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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-15
HAYES AND SOUTHERN PROS
PERaTY.

If Tilden had been invested with
office, elected as he was by the votes
of Southern States and by white peo-
pie, he would have been regarded by
the masses of the North the peculiar
representative of "rebels." The Sen
ate would have obstructed fatally every
measure of his administration designed
for the relief of these States, and the
Republican press and politicians would
have waged perpetual war against the
South. So infamous would we have
been made In the worlds eyes that i'm
migration from Northern States would
have been arrested, and the war of
sections would have ragged with de-
gree of undying hate and ferocity
never known even when Ben Butler
and Thad Stevens raved and swore and
tore their hair and fastened amend
ments on the perverted constitution of
the United States. We cannot, of
course, anticipate the policy of Presi-
dent Hayes. We have no guiding light
save that embodied in his inaugural,
but if this illumines properly and
truthfully the pathway in government
which he proposes to pursue, there are
no dreadful shadows falling upon the
future of Southern commonwealths.
1t is very sad that many good men
and faithful party leaders have failed
to secure postof1ices and marshalships
and collectorships, and while we con-
dole with them, with sincere heartfelt
earnestness, we must confess that
If the President tell the truth
of himself and purposes, the
South, bereft OF cares of State, can
go to work, mind its own business,
grow rich and be prosperous and blest.
But we only proposed to say that if
President Hayes execute in office the
policy defined in his inaugural, the In
ter Ocean will be finally silenced, the
character of the people and social hab'
its of the South misrepresented nc
more, and the practical prosperity OF
the whole country will be wholly un-
precedented. 1t is almost impossible
to believe that President of the
United States can entertain or propose
honestly to execute such purposes. We
know nothing but partisanship in Of
fee. We can dream of Washington,
Adams, Monroe, Jefferson and Madi
son, but their purity is deemed a fs
bic, myth of the forgotten and i'm
possible past, and though President
Hayes declared that he would have
only a single term of his illustrious of
flee, we cannot see how he can escap'
the clutches . Morton and Blaine ane
of those terrible Republican declaimeri
who kicked aside Hayes and his lettel
and platform and waged the presiden
tial contest on a platform Of sectional
ism and of bitter malignity. We Cal
only hope that the newly-chosen Presi-
ident may have the strength Of charac
ter and purpose to defy the bad ane
accept the philosophy of the good ane
great men of his party and do justic'
to the South. He can do this; TildeI
could not have done it perfectly
Hayes's party and newspapers, stripped
of effice and power, would have beer
potent enough to rends. Tilden impo
tent.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-15

If the Republican party attempts to
buy up Southern votes with offices and
liberal appropriations for internal i'm
provements, won't they have sorry
time of it2 AS Jere Black says, there
aren't enough Offices to go around, and
not enough money in the national treas.
ury to subsidize every scheme that will
be put forward; and once started on
trip of this kind, it is certain destruc-
ton to stop.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-15

'tSr. PATRICK's DAY IN the morn
ing" dawns on the seventeenth inst,
and our Irish fellow-citizens will not
fail to celebrate it. This st. Patrick's
fable, involving his aversion to snakes,
was, doubtless, an old Irishman's fg-
ure of speech illustrative of the good
priests detestation of whisky. There
is no knowing, in fact, SO old are the
traditions that tell as of ST. Patrick,
whether the people in his time had
snakes in their boots or not, but the
presumption is that the woes of ouI
race originating in whisky have been
continuous even from Noah's time to
this good hour, and every follower Of
St. Patrick and all who reverence his
virtues and those of Father Mathew,
will vote for prohibition.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-15

THE State Grange has SiS, 900 cash
in its treasury and excellent gentlemen
want to ''fumble it" in q newspaper
enterprise, but Col. Lang's head seems
to be entirely level, and his pockets
remain gloriously distcnded, and the
State Grange prospers and will stick
together and have deal of vitality,
while this central heap of gold gives
the body cohesive force. An ''organ"
never tells party Of its faults or vices
and the Changers, those of them that
meddle with offices--the Rutabagas-
need one less and an inimical journal
more than most people. Therefore,
we find all sensible Grangers eschew-
ing organs and taking papers that are
given to free thinking and truth
tellinu
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-15

ago this Central stock which made
men and women milhonaires had tum-
bled down to ten cents, and now it
has gone down till it has fallen below
nl, and then it is swallowed like a
Whit of chloroform by the anaconda
of the International. Such, in any
event, will be the final destiny of the
once mighty Central and its managing
magnates. They have gone down and
out of sight, and have lost magnitude
and brilllancy in the galaxy of stars
that shone not long ago with steady
splendOr everywhere within the hori-
IONS verge that hedges in the imperial
prpatr ass of TeYos
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-15

