The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-12-07
VOL. VI.
TEXAS OUTSIDE THE mAELsrRon.

The possibility and even probability of
civil wars among the Northern States
sile noes at once, and we would fain hope
forever, the insane ontcry in behalf of the
segregation Of Western Texas. The Sc
curty and respectabiiity and power of the
commonwealth depend upon Its territorial
extent and natural resources, and however
broad the domain OF Texas there will be
dense populations everywhere, even along
the Rio Grsnde, long before peace is re-
stored il Grant strike The blow in Washing
ton which extIDguishes statehood and civil
liberty in South Carolina. That Grant will
oyeIawe Congress as unhesitatinglY as be
has smitten State through Its Legislature.
submit to what we have patiently borne
few believe. II violence be done--if an
other Clsverhouse, in the person of Sheri
dan, disperse the House of Representatives
in obedience to the orders of Cromwell
in the person OF Grsnt-there are many who
will resist to the death. II the war begin
it will be enough for us of The South To
keep the peace. The negroes will stand
al of. 1. is not their war. They are not
Involved directly or indirectly, and if they
were they dare not move hand or foot.
They are not warlike and can effect no ex-
tended or dangerous organ:zltio Their
white leaders would not remain in the
South an hour after the tocsu of revolu-
tion startled the country, and the relations
OF the races would be undisturbed and even
more kindly than to-day. 1t Is only neces-
sary to restrain the young, the reckless and
the passionate, those ''chivairic" fellows
who shouted so Justify and proposed to
drink whisky and blood from Yankee
skulls in 1901, and basely confined them
selves TO whisky and to the religious care
of their twenty slaves. Original Unionists,
having no access to the ear of authority and
power, could secure neither offices nor ex-
cmptions, and therefore dug bitches and
villaipy of war. We want no more war. II
we desired it, and said so, the fact would par
alyze our friends at the North. II we adopt
any measure looking to the Inauguration of
hostillties or even expressed purpose to
participate, the North would he rapidly
consolidated against us. The sublimest
fools are they who never know in what as
pect they are regarded by Others, and no
party leader is so detestable, so weak, so
false as he who panders solely to the vanity
or rage and hates of his hearers or readers.
Whatever the demagogues of the South
may say they must now confess that they
misled stupid dolts once too often. They
tlattered, caressed and cajOled and made
the innocent people believe that each of US
could devour q dozen fricasseed Yankees
for breakfast. That game cannot win
again. War is no joke, and one soldier,
whether Northern or Southern, when he be
comes a ''soldier"-a mere explosive ma
chine--is as good as another. There is NJ
honor in being soldier. 1t is all toll, dan
ger, sickness. disease, physical and moral
and death. Officers live gloriously upon
he woes of soldiers and people, aud
live, too, in history. But there is
40 reward in war for the men
who bear the brunt Of battle and the more
intolerable evils of the camp and of power
Uy and hunger at home and the wearIne>s
of toisome marches. We have seen and
known all these incidents OF war, and then
when we reflect that our Northern fellow
countryme have not yet learned to regard
u as fellowcountrymen but as quasi pub
&c enemies, full of hates and sectional en-
mites, common sense and common mod
ssty should induce US to stand aloof in any
possible collision between the adherents OF
Tilden and Hayes. 1t is our prime duty to
=. l. I,
have only to stand still and while the mobs
of cities and poor of town and country are
engaged, uader the leadership of the place
seekers, in the delectabe business of cut
ting throsts and desola'irg homes and
fields, Texas will gather infinite riches from
all lands. A single decade of peace, while
war desolates Europe and the North, woulu
make Texas opulent and strong and great
enough to, protect itself. OF recent years
we hay GO Jeen condemned and spit upon.
Th" looked on with blessed indiffer
ou,,, svwe have writhed beneath the
ash. When a cracked Africans heel WAS
upon our necks and Davis's janissaries rode
riot over Texas and Federal armies stood
by to see that we remained with our heads
bowed while thieves impoverished us and
kpaves were robed IN the fiue linen of Of
ice-then we were tenderly urge by our
friends to be patient. The Federal COns,i
rutlon was so transformed and amended,
the whole North asserting. that there is no
further indignity or outrage which we may
aot tolerate. The New York San speaks
wisely when it says that there Can be no
wrong done by Grant and no usurpation OF
power which would JUSTLY resort 10
arms. Very certainly if :he North submit
when South Carolina is even now trodden
under foot, there can be no outrage perpe-
,rated Offecting the Union OF Northern
commonwealth which can by any possibili-
" provoke the South to violence. We
propose to practice inf inite patlepce.
GOVERNOR COKE said in his dinner table