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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-05-20
A BOOK FOR YOUNG LAWYERs,AKD.
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) We happen to know. John G. Reed, a
Georgian and counsellor at law in Lexing-
ton, in that ancient commonwealth of which
Lexington looks, if it be MOI, the very oldest
town. Bob Toombs said Of it fifty years
ago, that it was finished and fenced in one
hundred years before his tune. It was once
the scene Of the mightiest intellectual con-
ficts ever known in eourtsor politics. VIM,
H. Crawford, the intimate personal friend
Of the First Napoleon and esteemed by this
greatest.of men the greatest be ever en-
countered, was d citizen Of Lexington,
and there, too, lived the great orator and
1urist, Joseph Henry Lumpkin. Bob
Toombs, in his early years, had his ''shin-
gleY projecting into a stony street Of the
dilapidated village and Aleck and Linton
Stephens and Judges Thomas and Howell
and Tom Cobb and the Douzhertys, were
familiar names and persons in the ancient
village. Even now, it's bar is strong in in
tellect ana intelligence. Sam Lumpl1in in.
herits the genius OF his race, and John
Reed has illustrated his worth by pub
fishing a book more eagerly sought
and highly. esteemed by. lawyers than any
of like character that has appeared in mod
ern times. L is an improvement on that
wonderfully logical and simple book writ
ten by that fntellectusl machine called
Abram Caruthers, who founded and shaped
for many years tho fortunes Of the laE
school at Lebanon. Mr.. Reeds volume
consists of two books as admirably aualyti-
cal IS Blackstone's; the frst devoted 70 the
subject Of preparing a case for tual andths
second tresting Of the management Of the
trial--frst the conduct Of = lawyer cut Of
court, and seconds Of his conduct within
the precincts 81 che court. Il tells how TO
prepare case for trial. ana how TO Try Il.
james cockroft 6 Co, 7INassau street, are
the publishers
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-05-20
THE FEDERAL CENTENNIAL ORA
TOR AT PHILADELPHIA.

If Philadelphia would bridge the bloody
chasm with perdurable stone and put the
final seal upon the bond of union and make
Pennsylvania in fact, as IN name, the key,
stone in the arch of union and give most
eloquent expression to the assertion of
American brotherhood and unity, let Phila-
delphia have John G. Breckenridge occupy
worthily, as he would, the position which
the world at this moment believes could
alone be properly filed by Daniel Web
ster. Breckenridge, whatever people say
or think of his partisan career or of his per-
sonal ambition, in all his instincts and aims
and aspirations is true and representative
American and as against the world is as de-
vcut lover of the Union as they who fol.
lowed the Stars and Stripes while he wore
the gray. His genius is as fsultless as his
capacious patriotism, and at this hour he is
the truest impersonation of the impulses,
instincts and passions of the worthiest Amer
ican citizen. As Kentucky is a central
and representative State, in its greatness;
vigor and progressiveness, in its grandeur
and strength and conservatism, even such,
amoug men,. is John G. Breckenridge.
Time has given yigor and solidity to his
brilliant intellect, and his genius and char
acter, as shaped by the traditions of an
illustrious house, his memories, the deeds
Of his fathers, his childhood's dreams and
his own achievements invest his name with
renown and would make his assump-
ton of the Office of centennial ora
tor at PhiladelphiA July 4, 1876, en-
inently wise and proper. It would be.
generous and ennobling concession Of
the strong and powerful and victorious
to the valOr and genius and worth of the
vanquished. The concession to Southern
intelligence and patriotism would be SO
fattering that the recipient Of the honor
would prefer it, # given with the approval
Of the masses of his fellow-coantrymen, to
that Of which he VIII boast who succsods
c. S. Grant. We may add to these reflec-
tiOns the further fact that John c. Brecken-
ridge is a perfect master Of our language.
that he writes, Ike Webster, with the vigor-
Gus simplicity Of Goldsmith, that he can
cOndense nations lie Of one hundred
years into magnificent epic, even e. he
himself Is the very incarnation Of Amen
cenisIn IN modes csI thinking, in his majss-
tic presence, in HE -.oassiOns and pEeiudices
and in ali his ennObling aEpirations. There
is no blessed consfftutional amend1ent pro-
hibiting 1Ir Breckenridge's discharge Of
this august duty Of patriotic fellowship,
snd we are very sure that wherever, in all
this broad land, the suggestion Is pre-
seated. IL Win be greeted with loud hcclaims
q heaIllell approval.
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THE EXTRAORDINARY POINT IN
JEFFERSON DAVIS'S SPEECH.

