New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-08-16
DEMOCRACY IN TEXAS.

A general meeting Oh inc dItl-l'pupiShliH
of Texas was held at the capital on the 10Th
ut., and an adjourned meeting on the Goth, at
which an Address "TO the friends of COnsti-
"tutional, Economical and Honest Govern
"mentr was reported by Committee COM
posed of fifteen members of the Legislature
and adopted.
This Address is an arraignment of Gov.
Davis and his administration as corrupt, des-
pOtic, &c, in the usual style of Opposition
manifestoes, charging that
"By false and scandaous statements regarding law
essness and crime cOncOced as an excuse for assuming
despoc power they have injured the prosperity OF our
state by lettering immigration"
These gentlemen are mista ken. The
statements" which they stigmatize were not
put forth by Gov Davis, nor by the Repub-
Leans of Texas, but by Gen. Reynolds and
other high officers of the regular army-men
as truthful honorable, and impartial as can be
found. And we submit that it was the &" law
"lessness and crime" thus exposed, and not
the measures very properly taken by the Gov
ernor and Legislature to suppress them, that
has deferred immigration to Texas, thus re-
tarding her growth and impairing her pros
perity.
The assembled Democracy unite in the fol-
lowing sensible and patriotic recommendations
to their brethren throughout the State:
al Obedience to the they are until in due and
legal FORM they repealed, held void by the judicial
tribunals Of the country.
90 That all lend their aid to the officers of the law in
the discharge of their duties, wherever and whenever
they meet with obstruction.
49, That all enroll i'll the militia and perform the duties
thus imposed upon each citizen.
That you beware of forming secret societies
80. That you hold public meetings throughout the
State in every locality and, after fair examination of
fasfa f1ta nnf tho fafn
ercse The right left to yo9 and by resolutions protest
pTessive and bad and ask that they be repealed and
that you emb0dy your sentiments in resolutions and
cause them to be published by the press throughout the
90 That in case you desire the repeal OF certain laws
by resolutions your meetings, petition the Governor
and the Legislature to repeal such obnoxious laws as
would he, orare in your opinion, productive of evil re-
az That should you regard the measures OF the Ad
mnsratOn and the powers conferred ON the Executive,
and the present form of the State Government changed
from the former condition that we no longer have re-
publican form OF government in this state, our earnest
recommendation is that you express your sentiments,
and by resolutions petition Congress 10 secure 10 US
duty under the Federal Constitution
This last recommendation is capital. Con-
gress is bound to secure to every State andal its
people the blessings of republican government,
and we rejoice that the Democrats of Texas
perceive and insist upon it. If they have any
real grievances, we trust that they will be
presented 10 anu Cdltlullg CoHoluclCu Ny NoH-
gress forthwith.
We regret to find in this Address no recOg-
milton of the equal rights of cOlOred citizens,
and no pledge that those rights shall be re-
spected in case of Democratic triumph On
the contrary, one count of their Indictment is,
that the Republicans care rousing the Negro
element to deeds of hostility and violence,
"and melting them to suspicion and hatred
"toward the Whites"-that u.s. toward the DEM
Ocrats aforesaid.
Is it strange that the Blacks should regard
with suspicion" those who held them in bit
ter life-bondage, and made war on their
own country in order that such bondage might
be diffused and perpetuated-who denounced
Emancipation, the Guaranty of Civil Rights to
Blacks, and their Enfranchisement, so vehe
mently and so recentlyP Throughout their
whole lives the Blacks have known what is
called Democracy as the implacable enemy of
their rights, their liberties, and even their
manhood. Why should they not regard that
Democracy with suspicion" especially since
it does not, even now, when badly under the
weather, promise to treat the Freedmen better
in the future than it did in the past We
earnestly advise the Democrats of Texas to
dispel the "suspiciOn" of their Black fellow
citizens by giving the requisite pledges and
fulfilling them.