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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-12-17

IN supporting its idea that the district
judges of the State should be appointed by
the Governor, the Austin STATESMAN wrote
down the following as an argument:
sit is we'll known that In some of the
districts tho Radicals haYo q majority OF
voters, and as the main support of that
party comes from the negroes, there can be
no doubt that they would run man who
would be utterly incompetent, or ono not
fit 10 preside on the bench" -,4t.,r
Granting that the argument is specious
and addresses itself directly tn the policy OF
''party domination, we stop to ask if such
policy is honest and DemOcratic1 In the
textbook from which we CLEANED our ideas
OF Democracy, it was written by the great
Thomas Jefferson that one Of the ftinda-
mental principles of Democracy is 'tabso-
lutte acquieSence in the decisions Of the ma
jority-the vital principle Of republics
from which there is no appeal but to force
tho vital principle and Immediate parent
of despotism :" and again, that Democracy
means "a jealous care of the right Of cleo
tion by the people," These are the ideas
which should cSntrol the settlement of this
discussion. If we profess Democracy, let US
also practice it, remembering that to crush
the voice Of any majority is tantamount to
establishing the favorite "bayonet rule"
of Radicalism.-H0ustOn Age. -,7
The Age seems to have overlooked the
reason which we gave for having the dis
trict judges appointed. It was not so much
to defeat Radical candidates as to secure
competent and suitable judges. Our cotem-
porary must remember that Jefferson's De
mocracy did not anticipate negro suffrage,
but looked to the rule of the white man alone.
Judge Taney, in the celebrated Dred Scott
case, decided that the negro was not citi-
zen of the United States. He was the
purest and ablest judge who ever wore the
judicial ermine. -r-r+5
Shall we now throw away good govern
ment by placing the ballot into Ele hands
of the negroes, who are notoriously corrupt,
without limitation or restrietioni Shall
we, in order to be considered sound Demo-
Gratis, give up the substance and grasp the
shadowi e'
While we have never approved Of any
principles except those OF Democracy, and
still hold to them as the sheet anchors OF
liberty, We cannot shut our eyes to the out
RACES which have been inflicted upon the
South by negro suffrage. Therefore in
q spiritOf conservatism we advocate the ap-
pointment of the district judges. Both
whites and blacks arc squslly interested in
having pure and able men upon the bench,
and both races viii be represented in the
Legislature where tho appointments wall be
either confirmed or rejected.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-12-17

B. s. F1zGERALD, the editor at Houston
Of the Amsrioaa Journal ef EdHoatioa, has
secured entire control Of the Texas edition
Of this admirable ppbFication, devoted to
the advancment Of the cause Of popular
education. No instructor Of youths can
afford 70 be without it. Parents who WOnld
know how and where to educate their chill,
drsn; laWgiver who would have tho ex
Perience Of other States, and pedsgogasa
who vOuld master the art Of training the
young, viii derive invaluable aid from the
Jouraal q Elueafioa. L cots only $50
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-12-17

& GEoReIA newspapers and politicians are
violently opposed togschemes of emigration
devised in behalf of Texas, Andri stories
are eoncOcted derogatoFy to the character of
our people, denying the richness Of Texas
soil and prosperity Of Texas towns. The
people see the point of the joke, and rail-
ways leading to Texas are over crowded
with emigrants. sssdj 10 af5
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-12-17

THR President should have added, e. the
only legitimate deduction from his state
ments affecting the c6adiEion q the South,
that the only road 70 American prosperity
lies through these hopeless slaieA Give
the South freedom and hose government,
rsstore the nupremacy q white civilization
n Mississippi soath onrOElns and LOuili-
ana, and suier the people 70 81 20 work,
sad ths rl6ducts Of ouihern inao,lEy win
Be ins,,nI5 doubls
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-12-17

