Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-03-17
DOWN IN TEXAS.
Overthrow OF PRrties-FinaI Separs
tton OF wings and Conservatives
from the ScccssiOnists-Fate OF the
International RVad-GrautIsm in
Texas


Houston, Feb. 90, 1875.
TO the Editors Of the Chronieie:
Tennesseeans do most abound every
where in Texas. Adventurous spirits
from every district of the "swine and
hominy" State followed Crockett, a
loyal son of East Tennessee, born on
the banks of ChucRy river, to this
progressive, prosperous empire. Ev-
rywhere these people, and wanderers
from the East, seek for copies of the
CHRONICLE, aud there was never such
anxiety manifested in every town, and
city, and village, to secure Eastern
publications, that the course of opin-
ion may become thoroughly compre-
hended
Would you believe it? Even at this
hour, on the very threshold of its
young, vigorous life "A body of intolet-
able fools-those fellows that flop their
little wings, ard, with Colts repeat
ers in their breeches pockets, and
loud" cigars between their teeth, and
rusty plug hats stuck jaunlily on the
sides of empty heads-these "chival.
ry,o gu2zlng whisky at railway sta
for idleness-these splendid specimens
of Southern manhood aud intelli-
gence--few in mum ber fortunately
these stupendous fools--woud have
Texas, even now, enter upon a course
of undying infamy, by repudiating
contract with the International Rail-
way Company. The proposition is
made in the Legislature now sitting
in Houston.
Here of course all intelligent peo.
pie, every merchant aid banker, op-
poses the scheme of deathless dishon-
or but Ignorance reigns in the Texas
capital. They know not what they
do, The 80 year bonds asked for
amount only to SO 900 600, while the
twelfth (Republican) Legislature
agreed to give six millions. Under
this contract, with this twelfth Legis.
lature, the International road was
built more than half the distanc1
acToss't the State, constituting part,Sn
direct line from St. Louis audond 70
to Laredo on the Rio Grangatlan m
the city of Mexico and Pants ao far
the Pacific coast. 1t sISIP;cn are con-
as Japan, China and ~. Eor, Scottis
cerned, the necessity lJd joo hos Granted
Hfh2piheFHb fhe 19 HbaRPg RrPSiit ti8tGen thousand dollars
per mile and this richest in natural
resources Of all American States hesi-
tates to give Company, building
Op'ui oOT- tIao Inuo --tsi.iu the State,
the pitiful subscription of three mil
lions, payable in thirty years
THE CRIME UNUTTERABLE.
Suffrage is universal, stupidity reigns
and knavery as well. Decent, intelli-
gent citizens stand alOof when vulgar
ity and ignorance stuff ballot-bOxes,
aud those of our Northern fellow
countrymen who have invested eigh-
teen millions in this unfinished, and,
therefore non paying road, will be
taught terrible lesson. If the ballot
box be filed with ignorance, fools and
knaves must be supreme to destroy
railways. The poor starve in Eastern
cities, and Grant threatens to overturn
governments in Arkansas and Texas.
Industry is nerveless, property value
less, capital, frightened, is withdrawn
from sight; and even here in Texas,
between the two impending calamities,
" Reputation ~ aud Revolution u
called DEMONSTRATION n-there is
doubt or anxiety, or hopelessness
everywhere There and there a little
sprout of " chivalry stands on top of
little newspaper, whacks away quite
furiously al the id Yankee - own
ers of the International road, glories
in repudiatiun, and shakes his awful
little fist at Grant and Sheridan. This
wing Of the Hchivalry" alone Is hap-
py. If Grant were wisely advised, and
threats of suspended Hd6edS corpus
Withdrawn, the evils that afflict Texas
and retard physical, moral and politi-
cal progress would be greatly ameliora-
ted
DISSOLUTION or THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY IN TEXAs.
Very certainly there are prospects of
n good time coming. The Democratic
party gave the present Governor a ma
iority of 80, 600 votes. The Governors
name is Coke-a Texan brOadhorn.n -
He dresses with evident .afiectation of
rudeness, is somewhat popular and en-
dOwed with strong good sense, veiled
i'm seltishue-S and ogregiOus vanity.
Unfortunately he is sadly afflicted with
the disorder known among livery men
as " big head" He leads in hostility
to the Odd yankee " railway specu-
latOrs, and if the impending bill be en-
acted the Governor will veto it, Such
is the story told here in Houston.
This or the defeat of the measure in
the Senate will be the signal for the
dissolution of the Democratic party in
Texas. Every intelligent merchant
in our State, his credit destroyed with
that of the State; every banker; every
one wronged by the Texas Central
RR., that power within Texas greater
than the State; the people along the
line of the International from Arkan-
sas to Mexico; and the whole of West
ern Texas become allies in open enmity
to Governor Coke, who represents, in
his own person and history, the exs
treme wing of Radical Secession De-
mOcracy.
THE TRUE LEADERS OF TEXAS,
ThrockmOrton, Hancock, Reagan
and Lieut.. Gov. Dick Hubbard become
leaders of the moderate or Conserva-
tive Democracy. OF the sure process
Of revolution and reform. Coke's adj
ministration will become famous for
its destruction of the glorious old
Dimmycratick party ~ for Repudia-
tion and then for political local revo-
luton, which will accomplish the re-
Cfnnapatinn Of thn rannHiatiOn