this state upon whose INDIGNANT you relied
in time Of trouble, when clear heads and
sound hear.a were necessary to Texas, adj
vises you BOW to divide the state? Not one.
Mr. President, call the roll of noDor5d vet
eraas Let the long roll be beaten by COM
maId of your noble organic .tion, and
rally al Texas, Are you-tae honored
presiiing otiicer-Genersi Walt P. Lane,
who, as u boy flashed your maiden sword
at San Jacinto, who galantly served in
Mexico, and ngin in higher position in
the late war, you who have stood by Texas
in her six troubles, and in she sevanth
CtgPlT.BAG INVASION
did not forsake her, are you for dividing
Texas? Are YOU Moses Austin Bryan, the
able and faithful secretary OF the veterans,
VINO came here over fifty years ago little
how, whose whole life has been dGvot 4 10
rexas and all Texas, are you for division?
How say you vetersne, all? All no! And
you who followed up in Mexico the work
so happily begun at San Jacinto, veterans
of The Mexican war. Younger brothers, of
the Texan veterans, what say vouP IMAM
imouslv nc! answer with that croTd my
self. You, my fellow citizens, who have
lately cast your fortunes with us aud be-
come part of Us, are too wise, too devoted
to the best interests of your adopted state,
to aid il her dismem berment,
Fellow ci.izsns, sentiment, interest, rea-
SOD, the teachings OF history, bid US pre-.
serve, protect and defend our glorious state.
under wise and wholesome laws, bearing
alike upon ell, in all the grandeur OF her
radiant BEAUTY, and ever glorious history,
one, undivided and indivisible, low and
forever.