The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 60, July 1956 - April, 1957 Page: 114
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came Missouri with full intent and carried away our young and
tender scalp, dancing the war dance to the tune of 28 to o. We
have had our revenge on Missouri, but not yet on Chicago;
and were it not indelicate on this glad occasion, I might speak
of even more recent scores of which blind Fortune happened to
turn us the wrong end. But we have abounding courage and
faith in Texas; and we feel sure of getting even by and by with
all our enemies. If not, the sport will be well worth while, simply
for the sake of the sport.
In view of the powerful influences that have menaced the
unity and retarded the development of the University, every
friend of either common school or higher education in the state
may well congratulate himself that it has survived in substantial
unity and has attained its present proportions. The original plan,
reflecting a sharp division of contemporaneous sectional inter-
ests and in careless disregard of the expense that would be in-
volved, provided not for one university, but for two. By 1848,
however, more reasonable views had prevailed; and the act of
February xi of that year made provision for the organization of
"The University of Texas." There were some members of the
legislature who wanted no university at all, and others who still
wished for two; but a wise majority decided in favor of one and
only one. During the struggle which preceded this decision,
there occurred an incident which deserves commemoration.
After a warm debate, in which were pointed out the danger
that two universities would foster sectional feeling in the state
and the fact that one alone might be so much more creditably
supported, the bill was put on its final passage in the house and
the vote, though largely in its favor, was found to lack one of a
quorum. Thereupon George W. Chilton of Tyler, who had striven
earnestly for two universities in order that East Texas might be
assured of one, and had refused to vote when the roll was called,
had his vote recorded against the bill and allowed the will of the
majority to prevail. All honor to the man who magnanimously
declined to avail himself of a technical parliamentary right to
enforce his own judgment where such weighty interests were
involved.
Again the growth of the University has been unnecessarily
retarded by opposition from the friends of other educational114
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 60, July 1956 - April, 1957, periodical, 1957; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101163/m1/127/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.