The ardor Of feeling manifested by the
great throng that Welcomed Me Davis at
Houston must have been extremely crafty
ing to the statesman, the patriot and the
man. Ever since his release from Fortress
Monroe he has been hunted down by mis-
creants, who haye- sought to build party
upon his misrepresented assertions, He has
been completely silenced by this malevo-
lence, which visited upon his people exc
crations and wrongs, pretended to be JUS
tilted by Mr.. Davis's declarations. In all
that Mr.. Davis said at Houston there was
nothing that truth and prudence would con-
denim, but much that 'inter-oceanism' may
pervert. There was one sentence, how
ever, that fell from Mr. Davis's lips, that
we would not haze unsaid if it cost an
other war. 1t was only the assertion of
simple truth. Everybody recognizes it as
such. And yet it was never said before,
and still it will be ascribed to us forever as
the chiefest honor ever won by the people
of the South, and consists in the simple fact
as stated by Mr.. Davis: 'ThGt srhile otssr
nations hare held their leaders responsible
and received them scith curses as the authors
Of their naisfortUnes, yOu haze not chosen to
hold me responsible for your 1siseries.n s
The sublmest evidence ever given by the
people of the South of their own nobility
of character is discovered in this truthful
declaration of jefferson Davis. Union men
who supported Douglas, and they who sup
ported Bell, went into Southern aTmes,
and, loving their States and people more
than the Union, as did r. E. Lee, they dug
bitches, bore muskets-and filed countless
graves. From the survivors Of these never
word of regret or condemnation has
escaped. Never, save once through
HarPer's Weekly, have any of these,
still less have any who concurred in po-
litical philosophy with Mr.. Davis, assaiIed
him or his associates as authors Of calami-
ties that have befallen the South. We have
never seen a newspaper Low edited by \
Southern Unionist of 1862, who opposed
Yancey and Davis and Breckenridge as .po-
litical thinkers and then, from sheer force
of social influences, became practical Sc
cessionist, who has ascribed his misfor-
tunes OF follies to the "leaders Of the re-
bellion." Original secessionists could not.
Submissionists" have shown that they
would not ascribe to Mr.. Davis, or to Yam
cey or Toombs or breckenridge. the evils
of which Mr.. Davis tells. And does not
Mr.. Davis know that his graceful and CRATE
full recognition of this conduct on the part
of his once partisan enemies is most CRATE
ful to them3 In very truth, with these
simple, truthful words, above quoted, upon
his lips, Mr.. Davis viii be greeted wher-
ever he may go in Texas with an universally
and earnest warmth of affection and admi-
ration. such as never before went forth to
greet a patriot or statesman or soldier.
he is the nOblest living impersOnation Of
each Of these three characters, and hls gen
erosity Of opinion is as admirable as his
genius is universal.
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the people. This portion of his letter is
remarkable for its close relationship to the
sentiments constantly expressed by the
STATESMAN. We have been writing just
such editorials for two or three months,
and, while the Hon John Ireland condemns
them, we feel fattered that they are so
thoroughly endorsed by his Exeellency.
Here is what be says on the subject of
selecting men to frame an organic law:
/ Iapprehend but one danger in connection
with this subject, and that arises from the
seeming apathy and indifference Of the
people. In many sections of the country
they appear not to have been aroused to a
Just appreciation of the transcendant i'm
portance of the occasion. II is hoped that
no portion Of our people viii be so unjust
to themselves and the country as to fail to
demand and secure the services of their
ablest and best men for the convention.
On this occasion, and for this service, the
State needs the highest ability, the largest
experience the purest and most unselfsh
patriotism, and the loftiest integrity. Each
district should send its best mate
rial, and has right to expect every other
district to do the same. Men who are famil-
lar with the machinery and practical opera
ton of the different departments of the
government, and who know the defects of
the existing Constitution, the capacities,
resources and necessities Of the country,
the dangers to be guarded against and
have comprehensive appreciation of the
results desired to be accomplished; broad
viewed, liberatminded, sagacious men are
needed. The greatest men IN the State
Eu1 IN kha 70 hol
acted on in this body, difficulties
which will invoke their best efforts.
This will be no field for the experiments of
raw, inexperienced, impractical men, how
ever honest and well meaning they may be.
The work to be done requires intelligence,
thought, observation and experience, in
word practical craftsmanship. It was but
eighteen months ago that the then Supreme
Court of Texas decided that, because a
semicolon was put in the wrong place in a
sentence in clause of the Constitution, the
election law passed in virtue of it, and con-
sequently the election held under it, was
nullity. The country was threatened with
anarchy; and the people trembled with ap-
prehension for the consequences. Absurd
as this decision was, it admonishes the. peo-
pie of Texas that constitution making is a
serious work, requiring more than ordinary
ability and experience, care and circum-
speotiOn, and that they can not be too par
ticular ia looking into the qualifications of
those whom they select to do it. There is
no district in the State that is not able to
contribute its just quota to the aggregate of
craftsmanship necessary to frame such
Constitution as is needed. If the people
will take hold of the subject, and give it
their attention, all will be well.
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recognized, as Democrats or Radicals, by
their color and thus we are assured that
Hon. John Ireland is a DemocIat and that
is all ne seems to know about it, and
if he viii come out and say so and
tell the country that he would make a
white mans Constitution, on the white
mans platform for white men forever, We
will throw up the sponge and throw up our
hat and proclaim the glories Of John Ire
land forever. But this, it must be remem-
bered, is not national Democracy" though
admirable Texan Democracy. And since
the Federal Constitution VIII not suffer US
to restrict suffrage in elections in which
members of the Legislature are chosen,
without lessening our representation in
Congress, we should not forget that there
is no Federal inhibition against the reduc-
tiOn of the numbers of voters in municipal
elections, and if Hon. John Ireland win
say that the restriction of suffrage in mu-
nicipal elections is an article of faith in his
platform, We are, to this extent, his faith
fpl servants. If the honorable figurehead
will not approve this addendum to the
platform of Democracy, we are against
him. --zal a-l- s--4s-a
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-05-20

