The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-10-30
NON rAxLOR AT The CAPITAL.


The State Journal having ''noratedr it
abroad that thecelebrated orator and spread
eagle of Northern Texas, Bob Taylor, the
Radical candidate for Lieutenant Governor,
would speak at the Capital on Monday
night, an immense concourse of about $50 of
all sorts assembled at the appointed hour in
the balcony and in front of the Avenue
Hotel to listen to this modern Demosthenes.
We had not the pleasure of hearing the
commencement of his Grafton. AS we left
our boarding house, we heard the band
discoursing "See the Conquering Hero
Comes, and the "Arkansas Traveller or
some such tunes, and trusted we would be
in time to see the orator make his bow to
the audience, but in this we were disap-
pointed When we arrived, Bob was beg
ging for the respect of the public, which
he said he would rather have than the Office
Of Lieutenant Governor This was the
most sensible part of his whole speech, for
if there is one thing that Bob needs more
than any other, it is the ''public respect.
But if Re makes no better speeches
elsewhere than he did at Austin, he
is not likely to secure either. Bob then
alluded to the prejudices against him for
being a Radical, which he thought very I'M
reasonable, and we think so too, as he has
belonged at different times to every other
party that ever was started, from Texas to
Halifax. Why not now be RadicalG He
could not understand why there should be
so much prejudice against him, as he had
filed nearly every Office which the people
OF. Texas could bestow upon him. He had
been justice of the peace and judge and
a member OF the Legislature. Surely he
ought to be respected. He seemed very
sore under the. little sketch of his war adj
ventures in Arkansas and cotton speculation
at San Antonio, which the STATESMAN gave
soon after his nomination, and declared
that he never got as far as Arkansas during
the ''unpleasantness," and that he took
neither mules, wagons, horses or buggies to
San Antonio. We arc at loss to know how
he arrived there in all his glory of fine
clothes, as we saw him and noticed his
buggy rides with the fair ladies Of that city.
It is possible he came with his carr Dig,
getting a ride down on government agOA,
but We hardly think it. As to his war re-
cord, he was not ashamed of it. He had
been Union man, but when the war
came on, he raised an army" IN Northern
Texas, and marched to the frontier Ia pr,
tect the Union men from mobs BE had
not the most distant idea of killing
Yankee. Well, this was news for US. We
knew Bob had raised regiment for the
war and had been Confederate colonel,
bat we had never heard Of his 'raising an
armyn and being a commanding generall
But there is no knowing what Bob Taylor
has been, taking his word for it. But he
gave no explanation how he came to leave
his army so soon, whether he deserted the
boys or the boys drove him of, as we de-
sired him to tell. On that point he was
silent But he had been great warrior,
anyhow, from his youth up. When a boy,
he had crossed the mountains in pursuit of
the Indians, but did not state how many
scalps he brought home hanging to his belt.
The way he related these exploits was after
the manner Of an cid chief, who, slapping
his breast. exclaims, Big Indian me. Bob
said his noighbofs accused him Of being in
favor Of negro socisl equality, and surely