ATTEETIoNls called to the article headed
" Representation for Constitutional Con-
ventiOn, :" which Is the expression Of one of
our ablest thinkers The writer differs
with us, but it is only through differences
Of opinion upon this very important ques-
ton that positive light will be obtained.
We are glad to have discussion upon IL,
and give place with great pleasure to the
article referred to- Though the attack upon
our position Is direct and strong, the ques-
tfOn il one upon which no press can afford
to become hide-bound. ess19'ls.i' l'af-A
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-12-17

INTELLIGENT negroes, sneh as mislead
Northern people in Northern cities as to
the capacity and intelligence Of the masses
of Africans in the South, have no connec-
ton with black mobs now desolating
the country about Yicksburg. Negroes in
cities, about hotels and barber shops, know
too much to be duped 10y dirty aiventurers
ike CordCza. Letters and dispatches from
Vickshurg concur in the assertion that only
ignorant country blacks are inveigled into
the commission OF these enormities. Hardly
less than tWohHndred unlettered blacks have
fallen, and vet Ames and CORDOBA, and the
white managers OF Loyal Leagues, who
competed The blacks against the whites in
solid masses, even leading them IN this
shape against Greeley--these authors Of all
these calamities and crimes at Vicksburg-
go unwhippeb Of justice, and are even up
held BY the Federal government, and their
acts approved by the President.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-12-17

ALEcK, STEPHENs IN toto weighs Just
eighty .pOHndE Naturalists thought bis
brain even heavier than that; but there IS
nothing strange in the physical organization
of Mr.. Stephens. .A'.canary bird, in pro-
portion to its whole weight, has the heay-
lest brain Of All living creatures; and Aleck
Stephens is said to be the sweetest singer
in the Sunday school ct Charlottesville.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-12-17

:, GR1Nris omission in his message OF any
reference to the civil rights bin is surely
significant Of the death Of that ugIiest
bantlihg Of all the KideOus brood Of woes
the country owes to eTazed, corrupt, nalig-
nant Radicalism. - l9vsE1sl slrsi aai
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-12-17

20 Mn. JoHS I. s4RrHnssoN, OF Corpus
Christi, has purchaser an interest IN the
Guadalupe TSmes. About the fFst Of Jan
uary, the TINES win be printed on new
type in an enlarged form.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-12-17

A CHICAGO paper says that Chicago, in
the year 1900, win be as great q city as
London. Whereupon the Fart Worth
Democrat naiyely inquiries whether any
Dallas editor has been employed recently
on the Chicago press. -
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-12-17

GENERAL Brace and others addressed q
large meeting at Galveston, on the evening
Of the eighth instant, and measures were
adopted to secure money to be used in the
immediate resumption ,0i work on s. the
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe road.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-12-17

The women of Pennsylvania, 30 say our
dispatches, are making vigorous efforts to
have themselves Invested with the right of
suffrage. The privilege has been so de-
graded in the South that Intelligent women
everywhere eschewits and even men refuse
in folly to vote. L 4of aox ado fa.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-12-17

BRAGG, in a recent letter, says
his emplOymehtas chief engineer Of rail-
way running northwest from Galveston is
ended foE time. The surveys have been
completed, and only money is wanting, or
rather an organization of the company's
finances, to assure the completion of the
road. -r---Fo.s
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-12-17
TniR centrai Rlilroaa q about q

TnE Central Railroad IS about to get up
an immigration excursion It promises to
send Representatives Of the counties along
the line Of the road to st. Louis, Cincin-.
natl or Louisville, as the case may be. It
will only enter into the matter, however, on
condition that all the Counties named take,
interest in the movement. 3 - ,'i' ~.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-12-17

KING KALAKAUA, Kammameha's success
sor, was received quite royalty, yesterday,
at Omaha Gen. Ord welcomed the King
with salvos Of artillery, and wo suppose
George Francis Train, the ewner of Omaha,
made a speech. He sometimes does these
tb;nogg s1arr9 frlI8 eWf Wea ee
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-12-17

SENAToR FLANAoAN does not think that
the Jewell at the head of the Poatofice De-
pertinent is Of the first water, and objects
to tho removals IN this State as being insti-
gated BY the roughs Of the party.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-12-17

