The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 10, 1859 Page: 2 of 4
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IETO^S.
e liad some pretty cool weather
j>a?t of the week. The first
of the wason visited us on last
— had the ejfcct of keeping us
short time. We also had
storm, accompanied by a
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T. & J. Harbert ad ver
a noble 6tock of goods,
in New York, by
T. C. Harbekt, and his well kuowft:
in thisliue warrants us in saying
that they M will be hard to beat." The
ladies will, of eourse, find everthing that
is* calculated to please them ; and the
gentlemen can get all manner of what
you call 'emy and all goods suited to
tastes. Go and see l--—
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-J&r We-learn from, respectable authori-
ty that in the East tlie people are genoraíly
in favor of Gen. Houston's going back to
the Senate. It would be easy for him to
do that no doubt, but we apprehend he
prefers being: Governor of Texas for thl
present. When Gen. Houston goes back
tb Washington, I will take lodgings in
the White House.
JST Improvement is still rife in our
.¿own , and .who knows bat what we may.<j
yet have a city with " colossal columns
rrcted spires,r ip this loeality?
re is some sickness in our town
in the way of fevers, superinduced, dbubt-
""" by the long, dry summer and Had
An effort af a' Norther on Monday
admonishes us. that soon summer shall
ef ottr citizen?, for a time
\ voting that "Old
country they have
ants and worm
cotton to * considerable
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M3m
SmIIV
-s H
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an election in odr town on lint
vacancies for Alderman
A. J.^Nave was elected
and Noah Bcnd£ Marshal.
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produce from the Baton Rouge
the composition npoa "My
Home," by Miss Garrís, of 60-
| £|jKakJi
bewitching heart-history meanders th ro'
f Apropos of "My Cottage
d its authoress, the Advocate
Mr Cottage Houa"-I the title of a poetic
gem from the pen of Miar Carrie Martin, whose
genius hat many times sd^ed lustre to our col-
umns. Thejevers qf true poetry wiH appreciate
the purity and originality if thought and ex-
pression that row through Mite Martin's eom-
We aif pleased to know that ''Carrie"
forgotten us, in her T^xas home,
are always Open tú her.
'•—The Belton Independ-
ssrsse¡ , «o s&imp®#* now of ¿
good size, and a most excellent paper.
Protectorate over México.
A protectorate over tíus miserable coun-
try by the Government of the United
Stales, is a scheme worthy of thr© states-
man and philanthropist. A greater and
nobler scheme for thealleviation of human
suffering, the saving of money and labor,
anc¡ the'spread of liberal principles—polit
ical, civil ¿nd religious—is not often de-
vised. _
Every one is familiar with the wrecthe3
condition of Mexico: she has ever been
torn asunder by civil distentions and civil
and ruinous wars. It is a fact which expe-
rience has fully established that she is
incapable of self-government. Rich in the
resources of nature, Mexico is a splendid
country.. But what profits the income of
hir industrial classes when it is squandered
by quarreling leaders" in the Government
and by her interminable wars ? The peo-
ple, too, are in ^ state of religious slavery,
bowing down to a miserable and corrupt
priesthood; who have stolen the livery of
Heaven to serve the Devil in. In a word,
here is a country who&ejranL^-i 0!^
om may be expressed in
groans. She is miserably sick, but she
cannot say, "Physician, heal thyself;" for
she has no power to administer to her
own disease.
3he needs the benevolent intervention
of foreign aid and the kind advice
friends. To whom could she belter appeal
than her neighbor, the United Stales?
Let the United States throw the mantle of
charity over her. What a change would
come over the spirit of her dreams! The
sword of civil war, red with fraternal blood,
would be sheathed, money would no longer
be squandered in the murder of her own
citizens, the labor of the industrious wouM
be enjoyed by themselves, a corrupt priest-
hood would be broken up, religious free-
dom established, and the blessings of
political liberty fully enjoyed ! Eight
millions of people would be made happv
under the protection of the noblest and
most generous and liberal Government
beneath the stars!
