New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-10-24
MARY OLNEY Brown.
Letter from. Texas.
CREssWELL, YEXAs. Oct. 4. is

'fEsswELL, TEXAS, Oct. 4, 1872.
10 the Editor Of The NeW National Era:
After all my efforts to obtain teachers 70,
the colored children of this county must
confess total failure. Out of the forty.
eight teachers in the county only four have
charge OF colOred schools. AT the opening
OF the schools in September, it was found
that the new school officers had been mostly
selected from among the enemies of free
schools, and more especially the foes of the
education Of the colored race. These thinrs
nave greatly dishcartened the loyal men of
this State, and the Republican party is in a
state OF lethargy. Republicans have looked
upon the free school system as their KEY
stone. The Republican party set the COL
orcd man free. To secure to him the full
frultion of that freedom it conferred upon
HIM civil rights; and to make this civil rights
available, it gave him the ballot; and to fit
him for the ballot it opened up to him and his
children free schools; and had the system in
this State been fully inaugurated, it would
have attained foothold and n nonplar;tv
that would have borne down all opposition
Owing to the lethargy and compromising
policy OF the Republicans, the State will 90
Democratic in November, and the free school
system will be so mutilated as to be worth
less. The six-shooter law will be repealed
the Governor, Superintendent of Public In
struction, and most, if not all, the other Re-
publican officers will be impeached a con-
venton will be called to frame constitution
IN accordance with Democratic doctrine. and
another sea of fire awaits Republicans in the
Lone Star State. In this Senatorial and
Representative District the Republicans make
no fight at all, not even so much as TO mt
a ticket in the field, thus tlisorganizng the
party. The Republicans are holding no mass
meetings, the enemy is not confronted in the
field, and the political ship is at sea without
an anchor, sail, or rudder, and the waves
boisterous.
AS long as the Republicans made square
fight, kept bold front, clearly defined their
and put none but loyal men on
guard, they won victories, but when they be-
gan to look round for soft place to fall, the
ship went down. The Republican vote will
not be as large this year as it was last. vet
1t ought to and could have been much larger.
There is not man in the field whom the COL
ored people have ever recognized as a leader
and they follow no uncertain sound. II is
attempted in some localities to make up in
whisky what is lost in candidates and work.
1t is hoped by the present policy to carry
some Democrats, but alas! Democrats don't
know how to vote but one ticket, even though
1t be strong as polecat and the devil heads
it. Look out for warm times in Texas within
six months. The Democrats have put I'D
their bittercst men. One of their candidates
Tor Congress says that if they can't get rid
of the Radicals in any other way, that there
are plenty of ropes and black-iacks vet.
For the Legislature they are running men
who were in the secession convention of
1861 and who deposed Governor Houston.
Some OF them were members of the Lecisla-
ture OF 1866, and the whole list of candidates
is made up of the hangmen of the Confed-
eracy. Against these we have pitted men in
themane without record, name, prestige, or
ability. The earnest men have only left the
hope of Grants election. This is a solace to
our souls.
VIM V TUNSTAIJ