Richmond Palladium (Daily), 13 January 1906 — Page 3
THE MORNING PALLADIUM SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1906.
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! THE ALAMO: SPIRIT OF THE AMERICAN FRONTIER
(By X. Y. Z.)
however, did not fear the result. They held the Mexican soldiery in contempt and felt within themselves the assuring strength of a righteous cause. In any event they preferred warfare to oppression, annihilation to political servitude. Considering the scornful answer of the Texans as a challenge for war, Santa Anna at once put in motion a well equipped army of five thousand men. His forceful march was unchecked, and with a path of devastation marking their cruel advance through Texas, the Mexican troops took up the siege of the Alamo at San Antonio. Jn the Alamo stone mission, whose ground plan was in the form of a sacred cross, were gathered one hundred and eighty-three Americans. Well versed in the art of forest craft, they had ample chance to escape, and notwithstanding that death was inevitable, everv Texan remained with the fort. Colonel Triis showed his courage hy replying to Santa Anna's summons for surrender with a cannon shot. For eleven days the Mexicans besieged the mission without result. Their charges were repulsed and their cannonading was without avail. Santa Anna realized that an assault would be necessary to gain the fort, and at four o'clock on, that memorable Sunday morning. March (5th, his buglers brke tie quietude of the j.ain by th.'ir harp calls, "to arms, to arms." Bugle answered bugle, and for miles around the plains echoed with the shrill refrain. The tones were imperative and cruel. In wild savage gusls. the military bands played the infamous Duquelo, sounding in every ear. "no quarter, no quarter." Simultaneously -with the appearance of lights in the circling camps, came a prolonged shout, the booming of cannon, an awful murmurous tumult mingled with shrieks and curses. The Mexican troops were taking up their arms. Warned by these activities that the expected moment was at hand, the Texans were assembled on the plaza, but not to trumpet notes of preparation. No banner beckoned her defenders on to combat, nor did worthy general, on gallant charger, inspire his troops to final effort. No; If the Texans sought inspiration they must get it from the sombre walls of the little church or from the dull room of the hospital. To the simple order of their commander for attention, they grasped their rifles more tightly and listened carefully to his charge. ' "Fellow soldiers' said he, "the crisis has come, your commander has sworn never to surrender or retreat and the end must be victory or death. Yet there is still time to escape, and I desire that all who want to leave me, do it freely. But all those who want to die like heroes and patriots, come over to me." Every man stepped to the side of his commander. Calm and resolute they repaired to their stations on the wall to await the breaking of the battle storm, 'undaunted by the prospect, unshaken by the fearful odds before them. The siege has ended; the battle is on. Hemmed within narrow walls of stone, one limited and eighty-three Amercans are to meet the 'Mexican five t' ousand. A meagre band, determined to stand for -liberty and its rights is to do bavtle with a foreign horde, dominated by lust for conquest and greed for power. Tu numbers, a second David accepts the challenge of a second "'Goliath. David cannot win; his sling of right and' justice, breaks before the over powering force of superior strength. Though crushed in body, the spirit of the Texans did 'not die, and receiving from it new inspiration, the 'remaining settlers rose in their righteous might and threw off the Mexican yoke of 'oppression forever. Twice driven back by the Texan defenders, the Mexicans rush to the third attack at the point of cavalry bayonets. The forces of the Texans, being insufficient to protect the entire wall, the Mexicans find a vantage jxint. and swarming over the Avail they fall into the foit. Wherever possible their artillery is trained on the Texans, and they fall like grain before the reaper. Kvery spot is a battle ground. Fired by a spirit of liberty, the Texans fight till every man is a bleeding sacrifice. Overwhelming numbers have won the day for Santa Anna. Love of freedom had fallen, but such was its fall that it rose again with a might which gave Texas to freemen and laid low a tyrant. . That evening the bodies of the
dead Texans are gathered together in a huge pyramid, the torch is ap-
By one single force, appreciated by fa mnA 1ocniurl tiv Winnv. 'ES wild
AVVT 4HIU ,,v. , J J J 7 and brutal, have all the various and divergent peoples that now constitute the population of the United States, been Americanized one single great force,- the force of ' the 4 wr ntiar
Immediately after the thirteen colonies established their independence, many of the settlers on the Atlantic seaboard became restless, and looking across the Alleghenies, resolved to conquer a portion of the great territory beyond. That first step across the original boundary of the United States was the beginning of a movement which did not end till the frontier had vanished, and these brave conquerors had been hammered, by their hard surroundings, into a type characteristically American. The advance of the frontier has meant a steady movement away from the influences of Europe, a sturdy growth of independence, and