A Swindler*
The Caddo (La.) Gazette give the fol-
following account of one J. M. Peers, who
its seems, is a general scamp, j^ince his
operations in Shreveport, he has been in
Columbus, and but for the utmost vigil—
ance of our townsman, John 16. Brooks,
would have serve?! him in theiÉíhe man-
ahnson, of
iilr. He
nér in which he did Mr. A. T.
Shrevoport. Peers is a greal
sold some one in or near Galveston a negro,
but failed to make the title good, and said
ho was going to Galveston to see'&bout the
matter. Well, he went somew^re, and
in leaving managed to swindle Ja tavern
keeper and a lawyer out of a small amount
of money; but we don't think the uegro
case was attended to, or ever existed.
We are informed by .'nte!!)ge;ñf citizens
and -those capable of judging, .that the
physieral construction of the man is indica-
tive of a low, sncakish and mean^disposi'
fllKf
The Aurora Borealis.
The papers are filled with notices of the
Aurera Bbrealis, or Northern Light. It
appears to have been more brilliant at the
North than- here. No account that we
have seen explains the cause of it. It is
- generally attributed'to electricity,
trjeity causesf ijtis not explained,
á superabundance of thé electric fluid pre
vailed at the time is evident from its action
upon the telegraphic wires and the mag
netic ' needle. Probably some substance
in the atmosphere becomes so highly elec-
trized that it is rendered visible, with the
attending phenomena. In other words,
the philosophical paraphernalia in the re-
gions of the meteorological phenomena
are set 111 jaculatory mobilization by the
electrical action of material affiuities,
whereby the firmamenlal vortex assumes a
condition of great inflammability and inten-
sity, making /war preponderant over nox and
producing a wonderful display of pyro-
technics that exhibit to man's emotional
admiration and reverential awe the salta*,
tory and coruscant wavy bands of light
and burnished gokíen red and vermilion,
that out vie the intercommunicate colors
of the rainbow \ and, in a word, to sum it
up, causing all the extraordinary and in-
explicable phenomena which are compre-
hended, designated and condensed in the
simple and euphonical term of "The
Aurora Borealis," Verbum sapientibus.
Lion; vina 1110 (nsw^ption bjijo
would'detect the villain anywhere í
A- T. Johuson, a young,gentleman
who opened a furniture fdu>p^^ vpiCP^ice
last spring, was .swindled out of. his entire
stock by his agent, J. M. 3?eer .- Mr.
Johnson publishes a card this we^fe^g'ving
an.accurate and graphicdescription-of this
unprincipled rascal. His canip^ expres-
sion of countenance, his small blue, eyes,
ion denoting low cunning. liís¡ l> ratfrv—head o?
^.-üghtrTJmwn hair, and his sallow Complex-
ion, combine to make the description very
life-like. Peers stated that he lifti sold
furniture in Camden, Arkansas,* calling
himself a Virginian, and was- evidently
familiar with the localities in and- around
Richmond, Va. He could talk very .glibly
upon Virginia politics and Virginia poli-
ticians, and pretended to bo an. aident.
Democrat. Being an impertinent and ill-
bred fellow, he will thrust in á word when
gentlemen are engaged in conversation,
much to their annoyance. His arrogant
assumptions of great learning only
equaled by his ludicrous exposures of his
ignorance. We refer our tenders 4o the
card for further particulars, and we ask
the pi ess to pass this fallow arounfl. Hav-
ing stolen the clothes, and also the books
and accounts of Mr. Johnson, it' is possi-
ble that he may assume his name*''
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Retired.—In consequence of ilfchéalth,
Wm. S. Baker retires from the proprietor-
ship of the Austin Intelligent'-~
Minor has purchased his int<
proprietors contemplate gel tin.
SiSS!
j.-—— ^ lV* Mr. Cook, agent for Soule
Universfty, paid us a flying visit the other
day, and favored us with a catalogue of
that Institution. It is in a prosperous
condition, the number of students being
quite large and respectable. Its situation
(Chappel Hill) is decidedly one of the most
advantageous in the State for an institu-
tion of tisis character. The charter prcb
" Soule University shall be
superintendence and control of
ófUhe Methodist Episeopal
, South, in the State of Texas."
