The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-21
Cheering News from BelrOn.

Cheering News from Bolton.
For the Democratic Statesman.
Bolton, Texas, Sept. Is, II.
SIR: We can truly say "there is
life in the old land yet" Bell
glorious old Bells coming up like
one man to registration, and she will
vote as she registers
"she breathes-she burns-shell eome-she II come"
We are going to poll heavy vote,
and all that will not be Democratic
will be the votes of "ofice holders,
and 1 think it probable that many of
them will vote the Democratic ticket.
They are not so blind but that they
can see the great reaction, nor so
deaf, but they can hear the shout, as
the voice of one man, and like the
roar of thunder, "We come-we
come!"
l have ordered q tape line, fifty
feet in length, with which to measure
the faces of the Radicals after the
election is over. But we may look
out for trickery. They will practice
it if they dare or have an opportunity.
A drowning man will catch at straw;
so will fast sinking party. The
avaricious will grasp the electric eel,
regardless of the painful charge it
carries; so will the Radical party
grasp at any thing that promises to
longer let their hands stay in the
pockets of the people, and their in
fernal dirty hands in the treasury of
the State. All We ask is fair count,
it is all we need to give US as glor~
ious a victory as was achieved over
(Parson? BrownlOw of Tennessee,
and Tom Fletcher of Missouri. The
voice of the people must be heard
and needed. 1t has been silenced
too long for the good of this great
State. When say must, 1 don't
mean that we are coming with naVies,
ropes, Bowies, shot-guns, "Ku Klux"
and ''sich like, mot even ''cheers
or jeers." No, we do not need nor
want any thing of the kind. Well
try the quarrel with paper, and settle
it forever at the polls, fairly, square
ly and honorably, as all parties
should settle political questions.
Had not the Radical party usurped
the powers they have eighteen months
ago, 1 think they would have held
out longer. But step by step they
advanced, from one thing to another,
till all at once the people seem to
look for the government of "!ong
ago." Ofwhich not one vestige is lett.
Error and might, railroad ringers,
new officials, school laws, police ana
printing bills have so completely
covered it up, that we only know that
beneath this heap of ofial it is ma
We are going to be the resurrection
lists. 1t must come out, and though
buried so long, under this load OF
tyranny, it will come forth as glOr-
iOusly bright as it was in days of
"AuId Lang Syne." The impede
ments thrown in the way of registra,,
ton and voting, would at first, seem
too great to surmount, but we arc
going over them as lightly as We
! would tread over the cold hearts and
fashen lips of our dead. We are 60
ing to go quietly to the polls, deposit
Democratic ticket, and come home
as quietly as We went, and tune up
our fddles for one grand jubilee when
the returns come. Won't it be a
! glorious time"
"The mills of the Gods grind slowly,
! Yet they grind exceeding small"
We have, in Bolton, twenty-five
special policemen "to keep order,
during the resurrection and funeral
services. They will do it, for they
are our best men, and we will look tc
them for justice and protection. You
shall soon hear again from
Yours truly, J. l.. L..
A few plain facts;
Mans a fool
When it's hot he wants il COOL
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