New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-09-19
THE SOUTH.
TEXAS.
lrROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT

counted for that for 80 years the Southern masses
have lived rapport Ideas originate no one knows
whence. and straightway the same thing Is said
by every person in the same language everywhere.
And if any have the temerty to object to the popular
dogma whatever it may be- the mantle of charity is
no. thrown his opinions, but his very character
is torn to pieces as man guilty of ineffabe mean
ness. so not speak of the ordinary differences
upon col,gy or national politics. allude to those
catch phrases which always fOrebode some mischief.
Iva, rc.,e3 in h,lde Georgia, and received my
t art'on> .. iariy politics in the immediate neigh
lr,hood ~ ;'Iai great man. William H. Crawford. |
lrN r ~ tie General theory, taught by our fathers,
i.Jt Slayctl wa, a,v but necessity; that 1t mad
-"n transmitted iouS as part OF the curse Oh the
, colonial system; '!ist morally 1t was wrong; that
ccHuonicl,. W. bad, because the system OF slave
'.h,r N.au>t, u, SOIL as 1T was nowhere else eX-
J.',t-G ,lat - Elects upon the children OF the
y,rs wn- wo.'" than upon the slaves themselves;
tAa .ahuiers, they were generally unpToutaDle;
but .ns. IT was one OF those evils from which We
suddenly. with tho heralding Of the doctrine of
Notification, all this theory was changed. Every
body said that Slavery was blessing, bringing the
greatest good to the greatest number; that u was
scripural founded upon the irregularities III N0aI
family; that it missionary. and CONCERTED the
heathen; that 1t cnnosled Republic ana htteu nc
masters TO become the best governors III the world;
and finally, that all were abOlltlonlstS ana usOuhd
| men who did not swallow all this. | need not puT-
! sue the history further The modes Of lndOctrlna-
! ton We're short, sharp, ami quick" The open OBJ
|
| Every other dogma, through every phase OF the
unhappy controversy, was embraced with equal sud
denncss. Our rights in tLe Territories taughl
every CHILD 70 llsn loo IN n "Souatter Sdi6reiGyr
| We viii never live under Black Republican rule,
was the cOuute ensign TO the war. W are the descend
! ATS OF CAVALIERS caused the of Irish. Ger
MANS Scotch, Yankees Indians, and those of no ne
scent, to eri on their swords with (ulNoue aiacrty
| NO nation with slaves was ever conquered Wasthe
| ullying cry for months. We Will send our wives
and children 10 the charncl-house. and divide our
last crust with faithful slaves vOcteraed Cobb
and echoed Lubbock, and every Rebel from the 70
tOmac 10 the Rio GTdnde Many PAGES could not
| contain all of these trtc expressions The signl-
| cancc is, that they all ventilated on the same
morning by every newspaper, speaker, preacher and
| talking man and woman all over the land, aud they
| became coin not 10 be questioned
it was supposed that all these crudlties had been
surrendered 10 superior numbers and resources at
| Appomatox Court House. Bat not So :" We accept
the situation" became the next phrase. BY this was
! meant, We can fight no longer. and We are sorry
Andrew Johnson betrayed his party, and straight,
| way the President became q" the GovcInment;, and
/ the Congress. chosen by the people, bogus hump
OF usurpers" They had hated johnson with intense
st,nst tbc ,uuiIvful de~poti.nir - No compromise
r,th Redicals - aud thrv rejected the Fourteenth
Constitutional Amendment with scorn. Congress
passed the Re,oustmction laws; Ncgr9 suhreln .d
reader OF LATIN grammar; and; | sile{e To say
| that many minds ordinarily well balanced lmmedl-
| grand Vigilance Committees
| Among all these follies there has no danger
Threatened which more alIiuIE thn tliit now
/ IN every mouth. mean the threats which have re.
