The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-09
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TeSaf iO day pr,stnts q singular
spectaclo to her avn people. She lla'
a State Government tue terms o
Y hose officers arc ahout to expire. a
law wGs passed during thr sessi II o.
thes last Legislature changing and
amending the previous election aw,ir
which move the prominen. aud lead
ing men Of both political parties in
both honsee concurred, and which law
received the signature AZ well as the
moral support Of the Governor OF the
State. The Governor was a clndi
date for re- election and made the cav
vass in gosd faiih,reoeiving the warm
sappcri Of all The Republicans Of both
houses OF the Legislature, as wtll as
the Supreme Judges, who now declare
the law uneons' itu,ional, alter maxi
ing the race, and bling wofully de-
featcd. This state Of iacts will un-
doubtedly impress strangers out
sders, who are unGcquainted with all
the facts in This most anomalous case,
as being rather cloaiy, to say moth
irg of its exceeding inconsistency.
Now, the unwonted spectacle is pre-.
sented to the country Of the extreme
and irresponsible chefs of a faction
urging the trial OF an assumed test
case before the Snprcme Court, whose
jurisdiction in the matter is doubtful,
il not altogether without shadow of
right, securing u decision rendering
the law under which the cleo
,ion was held unconstitutional,
and then urging with irenzied
eagerness ana haste, the Governor TO
apply to the Federal powers ior bays
on.ts to cram this most monstrous
decision down the thronts of the peo-
pie. Happily for them and lor the
people at large, Governor Davis does
not second this base proposal. Will
he have the nerve, the irmness and
the good sense 10 withstand the tre-
mendous pr, ssure brought against
him. Let us see.
Governor Davis's bitterest enc,
mics have never charged him with be-
ing a fool. lie at best, cannot hope
to hold the Government longer than
q few brief months at iarthest. He
understands well that the reign OF
the Republican party in the State is
over. lie has now an opportunity OF
softening the prediudices of class OF
men who, whatever he. may think OF
them personally, are largely in the
ascendency IN Texas, in numbers, in
wealth and in intelligence, by strict
IL adhering to the line of duty as the
Executive OF the whole State, and moi
as the head of q mere. faction or party,
He understands that no intent wa
had to delraud the humblest citizen
of the State out of a single right, and
further, that it would now be an act
of high handed tyranny to invoke
Federal Interference in affairs of th
State. Governor Davis opportunit'
in life has come; has he nov
| the breadth and c!carness of inteilec
to reach ont and secure its best TT
, suits for himself. for his state, an'
for humanity? We see in Texas to
day the defeated aud disapp0inte'
chiefs OF Radicalism in their rage an
fury, calling loudly for the pullinI
down nt the verdict of the people
and the furious tide breasted by on
man, and he the leader Of that party
Win he hold out? VIII he be trp
to the better instincts of his natur,
and give mis- voice fol, ,aGd in favor @
right, truth and Justice? We are n
political friend Of Gov. Davis. but ic
his own sake We hope he will nc
weaken to his advisers and lend hin
self to this great wrong. He Will,
any event, remain in this Stat
What magnificent opportunity
say to the people: 81 am superior
the seliishness you have charged n
with; l am patriot, aid Sill not ba'
ter your liberties :or few montl
more of doubtfu! power"
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