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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-26


e Is Nel known that great MANY old
maids and discontented matrons at the
North have been for some time elamoring
for the right Of suffrage. Since the adop-
ton Of the Constitutional Amendment,
which let in the negroes to vote, they have
been insisting that they are ''citizens, -
within the true meaning Of the Constitu-
ton, and are therefore entitled to vote.
Now it is true that many of these bawlers
for suffrage look good deal like men of the
ugly sort, with their bloomer apparel, their
half way hats, coats and breeches,
and their somewhat coarse and unblushing
manners, but stiIl this does not make them
Citizens under the amendment clause.
Nothing is clearer than that it was not the
intention of the Congress, proposing the new
amendment, or the States, which adopted it
some of them by compulsion-to admit
females, white or black, to the privileges of
the ballet-box. But these Northern anna
IONS think otherwise. They insist that they
are citizens and entitled to vote-that they
are as good as the negroes, WHO do vote,
and far more intelligent, which is admitted,
and that vote they must and win, at all
hazards and the last extremity. They
have beseiged Washington City with a
small but determined army of heavy artillery
and sharp shooters, dressed pretty much
after the Zouave style, and they have at
tackled Butler Wilson and others, who cow
cred under their warlike aspect, and they
even penetrated into the sacred precincts of
the White House, and are said to have made
the hero of Eight it out on this line"
fairly tremble in his boots. The only way
he got rid of them was by smoking them
out with villainous Kentucky cigars, they
not yet having become accustomed to the
weed, and soon getting qualmish where
their coats buttoned. Nothing daunted
however or discouraged by this, the leaders
determined to prosecute the war to the bit
ter end, and last Fall, at the Presidential
election, at Rochester, N. Y, we believe,
or some where in that vicinity, Gen. Susan
B. Anthony, who may be, for what we know,
a left hand.. ..descendent of Mark Anthony,
walked up iercely to the polls, and COM
PEELED the judges, through fright, to re-
ceive her vote. For this she, or he, as the
case may be, was indicted in the Federal
Court, for wrongfully.y voting, under the law
of Congress, for the protection of the bal
lot box, and the General has been duly tried
and convicted by jury of real men, and
fined the round sum of 800. General Su-
san is of course very indignant, and is de-
termined to become martyr to the cruelty
of men, and their oppressive laws, and go
to Jail and remain there, refusing, like a
man, to pay her fine, or to ''give it up so"
She will rot first Go it my brave General.
and they ought not to allow you to come to
oF
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-26
RADTCAL MORALITY,


The radical newspapers often complain
that the democratic journals are too severe
on them, and that, in reality, the radical
party is one of great purity and patriotism,
and the radicals, as individuals, very moral,
high toned, loyal gentlemen. They say it is
time to quit using the offensive epithets of
carpet-baggers, scalawags, thieves, corrup-
tionists, etc., etc. Well, we wish earnestly
that there was no occasion for these ugly
words-they don't look or sound WE'LL and
it would be so much better for the country,
If there was really no necessity for their
use But how can they be dispensed with
in view of the facts2 The influx and reign
of the carpet-baggers, after the conclusion
of the war, is too notorious for denial, and
many of them are still holding offices, en-
joying all the juicy and savory fruits
thereof Look at Ames, the carpet-bag
Senator of Mississippi, who has no more
right to his seat than the man in the moon.
Others might be mentioned, but we for
bear. Let the little General, little every
way, suffice. As to the scalawags, there are
Moses of South Caroline and Brown of
Georgia and Ray of Louisiana, and a score
of others, perhaps too insignificant to spec
ify, but all luxuriating in the fruits of their
treachery to the Southern people and their
barefaced abandonment of all principle.
As for the public defaulters and appropri-
ators of what did not belong to them, they
are past numbering catalogue would
fill a book surprising Webster's Unabridged.
And Just think of Oaks Ames and Cameron
and Harlan and Pomeroy and Nye and Pat
terson and Caldwell. The late inyestiga-
ton of Congress, made by radicals them
selves, have unmasked an amount of cor
ruption, horrible and fearful to contemplate
What shall we say of the radical members
of Congress, who were selling cadetships
at West Point9 Then, there was Bowen,
the bigamist, with his two wives, reelected
after his conviction and expulsion And
now comes the newly elected Senator from
Oregon, one John Hipple, elected as John
Mitchell, an assumed name, to enable him te
have two wives, one in Pennsylvania, whom
he deserted, and another in Oregon, to
which he fed to become radical Senator.
We regret that these things are so. The
honor of the country is involved as well as
the reputation of the radical party. But We
can not help it. All we can do is to aid il
exposing all this immortality of radicalisn
and to wish our hands of it. We shall
have to go on calling things by their righi
names and not trying to mince matters: 1
the radicals wish to avoid the use of al
these ugly disagreeable words, let them re
form and be what they ought TO be- lie
them think Of the good advice, contained
in their old copy books, and write it ove
daily anew, s'Be virtuous and you shall b
happv. y
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-26

