The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-24

| II Is as modified by the edict of the war
OF 1860. against entertainments from with
| In upon the reserved rights OF the State
and of the Individual, and from without by
that violence OF indisoriminatc passion
which democracy Is inclined TO breed
keeping separated. by the broad, deep
lines upon which the fathers laid them,
| the legislative. executive and judicial de-
| partments OF the government Is the SUI
preme duty OF the hour, and the only
| guaranty Of the preservation OF our re-
publican institutions.
| We believe that the extremes Of wealth
and poverty should find a common level
In the recognition Of the worth OF the brave
| true man. IA mans a man for a that"
| We believe that the iowly citizen as he
walks down the furrow. his hear, fresh
In the love OF wife aud children and home,
and his soul cheerful in the prospect of
| ripening crops by honest toll. blowing
! fields not cncumbcrcd with debt-while
| his life is pure and his conscious clear
IS the peer in real dignity of any monarch
| that sits upon a throne
That Wow cnobles the citizen. and
places man above matter, and principle
above power and gives better dignity TO
the government which no creates. II does
not weaken tho Nation to exalt the State
nor the State to exalt the citizen. but
| each becomes struiigcr as tho parts be-
come stronger.
| nav hNNtai oilpl III tut Ethtlut N'bSNi-
tuition that 1.-THE powers not delegated to
the United States nor prohibited by 1t TO
the States. are reserved to the States re-
| spcctively or to the people, forms tho
| basis OF our logic and Our hope. BY this
principle tho Republic shall be saved.
| THE SOUTH STANDS FOR PROGRESS
| When the Southern soldier returned to
his home froln the war OF 1860 he looked
upon a land once beautiful in its teudal
magnificence when our men were lords
and our women princesses--upon civili-
zauon builded with their delicate bands
more magnificent In Its purity as well ~
in its elegance than any other OF modern
! or ancient times. But that splendor had
faded; that scenery had shifted. They be-
held land bearing with patience her ter
rible load of suffering and Of sorrow. out
| OF every home had gone brother. son or
| father TO die upon tho field of battle; while
these who returned to the homes they left
smiling in plenty found their slaves free.
their stock gone. thelr granaries empty
their financial system in chaos-dcsola-
ton everywhere. But in the fertility OF
their soil, the splendor OF their skies, the
| Eoroism OF their race, they caught
| glimpses OF II brighter day and louked
! forward TO the time when IN the fuilness
| of manly independence they should have
| c,nquered tho evils OF their situation and
:, en- their beloved land smile again in
| peace and plenty. They sat not down in
| the ashes OF their desolaton to weep amid
| the scenes OF their ruined homes but,
| with the same courage that made inmor-
! tai the fields of Shiloh, Manassas aud
| Gettysburg they had raised the PROSTATE
/ a. lsaWln 10
| where as of old the sunlight falls fun in
| her way, and her songs are he sweetcr
| Tor her night OF sorrow. We rave built
anew orr countryside; have seen our cities
| arise from their slumber. have developed
truck farming In Georgia orange growing
| in Florida. iron industry In Alabama, coal
| industries in Tennessee and manufactures
OF cotton throughout the South. have
| largely paid off the mortgages on our
home. and made them self-supporting and
| free and are rapidly learning the neces-
| sity for the diversity of our crops. The
| one crop system has been a curse TO the
South With billions OF property destroyed
| by the war and paying millions annually.
| since to an eXuayagant government, aud
starting with nothing but hope and energy
| and honor the immediate necessity of sat
| istying creditors led to this system. The
| necessity is ceasing-conditions are chang
| rg-thc day Is breaking. when the South
| cru lklUtI iiulApNts iut AhiiAs VI
soil and climate TO grow within his bonn
! iiful fields besides the cotton. the corn,
| clover, wheat and barley. the sugar cane,
oats. rice and potatoes; and gathers from
his orchard tho apple peach apricot, and
| pear and selects from his herds and pens
the necessitiee of his table; and his pros
! perity supports the towns and ,ities which
are IN turn blessing TO him and the
manufactures of iron and marble and
| lumber aud cotton that give employment
| to thousands and increase wealth and pop
ulation. and perfects HIS institutions in the
| spirit OF equity, and enjoys beneath blcs-
sed Southern skies the health OF It's cline
| and the rewards of his mercy and Intel
| igence then surely shall he stand amid
the scenes of his honorable plenty in the
envy of man and the blessing If God
The breaking light of the south's pros
poriy is at hand For fifty years cursed
by a social system that hindered her
growth. she has at length emerged from
the cloud into the golden sunlight and the
glories OF the future are breaking all about
her. What a land of promise, No richer
soil ia arched by fairer skies or uobler
people blessed by brighter promise,
In the majestic march OF progress III Ito
South.
TEXAS
has no cause to blush for place. II we
feel proud OF our citizenship as Americans.
and are devoted TO our section of the Ma
tion. We shall be pardoned II as Texans we
feel an especial pride in her glorious
achievements in the past her splendid tri-
umph in the present. and the limitless
prospects Of her boundless future. No
state In the American Union has record
so bright Her every page is page Of
glory. From the day when through cloud
her star arose she has been 10 the Thought
ful world q wonder OF chiyalry and pro-
gress. In her contest with Mexico the
l.al.
never excelled. Then donning the proud ia
dependence Of 4 republic thus won she en-
tered the sisterhood Of States and her
whole way has been way of splendor. Ma
terially. she has advanced In population
from a mere handful to 400 900 In 1850:
TO 100000 in 1860: to 500 900 in 1870; 10
l5O0 600 in 1880: TO 1905 900 In 1880, and
Will number 5000 900 in 1900. Her rail-
way mileage has Increased from 300 miles
in 1860 to 800 miles In 1870. TO 5000 miles
In 1890. and will reach 10000 miles at the
present time. We produce in Texas from
100000 to 100000 bales OF cotton snnu-