The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-09

| and 81 arrhitccturc rc,naincd prc-cminont
| ana nrc sim received as models. white tnt
laurel on tlomcr's brow Is as green rs wnen
As Aeneas carried old Anchiscs on ms
| shoulders from burning Troy. 70 should w
| rescue from destruction that great buiwarx
Of liberty. States rights
win conclude with some lines Of my cwo
| on THE Philosophy OF slavery. AZ seen
Through the limitations Of Naturc;r
| The South Of old sat crowned with light.
In majesty OF Thought
Ana thought went forth and swept tho axurc
To reach tho source OF thought.
She learned that Natures ready hand
Displays her visions storc
OF laws plain secn--God's rentineis that
stand
About carth's hu,warked shore.
sh, saw tho pale-faced moon come forth.
And lead the tidal waves,
In willins haste they lenpins rise. not iotn
TO quit their stagnant caves.
Then back rett IN, obcdient "a
The moons compelling power,
Those mighty waters. shaped for veal or woe,
Take form OF wisdom's denver.
Grand ia the moons viccgerency!
1t gives the waves their birth.
Whose swelling glcrias oternally
She saw the mountains robo OF snow.
Cast on in piteous tear
Cion the fevcrcd, sleeping earth below,
Her lofty, radiant sphere.
There was a loss. thero was sain;
Eprth's incense sped ON high,
Each in its place-the mountain aud the
plain
Fulfilling dcstiny.
Sbo snvzy,ut ,Vhv nro,onc p,x ,n~S
Tho bird and beast doth know
That eagles build whore iightnings play;
That sparrows build below,
That notes OF swan no wren can gain;
That snaile will ever crawl:
That steeds will dance and charge wherc
bullets rain.
Tho OK will sock his stall.
Should musings vague and opcd-eyed wonder
Impatient cpyoys from your mind to mIne--
And ask why Slayory = my thnme--a thing n
ga ,ss}. ~ Hast seen
A bird with plun,nge fair, tho all unused
To lofty hight. adventurous wing essay,
Among the humble beauties of its world,
Whcn through cnsement with incautions
r2 Wing,
II fallsg Against those narrow sitting BOUNDS
OF mans device u beats tn bruised winga
In impotence. I'LL OF despair iii born
A greater strength. and from those continues
dark
Into broad natures realm it buoynnt scars.
So |, In wandering round Parnassus' base,
nc list tho minatrcsy OF Northern ba,ds,
ny chance did como upon q cavern darn
Called ''Hymns on Slavery urid flames
tNrcm funeral pyrc of Truth did grcwsome
blend
with hissos as OF reptiicsl Forth icw.
AL from grand Natures teachings answer
found.
OH false and trcachorous North! To take
Tho gold that Sunthron paid thee foi thy
slaves
And mold It into crown OF Righteousness
For thy false brow! oh. false aud trcach'r-
o,Is North.
To tako tho ropo on which thy slaves did
And twino Il o'cr with wreath OF sanctityi
Oh. fnlso and trcacherons North! To pluck n
brand j
From out the flames In which thou cast thy
slaves
And place 1t In the hand of Southern alayel
Awake now. my harp, let thy wild numbers
AS the oagle shoots up when the loud tem-
pest cries.
Awake! for tho South is now laggard to hear
Any sound but the Intc and tho voices OF
cheer.
Tho noises OF traffic. and nuazing Of wheels.
Tho clink OF tho dollars. aud business auaia,
This clashng and dnshing, lia huSz ana .n'
whr.
Tho rafting and rolling, the noise and the
sir,
Have sienocd the voices OF bard and OF Tyre.
Whose numbers once burned with the patrl-
OF fre.
From the rivers ard dclls from the noun
tains and plain.
Comes "A voice of wnIing, us tho ora
South slaln?''
No. no. she cndurcth; her spirt's not flown
Though another has seized her acepter ana
Tia. other. tho "Now South" fun many
proclaim.
But j. / know better, that's not her true
name.
Dor name in Expediency; and she sprang
krom the smoke Of tho battle. whom victory
rang
From the ranks of tho foo, as no dealt tho
heart thrust,
And tho blood OF tho South mingled free with
Fair Ia this maid Expodcncy,
Az ahe morrily trips along;
she plnyeth her part full warly.
Her song liz the mock birds song.
The South was right but the North wes not
This is tho burden of her song.
IL tho North were not wrong. pray who VIVA
Why WAS tho war, II neither WINS wrong?
II the North were not wrong. aud tho south
was right,
Pray, will you tell me. why was tho nghty
II the North were not wrong, she must have
been right!
Who. who will solve mo this riddle arightY
- "A
Immigration 10 south Texas.
Port Arthur Herald.
The immigration from the North to the
gulf coast country promises to be greater
this year than ever before. Not only this
place, but others East and West OF us
have had an unusual number OF visitors
investigating the deslrsbiIity or taking I'D