The Galveston News gives halfway in
dorsement to the new Louisiana movement,
embracing a combination Of blacks and
whites, with lat-footed programme Of so
cial equality. We are sorry to observe this.
It is true the News says, it is 'san affecting
spectacle" something like q funeral, We
suppose-which It can't have the heart to
throw stones At, but, on the whole, II comes to
the conclusion, that ssWhat might be in Texas
an erroneous move, in Louisiana may become
a sacred duty" That is not our opinion.
Ifnegro social equality is right in Louisiana
it IS night in Texas and everywhere else
But Il is not right and should be resisted
to the last. The News IS deeply panied
that the democrats Of Louisiana, or any por-
ton ol them, arc forced 10 80 extreme az
alternative but, nevertheless. IS con-
strainod % wish the movement success.
We do not, and. our word for it, L win
prove most Disastrous failure. Wersgrei
very much 70 Zee Beaure.rd and Dick Isy-
lor engsged ir this move. but military men
are moi apt o. have good iiud Iu,snls IL polil.
ieal q evil sEniIs
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-26


The STATE Gazeette IS still whining over
Is les . the public printing We had
hoped that the savoly bone Of the city
palronsa would have assuaged its greedi.
ness a6l stopped rs mouth for a while.
But no & stu keeps on whining and
growing enn mapping, only stopping oc-
eazionally % e,g iis tail Of appreciation to
Coy Davis rhon It seems to recognize as
s'a lfiead 81 neel and friend indeed. -
It IS ci5ibn That tic State Gazette, for the
latl r meyer missed sly opportu-
nssF % compliment the head chief Of the
Radical party ia Texas Professedly red
lot ana boiling over with pure Democracy,
~ never hesitates to bolster up and protect
is Radical friends from the assaults Of their
enemies, or to indulge IN flings and sneers
at the late Democratic Legislature, $50
chlle,i, " as it terms IL But for the vetoes
~ ils friend, Gov Davis, It says, the
printing Of the Thirteenth Legisla-
lure would have cost the people Of
Texas t250, 00o A Democratic Legislature
IS denounced for sanctioning the ''mon-
strous schemes and held up in unfavorabIe
comparison with the Twelfth Radical Leg
isIature, which had received the severe con-
demnstion Of the people
Now FOR few facts in relation to the
public printing. The Gazette tried very
lard 70 secure It. It got a pretty large
slice Of what It pleases to call 'chicken-
pie, viii the aid of its Radical friends in
the Legislature, combined with few DEM
ocratic ones. But after it failed in its de-
signs and the Statesman Office was selected
by she Legislaturs to do the public work, it
comneneed immediately to make war on
both, pnd 70 nisrepreseht the operation of
the printing law, endeagoring to make the
Is,ss;Ss.e = q g xas believe that they have been
greatly outraged and imposed upon. The
Gazette's bid FOR printing the journals Of
the House and Senate was two dollars per
page, and for inserting them in its pages,
one dollar per each thousand ems, and eight
cents per copy Of paper furnished the legis-
iainre Under the new printing law, the
Statesmen gets 81 90 PER page for the jour
mails. end no compensation at all for pub
IltiiiAH tHllt Jay pto(ccuihBs III itc uaAiy
issue. The State viii pay the Statesman
office Tor the House journals, now nearly
finished, making abont 1900 pages, $215S,
and II the bid Of the Gazette, under the
contract system. had been accepted, it twould
have received e2000, besides $1,000 for the
insertion 81 the pEoce dings of the House
ii ats daily issue, thu costing tho State
t2232 more than il no pays the States
man we do not say at the bid of the
Gazette was nnreasohe le-we think it
was not-but with thca facts before it,
very shames sake il should close its
mouth dnd.ceese whining like q hungry
doc W. hope 10 have no more occasion
- alluding 70 this matter. We are do
i6othc State work at very low rates, and
shs. realize little or no profit thereby, as
H Gazette Gov Davis and the rest of
IS Radical friends and co-laborcrs very
Heli know
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-26