The contract for new and more commodi
ous buildings for the use of the institution,
has been let out, and the buildings are in
course of erection, and will be finished
The Faculty is, Wm. Halsey,
A. M.t President and Professor of Moral
" ' y, English Literature and Natu
. J. M. FoLtANSBEE, A.
Professor of Ancient
0i Mbd r* Bmgtttges ; Rev. G. W.
Foot** A. M^ Kirby Professor of Máthe
tnatics, and of Hebrew and Biblical
Science; Ré?. J*>h* N. Kirbt, First Tu
tot v Re*- T. T. Smothers, Second Tutor \
W. Foot®, A. ÍIL, Secretary of the
Those having children to send
Eould not do better than to give
I heir consideration.
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ower
press.
[r. Duff has retir
Democrat and JPfontc,
"alone in hi? glory."
prosperous circumstances.
The New York Herald, which is
doing good service for old Sam, concludes
a long leader, on his famous Nacogdoches
speech (which the editor predicts will
" prove to bo one of the highest bids yet
made for the Presidency in 18G0,") with
the following words:
"As to Gen. Houston's own political
principles, he sums them up as follows:
Opposition to banks; opposition to inter-
nal improvements by the General Govern
ment; opposition to the distribution of
the public lands among the States; oppo-
sition to spéclal monopolies; opposition to
a protective tariff; opposition to a latitu-
dinous construction of the Constitution;
and opposition to slavery agitation and
disunion. So much for the negative side
of bis policy. On the positive side we
find that he is in favor of acquiring Cuba,
of establishing a protectorate over Mexico,
of build'ng the Pacific Rnilroad, aod of
saying soft things to tho fair sex.
" We think that, on the whole, General
Houston's Nacogdoches speech will find
'favor with a large proportion of the people
of the.Uoited Slates, and prove to be one
of the highest bids yet made for the
Presidency in I860."
— ' From the CjvHian.
Another Barbecue.
HuntsvilLe, August 20f 1859.
Gen. Sam Houston—Dear Sir: Your
fellow-citizens of Walker county, in view
".of the triumph of the National Deuiosracy
of Texas in your election as Governor of
the State, desire to tender $pu a public
Barbecue at Huutsville.
You will please signify to the under-
signed At what time it will suit yuur con-
venience to be present.
Your obedient servants,
C. A. Abeicromble; W. R. Wootén,
W.T.Robinson, John Rgndo^b,
D. C. Smith— "—T. tTSioHb,~
T. W. Maddow, W. Hmtandclpb,
J. T. Sims, J. C. Rawls, ■
J. McCreary, P. If. McGuire,
J. P. C. Kurrymond, Thomas Gibhs,
E. D. Rentfro, * II. M. Watkins,
Alfred Hightower, T. Carutliers,
A. M,-Branch, V. II. Pace,
G. M. Baker, S. P. Montgomery,
W. D. Wy nne, R. M. Hogu®,
M. C. Rog|jjs.
Hüktsvilée, August 31,1859.
Gentlemen—I regard your kind invita-
tion to a public Barbecue as an /vidence
of the continued regard of tny former
neighbors and friends. Allow me to as-
sure you, and my fellow-citizens, that I
most fully reciprocate those feelings which
are incident to, and consequent alpon, the
late triumph of National Democratic
principles. I will name the 1 ftJrof Sep
tember, proximo, as the day on which I
will be happy to meet my friend*. -
Thine, truly, SAM HOUSTON.
To Messrs.' C. A. Abercromhie, W. T.
„ Robinson, J. C. Smith, W. II. Randolph.
J.McCreary, M. C. Rogers, and others.
From the Baton Rouge Advocate.
MI' COTTAttE HOME.
There is to mc one Bacred spot of earth,
Enshriiicd in memory's deepeat, holiest cells
Forever. There my childhood's stej^ oft bent .
