The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-12-14


The State journal.
1t will be remembered that few
days since we published an article
showing the entire illegality Of another
assemblage of the Twelfth Legislature.
The Journal replies to this article,
and asserts that, upon the highest
authority, it can state that the Legis-
lature will not be convened. This is
very plain language, but after all it
will not do to place too much reliance
in what the above paper states as fact.
1t says, "the finances of the State
would now hardly bear the expense of
session of the Legislature" How
proper it would have been in the Jour
nal to consider the wild expenditures
of the State before the Twelfth Legis-
laturo brought the finances to their
present condition. 1t was the Journal,
which, duling all the time of its ex-
istence, urged every means to be
adopted by which the people were
robbed and the State wrecked in debt.
Itsays that the acts of another session
would be illegal. Why did it not con
denim the many illegal and unconstitu-
tional measures already passed into
laws? Why does it talk of illegality,
upon which it has fed and supported
itself ?
Again, it says: this bsdy has
already been in session twelve months
out of the past twenty-five, at cost of
over eight hundred thousand dollar"
But it is strange it did not open its
eyes to the enormities of this body
until it passed out of existence, during
which it never breathed a word except
in defence OF all its villainous schemes.
1t claims that these long sessions are
one cause of the present financial
deficit. When it saw the wholesale
squaudering of the funds of the State,
why did it not raise its voice against it?
'Time for fiscal recuperation is not
only needed but is absolutely indis-
pensible. All secondary considerations
must give way to this" Would not
the Journal have done we'll to urge
this at the proper time, instead of
waiting until the Legislature was de.
funct to even admit it. 1t has done
every thing in its power to disOrganize
and iDjure the State, and now, after the
entire administration has been left
indefinitely in the hands of Gov. Davis
alone, it feels that it has reached, no
doubt, the pinnacle of its corrupt ideas,
and is willing to pronounce its par
vobisu,n over devoted Texas.
Again Another protracted and
costly session will be objected to by
the people of Texas without regard to
political opinion. Irrespective of the
legal question involved (and which we
do not now propose to discuss) the
financial situation not only justifes
Governor Davis in deciding not to
reconvene the Legislature, but makes
this decision imperative. We believe
that in thus determining, the Governor
will be sustained by the people and
press of the State with a heartinesS
approaching to unanimity." Thus it
is, it has pronounced the re-assemblage
of the Twelfth Legislature illegal, and
yet it boasts that Davis will not re-
convene such body. When it claims
that such resolution INDUCED in by
the Governor will gain him the hearty
approval of the people and the press,
it forgets it's previous assertion about
illegality; and yet we really do believe
that both Davis and the Journal feel
that they are due hearty endorsement
for refusing for one time to commit OF
endorse an illegal act. We will wait
and see, for we cannot believe in
nature aud sworn principles being sc
suddenly abandoned.