Francis Lubbock Quotes

In February 1857, these Ranger units rendezvoused in Galveston, where they were guests at a grand reception at the Methodist Church and a gala ball at the Tremont. The principal speaker, Francis R. Lubbock, praised the volunteers for their efforts to strengthen the institution of slavery and secure a base for the slave trade: Lubbock’s views on slavery later got him elected to a term as governor.

The military retreat wasn’t the only example of official stupidity that week. In his order for the evacuation of civilians, Governor Francis R. Lubbock asked Galvestonians to kindly burn their city on the way out. Naturally, the governor’s scorched-earth policy was ignored, but Islanders never forgave Lubbock and helped defeat him in the next election.