Their way through hawer or shady glen,
In the dark, sequestered forest deep,
My childish fancy learned to love the wild
And beautiful. I gazed upon the tall
Majestic forest trees—the clear blue skies *
Above—the deep blue river gliding past
With sylph-like loveliness—tho tiny flower *
Blooming so medostly, and all these spoke
A language that inspired my youthful heart
With prayer, and taught me that there was a God;
A vast creative Power—and there alone,
With the green canopy above, and wild
Flowers, pale and lonely, at my feet, have
Oftiinelt me down upon the mossy earth
To say niy evening prayers.
I stroljed oft times along the.winding branch,
To pluck the wild flowers, fresh with morning dew,
And twined a wreath for one I truly Ipved—
My mother ! Oh, my tender mother ! pure
And holy memories forever cling
To that most sacred name: a mother's love,
A noble mother's love! Who has not felt
Its heavenly influence T If sire hath left
I his dull, cold orb to dwell in angel lands,
Ev n men vviTi~iiii BCtV YKi —
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See notice headed "Abandonment."
In consequence thereof, Mr. Illo will dis-
pose of all his household furniture at
^Auotio , on Saturdayo, the 17th instant.
There is r o yellow feVer ropoitijd
in Noy Orleanr. The city is h<¡nUlty.
Of heavenly glow, and linger near to those
She loves. And when the tempter comes arrayed
In bright, delusive garb, to win the soul
From virtue's shining paths, then orphan child,
Then earth's neglected one, listen, and thou
Wilt hear the fluttering of a winged spirit:
A gaardian angel sent from Heaven to guide
Tliee through the spotless paths of innocence.
Years have faded, long and weary years
To;mé, since I beheld that Cottage Home,
Or heard the breathings of a mother's love.
But ofteil, often, hAvc I felt that she
Was very near tu mc, unseen, but through
The spirit's eye, y'it ever guiding me
Through all my wanderings.
I know she looks cacli'day1
Upon my favorite tree, that rears its head
Near by our cottage door, and thcu she pours
Her trembling accents, low and deep, to'tíod,^
In humble prayer for me. When springtime comes
I know she plants my favorjte flower1
And prunes it with her aged hápd ; and then
How patiently she watches leaves and buds
Unfold and bloom—then wither áhd decay,
True emblem of my early life—but ah,
Within thy heart,'thou hast there reaicd forme
A flower which forever blooms, all fresh
Ard beautiful—the flower of memory;
And the drooping, dying flower may be'
An emblem of this earthly life. Oh may
That flower of memory that blooms within
A mother's heart, be a type of that
Immortal life that waits us on tlie bright,
All-radiant shores of oar Eternal Home.
"Columbus, Texas, CARRIE.
organized in this city with the s.
object of securing the completion of the
Galveston, Houston and Henderson Rail-
road from Virginia Point to Galveston,
and to connect the Houston , end Of
the road with the Texas Central Railroad,
have made a contract with Mr. A. C. Mc-
Donnel for the entire remaining work from
the Depot, opposite the gas works, in this
city, to Virginia Point. The distance to
the bridge is about five miles, and across
the bridge two miles. The company fur-
nish the rails, chairs, spikes, Jbc., and Mr.
McDonnel does the work, complete to the
Point, for $21,525, the whole to be com-
pleted by the 1st of December. An asso-
ciation of our business men have subscri-
bed a fund sufficient to connect the upper
end of the road with the Central, near
Houston; to put the road between that
city and Virginia Point in complete order,
and to supply such cars and other material
as may*be necessary to put the route in
complete operation by the first of Decem-
ber. We understand that these arrange-
ments have been made and guaranteed by
the new Directory, composed of citizens
of this place, and that their execution is
not liable to any of the contingencies
which have heretofore disappointed the
hopes based on operations abroad, and that
they cannot be affected by any of the lia-
bilities of the old company.— Civilian:
Intervention.
