The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-11

: ride 10 Nashville, twenty-elxbt miles
!. write out his resignation a. e4yernor an,
leave Tor tne lndlan Territory befare day
ught 70 the most incredible thlng eve
saw in print.
The mournful facts as given by Gouls
in his celebrated history Of Early Time,
IN tennessee" are these: Alter Hous
soaa aeteimination to go into exile h,
spent TWO 6iys with his friends. DR.. shelb,
: aud General Williams, In arranging Ma OF.
hcisl sffaifs He sent his resignation "a
the secretary OF state by General Wii.
Hams. sne next morning he Went IN ala
gbise With Or. Shelby ana General VIII
iiams 70 tho steamboat bound for New Or
leans. IN which he went TO tho mouth ~
me Arkansas river. and thence 10 the
Cherokee Indians.
hut the world can rot understand WHY
a mere want OF congenidlity should make
TWO good persons 50 rnfsgnible and cnitse
their separation and drive General Hons
ION into exile. The world does not know
Sr mas iorgoIten tfere was a heart crush
ing grief from without gnawing on General
Houston's heart He had lust opened his
canvass Tor the second term as governor
ana to bis great establishment and grief
MS friend and predecessor. ex-Goyernar
William Carroll, who claimed TO be his
devoted friend and whom he had helped
70 elect three times, In mad, selfish am
and wished to be elected governor FOR the
fourth term and deprive General Houston
OF the usual honor OF the second term ana
70 MS greater grief many Of his protested
~ devoted friends whom he failed TO give
rat offices were focking 10 Ex-Governor
Carr.ll And the Indications we're that
.he wire working, am bitious Carroll would
be elected.
And when, the secrets OF all hearts are
revealed at the Judgment day n will he
round that the wire working Carroll had
as much TO do in driving the magnani
nous Houston into exile as the heautiful
Eliza H. Allen.
For Carroll and his ambitious friend,
caused Houston TO doubt the sincerity OF |
all men. II was just such a combination
as TINS that made King David. a man |
nfter Gods own heart, cry out. "Ob. |
that j had the wings OF dove, would
ny away and be at rest" And Il is iust
SUCH wire-working intriguing politicians
mat are driving so many politicians To a
urunkard's grave But an Advise God
overruled' all these things to make Hous-
ton the father OF Texas six times larger
than grand old Tennessee. and destined
10 become the grandest State between
the oceans
The great lesson to learn from this nm
.uItunate marriage is the crime of prosti-
Lutlng the holy institution OF marriage
Tor convenience. money or ambition. II
IS appalling TO see how many unhspuy
marriages and divorces are occurring al
most daily. And more cases In the United
states have been reported Of husbands
nuruerlng their wives in the year than in
my hfty years OF our National history.
AS happy homes form the only founda
Ion OF our government and civilization.
ct all patriots and especially all fathers
ina mothers be aroused to the ttuporiance
u happy marriages based on eongenlaiity
md devoted OBJECTION.
General Houston's marriage to the
lueenly, modest Miss Maggie Lee of Ala ,
anna, was one OF this kind and a nobler !
narrlage never knew. 1t was a para {
Use on earth and made Governor Hona-
on momlly and religiously a new man .
nd the father OF Texas And am han r
y to learn that Miss Eliza II. Allen,a y
1arriago to the pure and noble DR.. Doug !
ass. some years after her divorce. was
mlnently happy and blessed with largo
amily OF devoted children,