A NEW CRURCH.-Some of the members
of the Christian Church in this city, con-
template the erection of house of worship
near the freight depot.-Austin Statesman.
Are we to infer from this that the wor-
shippers heretofore frequenting the churches
in Austin were heathens. s.-Victoria Advo-
cate.
We suppose not. We dop't see how such
an inference could be drawn with d screw
of forty fool power. The editor of the Ad-
vocate, who seems to be well informed on
most subjects, ought to know that there is
a large, intelligent and influential body of
Christians in this country, known by the
distinctive name of the Christian Church,
as they call themselves, and as they desire
to be called, though many people persist in
calling them Complexities, after very dis
tinguished member but by no means the
founder of the society. We had the polite
ness to allude to the members in this city
by the name they prefer, and the only one
they sanction, and this has produced the
strange inquiry, which we have answered
for the benefit of our Victoria contemporary.
'sNothing more, but remain yours.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-26

Attention is called to the circular, in
serted in this issue, in defense of the Uni
versity Series of school books. This cir
cular is being scattered over the country in
reply to an attack made by ''H. " through
the columns of the Statesman some weeks
since, and which, since then, the agent of
A. s. Barnes s. Co. has caused to be extern
sively advertised in other journals, carefully
credited to the Democratic Statesman. This
communication was accepted and published
in our columns in the usual generous man
ner with which we attempt to treat all sub
jects of general interest, and with no profit
pecuniarily to ourselves. The manner in
which it has been inserted elsewhere, and
credited to US, shows that our generosity
was extended to party whose friends, to
say the very least, have grossly abused it.
The copy of the circular which we pub
lish to-day is inserted without request from
any one, it being our earnest wish to repair
any wrong, which may have been caused by
the publication of the communication of
''H." We have once before said, that we
did not endorse the communication, and
have spoken in most emphatic terms of
the manner in which it has been used.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-26


An our southern exchanges note the fact
that our cities. towns and even small vii
lasea in the South are filing up with nc
gross As fast ss they can get in them. The
nreso IS one Of the bipeds very fond of
herllns together. lie IS eminently social
and aislikes The ISOLATION Of country life.
Before the abolitionoi slavery, be preferred
being on large plantation, where he could
haze plenty o company and more enjoy
meni suited % his nature and inclination.
oon he vss set free, he became
live - some city or large town,
could associate easily with his col
e,hssn and ENJOY his balls and re-
ffolies We mean nothing disre-
I'll 81 re'igioi b this last remark, but
s.ert that mostoi the night gatherings
be negroes, atowealy for preaching and
yc a iillle better than religious
fralie when 10 white people are in attend
ance a thnl lhefe Is great danger that
chliiy win become mixed up
ai,h tIhcnism IN their hands. Pre-
ious emancipation, the negroes were
o Slowed e held religious meetings by
lss some white people were al
rat ana ihese meetings were un-
1fcll1 plodoctifc 81 much good.
Sc return 70 or more immediate
maIlef ihe gathering Of the ne
b ool le,fns We have alluded to
mantifc sentiment which takes
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-26

Is not the Galveston News little over
doing the thing by using the Spanish word,
Colombo, to distinguish the blacks Of Lou
isiana, instead Of Negro, as commonly
useds Our. little knowledge Of Spanish
teaches US that colorado means red, and nc
gro bIack-hence the name Of the African
We don't exactly sec the necessity Of per
verting language in order to be more than
usually polite to the freedmen Of Louis
lana. They arc negroes, and they ought
not to be ashamed Of the name any more
than white people are Of theirs
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-26