GEE J. B. RoBERTsoH, Superintendent
Of the Bureau Of Immigration, reports 21Oe
immigrants into Tex@ by EaS Of the port
Of Galveston during thermOnth Of EOyem-
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-12-17

TIE Burnets BnlIstiB fully indorscs and
approves OF the positioH Of the STATEa,GAE
in regard to the importance Of The constI-
tutional convention and the number Of dele
gates from-uach eenztUrizR district and the
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-12-17

the State at large. Such a course is tlie
part of wisdom. Delegates chosen in
this way would act as check upon any
local interests which might present them
selves. They would feel that their selec-
tion was in the interest Of every part Of the
State, and would prove a most wholesome
check upon all narrow questions.
Then, again, it is certain that a
State convention, nominating candidates
At large, would exercise peculiar
judgment in selecting them. From such a
source we would expect the nomination of
men of wide views, ability, and earnest de-
votiOn to the interests Of good government
A sound fundamental law procures sound
Legislation, and sound legislation brings ma
terial prosperity. All know that local pop
ularity, sometimes accompanied with no
marked ability, often prOeures preference,
while the action Of State convention
would override oil such effects. Again, too,
in the selection of delegates at large, those
influences which often maneuyer nomina-
tiOns would not succeed, and this element
Of a constitutional body would be untram-
meled by such influences for control.
Let the convention be composed, then, Of
ninety members; let two members be Sc
leeted from each district by district nomi-
nation, and let the same body which nomi-
mates these choose delegates to State con-
Vention to nominate candidates for election
at large. Each district, then, would select
two representatives, making sixty, and the
State thirty, creating a body of ninety.
Such plan, in our opinion, has much safety
in it, and we believe it is the one which
comes nearest meeting the public desire,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-12-17

IEa few months the road from Galveston
to San Antonio win Be finished. Austin,
without . JOad- % the southwest, WillfoeI
the effects Of the change mous sehsibly.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-12-17

The exodus of farneEs from Georgia,
huirying 70 Texas, aroasss fsars among the
neRspapeE people iof thai etnte Cor their
oHn cohtinned naospeIity.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-12-17

IxIndisna the euprsne Court has decided
hat negroes are not eligible to the .prisi-
sgss of The common schools Of the Stats.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-12-17

THE Courier Journal loses It's sparkling
witticismS By losing shs services Of John z.
Hatcher, nov confined 10 his bed BY ner
vo,,e ,,,,Ste,tfr,, - f9d ,iiFs q. tf IA
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-12-17
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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-12-17

GaAsf's mesie5 - '.uilho6l form and
ssid. : h nhas nlilhsE Iead nor tail, rrslads
nor per6Estion.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-12-17

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R.sag for delivery send .Our osaor' o, sS@s End
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-12-17

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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-08-21
Brownlow'S Brother.

Senator Brownlow has brother who
seems, in his way, to 10 about rs eccentric
as be. At the late election in Tennessee
he was eaudidatc for Cou1ty Register.
and issued an address to his follow citizens
containing the following minute statement
concerciug himself aud his opponents:
Il sm Tennosseeau by birth, and all
that th's world implies. | am ifty-nine
years old, and have been living 10 the State
and IN the countfy thir,y-iive years, labor.
ing IN your miis, as al humble mechanic,
until | aul broke down. ) una Z yoars aso
lost my wife, she left NE with five orphan
childreu to take care Of. | married the Sec
oud wife, and she is weakly. Ny FREUD,
Mr.. jarvis, is tnau Of property. lie
owBs two farms on the Cherokee, and has
had this ittla Office twelve months. aud
during that time has been keeping fchoul
at Belts school house, and hired MIR. Charles
Desser TO attend to his business in this Of
fee. lie has Eve nore months to teach at
Bells in order to make ont his school 81 now
has one Vineto Zine, of index uotoriety, as
his deputy, aud will continue said Zine if
elected. Now, fellow citizens, is it fair eor
this man Jarhis to grab il oil ? Sun, stand
thou ou Mount Gideon, high in the heav.
ems ; and thou, moon, in the Valley Of a
gallon, witness, if you please the anuihila =.
ton aud everlasting destruction of all
who may dare oppose those modern Josh
uas on their onward march to this little Of
fee. BE ashamed, and get out of tho old
man S way, and give it TO me for ono term
and iheu you may fight over it hereafter
Row Calvin Jones, take q seat and sit do sn,
cross your legs, and doat be uneasy. You
came out for this Office two months after
did; why are you SO anxious for me
to quit and let you run? Sit still; you
know that | can beat you two to Que IN
an even race. Now Mr.. Jones, this
Office would be an injury to you you
are worth some $4,000 or $4,000, a first
rate farm in Greasy Cove, and good farm
on the Cherokee You had better be break
ms up your ground for wheat. Now, fel-
low citizens, my habits; | am n sober man;
am moral man as for honesty, am as
honest ss the times admit Of If | am your
choice, | will attend to business closely
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-08-21

