The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-05

from which mas flowed results frsugst vim
bTedom happiness and Patriotic nrhievc.
ii,ehls sccori 90 no declaration ever mace
| 10y any people.
INC day las been declared by the STATE
! government holiday, but there mas never
| p'tn 40 attempt 60 celebrate 1t With tnat
| patriotic ardoc that rs Importance iustlfcs
! * 70 perpetuatc the hallOwed memories
tsn lg e,ustcl Afernd The achievements OF the
ladnleis - the republic,
why Is this sof Was not the declaration
! uaseu upon as pure aud vital principlesf
Msre not our fathers lnihncd With as great
laraiion " American indepcndehce' ana
] las not rs great benehts comparatlvely
hewed from the rtsultg
! NJ one acquainted with tho history Of the
MpNnlc ana tho state OF Texas Will deny
4 mat their annals form some al thc very
] urightest pages ~ American history ana
snlne like brilliant stars in the armament
\ H., iia,iohai glory, mdimmed by superior
/ brightness from amy other
We are here as natives OF that republic
/ 10 SET 10 motion that wave that ought To
J naNc been rolling these long years. 70 com.
Z nl'murate that declaration. and TO do honor
( 70 our fathers who wrought such grand
] achievements as am addcpda to American
liberty and Independence.
4 Nhat government was ever founded upon
I Il stronger ana surer foundation than thar
4 o. the Republic Of Texas; that gave "a one
| OF US reasons for Its declaration OF indie
& pendenee the fact that the mother govern.
ui'ent lalled to educate its children, when
! y noes IN these mpmentous words. lit has
! failed TO establish any public system at
; tuuchtlon, although possessed " almost
pugnaiess resources 1.-THE public domain),
aiu Wthough IL Is an axiom In political
sVlSSnceS that unless a people are educated
ana enlightened Il Is Idle to expect the con.
/ selt-goyernmcntn
This was no Idle declaration. for when
. of hn wa astns
tS9 III convention on the 10th OF March,
lo3ti signed on the 18th OF March, and rat!
ecu nS lhe people ON the first Monday IA
ton Of the general provisions. contained
/ this mandate. 1T shall be the duty Of
I congress, as soon as circumstances Will pcr.
MT to provide by law Il general system o.
How well this election has beea carried
I out is manifested by the hundreds II neat
| and connexions school buildings IN every
! nelghborhond, hamlet. town and city IN the
STATE, and by the thousands OF children that
/ Wend their way 10 ana from III sc public
/ institutions every morning and evening, aud
| by the happy throngs of chIldreu that AN
hgally VISIT the Texas state fair Oh every
| educational day.
! These arc monuments that stand 10 the
! memory " The fathers ~ tile RepUalic
/ mere durable than piles q granite or mar
on The 10Th day Of January. 1880. the
congress- Of tho Republic placed upon her
/ statues another principle th1t has become
! embedded Into the organic law Of the StGte
! and euerafted upon the laws Of most % thc
! states OF thC American onion that exhibits
| the wisdom and patriotism Of the founders
81 the government beyond that Of any other
| founded
l allude here to what is known At the
| hcNcstcad laws, that exempt from forced
! sale the hcmc Of the head of tie family aud
| enough personal property to enable him 60
! provide q sufficient Income for the support
| OF the wife and children. rhc home IS the
! fortress Of the family that should ever be
/ sacred from the touch Of adverse Circum-
stances and to the unfortunate free from
| the rapacious hand Of the importuuatC cred
| ttor This benign principle has been With
! Jealous care sustained and upheld as II
| should he, ana VIII ever continue as one
\ Of the most sautary principles Of govern
| ment No man gives credit to another but
! With full knowledge Of the fact that he can
| never lay his hand on the home " the fam
] lily. lie knows well that these cluster
! around the wife and children 10 shield
them flom the blasts Of the cold winters
| wind and from the torture of hunger,
! against the misfortune of adversely, as
| their only bulw0rk against the demands of
| financial greed ana The rup0Clous clutches
| OF the Shylockian creditor, and render II
| ever possible for them TO have com
| potency through the most dire extremity OF
| circumstances, Tho whole American people
| stand today Indebted 10 the founders of The
| Republic Of Texas for this great principle
Of human care, that is the hulwark Of the
weak and unfortunate, | might revert TO.
| many more evidences of the patriotism aud
| wisdom of our fathers. but time and lin
| patience to witness the evidences OF the
| industry aud thrift, the great resources Of
untold wealth that We're made possible by
| the wisdom Of our fathers, by which we are
| surrounded today forbid that / should en-
| ter Into discussun of then. They buii led
| better than they supposed They opened
| the way. while they themselves pissed
through the greatest hards Rps and dan.
| gers for The spanning OF I've country IN
| every direction with the great arteries OF
| commerce. by which we are enabled t.
| come here and witness the wonderIul prog
| ress and gigantic strides toward what must
| he the fruitlon of their fandest hopes TIE
| transition from the old rude steel hand Mill
] to the moCcrn methods or manufacturing
our Dreadstuifs; from the primitive methods
! OF cultlvatlng Jur corn and cotton 20 the
| grently improved machinery that surrounds
| rs here today and tic great diveIslhcati0n
! that ushers upon us a new era from tue
| old log school house, With the master"
| and the rude methods and books. to the
| elegant buildings and improved books and
methods by which we educate our children.
| When we look back 20 our childhood we
can but stand appalled, at the wonderful
! advancement.
For the first time such number of rho
| natives" of the Republic have come To-
rether i bid you a hearty welcome au1
| grasp OF the hand ~ each other You who
| were born beneath the Single star; the
star that arose on san Jncinto plain; that
| adorned the banner long since furled; that
! ncatc1 so proudly ard najestically over the
land whose people wrought the loon OF
freedom and independence from the iron
| hand of the tyrnnt dcspot and sent rolling
down the corridors Of time the watchword
| ''Rem einber the Alamo the banner that
| ueye. trniled IN the dust, whose proud sons
reyer fatered, whether on the field Of car
mage. or the forum, or N legislative halls
have stood the peers OF the oravest and the
| wisest
The only Star that vas annexed. not al.
mitted into the constellation Of National
I starg TINT adDisug the National 0auue~, aLl
las ever shone with the most lustrous
brightness ever pointing back 70 The ever
memorable Alamo an1 Golad and tue bril-
haut achievement on San Jacintos battle
| neld.
Let that Star forever shine and spread
It's rcTrlRent rays Of light over a wise, a
proud ii brave and honest and patriotic ct
izenship.