THE Northern newspapers are making a
great fuss about the acquittal Of one DR..
West Of Delaware, who was accused Of
killing negro and slinning him in the
cause Of science. We don't know whether
the doctor was guilty or not--it seems the
jury thought him innocent-but We cannot
help noticing how much more anxiety these
newspapers feel for the conviction and
hanging Of our murderers than for their
own, especially II the man killed happens
to - ancgro. While they ara denouneing
the Delaware jury for acquitting West, they
are moving heaven and earth to secure the
acquittal Of Stokes. Fisk was no saint,
but wasn't he IS good as a Delaware negro.
Hang Jour own murderers before you CON-
plain of u.s.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-26

The Weekly Statesman is now one Of
the handsomest and most readable newspa-
pers in the State. It IS sOundly Democratic
and devoted to the best interests Of all
classes. VIII not our friends everywhere
endeavor to increase its circulation and thus
extend its influence for good. It already
goes into every section Of the State, and is
therefore a most excellent medium for gen.
eral advertising. Please send in your sub
scriptions and advertisements and get in re-
turn more than the worth Of your money.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-26

IT IrappcaTs that Gcntnl Davis desired 70
hang the Modes, when captured, but Was
prevented by President Grant and the Qua-
ker influence. Judging from the course
pursued toward santania and Big Tree,
Captain Jack may ye. have good time Of
f. Was Il any worse shooting Gen. cauby
tl,np ro,sling the poor Uas0nelsi We don't
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-26

WILL the organ of Comptroller Bledsoe
inform the public whether the rumor is
well-fOunded, that the son Of the Comp
trOller and clerk in the Office, has been trav-
cling over the State making. purchases of
school claims at a discountl-State Gazette.
We were not aware that the Comptroller
had an organ, if SO, we trust it viii hasten
to respond and give the desired information.
In the meantime, as inquiries seem to be the
order of the day, we should like to know
the truth Of the rumor, that his Highness,
the radical Governor, has selected the editor
of the Gazette to accompany him on his
proposed trip to New York to negotiate the
sale Of the State bonds This has been cur
rent on our streets and in financial circles
for some time and would account, in part,
for the Gazette's laudation Of Governor
Davis and abuse of the Thirteenth Legisla
ture. Aay information on this point viii
be thankfully received.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-26
TrRnELI crrY. KArBnAS Co, TrxAs
june IA, 1873

TERnELL CRY, KAUFMAN Co, TEXAS,
juno II, 1873.
Editors Democratic Statesman:
This is new town, but one Of the most
promising il an Northern Texas. and from
the manner Of It's starting. It Will emphati-
cally be business place. Houses are going
up with remarkable rapidity, and already
It IS concentrating lively trade. The
hammer Of the mechanic Is heard On every
hand. and It Is confidently believed ihaf
sixty new houses viii be constructed here
in the next twenty days. Il Is now the un-
dcrsanding that q newspaper win be esiaD-
lished here IN q few days, and no doubt Il
will be a spicy sheet and command 9 large
and lucrative patronage.
The cars are now about one and half
miles distant and win run into town On
Mondzy Or Tuesday next. i j. expected
that We viii have 3 grand barbecue On that
occasion.
IL you arc acquainted with the countrs
around here, DR. Editor, you Hili not bf
surprised when ! say & s tie finest and
most prosperous location IN az Texas. TIE
work 81 improvement goes 1IafeIy on.
Wc expect - give che Statesman good
list of subsclibcIs Yours truly.
KfrgN1N CorHIT.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-26
sOME wretch has stolen the Bible, pre-

sOME wretch has stolen the Bible, pre-
sented to President Jackson by lady Of
Washington City, which was left at the Her
mitage where the old hero died. If he
would only read it, it might save him from
the gallOws one of these days. Why didn't
Butler take Bibles instead Of spOOnsi Was
It on account Of the eighth commandment
thare;,,2
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-26

Al communications to the Statesman
must be accompanied By the real name Of
the writer. None viii be noticed. lacking
this GENITAL anarantce.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-07-17
SEARCHING THE WORLD FOR THE
KANSAS MURDERERS.

