The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1871-11-11
The Democracy of Texas.

uoOHleu t0 IuTtIlef ulSc0rd tnfOugn tne
pernicious political agitation of the
Democracy centred there since the
smash up of their beautiful scheme of
a Southern confederacy. Thirty-tWo
OF these choice spirits, thinking to pass
themselves off successfully as part and
| parcel Of loyal Democracy, recently
addressed a letter to Carl Schurz, the
great political doctor of the present
day--the physician who proposes to
heal the sores of the past and give the
republic perfect body polite. The
| object OF this artfully written letter is
to advise the great medicine man of a
disease that has seized upon the State
OF Texas, and threatens to end in
"galloping consumption if something
| is not done immediately to relieve the
patient. Of course Republican rule in
Texas dropping metaphor is the
disease complained of; and the thirty
two complainants would no doubt
like Doctor Schurz to prescribe DEM
Ocratic rule as the remedy. But as
the people Will undoubtedly have to
be consulted as to who shall be the
physician to ascertain the real cause
of the disease that afflicts Texas, in
common with other of the reconstruc-
ted States at this time, it is highly
probable the "call " that has been
made upon Doctor Schurz may be pre-
mature on the part of the "thirty-
\ two" individuals who have no author
ity to speak for the State of Texas.
We are satisfied that it is, and that
the men who figure in that call reprer
sent nothing more than the Democra-
cy of Texas-an element in Southern
politics of the most malignant type,
and one that has operated as deadly
poison Iii preventing the restoration
OF peace and prosperity among our
people. The letter is an insiduous at
| tack on the Republican State admin
istratiOn of Texas, and the authors of
it have found means of bringing
themselves before the public by adj
dressing their grievances-which in
reality consist of disappointed polite
cal hopes-tO Carl Schurz. 1t is q
dodge of few desperate malcontents,
who have been deservedly consigned
| to oblivion, 10 resuseitate their politi-
| cal fortunes. They evidently believe
that MIR. Schurz is the great galvaniz-
ing doctor who is to restore rapid life
to this unworthy class of defanct poll
ticians, and therefore they have the
impudence to address him-not that
they like him, but that they think
they can use him. And they have used
him. Through him their fulminations
against the Republicans of Texas have
found their way into portion of the
public press of the North and West.
The letter was published in the Mis-
souri Republican and commented upon
by the Chicago Tribune in q manner
that has compelled members of the
State administration to meet the
charges and refute them. This has
been done in Il pamphlet signed by
IsJames p. Newcomb, Secretary of State,
James Davidson, Adjutant General,
and j. C. DeGress, superintendent OF
Public Schools. We have received
and read this pamphlet carefully, and
with deal of satisfaction, for we con.
slider it a: complete vindication of the
Republican State administration oi
Texas of the charges preferred against
it by the Democracy of that State. AS
the Chicago Tribune made the letter
Of these thirty two ex-rebs and bitter
haters of Union men the text for its
article headed " Civil Service Reform
in Texas" the pamphlet is addressed
to the editor. The Tribune's article
compared Texas to New York, and
endeavored to show that a far more
profligate use of the public money had
been obtained in Texas than in New
York, according to the resources OF
the two States. Upon this subject the
Tribune says:
Z" New York has only had it's debt
increased a hundred millions within
two years on total valuation of six
teen hundred millions. Texas has
had hers increased fifty millions in a
much shorter space of time, upon to-
T tai valuation of two hundred and fifty
millions and whereas New York's
bad rulers have been of her own cheos-
ing and can at the worst, be turned
out at the next election, those OF
Texas have been foisted upon her OF
the point of the hayonet and despite
of the popular VOTE"
The pamphlet denies this, and as
serts:
"The only, debts Texas has made
under the present administration, are
that for frontier protection, amounting
to about $460, 900, to meet which she
has issued her seven per cent. bonds
now in New York for sale, and al
issue of $400, ,O0Q, ,in ten per cent. bonds
running for five years, predicated upor
and to he paid, principal and interest
from the tax income of the State
These 100000 ten per cent. bonds
! were issued to meet deficiency caused
by short collection of taxes, owing tt
the change of government and defee
tive system of assessing and col
, Iecting taxes. These are all the debts
made so far by the present govern
ment. The debt for frontier defensei
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