The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-11-27
THE PRosPECr.

AT present the lookout over the held OF
coming battle is decidedly cheering. For
a while there seemed to be backwardness
on the part Of the people to come forward
and register, and fears were entertained by
many that full vote would not be given at
the next election. But the stirring appeals
of the Democratic papers, or a returning
consciousness Of imperative duty, has eff
fectually reused up the masses, and we be-
lieve most Of our people throughout the
State have registered and that most Of them
will vote, even should the weather prove
unfaYOrable. With precinct elections the
voters will not hayetar to go, and all can
and all should vote unless kept back from
the polls by sickness. The interest felt in
the local elections for sheriffs, clerks, and
justices of the peace will bring out all
the friends of the respective candidates,
and the prospect now is that the vote of
the State will be large, larger than ever be-
fore given. If so, the Democratic majority
cannot be less than thirty, and may reach
forty thousand. We think the East, South
and West will do better than they have done
heretofore. In this county the contest has
been rather close since the war, but We con-
fdently expect to carry it for the Democracy
by four or five hundred votes. In the Bias
trop and LAGRANGE district there is some
confusion by the getting up Of a mongrel
Radical Farmers party, but we think the
trick is pretty well understood by the honest
people there, and.that the Democratic ticket
will be carried by handsome majority.
In the San Antonio district Major Tel is
trying to make trouble by running as an in
dependent candidate for the Senate, but VIC
believe the Democracy will generally stand
up to the regular candidates, and that they
will all be elected. We win not allow our
selves to doubt of the Democratic success
in the Galveston and Houston districts, with
such tickets as they have in the field. Eas-I
tern Texas sends good report of the Dem
ocratic progress, and if Davis's late speech
at Marshall against Web Flanagan should
draw off some of the negroes from his sup
port, we may elect the Democratic ticket in
that doubtful district The mighty North
of Texas, as it has now become, is getting
walked up, and the registration lately has
been going ON lively. There are two. coun-
ties of Northern Texas that expect to give
the Democratic ticket majority of 1000
each. These are Hopkins and Dallas, and
there are others which ought to do nearly as
we'll The Second Congressional District
can roll up, of itself twenty-five or thirty
thousand majority, II it will All hail the
mighty Northl a;laae ROD inid
But the cheering prospect presented
should make no one relax in his exertiOns,
no one falter in the good work, no one stay
away from the ballot box. We want some
thing more than a mere victory, of the
enemy--we want complete and final over
throw and route, a dispersion from which
there can be no rallying, no gathering to-
gether hereafter. Again, we want an over
whelming majority for the encouragement
of the Democracy elsewhere Remember
that we have run up the old Democratic
flag aud are making the fight on the old 4
Democratic platform. The result Of this
election in Texas may give us, at the next
Presidential election, good; sound, old
fashioned Democrat for President like
Thurman or Gen. Hancock Remember
this, and let every Democrat keep on work
ing until the election is over, and let every
man be sure to vote and vote right ~