Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-15

forest and field nurtured manhood that has
guided the destinies of mankind. 1t is they who
gather the lines of fate and pillow deep burrows
in the fields of human events; 1t is they who
have driven the car of progress and have woven
the deepest and richest colors in the fabric of
human happiness. 1t is the strong, and not the
beautiful; the rugged, and not the refined. who
stand ont in heroic proportions against the sky
of human achievements.
1t was these storm nurtured men, touched
with the genius of prophecy, who carved out
and battled for this great state, and this Won
derful temple is a tribute to these early voy-
ayers into the West. and tells the story of the
wealth for which they SO valiantly fought.
From the success OF your Spring Palace can
carry back announcement to the builders of the
Our Palace is not built from the products Of
the fields, but from the wealth of the
mountains 1t will be "a permanent. ex-
hibit of the minerals of the greatest silver,
lead, iron and coal state in the Union. Soon
will it be gltteTing with dazzling groups of all
known precious minerals; In the present it
will have no rival. In the past it takes all of
the resources OF tradition and fable to create q
mystic temple that approaches its unrivaled
material dominion will the combined view of
these two palaces present; what q re-
buke Of the false and ignorant prophets Of the
East, and what victory over the prejudice
and sectionalism OF American statesmen.
The settlement Of Texas, Colorado and other
sections has been in defiance of bitter protests
of New England and the East. History tells US
that many statesmen opposed the purchase Of
Louisiana; protested against the independence
Of the Texas republic, fought its annexation IS
state; opposed the Mexican war; the purchase
of California and the Oregon territory.
The mistakes Of Eastern statesmen in their
estimate Of the West and South would make
volume that would rival the book of fate in di
mensions.
In 1911, Josiah Quincy of Massachusetts, threat
ened to pull his little patch of ground out of the
Union If Louisiana was admitted as a state
When the vote was counted Quincy said it was
the duty OF the states to prepare for separation
amicably, IL possible; violently, IL they must.
He insisted that the inhabitants Of the Missis-
sippi valley were not citizensi that it was not
for these men that our forefathers fought, nor
for them was the constitution adopted, and that
it was an outrage to put their liberty and prop
erty into hotch pot with the wild men of the
West
Thus from old Puritan, patriotic Massachu-
sets came the first threat OF secession, but the
nation forgave them, as it has long since for
given the same sentiment from South Carolina.
The banners of discord and conflict have all been
furled and laid away. never more to be un-
furled.
'The star spangled banner has become once
more our national emblem, and the proud old
Southern cross, that once waved victorious
over many bloody battle field, is now furled
forever
For there's not man to wave it.
There's not a sword to saveit,
There's not one left to lave il
In the blood which heroes gave IL. -
What poetic revenge has the logic of events
visited upon our Eastern detractors. The &C
cessions OF territory that were so bitterly OPP
posed have but added to the power and grandeur
of the nation. The growth OF the West has been
based always upon its native resources, and
never from aid and sympathy OF the East; on
industrial questions our interests are often in
conflict.
To-day the money centers are in congress
fighting silver. Silver is the very breath of the
Industrial and commercial life OF new and agri
cultural states. In this fight the people are
with us, and if the South and West combine the
victory Is ours. Ten days ago the prospect Of
success advanced silver; Immediately, in sympa-
thy. up went the value OF wheat, adding mil
lions to the wealth of the farmer.
As we talk. the flowers have not yet faded that
Law on the grave of the great Kentucky senator.
In all the land there was no more valiant friend
of silver and the West. Our champion is gone
but the cause remains
Self interest demands an alliance upon this ques-
ton Two years ago Texas and Colorado joined
hands TO gain deep water; already the alliance