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

ACCORDING to the veracious Stqte 5oursol,
Judge Coke drove Sam Houston In sorrow
to his grave. In that case, he must be a
very considerable man and the only one. who
ever drove Sam Houston into anything
We know of nothing more ridiculous than
the attempt to wiring the dead hero Of San
Jacinto into the present canvass in support
of Governor Davis. II Sam Houston wore
now living he would not consider DaFisand
his set worthy Of his boot. He always had
a perfect contempt for such stuff. There
was not a particle Of Radicalism about Sam
Houston. He would have spurned negro
equality and the white scalawags who teach
it and practice it.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-11-27
Can the Planter Honestly withhold hts
erg eott6n frais MARKER

81 sa lt ah1 4r--f- siaf W i
The New Orleans Fieagas under the
above caption says: a
We answer this question yes ~ the eotsd
ton is his, clear Of liens or obligations. ln
such a state Of things ho has the perfect
right 10 store it Ia his cotton house, or to
burn it. Butaf tits not hisexclusively, and
he owes his factors for adyancesto make tie
crop, aud storekeepers for the means Of
living during the year, the cotton is not his
to speculate on the market. It's bis, IN
common with others, who furnished him
advances and supplies, TO be paid as soon as
the season enabled him TO send cotton 70
market Excepting, with this distinct un-
Outstanding, he would not have obtained
the advances and credit, by which be hiss
made his crop aad lived through the year.
If hehad told his factor or grocer DO not
intend 70 send any cotton / may make TO
market unless ] Judge for myself can get
the best price Of the season; and VIII keep
it to,.JaRuary. on February as my interest
shall appear. to require, he might have
planted no crop, and got no shop credit.
Clearly he should fnliill the faith implied;
and carry out the just expectations Of those
with whom lie does business. DO this, and
do il speedilyi IS good faish EeqpiIesg
Any sensible man must see that the fac
tors and shop men are not 81 the condition
they were when they credited The planter.
Circumstances beyond stleir control have
surrounded them with unexpected enbar-
rassment and distress. II certainly IS 3
strong appeal to every conscientious man,
thar the necessities 81 iilose to whom lie is
indebted correspond with lis oR'n ol,ligat
tions of honesty and honor. % pHt forth
the means ia his uossession for their relief.
So dangerous IS the condition Of things,
that It IS not certain even II the planter viii
gain by delay. or, supposiag he should
gain two or three crnis pound on BIS cot
ton by its rigbtlul retention, thqt i viii Le
his interest 10 do 50. Tie price Of cotton
Is unctrtain ard affected by uauy things
Plansine will ret end wits tho cioseof this
year. lt Is 10 continue during the next
and ~ by lis retention Of his cotton he in-
jufcs or cfipplcs tlc factors and panzcfs~
how Win he plant tho Aext cfopl Both
Ina4 decline any furihcf aeaiinQs with lini<
and refuse asissting ono VINO ncifler public
caiamities nor ang fc8afa - q common IN
tcFest las induced % ans other policy ban
that of self Character IS credits and credit
IS means We beg leave % Bnbfnit % all
who owe debts and can pay, the cailof hon
'esty 30 pay t1em. Tbs i o aptg And
we would further spbmit, that ~ e1cA
time IS this il nay be aieo our duty not 70
become SPECTATORS Sc cotton, which but
few ever iprospgf a.. hut 10 push forward
oilr rnsotFces a0d rescue tbe Southern cotn-
rs from wide participation 81 tue dieae.
tI0us losses 81 Tie North.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-11-27

WE had the pleasure of meeting in our
city, Wednesday, Mr.. J. ]. Groos, of New
Braunfels, the Democratic candidate for
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
Mr.. Groos is on his way to the counties of
Bastrop, LaGrangc and Washington, to
visit his countrymcn in those counties and
stir them up for the Democracy. We are
glad of this as this is the very section for
him to labor in. Mr.. Groos will make votes
wherever he goes, for his countenance is the
index of honesty, truthfulness and integri-
ty. He is thevery man for the Land Office,
as we need q Commissioner with all these
noble qualities. The State is full of COM
plants about the management of this Office
under its present head. 1t is believed that
great favOritism and corruption have been
going on. With honest Groos at the helm,
all will go well and confidence be restored.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-11-27
JUsTLY REBUKRD.

