The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-07-17


The Galveston News Of the eleventh inst
in iaborod article. over two columns in
length, attempts to defend itself against the
structures, which We felt compelled to make
on its course as a professed democratic pa
per. We had no quarrel with the News and
nopeTsOnal feeling in the matter, and what
We did was done with an honest regret that
the occasion demanded it. For some time
past, many democratic papers had been ex-
pressing disapprObation Of the course Of the
News. but we had RETAINED from taking
part with them, under the hope that they
might possibly be mistaken and that the
News would ultimately come round and be
all right. But when we saw it not only adj
vocating the Beauregard programme of ne
gro social equality, but the new Ohio move
ment Of a peoples party, independent of
politics, and admitting cOmmunica-
tons in its columns from professed
democrats, declaring that there was now no
difference between the democrats and re-
publicans on national politics, we felt it a
bOunden duty to sound the alarm and to
give no uncertain sound. Whyq What
ever the News may call itself, it has gener.
ally been considered, and is now quoted
by the radical papers, as leading demo-
cratic organ. Considered as such, its course
was calculated to injure seriously the demo
cratic party, and embarrass, if not prevent,
its thorough organization in this State
Now the News does not disprove single
charge we have made against it. 1t claims
to have been Calhoun constructionist in
1928, and, for aught we know, it may
have been. The mass of the democratic
party, however, did not go with Mr.. Cal
houn-neither did we. We have never
been nullifer, but an advocate of State
Rights, according to the Virginia
school, including secession. And this
was the general democratic position
until since the war. Now its posi-
ton is everything pertaining to State
Rights except the right of secession. The
News Stems to think, because secession has
been given up, that everything has been
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difference between parties. The News adj
mits that it has undergone embarrass-
ments" since the close of the war, and that
with regard to the reorganization of the
democratic party in this State, it has also
had cts difficulties" It accepts with
''many qualifications" the opinion that
'there is no safe management of public af-
fairs except through the strictest party ma
chinery." As in the past, cit does not as
pire, nor will it descend to be party or
CAN'T will be IAN independent journal"
That is Just what we have represented it to
be, an independent journal, and not re-
liable democratic one. That is just what
we have endeavored to show the
democracy of Texas the News is, and
we have warned them not to be led
astray by It's teachings, under the belief
that it was true democratic paper. 1t is
not and it never has been-it does not pro-
fess to be, and it should not be so consid-
cred and spoken of, and the democratic
party must not be held responsible for its
utterances. That is all. For ourself, we
profess to be, what we really are, an old
fashioned democrat of the stschool, hold
ing to all the cardinal doctrines of the
party, and believing in the necessity of
keeping it up and alive by the most perfect
organization, as the only sensible hope and
means of redeeming and saving the country.
We have no embarrassment" and feel no
difficulties" in the line of our duty, except
such as are occasionally presented by such
faint-hearted, confused ard half way
newspapers as the News, which, pro-
Tossing to be democratic in principle, are
yet inclined to be anything and everything
and nothing as the occasion may seem to de-
mand.
The News, we are glad to see, disclaims any
bad feeling against the last Legislature, and
any intention of getting up third party
if so, we have only to say that its course
has not been consistent with these pro
fessions Its attacks upon the financial
policy of the legislature and its repeal OF
the odious radical school law, to say moth
ing of other matters, do not evince very
friendly feeling towards the legislature OF
regard for the democratic party. If it has
not favored by its republicatiOns and com
ments the abandonment of the democratic
party and the getting up of some new one,
we have been unable to understand it OF
what it was aiming at But we forbear fur
Their comment.