Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-06-26

and harmony may prevail on that OCCASION
ss IL does now prevail in the ranks oi the
Democracy throughout the Union, aud tha
| the stars and stripes of the American nag
may ever continue to unturl to the breeze
untarnished ON each return oi that ever
memorable day, and our tree institutions re
main unmpaired amid all the party strife
and excitements that may I've gotten mp 10y
designing politicians"
| The committee responded
"Job Mann The manner in which he
has discharged the responsible duties Ot state
treasurer has gained for him the need oi
| universal applause. PENNSYLVANIA will never
forget the true and the faithful"
General sam Houston.
some time since my friend, Capt George
| q. Boyer, OF this city, WAS rummagiug
through some old papers belonging to his
father, the late Jerome X. Boyer, and came
| across the letter, notice of which will close
| this communication. 1t was written at
Washington city, July |, 1916, and was adj.
dressed to my father then a resident OF Car
| isle. Ii was IRON the pen ot General sam
Houston, then one of the United States sena-
tors from Texas, and first president of the
Lone Star republic, and was i'll reply 10 an
invitation to attend a Democratic celebration
| At Carlisle on the 4th OF July of that year. IL
was published Ivy Mr.. Boyer in the Carlisle
Democrat, OF which he was the founder ana
editor, and fortunately was preserved by
him. Ithas been presented to me, and assure
you will be well taken care ot and treasured
as a souvenir of the past The writing Is as
plain rs print and the signature bold anu
dashng, characteristic, indeed, of the career
Of the great soldier and statesman. ON &c.
count Of prior engagement he was unable TO
attend, but adds:
al hope, however that some future oppor-
tunity will enable me tn do so As nothing
Will afford me more satisfaction than a visit
10 that portion of Pennsylvania which WAS
the home of my ancestors, and in which, no
doubt many of my kindred at present re-
side.
/" DO me the favor to tender to those whom
You represent the deep sense of my appreCia-
ton for this mark OF their regard, and accept
for yourself my thanks tor the tiattering
terms of your communication
The responsive toast to the general is on
the back of the letter and is the handwriting
OF my father, take OF whose copy any
printer was glad to get Several OF your
employees doubtless recOlleCt II with plea
sure. The toast was
General Sam Houstou-the hero of san
Jacinto When the star of Texas shall cease
to shine in our glorious constellation-then,
and not till then, will the name OF this dis
tngulsheu soldier, statesman and patriot be
forgotten. We trust the day is not far
distant when he will pay visit to the home
of his ancestors Old Mother Cumberland"
Two years later, on the 18th of July, ISIS
General Houston did pay the hoped-for visit
To the "hOme of his ancestors and made
a speech To the Democracy of Cumberland
county, at HOlcomb's grove, Carlisle. / recol.
lec' him well As If it had been but yester-
day. lie was about q feet inches in height,
was graceful and sinewy, his broad shoulders |
crowned with a magnificent head, an eye |
like an eagles, a face radiant with intellectu- |
ality and benevolence. As he sat at the tOOt |
of the platform whittlinga pine stick, enchain- |
ing all around him with his rare onvorsatlOn,
ready wit and humor, he looked the picture |
of god. He was dressed in full suit of |
linen, and wore a broad brimmed, low
crowned white hat An orator he was in
every sense of the term, and those now
living who heard him will never forget his
/ inging and eloquent utteranCes in behalf of
his old friends and confreres, Cass and
Butler
On this occasion he was accompanied by
the late Hon. David =. kaufman, who was
native of Cumberland county, but removed
to Texas in the early days of its infancy as a |
republic, and was its trst representative in |
Congress. He also spoke He was noble |
looking aud attractive man, fluent and for |
chile speaker, and ranked high among the |
many then able men in our national legisla- |
ture.
have spun you a long story, perhaps too |
hong, but the "reminiscences OF the long ago,
evoked by these letters, have crowded and |
are still crowding upon me. However as l |
have been holding converse with the many |
friends and patrons OF my dear old alma mater, |
they will naturally overlook my prolixity. |
That long continued prosperity and hap |
piness may be the portion of the lNrELLG- |
GENCER and its thousands OF readers is the |
sincere wish of
ALFRED SANDERSON.