The Papers of Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, Volume III

PAPERS OF l\IIR.ABE.AU BUON.AP.ARTE LAM.AR 195 San Jacinto; a true lover of his country's cause- the sacred cause of liberty. By A. C. Horton.- Our National Character- the main pillar of our strength :-Let us preserve its integrity without spot and without blemish. By Maj. S. Whiting.-James H. Hall, our host:-He deserves our thanks for the excellent dinner he has prepared for us. By Doc. S. G. Haynie.-The United States, England, France and Texas :-JI.fay they maintain eternal friendship. By Alexander Russell.-The commercial and agricultural prosperity of our country :-May they unitedly receive the vigilant protection of our most profound statesmen, able legislators, and wise counsellors, as the firm basis upon which every nation becomes exalted, and advances to that pre-eminence which Texas so proudly and magnanimously de- desires to attain. By P. l\Iiller.-Prosperity to the Republican Sisters-the United States and Texas; gratitude to their respective fathers, Washington and Houston. By Geo. M. Collinsworth.-General Sam Houston, Ex-President: The soldier and the statesman; we have tried him once, and we will try him again. . Dr. Johnson.-With pleasure we greet our friends from any state or country; but if they remain among us, we wish them to become Texians. By James Burke.-Education: Upon its general diffusion among the people of Texas, mainly depends the permanent prosperity of our re~ public :-may its interests be zealously and faithfully sustained by the members of the present Congress. By H. C. Hyde.-Anson Jones :-He deserves to be Vice-President. With such men as Sam Houston and Anson Jones at our head, Texas will have nothing to fear. Ev A. H. l\Ioore.-General Sam Houston :-Texas has in him the honest advocate, and protector of public liberty; long may he live and enjoy the society of his friends. By Thomas Wm. Ward.-Hon. A. S. Johnston.-The soldier in the field, and the statesman in the cabinet. By W. S. Hansborough.-General Felix Houston :-He possesses all the elements of the soldier and the gentleman; Kentucky done [sic] her duty when she gave him birth. By B. J: Hunter.-Texas, our adopted country :-1\Iay we be as will- ing to maintain her rights, as she is to receive us. By J. W. Hayden.-General Sam Houston :-The best bower anchor of the ship, and her only reliance when among the breakers. By David Harry.-The hero of San Jacinto-the Ex-President: l\Iay he be the next. By Dr. R. F. Brenham.-1\fay the guardians of her political destiny never forget the old but true naxim, that "the price of Liberty is eternal vigilance. By J. D. 1\i'Leod.-1\Iexico :-The patrimony of the young and the brave; the sooner divided amongst us, the better.

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