The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-02-04
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The action Of President Grants admins
tration in Jouiaana indicates settled de-
termination to support spurious govern
merit fastened upon the people Of that
Stare by fraud, and perpetuated by the
bayonet. It is a governments Of usurpatiOn
and oppression, ard the elements Of its
creation and maintenance are In Opposition
to the principles Of republicanism, and in
accord With the code which tyrants have
ever enuneiRted. Il is the government Of
minOnty, administered by adventures
who have no interests in common with the
people they tyrannize over aud plunder
1t is the very government military chief
tain, who mistakes the country for an i'm
mense camp, would be likely t. establish.
It is centraIism exemplifed locally, prepar-
atOry TO its general adopsion and enforce
ment. The cup which Louisiana has been
forced to quAf viii be presented to the
lips Of other States. and the libatioa will.
be fatal to liberty and constitutional gov
eminent. : ss-ss 49,
The negro is the pretext for the over
throw Of State government, the defeat Of
the expressed viii Of the people, and for
the appeal from the ballot-bOx. to the
sword. The army of the United States
has been used, pretendedly to place the
eOlored man in possession Of his rights,
but really to trample upon the most sacred
rights Of freemen, and to give stability and
perpetuity TO the Republican party in a
State where its tenets srs spurned by men,
of intelligence. The Federal government
has displayed towards Louisiana tyranny
savoring of the dark ages when men were
estsemed mere machines intended for obe-
dience-the servitors of self-appointed
princes, and military cbieftains- APP
pendages Of the esoil, won and lost upon the
result Of battle. The autocrat at Wash
ington has issued his ukase, and Lleuten-
ant General of the United States army
stands ready to obey, and imbrue bis hands
in the blood Of men because they are
white-because he says they have formed
league" What of the defunct Loyal
LeagueG Why was it Suffered to exlstl Was
it because its members were negroes and de-
graded white men who were beneath the
negroG When the cry has gone to Wash
ington that the negro is about to be de-
prived Of the exercise Of his rights, the
whole machinery of the Grant administra-
ton has been put into active operation to
protect the nations wards" The army,
the navy, the heads of departments-t the
sword and the purse-are at the disposal of
the negro and his willy manipulstors. What
has been the result when the white man has
been in jeopardyl Read the history OF the
Texas frontier since the close of the war,
and you will find tragical response to the
question.
Expeditions have been set upon foot in
Mexico TO invade Texas. A border war has
been waged for nine years. Mexican citi-
zens, Mexican soldiers, and their Indian
allies, have carried fire and sword over
Western Texas. They have desolated, pill
laged, and impoverished the people inhabit-
ing an area of nearly one hundred Thousand
square miles. They have murdered men,
ravished women, and carried children into |
captivity and slavery. They. inaugurated |
and sustained reign of terror. They have |
destroyed commerce, paralyzed business,
the value of property. prevented the.
settlement and the development of the re-
sources of a territory of immense extent.
The people of Western Texas have toiled |
for years; and the proceeds of their labor
have been taken by armed bands and car
ried into Mexico. They have been the uR-
paid servants of Mexican raiders, and mer-
ciless savages. They have supplicated the
Federal Government for protection, redress,
and indemnifcation. They have furnished
proofs of their sufferings and their losses.
These proofs are at Washington. They are
known to the government. And 'ohat has
been The result A paragraph in the MESA
ges of President Grant has been all they
have elected from the Chief Magistrate Of
a great Republic
A war upon the white people of Texas
for nine years, prosecuted by ruthless in
vaders-sustained by Mexican authorities,
civil and military -inAieting loss of life and
loss of property worth millions. of dollars,
does not disturb the equanimity Of Presi-
dent Grant. But leV negro cry COUP from
Louisiana, and he assumes the port of Mars,
cries "Havoc, and bids "slip the dogs of
war" And this done in the nineteenth
century, in the United states-the land OF
the free and the home of the brave-and it
is tolerated. Isthere no remedy To whom
can a suffering, defenseless, and outraged
people appeal for helpl If the ear Of the
government is closed to them, can they not
arouse the synpathies Of the American peO-
pie, and get a hearing at the bar Of public
opinionl They are rObuffed at Washing
ton, and even when askingthe boon Of rail
way extension, and thus perfect security and
repose, are denied what has been given with
lavish hand to every other portion Of Texas.
SUNSET cox AND GRN. STEELE.