The independents voter Is the man who
undertakes to vote for the 5tttsr Of the two
candidates. He does not surrender his
riaht to think and act to the red0uhtable
John Ireland or any other great. man or
CLIQUE or organisation Of men. Tins voter
is now and then. very useful and is be-
coming q powerful institution in the UNI
ted States. In fact he win probably com
pel the nomination Of decent, conservative,
able statesmen BY each Of the great poht-
ical parties. II the independents have
force enough thus to force decency rather
than availability upon both Democracy and
Radicaliam they VIII hare achieyed great
good and We can see no reason for that
viruledt abuse now heaped upon them b
the ultra-partisan organs. Very certainly
these freethinkers IN politics are gathering
great strength, and while confined 70 the
Northern ana Middle States her inlluence
ana that of thsir newspapers Is beginning
20 Be recognized eteEyWheIe- They can
not however, while parties ere distiH-
roished mainly by face-Ieptures' cnnaii.
su,e any very appreuiabls force n the South.
Here i 4 commonly trne that paltisans are
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-05-20

FREETHNKERs in politics grow in num-
bers even as do freethinkers in matters of
religion. This horrible Beecher-T -Tilton bust
ness has done inhRite mischief and the wir-
ing in and wiring out of party leaders and
transformations of creeds, while only names
are retained, the accession to power of new
men involving only an increased cost Of
goVernment---these facts make people ques-
ton their own senses and doubt the virtue
enen of ths word Democracy" It is supi
posed to mean simple, pure repdblicanism
in government, and yet it taxes States fifty
cents On the 500 of property and suffers
the rabble to desolate towns and counties.
These are the facts that make ''freethink-
ers,n and these facts 8hack US over the
head and go for our pockets and make us
think for ourselves even If Ireland howls.
Reform, economy, VestigiG rstrOrsum are
sadly wanting to assure the supremacy Of
the Democratic patty after 1876. Ten cents
on the hundred dollars levied by the State
was burden enough and deemed too great
prior to 1851; but now, when the people
are poorer by half, their State taxes are
doubled FIVE times, making them ten times
heavier than when the genuine Democracy
of the country reigned. Letus restore the
party to itself and then restore it to su-
preme power everywhere.
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oUR ARTIoLEs OF FAIrH.