An ingenious person named Frank
P. Jannarone, of Washington City, in
spired probably by sympathy for the
numerous short-sighted persons who
are compelled to wear, or who affect
eyeglasses, has invented self-adjust-
ing ''nose clamp" which not only re-
lieves the skin of the nose of the un-
pleasant contact with bone clamps COM
mon in ordinary glasses, besides avoid
ing dangerous pressure upon the optic
nerves, but also avoids entirely the use
of the profanity provoking guard chain
generally in use The invention is so
simple that the wonder is that no opti-
cian has never thought vf it before. In
plpce of the usual permanent nose
clamp Of hard rubber, bone or tortoise
shell, one of soft rubber is substituted,
and this is hung in the middle on q
hinge, which permits it to adjust it.
self to any angle or any part of the
bridge OF the nose. When once placed
it cannot be shaken of, and yet the
pressure on the skin is felt much less
than that Of ordinary frames. The new
frames can be applied to any ordinary
eye-glass ty any optician.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-15

ANY war begun by Southern man
or Southern State and in the South,
would speedily become, just such as
was the late war, one of sections. In
it the North would be consolidated
against the South. New York City and
State and the East prospered wonder
fully during and for a short time after
the late war. Another war in the South
no matter what its origin-would be
turned to account in the old way. The
World, which was angry because Wade
Hampton did not show fight, may not
be without method in its madness.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-15

The last Baptist, j. r. Graves editor,
contains an admirable lecture from the
pen of DR.. Sylvanus Landrum. The
subject sampson, the Nazarite, "
lecture to young men, is handled in
an able manner, doing great credit to
the head and heart of the distinguished
speaker. In the lecture we are told
who Sampson was, what he did, the
.OVLA "nINn mo ITIO ""o "IUCn0u,
and with earnest faithfulness truly
commendable, DR.. L. draws lessons
worthy of our deepest study.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-15
THE Houston Age saws that /:

"The collapse of life insurance COM
panles continues. Yesterday we pub
lished the failure of still auother, the
North American. The whole OF them
are now seriously mlstrusted, and
looked upon with suspicion. But it
would not be wise on the part of policy
holders to allow them to lapse and
hold FAST GahttiI Gt safisffcd the company IS
going by the board"
We cannot avoid adding that the
Life Association of America, against
which jealousy has Said much, is
known to be all right and sound, and
policy holders should follow the ad-
vice cf the Age and pay premiums
promptly on policies in that company.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-15

JOHN F. HOUSE and Casey Young are
the two Congressman from Tennessee
who stood side by side, in the recent
struggle in the House, with Hancock
and Throckmorton, of Texas. Within
the year we shall see whether the
worlds opinion sustains the impracti-
cables and destructionists, as Mills's
adherents are termed, or the conserv
atists, like House, Young, Throckmor
ton and Hancock.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-15

THOSE who would at once condemn
President Hayos will please read the
kilograms, and decide whether he
should be met with kindness or rigor.
He proposes, even iu the face of con-
structive opposition, to run the gov
ernment In bis own way, and sets his
foot fatty down upon the point OF
Withdrawing troops from the Southern
States. Let the generous extend him
their hands.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-15

THE supreme Court of the United
States has declared that State legisla-
lures can regulate rates of freight and
passenger rates on railways. In Other
words, railway companies are no longer
deemed 'private corporations" and
the Legislature can amend their char.
ters at will. This decision forces the
railways of each State to maintain 6
lobby at each State capital. The
money-making rascals in each legisla
ture will perpetually threaten the rail
ways, and these must pay for exemp
ton from ruinous restrictions.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-15

THE foremost enemy of local option
in Austin, and he who denounces
Maine and Massachusetts, codes and
modes of thinking most ferociously,
was unfortunate enough to lose his
grandmother at Salem, where she was
burned as a witch a short time ago.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-15
.HE STATE OF TEXAS

To al persons interested in the guardian.hlp
of Laura GrVen. minor:
John A. Green, guardian Of said mluor, has
hicd his aPpication In the county court Of
Travis county. prAytng Tor sale of i6o acres Of
laad In Sraysou county, the property of said
minor, for the payment o. deote. which viii be
heard AZ the neal teru Of said court TO be held
Af the court hoase thereof IN Austin on the
third Nonday IN March. isTS. ~hen and where
al pcrsons Interested nay appear aud sAow
cansc why such sales should moi be made.
Witness my ham and seal OF said court. Feb
L.S.l FRANK BROWN,
Clerk c. c. % T. O.
certify that the above Is = correct copy oi
the original.
DENNIS CoRwfN
fcbi5w5t Sheriff % Travis county.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-15

FOSTER, the Ohio friend and Con-
gresham representing President Hayes,
said "the flag viii now float over
States, not Provinces over freemen,
not slaves" We hope President
Hayes viii not blast this prophets rep
utation.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-15

THE St. Louis TTgaes says: 'It seems
to be pretty well settled that we are to
have Texas Pacific sauce with our
fraudulent presidency. That may
sweeten the dish, but viii Hot render
it digestible."
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-15
$1,000 : COLD.
THE STATE OF TEXAS.