II Governor Davis were sagaclous man,
he would pay such indiscreet organs of the
party as the Austin State journal to suspend
until after the election.--M o. RepHblie0n.
The above is from the leading Radical
paper in Louisiana, The Radicals every
where out of Texas are disgusted and
ashamed of Davis and his organ, the State
Journal. No sympathy is felt for Davis,
even by Grant and his Cabinet They con
slider rhisrecklessness and folly have seriously
injured tho Radical cause, while further
more, he is accused as being faithIess and
false, and attempting to ''bully the national
administration The Replblieap says fur
ther, tive regret to have to say that the
average tone of Republican Journalism in
the Lone Star State isof very low order" /"
That is plain enough, and it is owing to the
very low character Of all the Radicals of
Texas. Most other Radical papers take
the Journal for their pattern, and republish
all its slang and dirty squibs. The RepE6li-
can calls them ''mean little squibs charged
with invective." The Republican says
that "Davis is represented as a very
obstinate, self-willed, weak man" try
ing 'to play the role Of warmoth with
out his brains" Allthis is true enough and
a great deal more might be said truthfully
about Davis and his organ. It seems they
are despised and reB1ked by the more de-
cent Of their own party. Governor Davis
is not an honest man, nor ''sagacious
man, but possessed of "a little low cum
ming, which he uses not unfrequently to his
own injury. His unrehability his s'want
of falthn is notorious. He was forced
finally to keep his word with Grant about
the Indians, but there was no chance to
force him to keep his word with the fnan-
cial committee OF the last Legislature in re-
lation to the sale of the State bonds. He
turned his back deliberately on the agent
he had promised to appoint to negotiate the
sale of the bonds, and went on himself and
played the fool, If not something else. He
win not pay Newcomb ITO suspend his pa
per until after the election" as suggested by
the Republican, but he viii pay him to con-
tinue the mean little squibs, which dis
grace the columns Of the J0UFnQ1
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-11-27

IT must be highly gratifying to such
papers as the Victoria 1duoeato to see their
little spiteful filings at the DEMocRArIc
STATESMAN repubTshed in the Radical jour
mails. This, Of itself, shows the nature Of
these attacks. Unable to overcome the
facts or to answer the arguments Of the
STATESMAN in defense Of the integrity Of
the Democratic party, whether asSaiIed by
Temperance, Liberal or Farmers move
ments, they resort to low slang and filthy
abuse, which is eagerly caught at by such
papers as the San Antonio Etpress and the
State Journal, and republished TO aid the
Radical party.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-11-27
THE SITUATION IN FRANCE.


It is a little difficult to understand the
true state of political affairs in France. A
majority of the present General Assembly
seem to be opposed to the continuation of
the Republic, but they are not united on.
the question of who shall be the monarch
of France. One portion favor the Bona
partists and return to the empire under
the reign of the son Of Louis Napoleon.
Another portion are for the restoration of
the monarchy under king frem- the younger
branch of the BouTbons descendant of
Louis Philip; and a third portion prefer
sovereign from the old Bourbon stock of
Henry ~ and Louis XVI. All these to-.
gether overmatch the honest friends of a
Republic in the Assembly, but they find
great difficulty in combining their interests.
Lately it was supposed that they had ar
rived at an understandingand had comprO-
missed and agreed upon the Count de
Chambord, the representative of the
old Bourbon line of kings, but that young
sprout of the old tree has ruined all by his
obstinacy, showing himself a true descend
ant Of the old stock. With a return to the
throne of his fathers, he viii have the old
flag, the white lilies of France, which
foated over the chivalrous Henry of Ma
varre at the battle of Ivry, or he will have
nothing. He Ignores the tri-color of the
first great revolution, which took off the
head of his ancestor, Louis XVI, the flag of
Marengo, of Jena and AusteFlitz, the flag of
the Empire, covered all over with glory,
which Louis Philip was very willing to re-
tain, and which is now SO well known and
honored throughout the world. This, at
first thought, would seem very silly
thing in the Count de Chambord, but it
means more than appears upon the face of
it. It means that the Count will be ''every
inch q king" or no king at all. He will be
''the State,n like his ancestor, Louis XIV,
and rule without regard to the feelings and
will of the people.
The friends of constitutional monarchy
in the Assembly have naturally been thrown
into confusion and perplexity by this un-
looked for disposition and determination Of
the Count They dare not comply with his
wishes. They fear the action of the masses
of France, the common people and the army,
who are evidently for republic or the res
toration of the empire. The tri-color has
become endeared to Frenchmen. 1t is asso-
ciated with the Marseilles and the glory Of
France. True it has lately suffered an
eclipse, but what of that What are its
defeats when compared with its victories
They are but as dust in the balance.
Alarmed at the present aspect of things, tho
majority of the Assembly have voted McMa
hon lease of the Presidency for seven
years, according to the telegraphic dis
patches. But thereis no certainty Of things
remaining as they are in France for any
length of time. A week, day, might change
the whole aspect of affairs. That France
win finally settle down into monarchy ol
empire, we have little doubt; but, before
that takes place, there may be years of wal
and carnage. .......g-..~
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-11-27
THE HI PASO, SENTINEL AND TEIE
RIO GRANDE CANVASS


