The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-05
THE FOURTH AT HOUSTON.
lIlow the Day Was Observed with In.
iereSting Celebrations.
CELEBRATION FOR BOWLING MONUMENT
THE Clerks and Woodmen Garry Big
Crowd to the Bay Shore--Features
OF the Celebration.
CELEBRATION FOR BOWLING MONUMENT

~ Yesterday In Houston was very much like
30 quiet Sunday. Nearly all the stores
4Nwere closed and thousands of people were
Ntaken cut Of town by the holiday diver.
sions that had been arranged The clerks
Rfand Woodmen took mn Immense crowd TO
" La Porte and crowds were going and com,
#lng all day between the city and Magnolia
2Apark, whore the day was being celebrated
hoy the Dick Bowling Monument associa.
$ton with very Interesting program for
#the Benefit of the Bowling monument fund
N The patriotic feature OF this entertain
smeuI was the reading of the Declaration
NJ Independence by Mr.. john inland of
#t'2Neston and very scolnrly Grafton nv
AZ o"ionel Robert g. Street also Of Golvc,
VI ttn Seionel Street was introduced by Rev.
Tx ataer Donnell5, who, taking Dick Dow.
S8llug as ms teNt paid Il glowing tributc
E,o re bravery and chivalry OF tue IrIsn
-
Colobei Street discussed the Confederate
ssAha spoke in part as follows:
E Ienuenlen OF the DICK DpwIioc Nom.
s'p'ht ASSGeiaitou Comrades ann Fpll1w.
ff !il@ehs-lh7 causes that led to the defeit
iN "a uhal 0oWhiail OF the tonfegerac nTc
H fnce SO numerous and 50 appalrpf n =
8EbeN thought worth while to cnniu. IN q
IA usni' me inquiry into the causes of do.
III ~ ~ y SnalloMed M ia aina2 m2nt that
54he SonIeuerntes ngaiust such oyerwbeIm.
.lns o1qS SHOULD have been able So long to
III i1lhtalh The struggle ana 10 keep The r..
Ssfu!t doubtful ENen when A. Is sone5nt IN
tclte the causes OF defcRt the most potent
sEs the one most frequently omitted, because
AttheIs are more readily seen while II is
}tsplI the CAUSING; cause Of an others The
IN Nhi euerhtr states were overcome NOT
s1r ,t tne s strmy, but by III, navy of the
SNaNl Ghe officers OF the United states
Havy Communicating ships who cast their tor
stunes with the Confedcracv were All in
atltlNlEO DOitS at the bpuiuuiuo OF fha xsrqr
and N every instance brought their ships
bto Northern ports and turned them over
II" the Federal Authorities before repairing
Nfo their respective STATES ana ten.lering
Ihen services to the CGufedeiacy an az
straE,ia,gance OF sentiment there Is no d,s-
+ position TO crlticisP. The Stars and Ba
beyer hoated on The high seas except ( ON
rev crNSets scarcely from apT two M
fth" same time--lcslgned to prey On the
enemys merchant ships; the most notable
ef which were tho Sumpter ana the Ala
pama' SuecesSiyely commanded nv the Iohn
tbe gallant Raphael Semmcs. letters Of
ihafque were ISSUED 10 few small YES
thau the capture Of e0e priyaieer Savannah
fbhd Inc Indictment of her officers and
tiew Tor piracy the prosecution being
abandoned under threats Of retaliation by
4 president Davis Tho utmost the Con II
crate naval authorities were able IL effect
Mas the construction aud conversion OF a
afeW vessels as rams aud guuiooats adapted
laculy for the defense Of rivers and harhors
htterly Inadequate in number and sadly
ne asa ~, m, ~ egnlpmGht; ana TEXAS ports
%fense II was not alone or chiefly by the
BLOCKADE Of al Southern ports from Ncr-
folk 10 the Rio Grandc that the United
strument of our destruction 1t was SO n
81 an early day. on both sides, that the
nost vulnerable point of tho Coufedcracy
ssnas its liability to be penetrated at ms
mapy different points ard cut M into as
nany different sections, su9iert to &C Ii
patton or control by the Federal army e.