resultant political, economical ana social conditions, which have crystilized and preserved this American type. The story of the recession of that great area of free land tells graphically of America's development. Productive of individualism, our frontier has prornoV'd democracy. What the Mediterranean was to the Greek, breaking the bond of custom, offering new experiences and calling out new institutions and activities, that and more, the ever retreating frontier has been to the United States directly, and to the nations of Europe more remotely. And now four centuries after' the discovery of Amctiei, and at the end of a hundred years under the constitution, the frontier has gone and with its goijig has closed the first period of America's history. The march of tjie frontier 1ms meant more than the mere unresisted spreading of the people across a vast tract of land. It has meant a fight with nature, the subduing of savage animnls, and the still more savage lied Man. Here was engendered that spirit of indomitable persistency which enabled the United States to give to the world the services of a t -1 t i i: ia
iiurnwii, u unicorn uim u iuumm en. But the chief effect of this long continued border warfare was to make more marked the spirit of individual self sufficiency, to create in the pioneer a feeling of impatience at outside interference and to give to his way of looking at territory a dis
tinctly military aspect. He stood where he was because he was conqueror; he had wrested his lands from the rightful' Indian lords.
Early in the nineteenth century, this well-rooted doctrine of "manifest destiny" added to statehood, many choice tracts of land in the Middle West, but yo where is this peculiarly unconquerable spirit of true Americanism shown so clearly as in the winning of that empire of the southwest, the state of Texas In action here are seen America's most typical sons: molded from the best parts of nature, they were most worthy to struggle for ore of her 'choicest spots. The 'conquest of Texas js not only characterized by a stubborn tight against the wilderness but to this is added thv' overt '".low of foreign domination. In this war to gain a mammoth stretch of America's frontier is found the battle of the Alamo, the most glittering instance of military heroisn, to Avhich the. admiration of the world has ever been .attracted. Though, a mistake in strategical warfare this" battle served a far greater purpose than many well planned military , combats. True, the Texan commander bliinbred, and every man defending the Alamo.was killed, but the way in which those immortal one hundred arid eighty-three met death, gave strength to the trembling arms of the Texan woodmen, and enabled them to stand np to the, world and say, "we are froo men." i By the Mexican struggle for independence in the year 1S2.1, the territory which is now the state, of. Texas, passed from under the control of Spain to Mexico. The self assert , iveness and sturdy independence of the Americans, was the only impediment to the consummation of President Santa Anna's hoje of a mrilary,desKtism, and in an effort to intimidate the Americans, he demanded their fire anus. In reply he revived the audacious and laconic answer, "if you want our ams, come and take them." That message of the Texans meant Avar, a struggle of thirty thousand 1 men, women and children,
out poorly armed, against a country with a population of eight million
whose soldiers were eouinned as
those of great nations. The Texans, plied and the end is not unfitting; for
as the dead demigod in the heroic age was laid upon his funeral pyre, as the dead Viking in later times was burned with his ship, so here, too, our American heroes. The winds must have carried the smoke of that fire to the nostrils of every Texan, for at the call of General Sam. Houston, the patriot, Texans rose in every quarter to avenge the crime of the Alamo. A month following the battle, the Texans and Mexicans met at San Jacinto. "Remember the Alamo" was the Texan battle cry, and they fought as though inspired With power from above. The Mexicans were put to route and Santa Anha was captured while making a bold dash for liberty. At the request of Gen. Sam. Houston he signed a treaty giving Texas her independence. True to their birth, the pioneers of the Lone , Star Republic longed to come into the Union and in 1S45 Texas took her place as one of the proud commonwealths of the great American republic. Now, the people of Texas, rejoicing in the fullness of nature's bounty and secure in their happy homes, can well pause to pay tribute to the defenders of the Alamo, the Texan frontiersmen, the true Americans
and, not only the people of Texas, but
the whole nation can join in the trib
ute for the American people, now on
the threshold of a wider career are
beginning to appreciate the place of
the pioneer m our history. They now see that his rugged qualities in the development of the West have been the determining factor in every
stage of our history. Internal im
provements, the tariff, slavery, in fact, all our chief problems have aris
en either directly or indirectly out
of the ever advancing frontier. The frontiersman went forth not only as a builder of homes, but as a builder of states, and in thirty-two spots in the broad West he drew aside the curtain of the wilderness and revealed civilization. At the close of the eighteenth century, Indians as wild animals held domain in the now fertile Mississippi valley; at the foot hills of the Rockies, where nestle schools and churches of a civilized race, their heartless cries rang through the tangled wilds and on the western coast where harvesters now glean nature's choicest fruits, played the solitary God-like Ocean, seldom viewed by Christian eyes. . And now behold the change! Useless to dwell on our inexhaustive resources, on our massive industries and our imperishable qualities, but Oh ! how worthy, to do honor to those who made all these possible. Honor to the frontiersman, thrice honored he. His work! unparalleled achievement ! the conqueror of a wilderness; the molder of American character.
