The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-08-01

ohi LuOuLu 1SOCk, anu Gu swear
that all the religion, and all the vir-
tue, and all the wisdom of the world
came to New England and nowhere
else, in the Mayhower, and that
"BOsTING" is the Hub of the Uni
verse, and Charles Sumner its chief
prophet. 1t is for this purpose you
are taxed beyond the power of en-
durance, and you are fined and pun
ished if you don't have them thus
taught.
The speaker said he was a Con-
federate and believed he was right.
At the same time he had the highest
respect for the Union man who be-
ieved he was right. He was no
traitor, he was not ashamed of what
he had done, and he was proud of
the valor displayed by the SONS of
the Lone Star State in that ill-star-
red conflict. We fought like true
men, We were conquered, and when
the conquered banner was folded and
pat away forever, We had no further
struggle to make. But not for all
the stars and decorations of earth
not for all the diamonds of India
mines-nay, not for all the treasures
of Heaven itself would he teach his
boys to spit upon the dead bodies of
those heroic men who died in the
grey uniform. No, sir /! They fill
soldiers gr@es-honored graves.
They sleep in the alabaster arms of
death, and the historic muse will
hand their names down to the latest
generations. May their rest be
sweet. May the earliest and sweet-
est flowers of spring bloom above
them. May glory and everlasting
fame wait upon them. They wished
to degrade US and to use our money
in teaching our children that We are
nation of slave drivers, slave
breeders, braggards, traitors and
towards. Will you stand this ? If
you won't, then on election day quit
your pillow and your home and 60 to
the poll, far off as they may be from
you, and place your vote in the bal
lot box.
There was a time when any men
or any party with such record of
corruption as that shown by the
Radicals in this State would not
have dared to show its head--the
universal scorn would have scorched
it out OF existence as with the power
of the vivid lightning.
The speaker then went on to say
that there was a good deal of talk
about dead issues and live issues, and
about "new. departures and sold
landmarks, and the like. He said
all this was at this time idle talk, and
might be mischievous talk. The
Democratic party in January, 1871,
assembled at the capitol of the State,
and in accordance with the ancient
and time.honored usages of the
party, selected the issues for the
campaign in the State of Texas.
These are the issues and no other
here. No man has power to add to
or to take from it. He may have
his own private views on a hundred
questions & on the Washington
Treaty, on the annexation of Can
ada, on the Cuban question, on the
San Domingo question, or on any
other. All these are of no signii~
canoe; the only question is, does he
stand fat footed, fairly and squarely
on the Democratic platform of last
January? If does, he is with US.
His views as to what it is best for
the party to do in New York or Ohio,
are of no Importance to US. In To-
cal contests the issues are frequently
different from those presented in a
National Caucus during a Presiden-
tial campaign, and the Democracy
in different States frequently take
action on these local matters, and
their action binds nobody but them
selves. So here, we have nothing at
present to do with the platform Of
the Democracy of Ohio. We may
think it good or bad without at all
affecting our soundness as Democrats,
provided we stand on the platform
of the party here. When the De.
mocracy shall assemble in National
Convention, then, and not till then
will the Democracy of the Nation
speak on that point. If they say
accept all the Constitution amend
ments, or that they are no longer
practical questions, he should en-
dorse and abide by their action. II
they say that the fraud and Villainy
practiced in inserting them in the
Constitution is so great that the
sense of the people must again be
taken on them, and that they are
not fnalities, he would manfully
fight under that banner. In either
event the issue in Texas is not i'm,
portant enough at present for US to
waste breath on it. A man might
take either position without the
sacrifice of either consistency or
self.respect. And those who pro-
pose on either side to discuss the
question of the new departure and
like questions, and make these test
of Democracy instead of our own
platform, are, in our present contest,
simply helping the enemy. There
may be little differences on these
subjects in the Democratic camp,
but this is not the time to settle
them. Wait until We have driven
these thieves and money changers
out of the temple, and then after
the battle is won, the smoke passed
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