The Ell Paso SentiRel comes to us in its
issue of the eighth instant with the name Of
Louis Cards taken down from the regular
Democratic ticket, and that Of Mr.. Galvan,
Of Brownsville, in its place. Mr. Cards
was nominated on the Legislative ticket at
The regular Democratic Convention for the
Rio Grandc District, and 8Ir, Galvan is one
Of sle nominees on the Radical ticket. In
substituting the name of Mr.. Cards the
Ssptiael commences violent attack upon
mis- character.
We know nothing about Mr.. Galvan, ex-
cept that he was nominated on tho Radical
ticket, as stated, but We do know Mr.. Car
dis, and besides recognizing him as the nom
.inee Of our party, know him to be a gentle
man and citizen in whom all confidence
can b~reposed. Mr.. Cards is Democrat,
has done noble service in times past for De-
mocracy, and that, too, whilc the gentlemen
who control the Safiael were working with
all their might in Radical harness. Mr..
Cards has been the political enemy Of these
gentlemen, but since they have become
Democrats L does seem 70 US that they
should not let their personal snnity inter
fere with The success Of thoparty they claim
% support. Through the instrumentality
Of Cards, 81 Psso county gave sweeping
majority in the last election against Radi-
calism, and upon him now depends, in .
great measure, che success Of the Demo
cratic ticket on the upper Rio Ggande. He
win carry FL Paso by an almost unanimous
vote for the Democratic ticket
The people Of the lower Rio Grande wiz
hy no means be led into an error by tho as
serlioDs Of the Ssafiae and tAe snimus Of
tl,c articles against this particular candidate
vill bo understood. While he Is working
vigosoosly oa the upper Rio Grsnde for The
success Of the ticket, We feel assured that
the Democrats on the lower Rio Grande win
Sc that be goss through With his ticket
Ihcls viii y 10 scIatchiag of the regular
Iemoesalie tickets snyV lro, and the SAT-
~ cannot hope Is induce Il in- the case. of
air. eaEsis. The injury aileupisd win fan
slilktoln ukcfe & commenced and IT.
whole Denotlaiie 1eklt ia lhs sbore dis
lrict Win be sleeie1 eilho6t single excsp-
fnn.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-11-27

CHARLES BRADLAUeH, the English Radi-
cal, has been lecturing before the working
men in the Cooper Institute, New York
He SAID some true things and some very ex-
travagant and Hmpractieable. He denounced
secret societies among laborcrs, but thought
each trade society should be political or
ganization. We think him right IN the first,
but most decidedly wrong. in the latter pro-
position. To force any trade union toa all
vote a particular way would be productive
of much mischief and, in this country
would soon break one up. lie wanted the
working men to nominate their candidate
for President and elect him. This is.bosh.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-11-27

ATTENTION is called to the communities
ton endorsed by number Of Democrats Of
FL Paso county. It gives full and fair
statement Of the feelings Of the people Of
that county in regard to the candidacy Of
Mr. Cards, and the estimation n. which
they hold the opinions and expressions Of
the ssntipsl. These Democrats doubt the
Democracy Of that paper, and express their
belief about it in very strong terms The
communication fully corroboratcs our views
already published cditorially upon the same
subject.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-11-27