The following is an extract
Constitution, the Washington
whiclris supposed to reflect the setitii
Of the administration:
The advocates of* the new doctrin1
Congressional intervention to protect^
property in the Territories base all
arguments oh the supposition lha:
people of the Territories will atte
nullify or rebel, against the Constit
and the acts of Congress ; that they'
resist the decision of the judiciary, 3
constitute themselves a power independe^
of, and superior to, the Federal Govern1
tnént^ ..This supposition we hold-to be as
complétélyunwarranted by the past history
of puf Territories as it is by their present
attitude, and unjust and ungenerous to-4
ward the peaceful and law respecting com-
munities who have made their home in the
pnblic domain.
It is a fact, which no agitator of the
Congressional intervention dogma can
question or controvert, that in no Territory
have the people thereof, acting as a politi-
cal body, ever attempted to enact laws:
detrimental to slave propérly, or taken any
step whish juttifies the belief that they aré
desirous to do so. On the contrary, even [had:
1 J uiiynlWjn«, Tt might a
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party^would attempt legislatioi
slavery—ithe Legislature absolutely refused,
to pass laws hostile to slavery or the Con-
stitutional righfs of the citizens of th,e
Southern States who might settle there
with their slaves. In New Mexico the
people have removed all possible ground
of apprehension; and in Neb askáFánd
Washington Territories we believe that it
must be universally admitted that there is
no disposition to rebel against any provis
ión of the Constitution, or against any law
of Congress.
What right has anybody, therefore, to
anticipate that the people of the Territo-
ries, a:>y more than the people of the States,
will defy the Constitution and trample on
the laws, or offer the, least resistance to the
legitimate acts of the constituted' authori-
ties of the United States? Are we n
bound by every principle of right and jus
tice to take it for granted that the inhabit-
ants of the Territories will abide by the
law, and not claim for their local govern:
ments powers to do what Congress, fro^n
.which they derive all their authority,could
not do without a flagrant violation of the
Constitution and a usurpation of powers
which are specially reserved to the States,
acting as independent sovereignties ? Is it
not time enough when some Territory
raises the flag of rebellion and nullifies
tion, and denies the jurisdiction of ^he
Federal Government, and wlien the judi-
ciary have proved incompetent to atford}:
redress, to ask Congress to intervene and
ITproper to remark'
ofH| I
HP f_.. otctoMs^ not
dred miles, along the whole
A^wra; but no clouds were.
a sfngle streak near the horizon, wh
a^first mistook-for tb<
is not probable, however, 1
the Northern sky5 had an;
the production of the !
contrary, I moption it nrérely
the Meteor was' not cut
the intervention of a
an altitude, and '
_ wt^-.an,atía^ «li «a*
A' p¡u6iiotn6noD| AS DOt
any local atmospheric movent
At 3, a. m., (29th) I a<
iving that it Ms ver;
d found the w
again on fire.
tory, I was repaid
seen equaled since the
of September 1,1839.
before named was tin
hue—darker, jiearly
flanks. In tli
Stood u stupéítl
with its apex hear the
Complimentary.—The following com-
plimentary notice of the Citizen is taken
from the Chapel Hill Minerva, for which
we return our warmest thanks:
" The Colorado Citizen has just closcd its
second volume. Wd are glad it has succeeded
so well as the editor reports ; and from what we
have seen they ongbt to succeed well: their se-
lections are first rate and their editorials such as
we like. They Ray, " as a few of our subscri-
bers have left as of*Jate, wo trust new names
wil] be sent in to supply their places." Wc hope
more Will be sent in than left you. Run up the
name of Old San Jacinto at your mast-head,
for President, and let all bolt who want to, and
in six months all the rents in your subscription
list will be more than patched up with, new
names."
Here is also another from the Seguin
Union Democrat. Many thanks, friend
Wright :
" The Colorado Citizen also iuforms us of its
ifttentloo of onenifrg a now volume. You, also,
have bccu cftlcicut, and your pcuplef will eupport
you.1'
Fears are expressed of a. famine in Mor-
mondon. The wheat crop is said to be a
failure.
Election Returns.