Will the Tri-soesEly Herald please write
out the faith that makes man Democrat.
Freetraders are Democrats, and so are
Pennsylvania protectionists. Pendleton is
for free money and free banking, and for
expansion, and yet the New York World is
for contraction and hard money. We can
all agree that we want the offices, but in
what beyond this, save and except that we
are opposed to consolidation In other
words, Democracy means devotion to local
independence. Besides this, there is an in
exhaustible fund Of prejudice, we'll
founded and just, against Radical plum
derers Of the South, mainly effected through
negro suffrage in local elections. This
properly constitutes good banking capital
for our side, but we would have the Herald
specify the clauses that make up the 8. ten
commandment" Of the party. Have we
not named them all in naming oneG
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-05-20

DIR. BURLEsoN tells Hood county that the
free school system was established by the
fathers of Texan freedom, and that it will
be SO perfected that every child of Texas
will be educated, in coming years, by the
State. True enough; but this end can only
be gained by moving slowly. The reten-
ton Of the school lands assures this ulti-
mate result. The Doctor s.too jealous for
statesman and too impatient for the
achievement of great good to suffer an in
initelY greater to be accomplished by the
sure developments of the future. Don't
kill the goose that lays the golden egg.
Texas will live thousand years, we live
only thirty. The schools are for Texas and
not for US. When ten millions of people
dwell here, the school lands, if still owned
by the schools, will be worth one hundred
millions of money, and every son and
daughter of Texas will be educated, with
out money and without price.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-05-20

WE were never a salaried official, and
never knew how it was ourself, but it does
seem singular that no sooner does fellow
get into Office than he forgets all objections
to big salaries and to those nice little things
called perquisites. It is these last that
make taxpayers poor without their ever
finding out how it is done. But poverty is
none the better for the manner Of It's birth.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-05-20

JAY GOULD often makes pool, but not Of
that sort which an angel troubled that the
lame might be enabled 70 walk In fact,
none but lame ducks are ever found on the
murky surface Of Gould's pools. The net
profits Of those that ish in them are wasted
fortunes and befouled reputations. We
can think Of no living creature whose vices
Of body and limbs and morals might be
amelIornted BY ablution At the hands ol
Gould save Morton. Then it must be done
By immersion even in another Enon. There
must be "much water there" But
wouIdp't It puzzle a.speculator on the Pan.
bourss 70 define the difference between one
Of Gould's lane ducks and ne poAIIe.
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/. Party leaders and politicians are Oftel

Z. PANTY leaders and politicians are often
to suffer great men to come be-
fore the people. The little ring masters
sometimes think it pFomotive Of their in
terests to repress tue operations Of true
greatness. They s.tried It ON Ben Hill
not long ago in Geofgfa and failed shame
fully. Once in, there is no probability Of
getting him out, and thus the small adxen-
tutets are done for. 1ti very bad for the
people TO do these things. It spoils 50
many pretty little plans Of those good men
who want to keep che lines always rigidly
drawn and every man in his place until
they have won seats in the Senate or in
the lower House, or even the Governors
once. We say that it was very ugly Of
those hardheaded goobber-grabblers in
Georgia to discomHt and otherwise render
uncomfortable those exceedingly patriotic
partisans who love their country more than
they love themselves, and demonstrate the
fact in their readiness to sacrifice man
ike Ben Hin IN order to retain the sOlidity
Of the party organization. The example
Of those unruIy Georgians, who have thus
kicked the money changers and traders in
Offices out Of the temple, should not be
quoted here in Texas. It might excite the
ire Of Hon. John Ireland.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-05-20

Mr.. JEFFERSON DAVIS still has limitlesa
faith in the success of the double-kealed
German steamer, which draws only sixteen
feet water and carries 5000 cotton bales.
The STATESMAN has often talked Of this
vessel, and Austin would 60 to Galveston
and sleep there whole night, If such
night be possible, to see such vessel from
London cross the bar. The course Of
Southwestern commerce would be revOlu-
tionized on the spot, and Galveston and
Houston become one mighty imperial city
by the sea.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-05-20

