The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-07

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| advanced from QUE 10 Ave hundred NIL :
lions OF British sterling 10 build ship
| channel directly connecting the cccident
| and the orient. that In half decade these
600, oeo. 900 they believed, wouh oftcr n
| market for the entire southern crop OF cot
| ton at cents per pound more than. the
| Englishmen pays for the same grade
They want m.ll,cns Of our grain ard
| Iron lot which but one extensive bed eA
lists in all Chins) In exchange for Their
| teas. silks and precious wares.
| The recent war between ClAoa and
japan opened not only the eyes, but the
eNchequcr as well OF that mighty empire
of 500 coo 900 OF people and Ii Hung Chang
| whom General Grant pronounced 10 be
| oce of three statesmen OF the worldi mas
resolved that within five years 100000
mites Of railway shalt be built in China
and tha, he hopes that most OF the ma
teriA shall come from America.
What future opens to all the repub-
| lie. but more especially 10 the great South
| and the West who will be the first to
welcome their ships laden with traffic
OF the orient. The DAY must come. noi
| indeed through the sharks and shy
| locks" OF the money eychangcrs but this
| shlp transit must be built by our own
| government as England owns the SueE
! canal 10 open new highways al vast and
| coming trade. where WE now have but
| few flags flying over American ships, a.
well as TO protect our interests on the
western slope Of the Pacific and TO make
the Monroe doctrine Il thing OF meaning
Instead Of myth
On The same Lines that We build forts
on the seashores Of the Atlantic and do
nate millicns 20 secure ship channels into
| the Crescent City-Snd our own Gal-
weston aud Sabine Pass aud into Mobile
and Savannah and Charleston to the fur
thsr eastward.
Then our commercial millennium COM
eth Then the Lowels and Manchestnrs
and Proyidcuces and pittsburss and Fail
Rivers Will come down with their manu-
featuring plants nearer to the base OF the
greet cotton and wool and iron districts
Of the South.
The world Will be- our market for the
exchanges " the nations and the center
* his vast trade will he nearer TO the
Pacific and The Gulf than 10 the Atlantic.
THIS s our vision ~ the future.
u les no Utorian dream. The splendid
trlitim NJ the South ia bcckouing us on
ward to that brighter aud better day.
W must exercise federation Of opinion
In church and state and guard as by
wall 81 gre onr "Lare7 ard pcnaies"
against the vandals who would corrupt
our Southern Auc,sfral hopie life or pol
luic Tho fountains " Justice or our judi
cial tribunals with the violence OF the
mercilcss mob
We must educate our sons and daush
tors az home and thus weld into chains
u love and ,omraieship she young men
aul women Of THE ds~ who wilt have he
come ihn rulers OF States aud the queens
% or homes In he coming Southland.
The blood Of the martyrs shall become
tha al u iho church
Tlat tuture shall greet MS rising Ike
Delas from the wave. Ia that newer AMI
SrEaict lie GA which we hasten the union
81 these states shall claim the South
faithful allegiance in peace ana war. God
bless the ropuhlic-tho whole republic
but a special benediotion for this beloved
southland of our birth.
Stumbling upon thls historic ground ot
our oNl native State wp gather inspiration
from The examples Of our ilus,rious slres.
Their uar'cs ale legion ana need not he
tcld
Texas sends greetings to you aud to
yoiirs through her adopted son
Georgia more largely than any other
cncniz-d the struggling republic OF the
Lone Star Of SO Your gave us Lamar
aul Rusk and at Goiad aud Conception
you gave us Fannin and his brave com
psrions who were martyrs for the liberty
% Texas against Mexican oppression.
On The monument that stood TN the
rcsthulo os Tive old capitol OF Texas now
ln ashss. dedicated 20 the heroes Of the
Alaw7 was iuscr!hei tho names Of many
feorsiars aud nn that monument was in
rr.baa these words "Thermopylae had
hHr messenger 81 defeat but the Alamo had
none left 20 tell the story q mlrtyrdom.'
another splendid monument is being
'rcr-l 20 the memory OF Young Crozier
r ite Palmetto State" Immediately af-
ter he war th's bravo young soldier re-
s"n,rA an Insult by negro troops to de-
t'nsoleSs women. He relled the brutal as
saiiant Crcaier in the excitement. fled,
hu' The negro soldier seized 4 comrade
ho was innocent and he was condemned
by drum head court martial 10 br shot
10 death at the end of the day. Young
Crazicr heard OF the verdict and all the
night long rode as only a horseman can
ride 10 the Federal camps and declared
to tho officers In command that his CON
demnod comradc was innocent, and that
he was the man who felled the brute who
iuyultcd HIS pure Southern sister and was
ready TO take the punishment and die
Damon and Pythias are possibly myths Of
the drama" but here s scene in real
life and glorious sacrifice. and the type
belongs to Southern soldiery.
It was AT the battle of tho Wilderness
that General Lee rode with uncovered
head ON "Old Traveller" to Hoods Texas
Brigade tof whom the Fourth Georgia
wus q conspicuous and historic part)
aui crlCd Fellow me, Texans or the day
Is lost" Tho lcf, wing was being over
wholmcd by the enemy. shoeless and
shrilcss. this old brigade, grander than
the Irish brigade at Balaklava, lcnped with
fearful and fearless dash to the front. fol.
loving Leo. when out from tho ranks
private soldier rushed TO the war horse
o. the great field marshal and led him
to tho rear by his vulcan arm, white the
Texans and The GeorElans were driving
back thrice their own numbers, At Chan
celiorsvile Il tall yesr-old hoy of the
artillery from nuncomb from North Caro-
lima. handled the torch at the command
Ready fire" The soldier was pale as
death and trembling from head to foot, but
with wohbllng arm and hand touched OH
The powder. while the guns Numbered.
ilN commander. 20 whom his dear mother
had entrusted her first born, cursed the
lal for cowardice. His reply to that
Southern soldier was; YES. | am afraid
but | am not losing deal; promised moth
er. to fight tn die, and | will' bu, Il
you, MIR. General. was half as bad skoer-
ed as | am you'd run Ike the devil" He
died al his pest Of duty. True moral oour.