The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-20

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i state- seeded from the Union and all The
southern states followed, stood back on
their reserve rights, ana 4 now nation WIZ
born with Jefferson Davis as its president,
ana At the fanic instant Abraham Lincoln,
the constitutional president, became :
traitor to thc United States In violation Of
the constitution
armor. their heritage OF honor. rather than
rec the great principles thrust beneath
them. When Lincoln struck down the con.
stitution he struck down the old flag, and
thus was contaminated the crime OF the
age.
When Victor Hugo wrote In one OF nil
| works q history OF the crime In France he
portrayed an account OF the history OF Ma
poleon Ill when he seized the crown, and
| we may now look forward TO a historian
| yet TO arise and portray the usuipation oil
| the rights OF the South. When we realize
that the crime OF the age was the liberation
OF the negro we can also realize that II
would have been only a question OF time
| under our wise controlling Influence when
| they would have had a fine chance 10
| establish themselves II they had not been
| disturbed. But now they win pass away
like the Indian, and like them become
practically lost MS a people to themselves.
| | declare the system OF slavery right, and
| you may take the two men. the negro and
r
turc will draw from the rich stores OF
knowledge possessed by the whto man.
Our champion, Lee gave battle to not
only tho North alone. but to all their re-
sources. He drove Mcclellan from the field
after him Pope fell back: then Burnside.
and Hooker went down before his lance.
grand achievement. let lis applaud. Yet
there WAS limit to the resources behind
him. and worn out he fell back on the field
OF Appomatiox. but he fell back like d Ma
polcon and there stood ready TO die. faith
ful 10 his country and his cause. Yet with
consistency and a broken heart laid down
his sword as he saw the Confederacy and
It's cause dying around him
see before me now the omen wounds
OF the South ana from Florida to Virginia
the wall was carried And thou. too, Bru-
tug, even my brother. stabbed to death
on our own soil. Two nations. eight mil
lions against twenty In warfare ON account
OF slaves, nc last patience ceased to he a
virtue and we bowed our heads To the yoke
! have seen that general grand and magniii-
cent mt the head Of his army mighty in
his many victories hut he appeared grand
est in his sadness when he gave M his
sword at Annomattox, a hero in every act.
The Confederate States were with him
as one grand senate like an adamantinc
wall.
tPointlnr TO the stars and stipes). /
hate that Tag. | hate 1t and 1--we sub
servient to IT, because NV uonor demands
II, my interest demands II. what are We
10 do? Plutocracy III grasning us bv the
throat, daughters OF the Confederacy, In
whose hands is now the cause, 1et them
come on. aud Az thcy come baptlze them
with The waters of sorrow we hayo suffered
and constraiu them to the upbuildng of
TINS whole country; lhcn we can say to tho
world In uoetc justice, We have saved our
land aud In ohnmpioninS The principles of
state rights we may save the Union. Act
ing on that principle we can secure the
grandest principle Of government and then
Thomas letfersoa rather than Washington
should be called the father of his country,
as when We stood only three millions In
stead OF now with eighteen millions and We
have oven now more tories along our coast
than we had in revolutionary tines.
admire Great Britain. but we must cement
entire continent and unite all with bands -
steel, making us more substantial In these
times as the greatest of all nations and tho
most prosperous pe1plc that ever existed on
the face OF the earth.
Judge kittrell then thanked the speaker
In behalf OF the Daughters of the Confcder-
acy md suggested their intention to keep
green the memory OF the hero Lee by fit
tinsly celebrating each yoar his birth
day
Fiue Fires.
AZ 7.so p m. yesterday tho fire depart
men, WIS called to No III Hamilton street
to handle fire caused by detective fue
The house WAS occupied by l. Hirsch and
owned by Joe Msthcr. Tho damage was
not over s15
The alarm early yesterday morning was
for n burning flue at 1slS Kane street