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"Our bosolorious strife,
And our oath is recorded on high,
To prevail in the cause that is dearer than life,
Or crushed in its ruins to die
And leaving in battle no blot on his name,
Look proudly to heaven, from the death-bed of fame"
CAMPBELL
A bloody seal was set upon thee, oh! Goliad A gory banner bound around thy name; and centuries shall slowly roll ere thou art blotted from the memory of man The annals of the dim and darkened past afford no parallel for the inhuman deed, so calmly, so deliberately committed within thy precincts; and the demon perpetrator escaped unpunished! A perfect appreciation of the spirit of the text--"Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord; I will repay," alone can sanction the apathy er of his murdered country force of Santa Anna, and his own i In vain he entreated reinforceed the risk hourly incurred The Texan councils bade hiht "Retreat, fly fro!" The words sounded like a knell on the ear of the noble uish of his spirit, "I will not leave this fortress--Travis fell defending with his latest breath the Alamo! Oh, Crocket! Bowie! can I do better than follow thy exaive my life in this true cause?"
An unti fahed not an atom! "Patria infelici fidelis!" was ever his er from headquarters--"Abandon Goliad, and retreat!"
"Colonel, you will not sound a retreat?" and Dr Bryant laid his hand upon his co to decide the destinies of four hundred brave edy of San Antonio will be reacted in our case!"
"Colonel, you hts and runs away, lives to fight another day,'" said a ti his collar with perfect nonchalance
"Why, Furgeson, do you counsel flight? My brave co strange for me to say run; but when I do say it, I am in earnest The most hot-headed fellow in our coe: you knoell as I do what they call rand devil hiion of i in particular to live for, it's true; but it is some object with me to do the most service I can for our Lone blessed Star! I should like a ga, and fair play; but I a we had best take French leave of this place, and join the ht with some chance ahead Now that's my opinion, but if you don't believe that doctrine, and want to take the 'old bull right by the horns,' I say let's at him"