The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-12-21
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DENIS THIUMPHF

confidence in his own election, and
Tiiden has never doubted that the will
Of the people would he executed. The
Republicans, on the onsrary, believe
that sscesslcnism las given Tilden
victory s1d tha; his Inauguration
would reproduce the Coutederacy and
subject the North 10 the sway Of Jef-
ferson DAVIS and his co.,l,oc!rs o. 1870
and 1850. Tie 70 lowers uf Logan.
Butler, Blaine and Mortou, honesty
believe that these results Of Tildeu's
accession to power Hlust ensue, and SO
thsJ fought asd suppressed the rabel-
lioE in 1875, even 80 arc they made
20 in.ugarats an absurd armed CT 5Isade
IN 1876. It is we'll enCugA for Us 10
cay shst we dc not pr opose to violate
any law or principle )f tAs American
Cni0a. We may 81 ear tui W. are
black in the face til, i We % nor DC
7oar fricasseed pIcsn nuies Tor breui.-
last and fsttened Gu fees or Thanks.
giving day. Tho great majority Of
lorthera newspapers are sustained by
hdical ohceholders, the lie suppiants
I thetruth and the l ,euple believe the
| lie al will fight for sheir 'iaIth." 1t
| is h5 idea, is fu d Of religion and
sentinel as of pal tisan patriotism.
They he The fixed cOnv ction that
Tildea I'd JEFF Davis are, in politics,
ideuti,l facts, and for the simple
resg- that the solid vo,e of the white
| p,Ple Of the South was given to Mr.
Ffen. It never oc ccurred TO Repub.
lies newspaper or SpOaker 70 Say that
theSouth us solidly Democratic, not
becise the\ South would approve Sc
ces9u, but 'becau 40 the ; o,ith aspires
to cal aelf-&ove' nment. The young
me- of tho South who lrvc become
vors since 1865. and they who sup
| poed Bell and Douglas in preceding
ysf', have never accepted the prac-
! tes or theorie4 Of secessi opisis, and
sry certainly Lamar and Chalmers.
nd many like them, the ,yery imper-
OnatiOus of secesSionisu ID, fS60-5,
70 the devoutest Unioni5ss Of to-day.
he North has never contemplated !
hese facts and only listens TO the up
oar Of those newspapers and of lager
soils, whose business it is To exasper- !
ate the mob by reciting IA schools and !
sserting our ipfdeIity to raason and |
I, the lessons taught by war and to I
cpvictions, supported by terrible facts;
witch made great majority of the
intelligent people of the South prefer
Dopglas or Bell to Lincoln or Breck-
enrdge. II the North, Tildeu being
PRESIDENT, proposed the reproduc-
tion of the two coufederacies or
union, with needEYl incidents, mar
low sestiog.lism anS standing ar
mics OF blr jannissaries ard "sbcep-
ish" rsvie the tax-pa%jng people
of the South gould not asseSs. The
broadest freedom, if the Federal cSQn
stitution be the law of the land, and<I,
most benignans utilization and bound
less prosperity al only consistent with
the unity and iEegrity and freedom
of the States. W have. .everytbmr to
gain By the reproduction an& mainte.
nance, especially ince SLAVERY is no
usore, Of the c.s5iggfi1sT Federal, as dis
tinguished from the Radical sec,ional,
Union.
While Hayes and his paFaisans not
only believe that they are OF right, by
popular action, the countrY's masters,
and that their extrusion IRON office
will be the signal for the inves:ilure
OF Davis's and Ysncey's adhsreuts
with supreme power in the Union, the
Democratic central committee, though
its chairman, annsunces, with official
solemnity, the election Of Samuel J.
rilden. We are expected, even now,
to celebrate the event with music and
bonares and illuminations. Every
sanction Of popular ascent and of par
tisan leadership must now assert the
fact that Tilden is chosen and will be
insugurated president. That he will
ue sworn into Office, If not by the chief
justice of the United States, by some
Federal judge, we do not doubt. A
great majority of the white people OF
4 once "white mans" country have as
serted their preference for Mr.. Tilden,
and ION the face OF the papers," as
the lawyers have it, Mr.. Tilden, by the
Intervention of Oregon, has been
counted" in, even as was Hayes by
Louisiana not many days ago. Then
'he New York Herald said that |
Hayes would be president because
, primo .ftseie case was made
'at and that the Democrats could
lot disProes it. But now the parties
q court, eOraHs PsPE!e, fiud their posi-.
lons reversed and Hayes must show
hst hlden, having majority of the
'allots cast by the electoral colleges
'nd also having great popular ma
orisy, is aoe the Prcsideut. The law
lives US a case in court and being there
costs too much to sxpel Us. Taere-
ore tho New York ,Hersid reforms its
KtrsjudieiSl sis,6@ and proaoances
or Tilden. Yesterday there came the
rst Preauneidmieate OF the great repre- .
leaders of sAA narties contes- =
ant for Offices s=u power. Mr.. Hayes,
M pleased 10 declare. - even wheu it Is
asst certain that he is no., that he Is
hs chosen President and at the same
nstsst We are instructed by the Demo
rstic leaders in Washington to rejoice
Dat Tilden is Grants successor. It is
! ugly state Of affairs. However de
ghted to know that Tilden Is cOnfes-
edly slceesss1L we cannot see how
sy indritc degree Of satisfaction Is TO
: derived fron the general effect upon .