The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-11
COUNTY FAIR.
r. N. Mynne Mas the Orator
Of the Day.
lAPITAL DOES NOT SEEK TEXAS
cponnded the Query and Gave
solution Of the Causes and
showed the Effects.


Ia an unusually large attendance,
v 5000 people were on the grounds
lis and surrounding counties.
el r. NJ. Wynne Of Fort Worth
ed the old soldiers in a very appro-
manner, and his address was en-
tically received by all. He ignored
entirely.
vas followed by Colonel DeGraffen-
Longyiew in his usual happy style,
was timely and to the point.
brit, Colonel Wynne's speech was as
with great pleasure. l do assure
meet SO many today with whom,
odd years ago, | went through the
b days in our country's history.
also glad to meet those with whom
estly laborcd, when war had ended.
uild our waste places, re-establish
Isolated homes and rehabilitate the
of Texas to her status among the
OF this great Union. 1t is you, my
! am most deeply indebted for
Ter of successes in life l may have
ID. which debt i have always been
to acknowledge and do repay with
ess gratitude. l am not here today
ak for myself, but in my feeble way
In transmitting to our children the
Of history touching the war between
ates. Thirty-six years have passed
Since the beginning of that unhappy
lie and thirty-two since its close. n
Use years much of untruth, bitter
nd misrepresentation has been writ
ID spoken with regard to that unfor-
conflict, and much of passion and
ice displayed. We of the South have
abiding faith In the justice OF the
for which we fought and sacrificed
st, and In the justice Of the verdict
posterity will render, after the pas
and prejudices will have been OBJ
led, at least softened and mellowed
be as has already taken place in a
degree, thank God.
our highest duty and we should
1t our first care to teach our chill
that their fathers We're not traitors
ebels, but to the contrary were pa
and heroes, defending great con-
onal principle and an invaluable
guaranteed to them by the fathers
framed this great government; the
surrender of which without heroic
lie would have branded them as
frate sons of noble sires.
hould be constantly impressed upon
minds that the war was not waged
North to free the slave, nor de-
by the South alone to perpetuate
b.
ugh after four long and bloody years
unequal strife our flag went down
eat. 1t was bathed in the blood OF
liant defenders, no blush of shame
ed the faces of the few who sur
They only felt that 1t were better
|ot being free, to have persisted with
rave. With no arms but such as we
gather from our homes, with no eX-
zee in war, with nothing but sub
aith in the Justice of our cause, the
OF this land marched as one man
= can never forget the equipments
Hhlch l started. And when / describe
n ! VIII have for the most part de-
the Southern army at the COM
ment of the war. l had never seen
my gun nor even company of sol
But with blissful ignorance OF the
ary arms for momentous struggle
he one we We're embarking In, | took
the rack behind the door, at my
rs home near Bellevue, his old
barreled shotgun, got from a
drawer an old rusty single barreled
about eighteen inches long. When
y into my belt it almost came down
Knees. l got horseshoe and had me
bowie knife made as long as my
! saddled pillow horse and with a
ng bosom and throbbing heart rode
from the old home to the scenes Of
Poody conflict.
nrst line of Yankees we encountered
10 Sc ! mimic balls whistling around
rs while they were yet mile away.
w my knife away for realized that
never get close enough to Yankee
u 1t, and to be honest, | soon learned
sense than to desire to. discarded
"a pistol and exchanged my shotgun
Springfield rife, as indeed did my
command. And this simple story of
personal experience illustrates how
rmies of the South. in the main,
themselves from the hands of the
q When We recollect these facts.
oy every living soldier to be true.
enlrty years of reflection. we are
go at our unparalleled undertakings
our wonderful achievements. With
ms, without money and with a pop
OF not one-third of the American
Ior FOUR years We met and success
eoinpatted the greatest Nation on
Win unlimited means and men.
eVihraues, l have talked already too
poh the past. Its shadows and its
ns' we will now consider briefly
ouhtry condition and her future,
III with, no country ever made such
progress in material development as
e south in the last thirty years.
only cotton and sugar producing
many OF The States OF the South
ueveioped large manufacturing and
industries Today III Georgia.
ana South Carolina and Tennessee
anusacturing interests have made
progress as TO startle and arouse the
III the New England States. Their
out farms and poor red hills are
's prosperity unknown almost even
ante bellum days. We have made
progress in Texas. but not 10 the
we ought, when We consider her
neias' her magnificent forests, her
ans OF marble and granite, her
~ iron ore as rich as any IN the
almost in sight of where / stand
iron ore sufficient to grid-iron
.ate with railroads was ii manufac-
,neo rails. The rich veins of COAL
'ns OF petroleum we find in abund-
iheh | ask you the question why
30 rev manufacturing enterprises,
We make one-third OF the cotton,
sn'h of the wool and cur proportion
~ OF the cereals OF this continent.
you, my friends. " is time for you
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