To all persots : Interested In the guardianship ol
Ida, Sallis and Minnie Wilson, minors:
John 4. Smi h. guardian OF the above named
minors, has nled his application In the county
eoutt OF Travis county, pray Ing for sale OF Ger
tam real estate belonging 10 said minors TO pay
Indebtedness ard TO maintain them In the fu
tnrc, which will be heard at the next term oi
eaid conrt, TO be held at the court house thereof
iR Ausdn, on the third Monday In March, 1877
when and where all pcreoGs tAtcrestea may ap
pear aud show cause why such sale should MOI
be made
witness, Frank Brown. clcrk OF eait
fl 81 court and the seal thereof attached, Febr
uaTy -, lS1I. FRANK BROWN,
fe29wt. &. c. e. I. c.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-15

The journal dss DeJats thinks that
the fighting power of Turkey has been
very much underrated, and points out
that all the taxation honestly expended
for the psst twenty years has been
spent 90 the army and navy. 1t seems
that the Russian government is OF the
same opinion, more especially as re-
CARDS the latter service, or It's own
navy would Lot now be in American
waters.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-15
LICENsED To DO WHAT,

Lice"sea-to make the strong man weak
Liccnsed-to lay the wise man low.
Liccns d-a wife's funl heart to hrcnk
And make his ohildren's tears to dow.
Liccnsed-to do thy neighbor harm.
Licensed-to kindle hate and strife:
Licensed-to nerve the drunkard's arm.
Licensed-to whet the murd' 'rer's knife.
Lloensed-thy neighbor's purss 20 drain,
Licensed TO rab him sure and fast;
Lie .nsed-to heat his feverlsh brain,
TIL madness crown thy work at last.
Licensed-like spider for fly,
To spread thy web fer man thy prey;
To mock his struggles, suck him dry.
Then cast the worthless hulk away.
Licensed-where peace and quiet dwell,
To bring disease and want and woe;
licensed-to make this world hell,
And 1T man for n hell below.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-15
DIX. u. .B ALL 81 CO.,

P. o. Box O51,) NEW YORK CITY, N. Y.
Do not mss tho opportunity of being first in
the ncld 10 not delay. Write by first mail.
Great Inducements and large profits offered 10
any person who wants hIst-class paying busi-
meas.
eff~ THE LARGEST CoMMIssInN ALLOWED 20
AaESrs ny ANY HOUSE IN THE UNITED STATES.
ian3fweowlyI
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-15

If similid similt6us curantur, Packard
should have blue glass house, for he
Is certainly IN an uncommonly blue
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-15
r oST.

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Land scrip No. ss4 aud SIS. issned by the Com
missioner OF the e, neral Land onice, TO Adam
Aram>, X. c, Beatty and NJ G. Monitor, on the
ntEth day Of January. lSf5, each for GO acres OF
land II not found within the tune prescribed
by law, application viii be made for dup plicAte.
JOHNS & SPENCE, for owners.
Austin, TEXAS, Feb. 10. 1871. tchiiw9t
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-15

Two ane farms. one IN Rel county. near
Yoarrsport. and one In nastrop cunnty. near
Trin station. on canifAl Railroad.
DBcoRDoYA y MCKINNEY.
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THE vulgar, brutal rough and bruis-
er, Joe Coburn, has been consigned to
the penitentiary, we hope for life.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-15

times looks that way to persons VINO
do not understand the truth.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-10-19
NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

The BUSINESS REVIVAL IN New YORK The
city is unusually full for the beginning of the
season. Business begins remarkably well,
considering the general and protracted dull
ness There are twice MS many buyers in
town ms last year, many of them from the
South and West They buy more, on better
terms, with less higgling about prices, than
at any time since the panic The general re-
port Of the buyers is encouraging. Crops of
all kinds are good People have retrenched
and saved Country dealers have no surplus
stocks of old goods to carry they buy just
what they want on short time at low prices
and nothing they can't sell and pay for
Business to-day means actual demand and not
mere speculation. The feeling among our
merchants is frmer and more hopeful than at
any time since 1873. But there is no fever,
no furry, no great expectations. The long
depression has nearly rid the business of the
city of the commercial adventurers who were
reckless because they had everything to make
and nothing TO lose. More women are buy
ing goods this fall than ever before. One
firm reports ~ women buyers in one day.
Their purchases were not large, but very dis
Greet and discriminating They knew exact-
ly what they wanted bought quickly. paid
cash or its equivalent, and the aggregate of
these purchases was SlO,G5O. This shows
that the woman movement has not spent its
force in vain. though Lucy Stone cannot vote
and the republicans of New Jersey nominated
Newell instead of Mrs Stanton for governor.
N. J. Letter.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-10-19