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RAILWAY TIME TABLES.
COD LIVER OIL It almost makes you sick to think of it, but it isn't - nearly as bad as it used to be. The improved method of refining it makes it much easier to take, and when made into Scott's Emulsion almost every one can take it. Most children like it and all children that are not robust are benefited by it. When the doctor says "Take cod liver oil," he generally means Scott's Emulsion; ask him if he doesn't. They know' it is more easily digested and better than the plain oil. , SCOTT & BOWNE, 409 Pearl Street, New York.
Dayton & Western TractionCo In ellect Nov. 27, 1:4)5. Subject to. change without notice ..; ' MAIN LI NE
AM P M P M Lv Richmond 6 00 And! 8 00 11 Ar Eaton 8 42 every 8 42 11 5rt W. AlexAnd'a I M hour 8 5J 12 12 Daytou -sop until 10 uo .. ..
'EW .PARIS BBAXCII Thro' Service Leave Richmond for Cedar Springs and New Paris 6.20, 7.20, S.20, 10.20, 11.20 a. n.: 1.20, 2.20,3.20, 4 20, 5.20, 6.20,7.20,8.20.10.00,11.00 p.m. INTERSTATE LIMITED Parlor Car Service - . . ; stopping only at Centerville, Cambridge City, Dulilia. Dunreith. Knlghmown and Greenfield. ; , i
Leave Richmond Arrive Eaton . West Alexandria... Dayton
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PM 480 4 44 5
P M 8 53 44 10 25
Pennsylvania JLines Time Table ' ( In Effect Nov. 26th, 1905.) CINCINNATI AND CHICAGO DIVISION. Amr Westward Depart ....Rich and Lop an Ae. Ex...... 6 45 am 11 10 am...... Chicago Special ..1115am
12 30 pm ...... Cin Mack Express ...
4 35 pm ...... Cin and Logan Ex
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7 10 pm Cin and Rich Ac Exj 11 00. . . . . .Cin and Chi Mail and Ex. . . .11 15 pm Eastward 4 05 am..... .Souths Ex 4 15 am Rich and Cin Ao ExJ 1 00 am 9 48 m Logan and Cin. Ex lu 10 am 3 50 pm Clii and Cin Special .... 3 55 pm Rich and Cin Acc 5 20 pm 5 15 pm Logan and Rich Acc COLUMBUS AND INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION. Weitv-frd. St. Louis Limited 5 00 am 5 00 am capital Ex 5 10 am bt. Louis Express! j 10 15 am 10 00 am Cols and Ind Ac Ex 10 20 am 1 15 pm St Louis ExlJ 1 20 pm 0 00 am . - Col., Hich & Indpls Ac Ex.J ... U10 pm St. Louis Special 12 10 am Eastward. 1 10 am Pittsburg Specialll 5 10 am Eastern Mail . . .5 15 am 9 45 am Ind and Col Ac Mail aad Ex ....10 15 am 9 50 am ...... . New York Ex 4 60 pm Keystone Exjj 7:15 pm Atlantic Ex 7 30 pm 9 00 pm New York Limited 9 10 pm Ohio andVa Ex ... 9 15 pm DAYTON AND XENIA DIVISION. Westward. 12 05 am St Louis "pecial ..... 4 50 am ... .Sf. Louis Limited 11 00 am Xeaia and Rich Aec 10 55 pm Sprg db Rich Mail and E.. 10 10 am Pitts., Sprgfd adn Rich Mail and Ex. Eastward. Pittsburg Special 15 am Rich, Xenia & Spfg, Acc j . .....5 20 am Rich, Xen acc,'! .. 'A 52 pm New York Ex! ........ 0 55 am , Keystone Ex ....4 55 pm New YorkLimitedll ...... 9 OS pm GRAND RAPIDS AND INDIANA RY. Southward. 3 15 am Mack and Cinail and Ex... 9 42 am Ft. W and Rich Mail and Ex" 3 40 pm Mack and Cin Mail and Ex .. 10 15 pm Sunday Ac Northward ..Rich and G R Mail and Ex . 5 40 am Michigan Ex . . 12 50 pm Cin. & Mac Mail & Exp 11 10 pm Daily. Sunday only. Daily except Sunday. All trains, unless otherwise indicated, depart and arrive daily, except Sunday 0. W. ELMER. Pass, and Tick. Act
