The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-06

would be sentt to Mrs. Grant by this people,
anu that differences in life should not be
remembered In death. He reminded his
auditors that General Grant didn't try TO
court martial General Lee or any of the
Generals, as he might have done, nor did he
uko General Lees sword at Apo
maltox. This he thought, showed
tnat General Grant possessed clements
VI W. great man, and now 1t was right that
we should lender our expressions of SYM
pa,hy. He then referred to Hon. JEFF
laws; that 1t was practice of even ex-
Sohiederates since the close OF the war TO
oiaIle aIle mat great man for the inevitable re-
sSlIsi sn Ine curses of the gods, he thought,
would forge, such man He regarded
nm as one OF the greatest men he had ever
mel, lie is genius, n great statesman, a
u inlary commander, AMI n man of pure
uwihestig' He Is great and Z cd man.
Whth he visited eX-PIesident D.vis last
spring at his home he found him seemingly
happy, but aoNlous and solicitous for tho
Weilaie OF he people OF the South.
nc re referred to the tour Of this great man
through Texas when he was received with
an ovation that would have done honor TO
ENG lie counseled the people to re-
member lhnse who gave up everything for
me sake OF their country. when the enc.
my was invading mississippi Mr.. Davis re-
fused all solicitations TO re-
move his property, but said IL
was no time to look after
private property in conflict like
ms, Hu recalled nm Incident when Davis
ahd mis- cabinet We're passing south after
the surrender; that Mr.. Davis remarked
that every member OF his cabinet mad e.
come impoverished In the ser ice OF his
country. H. contrasted III. difference be.
tween that time and this, Wnen govern-
sdilr, epnmenI t officers on small
Hec ngrstu ated the peop that tie war
was over peace restored, sQuaiid poverty
already disappeared and the peop'C adapted
10 the new order of things; that Texas h,d
ihred better from the raVa1Cs Cf the war
than any other State. Hccautinued the pco.
pie that the danger of our government
was In drifting toward Capitalization, and
that we had already drifled away from tho
constitution OF oar ancestors SO long ms
the constitution Is adhered TO tn liberties
OF the people are safe, but when 1t Is de-
parted rom, Is Is put In the power OF the
majority TO oppress the minority. and 10
that event there would be rcvo.ution or
desp tlsm
the speaker expressed qualification at
set Ing 30 many people in attendance, es-
necial y the ladies, ana did not think that
the people could be engaged f. nobler
WORK thnn this, one witch keeps alive
patriotism, valor and chiVAiTy so he
thought they should be lSe pit up as long as
the men lived wro laitici aled in the
struggle
The vast audience paid the sirlctost at
tention during the delivery Of MIR. Rea-
gan's speech and at IT. close n laundering
applause attested its appreciation
TRIBUTE 10 JEFFERSON DAVIS
After Mr. Reagan had finished, Hon
b. W. Brown, of Longview, moved thst
resolutions Of respect aud undying attach
u ent be sent o the dying hero, j n Davis.
This was carried with Il shout, and Prssi-
dent Van Zandt at once telegraphed II 10
Mr. Davis.
NOTES AND PERsoNai.
Colonel Mitchell, Captain James Colonel
Williams aud other dlsli guished Dali
lasites aic doing the reunion
ire eN.so'diefs were SLOW In rcgiste ing,
but all the organizations will be lm-
pleted by tomorrow.
Az the Missouri headquarters 10 men
wero registered, with Captain j. q Rich
ardson In charge, and d. A. Williams, Sec
retary.
Forty ex-Confederatcs had reported at
the Miss ssippi headquarters, where Cap
tam Cravens, of Brentwood, had charge.
At the Tennessee headquarters " men
were registered. Colonel Il. ID Allison has
charge.
Thirty-seven GeoreianF, who wore the
gray, have reported to Captain W. j. II.
Ross, who has charge OF the headquarters.
twenty-five Confedsrates from Louisi-
ana have reported 10 NJ. ID darlington, the
commander of the Louisiana headquar-
ters.
At the Alabama headquarters 80 men
heve reported TO Colonel B. Morris,
One hundred men have regis
tered at the Arkansas headquarters,
where Gen. W l.. Cahell has charge.
'oLD TIUE."
After tho close of the regular exercises,
loud calls were made for General Cobell /,
who responded In ar able and interesting
speech OF half an hour. The general was
greeted with round after round # cheers.