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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-01-25

IT was wont to be said by the Radi-
cal press and orators that the South
still sought to destroy the Union. We
once attempted the task and, failing,
have sought, even more earnestly, to
reproduce the original relations of the
States to the Union and to one another.
Therefore we voted for Tilden. 1t is
not the South but the East that now
"secedes." The Fundamental law of
union is annulled when the majority
does not govern and when, after fore
ing Us il, we are to be thrust out of the
Union. Very certainly this is done
when Ti!den may not be iEaugurated
because he is the "rcbcI- chosen" can
didate for the presidency. Pinned to
the Union with bayonets we are now
to be thrust out by the Senate and re-
tuning boards. What are we to do (?
When outside the pale of union they
would not suffer Us to remain cut, and,
forced i'll, we are net to be recognized
as coequa!s. They ent:archiscd the
negro and mad the eX-slave the tool
with which to secure the votes Of the
South, and n0H the freedman hay
ing betrayed his pew masters, return
in boards mus effect objects Which
the negro fails to accomplish. 1t is
not the South but the North that now
"secedes," aud if we Thought the
North wrong when it iuvn1ed the
South we cannot now stultiiy Ourselves
by invading the Moth, and therefore
can have 40 part in the next war.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-01-25

land is opsnIy violated sid anuuIlei,
what respect can decent people enter
tain for sucL s government! II order
20 exercise the T.gI: 10 lOntTo. .-gigl:
and passenger rates in favor Of s..
LOUIS and Philadelphia, the road must
be first diverted from T-Eas II the one
hundred and third E-r.ailn. s1i the
so-ca!led "N.tia1a.' Eys3 : taken
from cities q I,E.s ana ,l ,hH South
and gwen - rle E.s' ana EyI,D. Tals
''u4'icugjz.u' q .HEr.Hs con exercise
the right TO uske the 'o.5's "schsd-
ules," and thus caIro. laa 6sr.r,..H
Of freight aud tTlyg'. IH-. c.mes the
robbery Of TyAa-, .r-l. IF the c.-Llt 10
&c me II e and charge. Is agreed in
contracts az ia ana a-un renewed be-
tween the company and the State, ana,
secondly, atjGr stealing the road from
the State, the SGtc's gDLlic ilmIin l.
stolen and retained. The facts coag-I-
tute the suo!imtSc case Cf "hi4hway %
robbery on reCnrt. L would disgrace
4 railway c0rruptioIIst or C.eiic No
bilIer operator, and constitutes the
wel'-dehaed crime Of obtaining
money and goods unicr false aai
frau iuIent pr.;cnses, and If the Con-
grsss Of the UnItcd States bs guilty, as
proposed, and as charged, this body
of Iawgivcrs should be p!lloiiei to in
fanny. II the contract with Texas
must be anuulIed on one side it must
be on all sides, and the public domain
revcrts 10 the Stat. What does MIR.
Lamar think about it!
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-01-25

AND now they say that Lockhart
was destroyed by whisky and simply
because, as in Marion, Alabama, when
nearly the whole place was consumed,
the fire burst from q whisky keg.
But is wasn't spontaneous combustion
that withcrei LockEart. 1t hadn't
taken whisky until, like = model po-
liceman, it was afraid to blow out I
light lest Its breath might ignite. BuJ
it is a fact that more towns and cite
and people have been burned up by
whisky than all other agents of eonha-
grafton. Whisky shops pay heavy in
surance rates, but these do not protect
other houses, and therefore the rates
fastened upon each building along a
whisky vending thoroughfare are aug
mented by whisky. 1t must be con
fcssed evil, and especially since the
fires it lights in this world are said to
iIluminc the next; and Lockhart has
surely had enough of whisky.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-01-25

IF THE women could vote, and the
local option law accomplish any share
Of desirable purposes contemplated by
temperance advocates, there would
never be a gill of whisky sold in Texas.
Why should not women vote in = case
of this sortl The locsl option law
will be amended, and in reference T.
this and questions affecting school:
and in corporations in which women
States. AS suffrage exists and is un.
restri ted to-day il Texas, there would
be great service done the country il
women voted in all elections. But in
stead of multiplying, the number oi
voters should be greatly lessened.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-01-25
TIE MEN FOR THE OCCASION.
AND HOW TO GIVE THE COrN-
TRY PEACE.