C. C. & L. Time Table (Effective Sept. 24th.)
CAST AND SOUTH.
No. 3 Daily. Leaves Richmond 9:05 a. m. Leave Cottage Grove 9:50 a. m. Arrive Cincinnati ..11:30 a. m. No. 1 Daily except Sunday. Leaves Richmond 4:00 p. m. Arrives Cottage Grove 4:40 p. m. Via 0. H. & D. Leave Cottage Grove 4:59 p. m. Leave Oxford 5:14 p. m. Leave Hamilton ....5:35 p. m. Arr. Cincinnati . . . . 6 :20 p. m. No. 63 Sunday only Leave Richmond ....7:45 p. m. Arrive Cottage Grove3:35 p. m. Via.0.H.&D. Leave Cottage Grove8:43 p. m. Leave Oxford 9:01 p.,m. Leave Hamilton ... .9 :30 p. m. Arrive Cincinnati ..10:30 p. m. No. 2 Daily. ViaC. H.&D. Leaves Cincinnati 8:30 a. m.-, Leaves Hamilton .....9:10 a.m. Leave3 Oxford ..... ...9:32 a. m. Arr. Cottage Grove ..9:48. a. m. Via. 0. 0. Ac L. Leav. Cottage Grove 10:10 a. m. Arrives Richmond . .10:50 a. m. . No. 4 Daily. . Via. 0. 0. ft L. ' Leaves Cincinnati ....5:20 p. m. Leave Cottage Grove 7:03 p. m. Arrive Richmond ..7:45 p. m.
, NORTH AND T7E3T. No. 2 Daily to rrn Leaves Richmond ..10:50 a. Leaves Muncia .....12:10 p. Leaves Marion 1:25 p. Leaves Peru ........ 2:25 p. Arr. North Judson . . 4:20 p.
Daily except Sunday to North Judson No. 4 Daily .
Leave Richmond ... .7:45 p, Leave Muncie ......9:03 p, Leave Marion . . . . . . 10:03 p Arrive Peru ...... .11 :05 p,
No. 1 Daily except Sunday. Leave? North Judson 10:20 a. m. Leaves Peru ....... .12 :25 p. m.
Leaves Marion ...... 1 :25 p, Leaves Muncie 2:32 p Arrives Richmond . . 4 :00 p,
No. 3 Daily. Leaves Peru ........ .5 :40 a. m. Leaves Marion .......0:40 a. m.
Leaves Muncie ..... .7:40 Arrives Richmond . , . 9 :05 No. 63 Sunday Only. Leave Peru ... ; . ...4:30 Leave Marion ..... .5:30 Leave , Muncie ...... 6 :30 Arrive Richmond ... .7:45
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regarding connections ; iaQuire of t s OY A. BLAHL Passenger & Ticket Agent. Home Telephone 44.
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Special tickets must be purchased before boarding traia. No baggage carried. Trunks, etc., may be sent on trains preceding or following. Direct connection at Dayton with "Lima Limited" traias for Troy, Piqua and Lima, and with "Columbus Limited" for Springfield and Columbus. Through rates, through tickets to all points. For further information call Home Phone 269. C. O. BAKER, Agent. 1 Richmond, Ind. 2. n. MORRILL, JR., G. P. A., Day-on.Ohiu'
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