ccycd The bIp,.si of Wade Hampton. of fo0mbs, of
Cobb. Of Blair. aud Of every editor aud stump ofatO'
who addresses the public II - to deny that either
Congress the States or both combined, have, can,
shall or WILL make citizens Out of these descendants
of Ham, these Freedmen who arc not people OF the
] United States and never can be; ana, as "a
| sequence. the openly ayOWed purpose 10
disregard the Civil Rights law the XlNth Consttu-
loual Amendment. the Reconstruction laws. aud the
state governments constructed and IN operation
ia fcuudrr and Ia light II out on tho line of restor-
iuR the white mans governments. with the negro
as slave ot something lltir worse us puIItSc
D. lvowci rot merely IN words which threaten tie
j total determination of the whole race OF carpet
blggcIe aud scalldwags' but lt Is enforced by tic
continual d-Iriuiug and shooting of negroes IN the
| Vcty face OF the military; IN tc frequent murder OF
| White UnonlsS. who are now generally branded rs
"cOT-thlcyco since To be called an ADoIluonlst no
! longer Iusurcs hanging; ~ the formation OF secret
| and ku-kluN claus, and the increasing hatred TO
! Union mcn-a hatred which cony!cts them of de-
testing the Union itself Ihcr reliance - upon the
success of the Democratic ticket for the Presidency
They pause not TO ask how the Government Is TO be
thrust eight years Backward success VIII be thclr
signal To pull and drag all after them, as in lsGl No
time IL 10 be- given Tor reflection The violence Is
! ouly 10 BE increased
! All this is no Idle dream II is terrible reality:
II commits their Democratic allies 10 civil war; aud
the party has not the moral courage to discaim Tie
brotherhood The signal failure OF that party at inc
polls can alone avert tn ca1Wliy.
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug %. 1885," Facts are stub
born things and single fact is often more
convincing Of a resolution as to the future,
than a world Of mere speculation. Taken IN
connection with other and preceding circumstances,
here is very significant fact 1t is one that floats
al the head of every Democratic newspaper III Texas
in the face of the preceding fact that Congress has by
law provided that Texas shall not vote in the Prcs-
Dental election. Read the startling fact:
HAI2S4t bEMQTEATiG S ;8a 6s SEE YORK
FOR VICE PEESIpEEr-FRASClS BLAIR, JR, OF MISSOURI
For he STATE Largt-B a. Epperson AID john Hancock
Abrais-J H. Cleveland Of rk County and GOrgs w. Smith Of
For irst cJsJresoaaI D,retwu. sndm,n Of IInrr'On L.
SsSd (s"s,'Tai D,re,-Dayd Cuoson Of MarOni James
INA Congreoasi Dret-G Jones Bnstrop NJ Ander
fSar Csgiai Dr,t-C upson BeIari Charles Stewart
Of ilans aItsra.,e.
Now say that this ticket has been placed in NOM
nation by the organized Democracy IN 1eNas-a
party Composed almost entirely Of those VINO, by
their votes seeded from the Union and who for five
years were engaged in 10 resist the operation
of the Constitution and every law of the United
States and for the very destruction of the Govern
ment itself. Noc this party displays thus flag, des-
pite the law Of Congress which forLds 1t. and with
out any authority under the Constitution OF the
United States and the laws of Texas
The Constitution does declare that " each State
shall appoint in sHc mapaer The Legislature thereof
pidg direct a number of electors equal to the whole
number OF Senators and representatives 10 Whlch
snrh stale may be- entitled in the Congress- Texas
tras entitled Senators, aud, by the nppofloh-
ment of 1861 rqs entitled to elect four Representa-
tiyrs So far the ease may be made ont IN the csii-
nation of those who deny the oOnstltutOnaIlty ot
the law which forbds Texas TO vote IN the fiesl.
dental election. Bat there Is wanting law 81
Texas which dirccS how the vote 0r President shall
be cast by these reyO.utlOnists. lhe Legislature oi
Texas ON the 18th Of March, 1878, provided tor the
choice of Presidential Electors by the people,
ana under that law the vote was cast IA
1919. 1852 1856 and 1850. iut, the result
of the LAST election not being satisfactory to the Ste
cedrrs ON the 9th Of April lSG the Legislature re-
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