We have returns froiii one hundréÚ and"
twenty counties, eighty-six of which are
official—those not official are generally
complete and reliable. We believe this
number comprises all the organized coun-
ties in the Slate. The vote sums up a
follows:
for governor:
Sam Houston 36,246
II. R. Runnels 27,666
Majority for Houston 8,580
por lieutenant—g overn or í
Ed. Clark 31,530
F. R. Lubbock.. . 30,849
Majority for Clark. 681
for commissioner land office :
Frank Whito... 32,941
Stephen Crosby 27,842
White's majority. 5,099
for congress, western district :
Aft. Hamilton ;.... 16,950
T.N.Waul 15,874
Majority for Hamilton .^,076
In the First Congressional District,
Judge Reagan ha3 a majority of mori
ward afad
e squatter
relics, is a pure abstraction, the discussion
of wjiich cannot possibly lead to any good
or useful result, and must produce evil
consequences to the entire country, and to
the interests which it is especially designed
to protect. 1
The people of the Territories shall de-
termine whether they will or will not
adopt the institution of domestic, slavery,
when they frame the Constitution under
which they knock at the'door of Congress
for admission into the Union-as a sover-
eign State. While in their Territorial
condition they have no right to decide the
question. The Territories are thé property
of all ihe. States, and are open to all. ithe
citizens therec^-to settle there and be pro-jUuan Webb,
NEVAD
■¡¡■¡i rr*M
month, a1
tected in their persons and theirnroperty. ithe
Hitherto the inhabitants of the Territwies was
have readily and implicitly acknowledged trict Court
the truth and Constitutionality of this side are se
position, and they evince no disposition to recover,
dispute or question either. If they should* motives wh:d>
and should legislate in a manner by which not well
the Constitutional rights of citizens should here.—Bt
be invaded, and their property «njured or ——
confiscated, the judiciary wilt declare such
legislation unconstitutional,- and conse-
quently null and void, and the people will
bow to the judgment of the 'judiciary. If
the/, people should, not thus yield, and
should resist the law, then it is in the
power of the Federal Government to inter-
fere and punish such resistance, as it can
interfere to punish nullification and rebel-
lion in the States.
But we repeat, that so long as no rights
have been assailed, no laws resisted, no
"unfriendly legislation" attempted, and no
disposition evinced by the people of any
Territory to commit any one of the above
outrages, there is no practical benefit to be
derivad from discussing the abstract ques
tion as to whether Congress has or has not
the right to interfere to protect slavery in
the Territories. We have plenty to em-
ploy our thoughts and energies without
wasting our strength in quarreling about
the remedy for an imaginary evil. Besides
we are bound, as honest men, to keep our
solemn pledges; we are bound, as true
Democrats, to adhere to our faith; and we
are bound, as patriots, to insure our tri-
umph, and the defeat of the Black Repub-
licans. All these obligations demand that
the question of slavery should not be
renewed in or out of Congress.
A company of flying artillery, with four
pieces passed through our city on their
march westward, on Thursday last. They
are, of course, bound for the Rio Grande,
the border of oUr sick ueighbor.—Austin
Intelligencer.
The Washington (Texas) Register
If shas been removed to Cameron, where it is
than twenty thousand over Judge Ochil-jPu Wished under the name of the Cameron
I Sentinel:
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P.
and danced d'
its well
character.
Man
man named Anastacio
in the stable Jo^of Mc.
The i
oa the
oat caase, deserted i
8QQS are hereby warned i _
my account^ as I will not .
debts tha^ ihe may contnet.
Columbus, Sep. 7, 1859.
AUCTION!
In view of the above, i
household furniture at.
17th of September. All Í
five dollars wiU be sold ob
being made Oh ritmas. S
H. annexed, of'
has filed hi* account and (
settlement of the eatato of
whieh will come up
Court of Colorado eoanty
term, to be heM at the C
on the last Monday in
persona interested in said
to appearand
ridÉüNfi
proper.
C.
Mr"""
tor chills
WuSWr'sC ^ ^
Davis' Pain Kü
etc., etc
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J.D. Baker & Bros. The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 10, 1859, newspaper, September 10, 1859; Columbus, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177579/m1/2/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.