The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-06-26
self with such heroic conservation into tho
Jaws OF death. in ordea. 10 Wv

sen win such heroic conseci alton into the
Jaws OF death. in ordea- to
Pluck success,
Zen from ne spear proof crest OF russed
as was shown among the soldiers OF the
Napoleon cultivated this spirit In his
amy anu succeeded in drawing his sol
diers around his person as few com.
inanders ever did before.
rae Annals of the South are brilian,
with the illustrious names OF our honorec
,.au we love Their memory. We gloil
IN their achievements. We We proud o,
'h'ir struggles and their victories. and
20 ipnG AS noble hearts bound IN South.
err hos ors, at the mention OF the sacred
iatne or Liberty. so long shall the mem.
ali I've "''''
.sa statesmanship has ever Seen iorcmos,
m eTtenors our terriioty and guarding
,h ,a nner,iss OF the people. and IN war
our conntry's soil, or an insult to on,
ctun,ry's flag. that Southern arms were
not iirst to resen, IL.
When that iorriblA ordeal came which
tflen mems souls and the brothers oi a
common uni}n became the invaders of
the,r hro.hers' hcmcs when Southern
hearts leapsd TO shea,he the invading
out Of IS scahhacd Never hand
W aNen sword from stain as free.
Nor putcr sword led hiavnr hand
Nor Drawer bed for a brighter lard
N,r brighter land had cause SO grand,
NOR Il caus. cnict liks Lee
The South proved true to her traditions.
'ruc TO her honor ano ,ruc to herself Her
noh,e daughters hung their harrs uron
no willows" and. Ike ministeving angels
hoVercd around those dark fields of car
mage, inspiring courage. while her gallant
sons freely offered up their lives upon
me sacred altnr of liberty. The whole
worlo wortted at Their bravery and sac.
riiice. 70.
ION II there he on this earthly sphere
4, boon. an offering Heaven holds dear.
It's the last hbation LIhecty draws
FROM the heart THAI blcods and breaks in
her cause
Let us draw the curtain over the dread
ful picture If -four years fratcrnal strife
and hlooished. When the future impair.
,ial historian shall unearh lis mould.r-
ing skeletons, and, looking softly down
into It's chntnll house. shall separate the
true from the false. God grant that tho
chlldiel OF that generation may respect
iully stand. wth hated breath and M
covered heads as at the grave where oar
National dssenstons were buried forever.
When the gallant and immortal lee,
with his ragged aud half starved vc'cr-
''i's 'ftf " ibl'if'l nv RUNNERS. ldll DOWN
their arms 1T Appomattox they looked
into the eyes of brave and generous foe
and forever furlel the battle Scared han
rer of revolution aud IN good faith took
their places under the flag of the I'm on
which our foreiathers had 50 often ioi-
lowed 10 victory
1'hesa Veterans Of a hundred BATTLES
sadly !urrel their faces toward 'hcr
ruined an: aesaited homes. and. looking
back to tho f,llcu flag OF . cause. Though
lost, still Just, tears Glslencd IN the
eyes Of brave men at the though, so
grandiy sung by tho poet priest of the
South:
"Oucc ten thousands hailed il gladly,
And then tho sands. wildly. midlH.
Swor- IT should forever wave.
Swor7 that foenlans sword saonid never
llcarls like theirs entwinod discover.
TIL that nag should float forever
Ger their freedom or their grave"
But tho fate of war had deere ed against
is. overWhelmed by numbers. our ranks
depleted by 1aath, Threatened with s'atva-
ton. arnmunit Oh exhausted, coinRissar'e.
ana III" trnnrons of war al gone. IL was
only lc.i to Ills haniful of brave men
To accan, The terms offered by General
Grant or Ike Ncnophon and his ten ihou-
sand Greeks, cat iieii way to IA" s,a
The scene changes, and We see tho rag
Ecd Confederate for II moment sadly
leaning upon his old mushet upon 'iie
sit" of his ruiucd home. wher" h. had
J, sscd his loVod ones good bye" amid
II was home. and he FASTENED to search
for the loved ones left, TO clasp them once
more to hts bosom ana 10y ms strong q m
and brave heart 10 shelter them from the
storms of adversely. How he has succeed
ed in this noble task let the material
prosperity OF the South for tho past
thirty years bear testimony
Nj of this magnificent prosperity di1
not come by chance. Some have b On
50 thoughtlcss a. TO call IL "NeM
South, which. by some mysterious plo-
cess. became separated from the old.
What base injustice 10 tho grand mon
who worked out such results \ pcopl"
ncvcra achieved "a peaceful victory under
more adverse circumstances.
l. The war swept away our personal
properly. having US almost pennies.
= Its change of the lahtr system LETT the
former masters themselves nborers VITO
had 10 become adapted to the new order
Of things.
B. The policy Of reconstruction enfran-
chiscd the former slaves aud disfranchisrh
tho Land owners. throwing ignorant aud
sometimes corrupt Office holders 10 the
front who pilci up N the South immense
State and county debts to be paid by bur
densonic inNttiou
4 The Immense war debt grea'cd by
The Nurth. amounting to N7,'.-2di73.
taNes. al whict the South had not only
to nav her share. hut under an unjust
system az special tax and internal revr-
me upon southern prnhucts including
on her cotton sho paid more than WAS
lust and by a merrloss protective tariff
sl. was forced to buy from the Eastern
manufacturers thereby paying her trib-
uio to them also
+ Her own manned md destitute sol
diors had To h.. cared for by her own Pro-
pie. whie she pad her part of the Slno-
hO oA in annual pensions To the Union
soldiers, and the greatest part of this
Immense sum, bAius IN per cent OF the
actual circulating medium. IS yearly
taken from the pubiic treasury ana pad
on, IN the North. thereby creating an UNI
equal circulation Of money
i The iDo.on0 of freedmen were left I'M
provided for hy the government aud the
exnon,.a of tht.r edpcdtiun has fallen al
most entirely upon thu Southern TAN
payers.
which have been clogs upon 4thc materi al
aivancem.nt Of thn South; bu', hanil-
,,ipped hy them all she has won the
race and with hcr heau' us limbs eirded
vifh energy and rors s'rnce and her
hnau ,,eaniina with the me of the old
sruih her s,l reaches OUT f,r a hicHof
d.sganv. and she urges nor young ana gai
l'tnt IONS and daughters in following the
footsteps OF ther fathers to
press on far It "a Godlke
m, lur,ro.e IN" spirit,