The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-10-22

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bridge across the Mississippi, built at . cost
Of eleven millions of dollars, its hundreds
Of manufacturers, its rapid growth, and the
indOmitable energy Of its people all attest
it. CARDwELL.
"A NEW REIGN OF OSFRACISM
AND TERROR.o
Such are the words used by Radical
sheets because the people of the South
have the manllness and boldness to de-
nounce the slanderers who come among Us
to fill their pockets and carpst-bags with
the money stolen from an impoverished
people, and who. because they are about to
lose their fat positions, assail the Southern
people with the most malicious falsehoods,
accuse them Of attempting to organize
" new rebellion, " and of deliberate pur-
pose to deprive Northern men and negroes
of all participation in the blessings of free
government. They endeavor to excel each
other in stirring up the North against the
South, SO that the people may be literally
deprived of the inestimable privileges Of
freemen, denied the right to elect their own
officers, denied the right to bear arms in the
defense of their persons and property, de-
MED the right to freedom Of speech, denied
the right to regulate their own State gov
ernments, and, when they protest and expose
the authors Of all these evils they are said
to be attempting to inaugurate "new
reign of terror and ostracism. I" Out upon
such vile creatures. Their complaints are
Just such as the thief would make who has
been. made to abandon the property which
he had stolen. If it is right to denounce
fraud and thievery, peculation and embez-
Element, then it is right to hold up the per-
petrators to the indignant scon and execra-
ton of mankind. 9aH III 80 s
When men learn to respect the rights of
others, and to regulate their conduct by
rules which are recognized by honorable
and high-toned gentlemen, then they can
complain of scurrilous denunciations and
! of undeserved vlIlifcation. No people have
been so wickedly and ruthlessly ostracised
as those Of the South. After being sub
jected to losses, which, as the New York
Herald has we'll said, exceeded heindem-
nifty demanded by Germany Of France-their
slaves emancipated as war measure, their
lands laid waste, their cotton and sugar
crops destroyed, and their granaries
emptied, they were overrun by an organized
band of thieves, their offices seized, they
were heavily taxed for the purpose of rails
ing, not revenue, but money, which was
lcolIected and put in their arpet-bags and
pockets, while the debts of the several
States were increased by millions. And be-
cause the people would not be quiet while
they were thus taking the money out of
their pockets, the howl Is raised that "a
new reign of ostracism and terror is about
TO be inauguratedl" +' sva.
"Ohl for forty-parson power to praise
thy name, hypocrisy" Butwe tell these
cormorants that their occupation is gone.
It matters not how cunningly their com
plants are made; the eyes and ears of the
people of America are being opened.
Though they cry like lambs, the wolves
will be recognized by the carcasses upor
which they prey. It would be far better
for them to turn away from their chase after
j in-gotten gain, and learn in the bitterness
of their disappointment that honesty ii
! the best policy" -sr,
i The Southern people are magnanimous
Although they have suffered greatly, still
!. they are willing to let the dead past be for
gotten, and to treat all men with Just con
} sideration and kindness. All they ask is t.
be let alone-left free to pursue their owl
! good, without let or hindrance. And in tn
eternal fitness of things, this they expect t
g do. They are neither craven nor idiotic
! neither savage nor uncivihzed, but with.
: firm determination to walk in the path
$ which the fathers blazed out, they viii pres
on, neither deferred by the misrepEesenta
! tions of their enemies, nor led astray. by de
: signing hypocrites. They invite all gOOt
/. and true men to come and dwell with them
, whether from the colder regions Of the tenn
t perate zones or the warmer of the tropics
q Ostracism for opinions sake is no part 0
8 their creed. The best evidence of this fac
i is the presence of our maligners in on
$ midst. If the Southern people are 30 into
]. Grant, how is it that their calumniators az
!, permitted to go from place to place withou
injuryg This is enough to teach the incred
s ulous that we are basely slaRdered. Th
J. truth is, men are safer in uttering their opir
!, ions in the South than they would be
d the North. If a Southern man were to g
; to Philadelphia and talk about her people 3
g the carpet-baggers and scalawags speak {
; US, he would be waited on by a committe
e and notified to leave without delay.
J. We recognize the law Of self-preservatiOr
i aud bid all men good speed in their effor'
h to gain an honest livelihood. It matter
Is not from what cline or country they ma
d come, provided they pursue their own goo
n without attempting to injure rs. The hon
Of Washington and jefferson, Of 6umt'
d and Lee, is open and free to al national
y ties and occupations. -
THE GREAT DAY APFBOACHE.
t The great day which win measurably d
e eide the fate Of the United States for yeal
t to come is near at hand. Ordinarily y
ie dislike to refer to the same subject 90 Otter
}. but great questions and events viii bear Z
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