a1Nerltins from II naval base. as II had
WI avfRabie rivers All the 'hardships i'm
irosed at home and in the field by being
& rut off from communication with foreign
lands were, and would have continue TO
b.. borne with herolsm: even the dehcl MY
I. In arms ana ammunition were In manner
4 supplied hy the Developments 81 their man
pfacture within the Confcdcraey. sun
A riennented by captures on the field. bu, 10
ssthe progressive occupation or control Of
Southern territory hy he possession Of l X
waterways BY the. Federal navy, and its
consequent ACKNOWLEDGMENT. there cuull 10
9var. In February, 1852. occurred that most
niscreditahe of all acts in the annals of
knell that foretold the fatsfHl day at APP
pomattoS With the possession thus oil.
talned OF the Tennessee and Cumberland
fivers the evacuation of Bowling Green aud
BIC. abandonment of Nashville becama
nllitary necessity. We never. recovered
b hold in continuous occupation a 10
% the ground thus lost, were never abe
sfo wrest from tue enemy the strategic ID
cred from the loss OF prestige thus for
feited
people for driving one TO his death under
"a cloud of unmerited abuse, then has it
been made by the people of the South TO
The shade of that splendid soldier. knightly
gentleman and devoted patriot. to waoln
a president Davis wrote IN the hour of his
Erestesl trial to cypress his nnlmtnished
3 niyinr, used those memorable words. Tho
asfcst Of merit In my profession. with tho
think it Is right Albert Sidney JOHN,
sion,
M successfully fell the forts at the m nth
of he Mississippi and Nicksbms and Pot
iIfGdson, giving control over the whole
10 9Th OF the Mississippi, and AZ Mobile
pith possession of adjacent, waters was
fnr1es occupied Galveston and, tho t. hu-
tarr waters being tno shallow for tbeic
funbrats. sought later 70 penetrate the
and Red rivers
Love cf. true glory is the most suhlime
nsssion NJ the human soul | know there
nre those who dcrlde senshlity 10 this
continent, but then. while they call them
NiNcs practical aud others. visionary, aie
deer feeling or lofty sentiment, Did The
Battle Of Thermopolae preserve Greece but
ence? Whilst the Mssissippi continues 10
e'ar the ttibntes Of its fertile valleys, OF
rs iron mountains and the Allpghapies to
DC Gnic Of Mexico, the Sth of Sentcm-
Dot 1863 shall he remembered and the
: glory If that day shall stimulate future
Rnriots and nerve the arms ~ nnborn
neemon In driving the presumntious IN
xader from or soil. The love OF glory is
s Fscnarably blended with love If honor and
% untrr, with devotion TO women and pre-
Y Noting care for the weak and inferfr.
& Every act Of noble sacrifice, every In
Nance Of patriotic -leYoton has its hene
neal Influence. "a nations character Us
BIC sum III its splendid deeds;" they con
tltute sne common patrimony. the ma
Eon Inheritance. They awe foreign pow
fis, they arouse and animate our own
People. II love glnrv" exclaimed Henry
4 Jay. 1T IL a sentiment which ought to he
Eherishcd and will 6naly conduct this
nation 10 that height 20 which God and
Hnture have destined It,"
M There !s In warmth 81 temperament Ia
fnplusiyeneSs. in yalor o. the love al glory,
t W. the worship Of tho Ideal, uniiy OF
fgrecment of sentiment between the sons
4f this Southland az ours and sons ~ that
Beautiful island bathed by OUT own gulf
fireau. that lies on the other Side Of the
Ntlaniir. famons In song and stcry, that
bas given 10 the werld more thai its share
ff Ceuius ard greatness; that has been
prolific Ia statesmen, warriors ana poets
p hose brave and generous sous have fougAt
successfully all battles hut their 0wn; that
~ wit aud huulnr has 10 equal. whilt lis
faTD. like its history, moves 10 tears by
BIS sweet hut melancholy pathes tine
freen isle Of Erin. In whatever cline tbhy
n vrhe II