The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-11-18

The spirit which animates the
Democratic party of Texas is shown
by the following statement of facts |
vouched for by the San Antonio |
Express:
Il know many citizens of Waco
felt good when they heard of it,
and, fellow citizens, I felt good,
too. Governor COKE
The events which made the Gov
ernor feel good was the murder in
cold blood of an active member of
the State police.
Il hate the United States flag,
and I will teach my childeen to
hate it. SENATOR JOHN IRELAND"
Il love to kill Indians, but I
would rather kill one niger than two
Indians. FRENCH SMITH AT GoL1AD.'
During the anti war period the
national Democratic party policy
was always shaped by the Southern
wing of the organization. When
the slave oligarchy directed the
adoption Of the fugitive slave law,
Northern Democrats voted aye, and
immediately organized themselves
into a party of slave catchers.
When Chief Justice fancy declared
from the bench of the United
States Supreme Court that negroes
had no rights which white men
were bound to respect, Northern
Democrats said amen. When the
Confederate conspirators resolved
to destroy the Union, James Blu
chanan insisted that secession was
| unconstitutional, but claimed that
there was no power inhering in the
Constitution through which it could
be prevented, and Northern Dem
ocrats agreed to the monstrous
proposition. When, in 1864, the
rebellion was on the verge of col
lapse and Southern traitors cried for
help, a Northern Democratic Ma
tional Convention resolved that the
war for the Union was failure,
and impudently demanded that the
Republic should sue for a dishon
orable peace. In a word, the Dem
cratic party is the creature of its
Southern adherents, and it's South
ern adherents are equally foes of
equal civil and political rights, and
of the Union
The Baxter Law.
While there is little doubt that
the money and support furnished
by the whisky men to the Demo
cratic ticket, in this State, did
much toward securing its triumph,
yet it is not certain that that party
will be able to keep faith with their
allies and supersede the Baxter
with license law. Although the
, Indianapolis Sentinel declares, with
cool effrontery, that the platform
of the party was a cheat, put for
ward merely to deceive voters, and
now that it has subserved that
purpose should be kicked aside and
, !, hid away as useless rubbish, yet il
is not probable that instincts of the
, leaders will permit them to breal
t faith with the whisky interests, fol
E they know how much the future
:, success of their party depends
!. upon such aid. But the Democrat
), ic majority is not overwhelming.
a large, and undoubtedly some of tn
i Democratic candidates elected
|, were honest, earnest Temperance
!, men. The safety of the Baxter Law
! ! depends entirely upon the bacl
= bone of these men. If they ar
firm and refuse to be whipped int
) the traces by the party lash, thel
# the whisky men have lost thei
It money on false venture, and thei
e curses of the Democracy will b
: long, loud and deep. Referring t
4 this subject the Anderson Heral
il remarks:
= "The license folks have clea
it working majority in the Hous,
q. and if the Independents go wit
p p them, can do pretty much as the
e please in the Senate. But it is b
d no means certain that the Demo
-e cratic members will act in harmon
Il for the repeal of the present Law
lie 1t must be remembered that br
:, for Democratic votes we woul
u never have had the Baxter la,
=, upon the statute books of the Stat
10 We shall not be surprisedif, indee
ty we confidently expect, that sewers
E. of the new members of the oppt
10 sition will be in favor of lettin
OF well enough alone, and therefor
Z opposed to any further experimen
II ing with a license law
OF On this point the Indianapol
News says:
''It is by no means certain TIL
ny the Legislature will repeal I'll
IN Baxter law. If it is done Repub]
Z, can votes will have to do it Sc,
-. eral of the Democratic Senator
IS who hold over are in favor of
he One, Mr.. Ringo, of Clay and Owe
o. counties, at district temperan'
OF convention held in Terre Haute c
ne Thursday, said that he would nj
1 h, only vote against repeating it, b.
would endeavor to have mo-
he stringent provisions added to
tn It is understood that Andrew Hur
he phries, of Greene and Davie
"a, counties, a new Senator, is in fav
q of retaining the law. How Il
" Freedom and Fighters will ho'
when they find that they sold q