THERE is life insurance company in
New York City that boasts of en- accumu-
lated capital of seventy-two millions. Il
lends money on realty, but never q dollar
in the South. 1t is prohibited by the laws
of New York. We have lost the half Of
all it has made. It started with a capital
of less than $50, 900 in money, and vet peo-
pie ask why the South is poor and the
North r;ch
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-05-20

TIE reason Southern houses are IN
painted and fences 60 70 decay and desc
lafion reigns over WIDE districts Is found
in the fact thas local na well as Federal
suffrage Is universal For the first We are
indebted 70 State Legislatures; for the SEQ
ond 70 conereasionol Radicslisn. which
is the mors criminal It is dimcali % tell.
The psepls viii reform this evil il Texas +;
We doubt whether The party lsad0s and pol
itcians would. The5efors our disposifion.
fos the present, 70 separate the fEo claseea
and therefore We want 20 aids of mad par
tis,nahip "a remodeiine the Constitution
Of Texsa
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SINCE Governor Coke has stolen our
thunder and gone lecturing on local free
dom and the necessity for the injection Of
wisdom, rather than partisanship, into con-
stitutional law, and the two Heralds have
begun to worry Hon. John Ireland, the
STATESMAN must seek a new field foF the
development Of its genius. But the STATES
NAN is always fresh and vivacious, and Il
it isn't as big as all out-of-doors, i Is capa-
cious enough to contain all the best thoughts
and purposes and aspirations Of the mod
est little capital Of Texas, including those
Of its Chief Magistrate.
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No man who can't tell all he knows IN
half hours speech should be sent to the
constitutional convention. That good old
man DeMorse will emptya stream Of eter.
nal twaddle, If elected, into the conven-
ton that win drown every decent idea ss
soon as BON, and so stupefy the whole
body that it will be utterly incapacitated
for any task Of statesmanship. Don't send
men Overfiowing with words to the conven-
tiOn. We can endure John Ireland, Who
suffers from a chronic eaoethes Of that sort
but spare the country the presence Of that
howiing dervsh Of Democracy run mad,
known as DeMorse.
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THE Georgetown Democrat suspects that
it is the purpose Of several soreheads to use
the constitutional convention for the pur-
pose Of decapitating Governor Coke and Of
having "a new deal" To prevent these
results Of partisan selfshness let the people
and not parties ''run the machine" II Is
not the distribution of Offices that is
wanted, but government framed by states
men. Neither Radicals nor Democrats, as
such, but honest patriotic Texans should do
this work. Therefore, the Oranges come
TO the surface and, therefore, the indifIer-
ence Of the people to Ireland's DEGREES.
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Our correspondents from the interior
say ''we will vote for Ireland's convention
born candidates If the best in the field. II
not, we WON'T" We therefore think that
Ireland's conventions, seeing this and that
the people stand aloof, will make the best
and wisest possible nominations.
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VICE PREsIDExT Wnsox spent day

VICE PREsDExT Wnsox spent . day or
two in, Memphis, being the guest, while
there, Of an admirable gentleman, r C.
Bunkley. BE then went to Little Rock
and was amazed By the hefculean tasks ac-
complished by ". B. GreeniaW and this self
same Brinhley. who bridged the lOwlands
forty miles and Constructed the railway
is5 miles to Little Rock. Mr.. Wilson pro-
posed to rest 4 day in Little Rock. He
may then 90 70 the Hot Springs, though
the sulphurOus odOr Of Norton may repel
him he may -then 50. to St Louis snd
visit the Pixies Peak country. His health
demands cooler breszes than be win now
ene0unteE "a southsrn Texas, and ws fer
greatly that tbs Aas win not be enabled,
aftsE Al, 70 appease the wrath Of It's iirst Of
April, victims ~ exhibising "a Houston
thn ,FeIitahis secpnd- fiddler 70 Grnnk q
gantleman, hy he zay, whose personal and
Intellectual virtues, By contrast, make those
Of Gnnt his superior in ofice. shine and
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