The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-16
HIS SECOND

"oS On oPPS1t ACA al ihNANdSN
e pensions tor surviving veterans
s the Mexican war. II was in pa
as follows:
{ Sir, what were tie results of tho,
! splendid campaigns? Measure then
y if you will, by the most grossly mat,
:. realistic standards; forget, if you d,
e sire, all the panoply and glory of wa
/. per Sc; count sacrifices as sacrifice
\ nothing: let the inclination TO rewar
the brave who fight at the country
: call, without reference to results, bu
simply because they did their duty i
the way that beseemeth men-let thi
have no Influence If you will, and loo
solely to results. What were thos
results? Ask Texas, aud Texas viii
5 tell you that with their blood ant
sweat they sealed forever what Texa
yalor had won at San Jacinto, as sh,
, remembered the Alamo Applause
Az New Mexico and Arizona, anc
their answer will be they brought u.
TO this nation with our prodigious re
sources, and salubrious climates, our
vast capacities for the development OF
a splendid empire.
Ask California, and she will tell YOU
"They gave you me, with all my splen-
dor, my glorious past, my magnificent
future, my vast wealth of forest and
fruit and golden store" Applause J
They gave to this country, sir, more
than 5000 square miles of land. an
empire four times larger than Great
Britain itself. They brought as the
frultage Of their tolls and marches the
three largest (if pending Territorial
legislation shall be enacted) States of
this Union, Texas, California, Arizo-
ma, each of which has within itself
resources, men capable of creating in
itself an empire vaster and more pow
erful than ever was Rome in the SUI
premest heights of her imperial glory,
and in each of which there will be
cities fairer far than was Athens OF
the violet crown. applause
Sir, measure the merits of the sur
viving veterans Of the Mexican War
by the most materialistic standards;
forget that for the fact that they
fought alone, irrespective of results,
1t is duty to serve them now consd-
er nothing but what they accomplish
ed, can this great, rich government
richer by an unreasonable quantum
on account Of their tolls afford to say
to the 1000 now left of that splendid,
courageous band anything other than
that 1--WE will minister to your com
fort during the few years you have
remaining" All, no, Mr.. Chairman,
surely not; surely not. In the heyday
of their lives they fought for genera
tions yet unborn. Our children IS chill |
dren will not see the full fruitage of
the seeds they planted before you or [,
sir, were born. Beyond the bounds in
the distant land, Ia the sweet sensu-
GUS summer land Of the MonteZumaS,
they upheld the glory of American
arms and bore aloft the American flag.
The soldiers marched across plain
and desert; the sands of foreign land |
drank the blood they shed for the in
tegrity of American prestige, and lib
erty blossomed where they fell-blos-
somed, sir, in vast empire which
their valor won for US all. The sailors
going down to the sea in ships like
wise did their duty to their country,
justified that country's boasts, illum-
ined that country's history, glorified
that country's traditions and tales
Withholding approval of the war
in the Philippines, Mr. Garrett
added: "But, sir, shall never visit
my displeasure upon any soldier
who, responding to his country's
call, went where his country asked
him to go to help bear aloft his
flag. l stand ready as
one of the humblest members of
this great body to vote every time
for any act of justice to any man
who wears or has worn this coun-
Lry's uniform and given his best
and bravest at his country's call and
N behalf of her flag, in whatever .
war, in whatever cause, on sea or
IN land. in sunshine or in shadow"
According to the record his speech
was greeted with loud and frequent
applause. The Nashville American
reprints the extract and adds that
Congressman Goulden, o. New
York, a veteran of the Civil War,
who followed Mr. Garrett, said:
First, | wish to extend my hearty
TO the gentleman
from Tennessee (Mr. Garrett) for
the very able and patriotic speech :
which he has made upon the floor
If this House, and to predict for
him a bright future in the halls of