The perfect reproduction of prosper
ity among farmers and tradespeople
only awaits the peaceful adjustment Of
political difficulties III Washington and
IN thcec Southern States. Rigid econ
omy has been practiced everywhere 10y
the people, and the only obstacles to
perfect prosperity are found in the
administration and coStlincss Of gov
cmmen:s, local and Federal TildcG'S
peaceful Inauguration would he the
signal for the instant reproduction of
4 degree of business activity never
known before. The people Of the
South would so to work with an un-
prgccdcuted degree of confidence and
energy. Tradesmsn would replenlsh
instantly stocks of merchandise now
reduced to the lowest possible limit.
Such condition of mercantile houses
IS the inevitable consequence of the
state of things existing for the last
three years. Nor does this rule apply
20 mere mercantile stocks. In ali the
households and warirobes OF the cuun-
Try there is comparative exhaustion
Of accumulated supplies. In our pro
ductive establishments, factories and
workshops, there has been three years
of postponemont Of renovatious and
Replacement; of machines, too,s ard in
s,rumcuts, and on sll railroads also
the OLD appliances have been used, a.
iag as possible, in lieu Of introducing
new ones. This process Of usln : the
old instead OF procuring the new can
not well be carried much further
/ There comes a point Al which necessity
compc.s replacement; that point Is be-
| ing reached; and when once lis de-
msnds begin TO DC responded TO q re
| sisticSs stimulus to all kinds Of indus
try must result. It is thus apparent
I that every toiler Of the town and cou0-
/ Try looks with earnest interest 10 the
conduct Of the country's rulers, prop
erly held responsible for the suffer
/ ings OF the poor, for the compulsory
/ idleuess of multituies. for the silence
OF cotton mills, for the suspension Of
railway building, for the presence of
wan poverty and shrunken famine at
many ireless hearthstone. One man
or another may be preferre: as presi-
dent. Tilden, as the whole country
eonfesses, is en6ued with moral and
intellectual qualities infinitely more ef-
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-01-25

GOVERNOR STONE, Of Mississippi, in
his message to his Legislature, regrets
the resignation of DR.. Carter, who
managed the deaf mute school at Jack
son fer many years, as his EXccllency
states, witk distinguished success,
and resigned that he might practice
his profession as physician. DR..
Carter made Dallas his home and
bought property there, but has been
induced by Gen. McCuIloch 10 devote
at least one year 10 the perfection OF
the system of instruction and manage
mcnt of the institution for deaf mut;s
in Austin. The deaf and dumb of
Texas can find nowhere more
skillful teacher or one more thorough
ly devoted 10 the unfortunate class he
instructs than this excellent gcnliemaa
and skiiifui tGlchPr.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-01-25

THE names of the new police OF the
Wilson government in Houston are to
be kept secret for about ten days and
then flushed in brsss-huttoned splen-
dor upon the startled community.
They must have, we presume, stars in
their hats and Gibbs and pistols and
be uniformed a 1T mltaire. People
Of Texas towns are growing weary of
these forms of despotism introduced
after the war by dcspots. We are a
PLAIN, liberty-loving people, and will
respect ourselves and local governments
none the less if peace officers wear ha-
biliments of peace and conform in
dress to republican tastes. These des-
potic forms belong to monarchIcs and
not to liberty-loving States, and, least
of all, to communities in Texas IN
which popular freedom is and must
ever be absolute. The purpose of
those who first gave US these lace-be-
diz1ened guardsmen was to accustom
US to subjectiOn to the forms first, ard
then to the facts of despotic authority,
and policemen, like cOnstables, should
BE- plainly clad citizens. We would
not distinguish them from other peo-
pie by the redness of eyes or noses or
by the toggery of soldiers. A star in
front and rear would serve every need
full purpose.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-01-25

THE San Antonio Ucra!d proposes
that a subscription paper be circulated
that funds may be coilectcd to keep
McNelly's command in TIE field. 1t
is the policy of Governor Hubbard,
we suppose, to compel sherilTs and
peace officers Of western counties, and
such special police forces as he may be
enabled to employ, to maintain order
and reprcss violence. The exhaustion
of appropriations for the maintenance
of the States military forces will not
justify the cost OF reasssmbling the
Legislature. Moreover, there has been
of late a stagna,ion IN the business OF
robbing stage coaches, mai! trains and
cattle ranches.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-01-25
WHAT DOES VIZ. LsIIAR THINK
AND WHAT WILL CONGRESS-
DO ABOUT EE!