THE COUNTY CANvAss.-Our county is
being well canvassed by the Democratic
speakers If the same is done in other
counties, all will go well. On Thursday
last Messrs. oatman and shepherd spoke at
Webberville, and they represent the situation
of things in that precinct as cheering. All
have registered, and all, if living. willvote;
and nearly every white man will vote the
Democratic ticket without any scratching
To-day Messrs. sheeks and Denton win adj
dress the people at Manor. As this place
is of easy access by the railroad, we would
advise all our friends who can spare the
time, to go down and hear the speeches,
which we know will be worth the trouble.
Besides, the railroad trip will be a pleasant
one. The Democracy of Travis are all right.
Roll on the ball.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-11-27

TIE Waco Register, faint echo Of the
state journal, says that if Col. O. G. Gil
lespie twas once engaged in administering
the holy sacrament, hsis still engaged in a
righteous cause This comparison be-
tween the two, Christianity and Radical
ism, is quite worthy Radical paper. You
might as weH couple the Bible and Tom
Paine's Age Of Reason, or the Saviour Of
man with the father0f lies These Radicals
have no reverence for religion or regard for
truth and deceBcy.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-11-27

ISsTIeATED by Radical animosity, an IN
natural father in LaGrange is trying hard TO
beat his son. a young man Of most excellent
qualities, who has done nothing 70 excite
bis daddy's ire except being the candidate
Of the Democratic party for Senator Of that
district. The Democrats. old and young,
win see that the wrathful old gentleman
does not hurt his hopaful progeny. The
young man Is an honor 70 any parent, and
the old one should let him alone.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-11-27

THERE are meetings and conventions Of
every sort held in New York at tbis season
of the year. Lately the Association to I'M
prove the Public Health has had Its session.
and much debate was had. Whether the
sanitary condition of mankind win be inn
proved by these meetings is problemallcal,
but, at least, they can do no harm. This is
an age of inquiry and investigation. There
had like to have been considerable row
during the speech Of DR.. Cox, Of Washing
ton city, who complained that the execu
tive committee had left out Of the list Of
new members two doctors whom he had re-
commended, one being homeopathic and
the other having been turned out Of some
medical society. A Professor Ordrohaux
madea curious statement in speech with
which he favored the convention. He said
Zone great cause Of insanity was want of
proper nourishment, and that lunatics had
been cured by feeding their system. He
said ''it might be ridiculous, yet it was
true"
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ANOTHER LIE NAILED 10 THE
HG ifl COUNTER. l ish


Not long since the State Journal, with
that reckIessness which has marked its
course ever since the commencement of the
present canvass, asserted that the Hon.
Thomas Harrison Of McLennan county, was
opposing Coke and the Democratic party.
We gave no sort Of credit to the statement,
as we had known; Col. Harrison from the
time Of the Mexican war, when we both
fought at Monterey under the gallant Col.
JEFF Davis. We knew him as soldier and
a gentleman Of culture and honor, incapa-
BILE of deserting his post in war or his prin-
ciples in peace. But we are glad to see the
following card published in the Waco E.r-
anliner, which stamps the report as an en-
tire falsehood:
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-11-27

A SPECIAL to the Waco Ilsgisttr announces
''Gen. A. J. Hamilton IS q Republican can
didate against the Democratic nominee.
That Is just what be really Is. The Radi.
Gals brought him out, and the Radicals alone
viii support him. We presume even Dayis,
''his personal enemy, . win votc for him, ID
beat, II possible, the Democratic candidat.
for the Senate. Democrats, be not deceived.
The election Of Jack Hamilton t. the Sen.
ate would be q most serious bl0w g ne
Democratic party in Texas.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-11-27

WE learn by private letter from San
Marcos that on the seventeenth instant a
negro, one Mat Burnam, killed the deputy
sheriff of that county, very worthy young
man by the name Of Banks, while attempt
ing to arrest him. The negro succeeded in
closing with Banks, throwing him on the
ground, getting his pistol, and shooting him
through the head Burnam has been arrested,
and much feeling against him is manifested
by the community.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-11-27
NEwcoMB,s "oPEN LETTKR., !,

