Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-11

tne currents OF trade will flow once more In their
tegislmste channels. addiagto the valne of every
held and every herd.
Like the black Britons of old an s,,s-;c,,
would. TO meet a foreign foe, wade ont to see
that ne night the sooner tear him from lin Ia
I'm d. WY; men 50 tolerant to internal foesf
enough TO chair. with legal bonds this renii 81
speculation which makes constant invasions
t npon the morality and prosperity of our coun.
Western people live in the future, they reyel
IN VISIONS OF wealth TO be won, of smbition to be
satisfied. No thought for the past No time to
develop and enjoy the present. Even here in
Texas. with al its wealth of heroic memories I
have yet to hear from Texas lips, either in
speech or song, of the yalor of their chieftaius
who tore this great empire from the hands of ty-
ranny and dedicated it to liberty In the fade
less glory of their splendid achievements the
heroes of the Odessy and the IIfad are ecIinsed
Poetry and romance cannot weave deeds of
herolsm that surpass the. lives of these simple
but courageous men. How the blood of the
true Texan must tingle as he recounts the sacri-
ices OF the past. So young in years. SO rich in
patriotic martyrdom. Baptized in the rich red
blood of such men from this soil should spring a
valiant race, From the God of Travis Bowie
Crockett. Evans and the many martyrs there
should grow perennial sentiments of patriotic
devotion. upon the shield of Texas glory, upon
the proudest column in the temple OF American
heroes their names should be woven in flowers
of as divine hue and fragrance as sprang into
beauteous life upon the australian hill when
touched by the eli13f of youth wasted by But
wer's mysterious hero.
we cherish wore the paiment of the wilderness
and knew not the. polish of civilization,s CANT
tails. yet from their rugged honesty and integrity
of. character the most polished and refined idols
Of modern society can draw VALUABLE lessons
InSthemselves have never yet been able to see
muca-yiSdom ina high hat, or much greatness
in a swaAdS>tsfl coat.
In contest of true virtue give me- the sterI-
ing qualities. the manly chivalry Of a Houston
or a Crockett rather than the peculiar attain-
ments of some modern Tallyranfor D. israeli.
Before the great White Throne some of the
rough builders of these, Western empires can
stand with open hearts. As we change from the
pioneer ways of our fathers there will be losses
as well as gains; primitive life had It's hard
ships, but 1t had its virtues, and cardinal viz
tues they were.
The greatness of our country has been nour-
born our greatest statesmen-the singing of the
spinning wheel the first music that broke upon
theirintRnt ears.
The morality of the log cabin and spinning
wheel age is safer guide for a free people than
tricity. John Bright said: Palaces, castles,
great halls, stately mansions, do not make
nation. The nation in every country dwells IN
the COTTAGE While true, we try TO get as far
away from log cabin days as possible, yet the
time will come when in the mighty cities that
will be built and amid the treasures that viii be
accumulated, our posterity will look back
with longing and envy to the print
tive days of their fathers; they will
regret those times when their ances tors looked
upon a virgin Ian and turned the burrows of a
virgin soil, and broke with the falling az the
solitude of virgin forest. After all, 1t is the