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and the ch,rass for psssenger, and
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-01-25

II has been suggested that Capt.
Eads be employed to open the mouth
Of j. Madison Wells and make him
tell how much he and associates have
been paid by Zach Chandler for count,
ing in Hayes. The Sherman Reyiste,
thinks this the only possible mode Of
sscertaining the extent Of the 'seGi
mentary deposits" The "jet>y" black
ness that would be discovered il
Wclls's mouth would be deep enouGl
to entitled the Register to $500, 600 fol
nneninr thus RlliIn
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-01-25

DEUG STORES will noC become, as a.
legged, simple dramshops if local op,
ton be adopted. The doctors pre-
scriptlons and the whisky will cost too
much and men will net go in pairs to
whisky one another, each bravcly civ,
ing the other his moral support, while
each ia weakening lis own brain and
legs. None but topers, CT iuyincible
habits, will keep jugs under Their beds.
For these there is no hope; but the fa-
cilities for the ruin Of Others, whose
passion for drink has not been aroused,
will be removed. and the effect of the
proposed measure Of reform will first
be apparent III the conduct and habits
of the youths of the country.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-01-25
THE PRoPOsED SETTLEMENT.

The set agreed upon BY the con
gressionaI committee for disposing Of
the electoral vote, after all. may be
full OF emptiness, for whileit proposes
to solve great question it leaves its
conclusion, after going through yan-
Gus forms and dispositions 10 find lis
Wy, 10y an easy process, - Tie very
point from which it starts. - trouble
en- arise over any settled vote OF q
STATE unless both houses Of Congress
agree to iLs rel c,ioa, which Is III
probable. The votes Of States. from
which counter returns come, are
to be left to commission.
made up II five members Of each
house and five Of the Supreme Court
judges, who, having acted in the ca
pacily OF such commission upon the
doubtful vote OF a State, shall report
such decision 10 Congress, either house
of which may lay II aside, through the
action OF five Of its members, remitting
the question Of settlement in such
event to the point where it begins.
Whether justice and patriotism viii
govern the action of first the commits
sion, and then the Senate and House
remains problem. Il would
seem, however, that the purpose Of
the congressional committee, in pre-
senting this solution, has been in
spirit of virtue ami patriotism, for the
motives Of such men as sign the report
cannot be questioned. Norton, who
refused to sign the report, may be in
earnest, and if SO, the agreement may
be regarded as favorable to the Demo
cratic side Of the question, but his
cunning may have led him to this
course TO prejudice political opponents
into the support of the bill reported.
The matter rests with the five justices
Of the Supreme Court. They hold the
balance of power, and should the con
clusion be reached in patriotic spirit,
Congress will agree to the solution as
presented by the commission. Let us
hope this last feature may be the result.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-01-25

GALUsuA A. Grow figures in the
New York Tribune in manner that
satisfies Grow that the President Of the
Senate can count Hayes in. Ga.usha
reposed about three years in the South
and learned the art of counting peo-
pie in snd out of Office to which his
sort were addicted in these States. Bur
the excellent Pennsylvania should
know that the arts employed oy carpet
bag knavcs il acquiring power IN
negro-governed States will not be en-
dured as far North as Washington.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-01-25
THE Galveston Net,S Is pleased

THE Galveston Ne1cS Is pleased to
say that the STATESMAN awards great
praise to Justice Tegcncr for the faith
ful discharge of his duty. A masjs-
rate should not syp,pathize with law
less and reckless men, but if he does
so, and still does his duty, it shows
that the good prcdOminstes over the
,ad when he Is required to sink the
man in the public officer. The STATES
MAN is uncommonly free, not to say
rash Of speech in many matters thas
Nrc handled with prudence 10y other
journsls; but, doubtless, says much
that is true"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-01-25

TIE committee of which Hon. 5. S.
Cox is chairman has investigated the
modes of conducting elections IN New
York and Philadelphia. 50 watchfu!
were the Republicans in New York
and so closely was the conduct Of the
registrars scanned, that little, if any,
Illegal voting was done, while the
bailot-boxes in Philadelphia were found
20 be full of rottenness. Dir. Cox Is
persuadei that If an honest election
were held in Pennsylvania q majority
would be given for Tilden.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-01-25
Reading VandorbiIrs WIZ.

