The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-07-29
VOL. V.
AMONG GENTLE uEN MOTIVES ARE
no BE WEIGHED GENEROLNLY.


Wien the Tf'eyn74 is assailed by the
Alexia Ledger and its purity as "a friend Of
the international Railway is questioned. it
rises up in its majesty and tells the Le,lger
''it can speak authoritaiively of its own,
but not of the mottCes of others. When
the Teleg1abh assals the STATESMAN for its
objections TO Irelaud's policy as applied to
the creation Of "A new Constitution in Texas.
the Telegraph, oElivious of its suggestion to
the Ledgsr, impugns the SrArEsMAH's in
legr'y of purpose aud absolutely suggests
the p,ssiblhty OF the SrArEsuAN's l;sdical-
ism. Governor Coke mlay do this. III. has
the right. He is Chief Mugist rate of u
pr"nd commonwealth. His dignity ui
nice aud Distinguished cmIneucc as
statesman may enable him To employ the
arts Of demagngi,m aud appeal to the preju-
dices "f stupid ignorance; hut the Ilie-
gr"Ih cannot afford To- resort To little UNI
worthy tricks necessarily presupp"sing the
stupidity Of its readers. There viii never
be, in the very nature of things, another
accession, in Texas, to the ranks of Radical
ism. There cannot he. lie who asserts it
is driven to the wall for an assertion en-
ployed instead Of an impossible argument.
The Radical party Is so completely delunct
that it only Exists u matter of form. It's
leaders retain their places as such only
while Grant reigns. They have here II
monopoly of Federal offices and, when
Grant steps down and out, these place
men will return to the land of
their nativity and fatten on spoils drawn
from the toll of hapless strangers. The ex-
ample of the Telegraph is bad. 1t is not
only followed by his Excellency, but those
who should know better adopt it. The
Mexia Ledger lifts its little voice and bella
bors the Corslcana Immigrant, with the
| Herdlds of Dallas and San Antonio, and
absolutely hints, as a ''clincher," that the
| Immigrant is tending towards Radicalism
becapsc it dures to think for itself" The
crime Of Southern civilizations has been the
| enhancement, in certain localities, of a
despotism of opinion, by which all free
dom of thinking was prohibited. A few
men led the way, parceled out Offices, shaped
| parties and opinions, uttered maledictions
| against those who happened to differ from
them, and in this moral slavery, in many
| places, consisted the boosted freedom of
the people. They were led by catchwords
like this which the TelegJaPh employs, and
to this very extent were men moral towards
and deserved TO have masters placed over
them A prejudice, with such people, was
more potent than the eloquence of heaven
descended genius, and with them reason
and right had no force. 1t is only to such
classes they appeal, who, at this hour,
in the history of partisanship in Texas,
declare of a rival or opponent or enemy,
that he is lapsing into the embraces of
| moribund Radicalism. He who goes
thither, as the most ignorant confess, must
soon pray with the apostle of old for re
lease from the presence of this body OF
death. Would it not he we'll for the Iele-
! UdPh, if it would possess the respect of
decent people, to eschew the thin devices
of his Excellency, and, in dealing with a
newspaper, to presuppose share of COM
mon sense and common intelligence on the
part of its own readers? Do they not know
that NJ citizen of Texas can have any pos
siblc reason, in love of Office or money, OF
based on hopes for the future, to become
the ally of Radicalisml Do they, the peo
pie, not know that John Ireland is not the
impersonation of Democracy, and that ht
had no right, save to the extent that he
sought to maintain the proper order ol
succession to office, and to keep out irregu
lar interlopers like Lang, to invoke party
To frame rev government for Texas? Ii
reference to tins measure alone thu
three HeyalAs and the Immigrant and many
papers and people of Texas have differed
from the two ''organs, and in dealing
with them the Telegraph should apply to 1T
own conduct its own maXim, and remembe
that it can "speak authortatively of 1T
own, hut not of the motives of others y