All men feel something of an honorable bigotry for the objects which have long continued to please them.

I've heard of hearts unkind, kind deedsWith coldness still returning;Alas! the gratitude of menHath oftener left me mourning.

How men livedEven next-door neighbors, as we say, yet stillStrangers, not knowing each the other's name.

Neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us

Bigotry may be roughly defined as the anger of men who have no opinions.

Some of these men served three years after slavery. It takes a real Texan to stand up to adversity, bigotry and hatred to represent a state that held you in slavery. They should be honored appropriately.