We clip the following from the
American Register Paris:
An agent of the Special Detective
Agency of New York is now in Par,
is in pursuit of the Bender family,
who are charged with being the au.
thors OF the wholesale murders re.
Gently discovered at Cherryvale Kan.
sas. Detectives from the same agen.
cy have been sent to London and all
the leading European cities. One Of
the accused, Johanna, or, as she is
commonly known, Katie Bender, is
quite young, has red hair, and is q
person of rather repulslre appear.
ance. The other woman is forty two
years of age, and has marked fea-
lures and distrustful expression,
She was seen ON a steamer which
left New York for Havre, and it is
supposed that the whole family are
at present concealed in the French
capital or at its environs. Kate Ben.
der is possessed of some education,
and is said to be able to speak lit.
tie French. If they are really in
France, now that the police are Oh
their tracks,it will be impossible for
them to escape detection. 1t ap,
pears that the world is to be ran,
sacked that these murderers may be
caught. 1t is most singular that,
with the strongly marked character
istics of all four of the members OF
this infamous family they have es-
capped detection 80 long.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-07-17
THE MoDocs.

The trial of the Modocs was, like
their crime, brief and direct. The
defense amounted to little or moth
ing, because there could be no ade
quate defense for dastardly mur.
der like theirs. What the finding
and sentence were is easy to conjec
ture, and that is AL that can be done
for some days at least, as the record
of the court,its finding and sentence
have to 60 to Washington for ap
proval. The temper of the War De
partment upon the Modoc question
is so well defined, however, that Cap.
tain Jack and his companions wll
not be left long in doubt as to theil
fate. .,....s.t
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-07-17
ain1Hnrs gn''r'tp grB''1'lir#",
WHICH THE SURVIVOR.

The law books mention many cas-
es where the courts have been call
ed upon TO decide which one of two
or more persons who perished by
the same casualty was the survivor.
A question of this kind is now pend
ing in France. NJ. Levainville, pre-
feet of Finisterre under the er,r;-c,
went out for a walk one day with
his wife and daughter along the sea-
shore at Penmark. His wife and
daughter were standing short dis
tance apart from him, when a hugh
wave swept over them and carried
them out to sea, where they were
drowned. His wife was possessed
ofa small property. If the daugh-
ter was the first to perish, then the
wife died without issue, and the
property would 60 to her relatives
to the exclusion of her husband. If
however the daughter survived her
mother by the smallest she was the
owner of the property, and her faith
er would be entitled to one-half of it
under the French law, as her heir.
One of the lower courts has already
decided the case against NJ. Levain-
Vile, reasoning as courts always do
in such cases, the stronger person
would probably survive, which in
this case would be the wife,since the
daughter was little girl. NJ. Lev
ainville has appealed, and the case
is now before the Court of Appeals
for Rennes. sa
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-07-17
GENERAL MuMM.


The most absent minded man we
ever knew was our friend General
Mumm. He lost one of his legs in
the late war, and he always wore a
patent artificial leg, full of springs
and joints. Sometimes when he
started out in the morning he would
get his leg on hindpart foremost, and
then he would go straddling down
the street with one set of toes point
ing east and the other set pointing
west. His right knee would bend
in one direction, and his left would
bulge out in another, and the old
man would bob up and down like a
jumping jack worked with string.
Presently he would meet us, and
come jolting up to US to say that he
wished we would pitch into the
Highway Department for leaving
the pavements in such a condition
that a man couldn't walk straight.
Previous to the war, while he was
down at Cape May one summer, he
took buff bath early in the morn
ing, and while in the water he got
to meditating upon some abstruse
subject, and forgetting himself, he
came walking out upon the beach
and up the street to the hotel dress.
ed in nothing but a sad sweet smile
just as the people were coming down
to breakfast. Only short time ago
he hltched his horse to his sulky
with the animals nose pushed close
against the dasher, and started off
backward without noticing the di-
rectiOn. At the end of the first half
mile the vehicle shot over the horses
tail. If he doesn't get out of his
coffin at his own funeral, and insist
upon going as pail bearer, it will
be singular.-Er.