JESSIE did not notice either one, bu.
stood looking up at tho rain bow, with
thoughtful face.
It's just like hearing God speak, she
said, cause lie said He'd put i, there.
Seems os if He was speaking to me Jus,
now, aud saying, Little girl, what made,
you so afraid of ny storm; didr't promise
you p
'Pshaw that was nbou, he R2od,' m.
swered CHARLIE, looking very wise. You
didn't suppose there was going to bs snoih.
er one, did ycu?
JESS looked little puzzled. Aud then
the strange gentleman spoke.
No; but she knows that tho Same c. ID
who put the rainbow Of promise there, ont
OF love TO His people, sees her among
them, aud loves aud cares for her. Isn't
that it p
JESS turned aud looked glad at what the
stranger said.
Il know He'd take care Of me- she said
| forgot til | saw the rainbow.
That is jnst the way we all do, NV lt-
tie girl, forget, and got frightened aud
after all, there is the good God, up there,
with His rainbow OF love-
Il suppose He cares as much for little
boys and girls as lie did for Moan, aud all
them people
yes, indeed and they never need be a
fraid, no matter how great the storm is
'But if they should get killed, suggested
CHARLIE.
Il suppose that wouldn't hurt EN- either,
if they was good, and WASN'T afraid to see
God replied his sister, slowly, as if she
were trying to think it out.
No. said the gentleman, when people
die it is COL taking them, you know, and
that can't hurt, if they love Him, and are
ready to CO.
'Pil never never be SO afraid again-eveu
before the rainbow comes, said JESS.
CHARLIE picked up tue pail of black.
berries, aud proposed that they should go
home. The gentleman took JESS under
his umbrella, and they talked together, as
they Nalked, Of the good God, who bad pu,
His rainbow in TIE clouds, SO that all peo-
pie, young and old, might be reminded how
much He loved and cared for them.
JESS watched the beautiful colors of the
bow, that stretched clear across the stormy
sky, and the light seemed to shine down
into her face, it had such bright, trustful
look, as she thanked the stranger and went
into the house, with tho black berries for
mother, who sat anxiously watching for
her children.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-08-21

Nor ASHAMED. j u1ticc MCLEAN, Of
Ohio, heard minister preach. lie had
been a skeptic, aud this minister spoke to
him in such way as convinced him of the
Christian religion. lie WAS led to sec how
Christ died for him and was born again.
He went home. He had hardly got there
before he said: we are going to have fam.
lily prayer; let us 60 into the drawing room
and pray together But, said his wife,
there are four lawyers in there; thoy have
come to tend court. Let US 60 to the kitch.
en- TO bold prayers. Judge MCLEAN re.
Piled: 1t is the first time ever invited
the Lord to my house, and | do not pro-
pose TO invite him ia the kitchen by any
means. lie went into those lawyers and
said, 10Y friends, have found out that Je
sus died on the cross for me, have given
myself to him, and now propose to invite
bin into my house You may do as you
please, stay or go.-But am now to mako
my hfst prayer in my own house. They
said they would like very much to stay and
did stay. From that Judge MCLEAN lived
a consistent Christian life, and died Chris
tan death.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-08-21
a Poets Dream.

