New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-12-07
THE REPUBLICAN, DEFEAT IN TEXAS.

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THE REPUBLICAN, DEFEAT IN TEXAS.
| The political battle in Texas has been
| fought, and Governor Davis left behind
| by reported majority for his opponent,
Coke, of forty thousand. This, to US, is
by no means an unexpected result, as we
have discovered the signs of impending
disaster to the Republicans Of that State
for more than two years. Their first sue
cesses, four years ago, were due rather to
the necessities that existed for unity for
self preservation and the disorganization
and blunders of the Democracy than to
any real merit in the system of party tao
tics. The bad habit that prevailed in
Texas, just after the war, of attempting
the conversion of Republicans from the
error of their ways by the heroic method
Of treatment forced our political friends
to rally for mutual support This ma
turally led to some sort of organization
which in the entire absence of any on the
other side led to comparatively easy
victory in 1869. But these conditions
have been reversed since. The Repub-
licans have become disorganized their
chiefs are hostile to each other, and it
is regar ded in some localities greater
political offense to support a member of
the Republican party who has quarreled
with some greater chief than to be Dem
ocrat outright. The Republican press of
the State is, almost without exception,
wretchedly weak. Their staple consists
in personal abuse of their opponents in
stead Of attempts to convince the reason
Prominent among these failures stands
the Austin State Journal, which has, in
our judgment, done more harm to Gov
ernor Davis than any Democratic news
paper in the State. And yet it professed
to support the Governor and ''go for
his enemies. 1t discharged the last named
clause of its self-imposed duty with con-
siderable vigor, but without judgment or
effect. The Democracy did not care a
straw for its impotent rawlings, and soon
learned to doubt the accuracy of its most
positive reservations. Thus what little
influence it possessed hung in the wrong
scale, and the majority against Governor
Davis will be about forty thousand, when
his own folEes and those of the party
generally would probably have left it at
about thirty-nine.
The REP UBLIcAN has on one or two &C.
casions limited as delicately as possible
without appearing oficious that our
friends in Texas we're drifting on to disas-
ter, that they were weakened by dissension,
and b ad not one vote to spare in single
county. Like the political lunatics who
organi zed the rebellion without prepara-
ton, some of the Texas Republicans looked
upon all who doubted Of their certain sue
cess as being opposed to them, the high
est evidences of party fealty and efficiency
being great zeal and unbounded conf
deIce in winning the fight. We could
not, therefore, rate as an average Republi-
can in Texas, nor even as friend of Gov
ernor Davis, because we had the sense to
foresee defeat staring him in the face, and
the candor to tell him so. Instead of
profting by our hint, however, the Austin
State Journal, Waco Register, and one or
two other indiscreet toilers in the vine |
yard-mere surface scratchers-ceased |
their legitimate work, and devoted their
time to arguing the case with US. The
latter paper could hardly cork up its
wrath, but permitted little of it to ooze
out in the following paragraph, written a
few days before the election, and which |
we have saved to reproduce now:
The New Orleans REPUBLICAN, has an edi-
torial which says that the nomination of |
Governor Davis caused a split in the Re- |
pU blican party in this State rendering Re- |
pE bllcan defeat certain. The statement is |
attributed to General W. T. Clark, on his |
return from the North. 1t will be news to |
the Republicans of Texas. We have never |
known the Republicans OF this State more |
united than in this canvass. We know of |
no hopuoilCaA vi hepuDi!cau paper III Cno
State opposing Governor Davis or manifest |
ing an inclination to do go. This, from the |
REPUBLICAN,, looks the nearest like it of |
we have seen.
We were painfully apprehensive that
the Republicans of Texas would be de-
feated on account of their divisions. and
so informed General Clark when he passed
through this city few weeks ago. But
so far from his giving us the information
which is attributed to Kim, it came from
IS, and was repealed by the General with
more ardor than accuracy, as the result
proves. Our Republican friends in Texas
will have to wait for four years before they
lgain have the privilege of voting for
Governor. They have lost the fight this
ime by their own dissensions. If they
profit by their errors we will be content.
THE PARK TAX CASE.
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