The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-10-22
HARPER's WEEKLY AND Mag
AZINE.

HarPer's Weekly is offended because the
STATEsMAS recently called the attention Of
Southern men to its viIlainous and lying
caricatures and ISLANDERS of the South. Our
article was like hot shot in the magazine of
that infamous paper. And we will show to
Texans and Southern men everywhere that
our allegations are true, for we win give
extracts which which win prove beyond all
doubt the malignity and falsehoods of this,
the most corrupt and unreliable of all the
t,'-Iss'ia 1ssE.'. ll1seasfIcs WHICH nave
gloried in the wrongs inflicted by domi-
nant and wicked party upon the impover-
ished and ruined States of the South.
Our language is strong, and may be deemed
uncalled for; but when our readers shall
have perused the extracts, they win agree
with US that it is burning shame to sub
scribe for and patronlze such journals and
magazines. But first we will show, by an
extract, the effects Of our article. Here It
is: nl 7g
.'Such journals (exclaims the Austin
DAILY STATESMAN are more to be hated
than the rattlesnake.' HarpsT's Weekly has
been especially marked in this way, and its
sale Is forbidden by no unmeanlng threats
to the booksellers of Austin. The White
Leaguers are resolved that the power of
free press shall never be felt in the South,
and hope to pursue their career of crime
unimpeded by the voice Of humanity or
reason.p . iias +.
This gives but faint idea of the false
hoods which are scattered broadcast over
the United States. The citizens Of Austin
know that in no line or syllable did we
threaten the booksellers of this city, or for
bid them to sell the trash which is hashed
up out of lies weekly for the dainty palates
for which the Harpers cater. Our article
was only one Of advice, in which the i'm
prOpriety of paying for the Messrs. Har-
pers' publications was pointed out. But
we are gratifed to know that that
article has been instrumental in placing in
our hands proof as strong as Holy Writ
that we were right, and that Southern
ladies and gentlemen who buy Harper's
Ad0asins and Weekly are giving aid and
comfort to malignant enemies, who will use
the means thus contributed to degrade us
in the estimation of all moral and humane
people. 1t is work Of love with them.
No Indian ever delighted in the torture of
bis victim more than the conductors of
these journals do in misrepresenting the
South. Here is extract No. 2: ~.
How easily wicked and reasonable or
CARNATIONS may gain the control over the
peaceable and the industrious members of
society has already been signally apparent
at the South. A band of wild and des-
perate young men, maddened with whisky,
and torn by demoniac passions, is the gov
erning power in Texas and Alabama, Geor-
gia, and even Kentucky. Masked, armed,
and supplied with horses and money by the
Democratic candidates for Office, they ride
over the country at midnight, and perpe-
trate unheard Of enomities. 1t is said,
and no doubt truly, that not one in hun
dred of their fearful deeds is ever told.
Their enormous vices and crimes are family
depicted in the Ku-Klux reports of 1872
Yet, before these infamous associations,
southern society trembles. They rob, they
murder, they whip, they intimidate, yet no
man, white or black, dares to denounce
them. . l4ts sa
& What pet-bagger of Texas, with one
ray Of truth or particle Of conscience,
viii say that the above is trueg
Where are all the bands of wild and des-
psrate young men who commit such fearful
deedsg Echo answers wherel In what
valleys do they sleep, orcaves hide out from
the eyes and ears of the peaceable and law
abiding citizensq If such men exist and
have their being in Texas, we are blind,
deaf and ignorant. and know nothing of or
about them. Who is the Democratic candi-
date, who amuses himself on his journeys,
while travelling to different placesto address
bis constituents, by receiving reports from
men who revel in whisky, murder
and all the black crimes Of the decalogue7
Who Of our citizens tremble before their
win any of the carpet-baggers
or scalawags state that such organizations
exist and that Radicals and negroes attend
10 their business with fearful forebodingso of
some terrible calamityg No, these charges
are as false as Satan himself; and are the
Of brain morally diseased, and
Of heart as black as the regions Of de-
.pair. Extract No. s,
IF a colored man ventures to tell OF some
iightful assassination which be saw in the |
dim midnight, he Is himself dragged from !
he prison where he had been placed for |
.afety and slaughtered, Is happened re-
sently IN Tennessee, with horrible mocker- |
es. ~ q United States official becomes |
in politics, he Is carried into
he woods and shot IS at Coustatta. In
Alabama and Louisiana the bands Of young |
,uffians patrol the country b , day as well as 4
light, shooting down Republican voters.
According to . recent estimate, there Is a
Repuhlicsn majority Of 90, 900 in Louisiana,
let NcEnery and his band Of asassins |
lain to have earned the last election, and /
lope to win the next By their usual OUT
What savage set We are, How the
woods, creeks and rivers must give forth
ne most awful and sickening odors which
rise irOm the purifying carcasses Of the
poor Wrclchss who have been buirhefed in
old blood and left to rot ike Wild beasts
Til the United States officials in Texas en-
ightsa the public By arecital Of the horfi-
BE crimes which en- the Stake with lanaon-
alton and wet
said We not that the Hnrpsrs sers enc.
niesl Are our readers convleedl Were
Fe not right ii advising bur eeople 10 rs-
use longer % give support IS such vipersl /