Ak ERRING but REPENTANT JUDGE.-A GER
tain lawyer in Lewis county, Ky, was APP
pointed Judge of the criminal court. being Il
much younger man than ever before held the
office. He was n brilliant, honorable fellow
and sound jurist, thoroughly competent for
his Office except that he drank hard. The
other day, in opening court he was so much
under the influence of liquor as to be unable
to transact business The next day, being So
Der, he came into court, and said Gen
, tlemen and fellow citizens: / appear before
you to say am victim to a vice which has
disgmced me before you and my country.
As | entered this court room heard some
one say, there goes pretty timber to make Il
criminal judge of. l felt that remark as a
steel through my heart for it is just. l am
unworthy of the high honor and trust you
have conferred upon one so young, and | re-
turn to you the office have lost being un-
worthy of it. Pardon me, friends and c0un-
trymen, but you shall bear this no longer.
My judicial integrity and official acts are
blameless. Thank God, am no longer Grim
inal Judge of Lewis county. May heaven keep
me in my afflction" There was not a sound
in the crowded court as he spoke. No one
could look at him and not know that the strug-
gle through which he had passed before he
could so humiliate himself was worse to bear
than death. But there is no one whose heart
would not warm to an offender who is man
enough to acknowledge his error, and to go
honestly and humbly to work to regain his
lost place. when the judge entered the
court" says the local paper, the public feel
ing against him was that of anger and con-
tempt but when he went out, every man
there was his friend, and ready to hold out a
helping hand TO him."
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-10-19

GRANT ON THE GENEVA AwARD.-At Glas-
gov, Scotland, Gen. Grant said, in reply TO
inquiries ON the subject, that, with respect to
the belief in England that the Americans got
the best of the bargain in the Alabama award
our people were by no means satisfied with
the result, and there was sharp fight over
the confirmation of the treaty on the ground
that its terms were not broad enough to cover
all the losses of local interest. 1--WE yielded, p"
he said. more than we intended to yield, but
had got so far into the business of doing what
we advocated that nine-tenths of our people
had no desire TO recede. We did not want
war, or even new arbitration. We wanted
the question settled peacefully, at once and
forever With respect to the -, 0OO, 900 sur
plus left, General Grant says when it came to
the distribution of the money under the terms
of the treaty, it was found that if the insur-
ance companies which had received war pre-
miums were admitted to participation in the
sum il would not be large enough to go around.
So they and other parties were excluded. He
thought that Congress would yet supply the
requisite legislation, 80 that the money would
be wholly distributed here.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-10-19

One of the gravest errors into which a Re
publican convention could have fallen was to
denounce the order of the President forbid
ding the federal Ofice-holders from actively
interfering in partisan politics as an eneroach-
ment on their rights. The complete fallacy
of this position is understood by every intelli-
gent person who knows anything about poll
ties throughout the country. The Boston Ad-
vertiser, which is II stanch Republican paper,
points out that the order of the President is in
reality proclamation of emancipation for the
office-holders and releases them from what has
been practically a despotism of the most hu-
initiating character. Their responsibility in
political matters is no longer to Senator Conk-
ling or to the Congressman to whom their ap-
pointment may have been due, but solely to
their own conscience Formerly it was tacit-
ly understood that tenure of Office depended
on fidelity TO those who controlled patronage,
The Presidents order, in effect, declares that
the officials not only need not, but shall not,
do the work of their political patrons. Y.
Times.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-10-19

The policy of the President has commended
his party to the confidence of the country as
no other course could have done. The dis
tinctive criticism upon the Republican party
was that it was essentially sectional and vim
dictive and centralzing. We do not say or
think that the criticism was iusti6able, as of
the party, but it was certainly justified by
much for which the party was responsible.
This, indeed, was the main explanation of the
elections of 1874 and of 1876. The indispens-
able condition of the continued vigor of the
party was a restoration of faith in it as the
more probable agency of progress and reform,
and of wise treatment of new issues. This
faith had unquestionably been disturbed. The
nomination of Mr.. Hayes tended to revive it.
His administration has confrmedit. And the
one thing that has prevented more universal
and cordial restoration of confidence in the
Republican as the party of peace, as it was
the party of war, has been the reluctance and
hesitation of many of the conventions heartily
and enthusiastically to sustain the Administra-
on.-HdIpey's Weekly,