The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-15
State Senator Bailey Eloquently
Tells WhyShc will Never
be Divided
SLORIEs OF THE PAS
And the Greatness Of the Present
Make her Inseparable.

hood bill, Senator Bailey made al
eloquent speech in which he use'
the following language.
Some Senators have expressed
a friendly sol:citude that we would
some day avail ourselves of the
privilege accorded to us by the
Union and divide our state into
Ev. states.
IF Texas had contained popu-
lation il IS4s sufficient to have
justified her admission asiivestates
it is my opinion that she would
have been so admitted then, because
the all absorbing slavery issue
which. happily. no longer vexes US.
but which completely dominated
American politics at that time
would have led to that result. !
will 90 further even than that, and
! will say that ii Texas were now
ave states, there would not be i've
men in either state who would OPP
pose seriously their consolidation
into one. Bat, Sir, Texaswas not
divided IN the beginning; Texas is
not divided now; and under the
providence at God she will not be
divided until the cad of time. Her
position is exceptional. and excites
within the minds OF all her citizens
Just and natural pride. She is
now the greatest Of all the states
in area. and certain 10 become tile
greatest III population, wealth and
influence. With such prinacy
assured 70 her, she could not be
expected to surrender it even to in /
crease representation even in this
body.
But, Mr.. President, while from
her proud eminence teday sheiooks !
upon : future as bright With |
promise aetver beckoned 4 people
no follow Uhern fate and fortune 1
lead it IS not 50 much the promise
of a future as It is the memory Of a !
greatand glorious past which ap-
peals to her against division. She |
could partition her fertile valleys |
and her broad prairies; she could |
her thriving towns and
growing cities; she could distribute !
her splendid population and won
derful resources, but she could not |
divide the fadeless glory Of those
days that are past and gone. To I
which Of her daughters could she
assign, interchangeable injustice
10 al the Others, the priceless in
heritance Of the Goliad, theAlamo, !
and the San Jacinto9 To which
would she bequeath the name of
Houston, Austin Fannin. Bowie. !
and Crockett> Sir. the fame of
these men and their less ilIustrious
but not less worthy comrades can
aot Be severed. They are the COM
non glory Of all, and their names
written upon the tables of her
grateful memCay so that all time /
hall not ciIace them. The story
II their mighty deeds which rescu-
d Texas from thc condition of q
i=spised and oppressed Mexican
'rovince and made her a free and
Independent republic still rouses il
be blood OF her men ike the sound /
{ trumpet. and we would not
orfeit the right to repeat it to our {
hildren even for many additional I
eats in this august bodS !
The world has never witnessed :
sublimer courage or a more un-
el6sh patriotism than that which J
Eliminates almost every page in
be early history ofTexas. Students
lay know more about Otherbattle-
eds. bug none was ever conse-
rated by the blood Of drawer men /
han those who fell at Goliad. His a
ria may not record it as one OF 4
ie great and decisive battles, but Q
le victory Of the Texans at San e
lcinto is destined to exert better
furHce upon the happiness Of The
1man race than all the conflicts Il
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