The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-19
GOV. HuBB ARDS LECTURE.
His Theme: The South: Fast, fres.
cnt and 10 Come.
RE nfll6HIS A lAD6S MDlfNcr
tho y. VI. z. \. at Turner Hrii.
Syuor.ts VI What Tie said.

one q the yssAsi interesting mea and en-
,er,ainins speakers who have visited IIous
tor this wia;er Is Ex-Governor Richard Il.
Hubbard. who delivered an address On
The South Fast. rrcson, and Futune'
las; assht at Turner hall under the Young
Mems Christian association STAR course
The room was tilicd with an enthusiastic
auaisuce and applause sree,ed every burst
8, patriotism,
Ths speaker was introduced by judge
Norman G. Nittroll with speech delivercd
III his usual fluent style.
Governor Hubbard IS a Georgian by birth.
vas educated a, the university Of his ma
tive State ami afterwards took the dogreo
oi Ii. d. al the University OF Virginia
and at The Harvard law school. He has
lived In Texas Tor the past forty three
years
lie not only is a highly educated man.
buS he has the polish that lonS years o:
travel, diplomatic service and contact with
notable personases gives.
He tas been representative in the legs.
iaiure. lieutenant governor of Texas. gov.
ernor from 1876 TO 1850. president Oh the
convention that nominated Cleveland Ia
-ssi. United States ambassador to Japan
ior iouI and a hair years under Cleveland
inst administration, ard in the civil wal
he Was commander OF the Twenty second
brigade OF Texas infantry. AT the close o,
the war he was senior colonel OF the First
Texas brigade.
In these and a multitude of other HON
ored positions tie has come In close inter-
course with the men who have stood at the
head OF the political and legislative world
in the past half century
In his address last night he paid an ap-
preciative tribute TO the heroes OF The near
past Lincoln. whom he calls the repre-
sentative American. Generals Grant aud
Lee and many men Of letters and diplomats
in other lands
He knows Ii Hung Chang. and he tells
some interesting "reminiscences OF that &C.
lestial. Those who have heard the gov
e. nor deliver his address upon the Orient
are indebted 20 him for vivid picture OF
that land which. as ambassador. he learned
to know so well and his rich. pictorial Ian
guaee In his descriptions of Japan is very
attractive.
Ii 1876 Governor Hubbard delivered an
address at the Centennial Exposition In
behalf of his adopted State which in the
estimation OF many prominent Texans OF
of million people
For many years the governor was gem
eral solicitor Of the Cotton Belt system,
ard at present he is in that capacity inter-
osied in the Gulf. BRACES Valley and Pa
cific railway, the old main trunk line re-
vived.
Last night Governor hubbard prefaced
his lecture by some eloquent remarks in re-
gard to the historical city of Houston ard
the memories that throngei upon him as he
stood under the shadow OF her new COM
monwealth.
He then began his lecture by speaking OF
the South in colonial times. telling how
the Huguenots and the settlers OF Virginia
and Maryland were of one blood and faith
with those who landed upon the storm
bound rocks OF New England. He showed
the position which the ancestors OF his
listeners here In the Southland held in the
old days when honor and intellect made
the noble pages OF the stormy days of early
American history.
AIRY period. He told OF the declaration OF
which preceded that OF July
!. l776 which was drawn up in North Caro-
lima.
In 1890 the population of Pennsylvania
and Virginia was about the same. Penn
sylvauia had ll0,7Ss citizens and Virginia
lie 1874. Yet by the official record of Cen
congress OF General Washington. Pennsyl-
vania sent "a ,965 men and Virginia 50. 10,
to the war for Independence.
New Hampshire had a military popula-
ton OF 5l3 larger than South Carolina, and
yet she contributed IA 1886 soldiers and
South Carolina 3l.l3l-nearly as marv "a
while she had three times
less the population. South Carolina out
numbered New York troops by 929. S35.
Connecticut and Maryland sent more than
any OF the Middle and New England States.
yet South Carolina sent ~ out OF every 40
citizens capable az bearing arms. Mary
lend sent 80. Connecticut 30. and Now
Hampshire Is out Of every ~,
According to General Knox. the North
sent to the army 100 men for every %, of
military age. and the South by the same
census Of 1870 sent l0o for every 2o9 men.
The dcsertlons from the Southern army
during the revolution were 81 per cent less
than those of the Northern States. They
stood together. true to the grand purpose
OF freedom.
In no shirt Of criticism. but to defend
the ancestors OF the South, the speaker told
how slavery had crept over the country
at large and was as prevalent in the North
as In the South. Every captain In the rev
dictionary army had his negro cook to pre-
pare his ratlons.
"But the sterile and frozen hills OF New
England proved that human slavery did not
nay and the slaves were given to the
South No. no. They were sold and money
was paid for them.
There is no defense for human slavery
to which we once were welded. and
thank God IT. Is gone forever. hut | say this.
that me and mine and YOU and yours NAV
not he tainted with you began it Ot all
the ships that bore slaves from the iuugles
~ Africa to the shores OF our land but
three ever landed within the Southern
bounds.
THE South furnished the presidents for
1fty-two years Of the first siyty-four years
OF the Union: eighteen OF the twenty nine
Judges OF the supreme court, twenty four
OF thirty-fve presidents Of the senate. four
teen Of eighteen attorney generals; eighty
six OF the 14s foreign ambassadors and
majority OF the army and navy"
The speaker then touched upon the war
Of 1872, showing how staunchly the South
arose In the defense Of her country until
the treaty OF Client settled the difficulties.
In the war with Mexico it was the same.
The South bore her part and was steadfast
and patriOtic