Little Jimmy Newcomb, Of the State
Journal, whom Gen. Barnes skinned so un-
mercifuIIy the other day, has written what
he calls an ''opcn letter" to the General,
which appears in the Journal Of the eigh-
teenth instant Jimmy is very happy in the
designation of his epistIe 1t Is an ''open
letter. in every respect. It is so open that
any one can see through it and be aware of
its hight weight and emptiness 1t is open
to the charge of trying to eSade the state
ment of Gen. Barnes that tho Journal was
the only paper in Austin which had proposed
to advocate the International road for a con-
sideration. It merely denies that it has re-
ceived anything. OF course not very lately,
because the General would not bid high
enough-in fact, thought the game not
worth the candle" lIt is open as daylight
that little Jimmy is endeavoring to propi-
tiate the General, after the slxinning he has
had, and assures him that he has mo per
sonal feeling against him. . He is afraid Of
further exposure and another skinning.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-11-27
A CARD.

Editor Eramiael-In the daily State J0ut'-
nal Of the eighteenth instant, there is a re-
port of a statement said to have been made
by me, in regard to the Governors election,
in which the prospects of Democratic candi-
dates are disparaged., This SANDER first
made its appearance in the PrOgressiCe Age,
Radical newspaper published at Corsicana,
and being there, attending court at the time,
1 at once published in the Corsicana Obser.
GER, contradiction of it and l wish to re.
peat in your columns, that there is not one
word of substantial truth in it. I am sup
porting Judge Coke for Governor cheerfully,
and l believe that nothing but his death
will prevent his election by large MAORI
ty. a THOMAS HARRIsoN.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-11-27

THE Denton Monitor states the number Of
Radical newspapers in the State to be
twelve, and predicts that BY next year half
tho number viii be extinct Yes more than
that. They will all die when the chance
for public plumber ceases. The daily Jour
nal win go among the number. Perhaps
the paper Of Ruby, the negro may survive.
It is the only decent Radical paper in the
ct,tc
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-11-27

VIZ learn from the San Antonio HsraH
that the Democratic candidates FOR that dis
trict are Iaboring hard for success. WHAT'S
themalter win Teel, what Is be doing "a
defeal the Democratic candidate Tor the
senafos Does be want that mountain 81
Radicalism, S. G. Newton eIecteds with
draw. 1Lr. Tel: your chance win come "a
time, s. Jon nov do what IS rieht.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-11-27

THE Journal is down on Capt. George P.
Finlay because he has been exposing some
Of Governor Davis's meanness. The Cap
tain should feel fattered by abuse from such
q quarter. Davis did draw the salary he
was not entitled to, and the Journal knows
4 and the record proves &.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-11-27

FRmxn Kifgan, 81 the Grimes Cbsaig
Journals has secured an artist who throws
the mere botoheg Of the STATE Jaumal en-
tirely il the shade. us portraits Of Ed
Rapdle, Cad Harm. Nat Halley and Tom
Beck, the Radical candidates fer tie Legis-
lature in that district, aro very striking and
elective. Tic candidates are equally ball
anced, SO far rs color in concerned. two
white and two black. a -
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THs sfATE oF TRxAs,

LUUNII OF IIIITTE. T.
l. A. r. Mounts, Clerk Of tho District Court, In and
for the county and State Aforesaid do hereby certify
that the above and fogung Is true and correct copy
Of az order % tho Counly Court OF Travis county
Texas made ai special term Of said court held on the
tWenty.aflh day ol October 16lS; and n accordance
Eth said order direct that the same BE- published In
the DEnocnATlC STkrRsnAff aweekly newspaper pub
shod IN said city % Austin and county of Travis for
three consecutive weeks prior 20 the second day Of
December, i6lA
Given under ny hand and seal Of said county court
LIS. efixed, at oalco, In the city Of Austin.
October 50. 1873
ByM S. DUNN Deputy Clerk. hoi wst
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WE sec by an exchahge that the notorious
Cad IIarn, one Of the Radical candidates s.
the Crimes District, las lately come to
grief At Radical meeting he got into q
fight With the sheriff and got wersted, and
then attempted TO whip negro, who in-
terfercd, and again came OF second,hest,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-11-27

TaE local Radical candidates are utterly
demomlized II Is quite certain that many
Of them WIN withdraw FROM The caayass
beloso the olectioa. zimpeinisa ana The
balapoe oS the able Dmocutle county.
ticket we have IN the aeld viii not 10 to
fight and struggle sgainst The course Of
Longley was q wise one and his example
followed, viii relieve Others irom she
chagrin Of most inplorious deleat