John Howard Payne author of "Ilome. Sweet
Home, was TN unfortunate, homeless, pennies
wanderer lie has given tho most exact and
beautiful expression the hearts emotions regard
ing home, yet personally he was stranger 20
all its tender and loving influences Once, in
conversation with friend, he gave the origin Of
the song, which was singular dream He said
"ln dream saw q scene Of most transcendent ru-
raj beauty. 1t was al that painter or poet could
imagine. The landscape was composed Of gently
rolling hills, valleys, and rneandering streams.
In the mids; stood hAbitatons, where :ssaw men.
women aud children, and heard 'pleasant voices,
laughter, music, song. All how my soul re-
veed in the picture But gradually it faded
from my sight. great cloud gathered, which
grew dark and terrible. Abr said l. chat
cloud is significant Of my owa lot AS said
these words, | saw traced upon it in burning
letters those words Of the Almighty 10 another
miserable man y fugitive and vagabond shalt
thou be on the face of the earth = In terror |
recognized my doom, and awoke TO find it both
a dream and reality. The picture OF my dream
was inspiration for the Song, and my lonely heart
could well give touching pathos to my words"
Not long after the song Of CLONE, Sweet
Home, " was given to the world by john Howard
Payne. The dream is more especially recalled
by the closing stanza:
An exile from home, pleasure dazzles in vain
Alb give me my lowly matched cottage again (;
The birds singing sweetly, that came at my call,
Give me them, and that peace Of mind dcarer
than all
Home, sweet home
There's M ulape ike hama
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-08-21

TOMATO WINE. -Bruiso ono bushel Of
tomatoes; put them in a tub with gal.
lous of water let it stand 3 days, stirring
it frequently then strain through a solve,
and TO every gallon Of juice pu. 81 pounds
Of clean brown sugar stir it well aud Let
it stand 3 days more, perfectly uudisturb-
cd, to ferment strain through flannel
bag to remove tho pulp-this process must
not be FASTENED by squeezing, Fill your
kcg aud retain some of the liquor to gill up
with as fast as it is thrown off by ferinen
'ntion Common whiskey will do TO fill up
With 1t is important to keep the keg fill
ed. When the fermentation is over close
the keg,and keep il still for months, W hen
1t is ready to rack of for use. The wine is
much improved by standing 6 months before
using.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-08-21

sET colored man, whose name is given
as BEN, was shot aud killed at the Seven
Locks, Montgomery county, about miles
above Georgetown, by MICHAEL McQUAID,
formerly of this place. on Friday evening
last. BEN, it is related, was Indebted to
McQUAlD in small amount, and on the
evening above mentioned went into the
store kept by the latter ard wanted o get
something on credit but was refused where
upon he became very angry, drew knife
aud threw it at McQUAID. McQUAID i'm
mcdiately drew revolver and shot the C.
gro through the head killing lin instantly
- Cumberland CirUian.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-08-21

Bors IN HoHsEs Tho complete iusf-
hcacy Of tho various popular pauaoeas for
bots IN horses may be better understood
when VIC come 10 know something Of tho
nature Of these persistent parasites They
are not worms, bat lavTm of fly, and arc
possessed Of remarkable powers Of cndur-
anco under adversely The most insinua-
ting substances are but as milk aud honey
20 them. la Oh instance recently recorded,
a colony Of them attached 10 the stomach
II dead horso, we're not Inconvenience
BY 60 hours exposure 20 bath II spirits
Of tuTpontine. But when whale oil wss
poured on them, tboy let 20 their hold and
died almost instantly. Nov, whale oil be-
ing thus indicated ga an effective dose, and
being aperient in It's action upon the horse
would seem to be tho remedy that should
be chosen before any other. At least it
might be well 70 have some experiments
made, and the results carefully noticed
and made note Of