San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-03
IS HISTORY RIGHT9
CoNTEMPoRANEoUs AND AU-
THoRITIVE EVIDENCE OF
THE DAYS OF 1886.
What Was Reported in the Tennes'
see Monitor" by Good Men
Soon After the Alamo was
Conquered by Santa Anna.
For the LIGHT.

engaged In the struggle lor JusUlce
and independence from Mexico,
that Tennessee, Alabama, Virginia,
Kentucky and the Carolinas, gave
them assistance and encourage
ment. Not only this, but many
sons of these states enrolled them
selves under the Lone Star banner
and fought, aye, and died bravely
for the freedom so earnestly sought
and eventually so honorably
gained.
Tennessee was especially enthus-
iastic and friendly in the Texas
colonists cause, for to her we owe
"Davy" Crockett, w. H. and j. A.
Wharton, Ben Mccullough, Barley
Hardeman, David COllinsworth, H..
. Harms, J. G. Swisher, Sterling c..
Robinson, G. c. Childress, Matt
Caldwell, Gov Throckmorton and
hundreds of others, who distin-
guished by services in the cause,
and played an important part in
securing
THE INDEPENDENCE OF TENAS.
1t is not, therefore, surprising to
find that Tennessee was greatly
interested in the affairs of Texas,
and that the few Tennessean
papers, then existing, should seek
to publish all available news of the
great conflict then being waged in
this, her sister state. 1t is equally
natural that the noble sons of Ten
nessee, engaged in that conflict,
should write home, giving author
itative details of the great struggle
in which they were active partici-
pants.
Now the newspaper is generally
an impartial and accurate chrOn-
icler of its days, and it is quite
natural that the historian and the
statistician should make it one of
it's guides. In the search for in
formation of the fall of the Alamo,
Goliad massacre and of glorious
San JacintO, an intelligent man
finds it source of knowledge that
opens to him the records of the
past.
By courtesy of w. L. A, Rey-
holds and Mr.. Pete Jonas, Jr, /
have the rare pleasure of eXamin-
ing a file of the Monitor from No
vember 1885 to January 1897. This
was a five column folio, weekly
newspaper published at Murfrees-
borough, Tenn, first by p. j. War
rem and E. j. King, and latterly
by the former gentleman. Mr.. w.
II. Sneed, relative of the Sneeds
of Austin, Texas, was one of its ed
itors. For those days the paper is
an excellent one. This paper, it
should be observed, worked und er
an excellent motto.
THE ELECTIVE FRANCHISE.
Uninfluenced, uncontrolled by
"the Minions of King Caucus" In
this lies the bug bear of Ameri-
can politics. Dethrone King eau
Gus, the greatest autocratic tyrant
in the world, and give the people
his power and America will really
be, what those who fought and
died for her, intended she should
be government of the people, by
the geople and through the PEG.
pie" instead Of as now the crea.
lures of King Caucus and the
slave of the few leading
who for their interests control the
country to its detriment and fat
ten while the people starve.
The reports given in the Monitor
are OF great interest to Texans
especially those of the fall of the
Alamo and the battle of San ia
cinto, because they are explicit ant
authoritative, being furnished a
the time by participators in tn,
events. In any case they would b,
interesting, but they are impor
tant inasmuch as they differ ma
terially from the published his
tories of the day and furnish omit
ted facts of importance.
In the early part Of the Monitor
file there are many minor refer
ences to the sanguinary contest be
tween Texans and the Mexican
government, but the matter wa
evidently not recognized as beini
so important and all absorbin,
until April ID, 1886, when the fol
lowing in respect to the fall of tn
Alamo appears:
THE BAD NEWS CONFIRMED.
"The following letter from on
fellOw-citizen has been received b,
a gentleman of this place, who ha
politely handed it for publication
Other news has likewise beel
received, all confirming the news