The Sun says: The meeting Of the
relatives Of the Vanderbilt family at
the reading OF the will was exceedingly
interesting. The immediate occasion
was, Of course, the dissatisfaction felt
by the children Of the departed Com
modore, each Of whom, except Wm.
ii. Vanderbilt, expected TO receive
81, 900, 900. There was great disap-
pointment and audible signs Of grief.
One legatee represents William II.
Vanderbilt as being overwhelmed
with surprise at the contents OF TIC
will, he having expected that the other
members Of the family would be pro-
vided for in a manner more proUor.
tIonate to the vast wealth Of the Com
mOdore.
When he learned how the fortune
had been willed he sympsthized deeply
with his unfortunate sisters, giving
way TO tears at their distress.
Upon recovering, he expressed re-
gret that the will failed to provide Tor
them in suitable manner, anu he 10
said to have remarked: - will not
consent 10 such division as that OF
the will, and shall see 10 It iu the
course Of two or three days that my
sisters are more adequately provided
for"
There was considerable conversation
between the parties who feel aggTieved
yesterday, and sort Of understanding,
1t is said, wss arrived al, that o su1i-
cient quantity OF the securities should
be transferred by William 70 lis sisgefs
to make up, with what has already
been bequeathed in the viii, one lail.
lion as the portion Of each.
1t would require about 81 600, Ob0
out Of Williams fortune 10 make this
arrangement, but il is believed that
harmony would be insured in the fami-
y, and all danger Of having tie Will
contested would be avoided.
Mr. James ". Cros-, one u the hi-
legged dissatisfied parties, said 70 is4a
reporter last evening that any aiieg'--
uon coupling his EAme or that Of ais
wife with b proceedings was uniEue.I
For private reasons all the heirs wHhA
the will TO stand, and he dad not
lieve that any attempt would be made
to break il on the part Of even those
who had most reason 10 think thrfu-
selves tIeAted unfairly. HeF brother,
Cornelius J. Vanderbilt, here, NJ
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-01-25

The press everywhere, North and
South, beginning with the Nation and
ending with the San Antonio E.rprssS,
declares Ut last that the bailct-buA mus,
be purified; that without the rcs;rc-
ton of Suffrage to decency and intelH-
Sence and in municipalities TO tax pay
ers, the existence os peace aud good
government is wholly impossible.
The Democracy will object in New
Yerk and other Northern cities, but
the Democracy South will assent solid
" to the neediul reform and the sooner
1t is accepted the better for the whole
country.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-01-25

THE old 81. Louis Hotel, occupied
as the State Capitol by Packard's Leg
islature and guarded by his sooty min
ions, is the Il hest den of kua7es on
the continent. Armed men guard its
stairways, and weary "lawglvers -
smoke and chew and spit and play po-
ker, and the stencil emitted from the
doorways is Intolersble. Il was III
mored that smallpox had invaded the
dismal den, but the foul plague could
hardly be dragged into such moral
pest house. One dead body was borne
from the place Saturday aud hurried
away to the pottcI's field, but hoT the
hru;e came 10 die none m>y know.
The inmates Of this Capitol are proper
Ubj-cts for Grants beuefactiuns.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-01-25

MULTITUDEs of Oh soldiers who
followed Bra.g's, Johnston's and
Hoods armies through the war will
rejoice TO know that General w. b.
Bate, the gallant, skjllful soldier and
accomplished lawyer and rhctorician,
has been chosen member Of the Fed
CrHl Sennte.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-01-25

HAMPTON has fuil. constitutional
House, We believe, and Nichols full
Senate, and such is the pitiable con
fessed condition to watch the country
has been brought by lawless military
''nationalism, and by laWiess, brutal
suffrage aud returning boards as its in
ciden!s, that We can't see any special
objection, since State boundary lines
aIe obliterated, why N.ch ills and
Hampton may not unite their forces
and give us al least one decent govern
ment for two bull-dozed States.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-01-25
NO. /

TuEEE a.e fewer drunken people
seen u Boston and fewer arrests are for
drunkenness, and the law is more rig
osous'y enforced by policemen, than in
any American city. 1t is there that
local option does its work. and there
whisky hides It's fiery face, and there
j- is only sold IS q medicine or 10y the
gallon and KEEP. IL home by those who
must Use IL. People are not tempted
gn dri@h, and social drinking Is at an
..t and drunkenness Is restricted 70
those who nave already become drunk
ards.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-01-25

GOLDTHwAITE, of Alabama, is fat
and jolly, unlike his wire-drawn kins-
man at Houston. He is a Democrat, a
fact demonstrated when he returned q
Radical Senator's over2oat in which
he ensconced himself by mistake, the
coat having $500 in one Of is pockets.
Goldthwaite knew it was q Radical
coat by its s;ulIing. And it il these
stuffed oveTcoats that render the settle
ment Of the presidential question ex,
ceediDgly difficult.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-01-25

THE laws affecting suffrage and the
resulting creation of returning boards,
and the stupidity of voters and the ut
tempt to defeat the confessed prefer
encc of the intelligence and decency
of the country, have cost popular in
dustry thousand millions, and the
sum OF losses grows each day. The
woes of the country thus produced
fall most heavily upon the very class
that begat them, and yet they would
resent most violently any effort t.
make a recurrence of these evils i'm
nNSSibie.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-01-25

II DALLAS the grand jury have
found indictments against several citi-
zens for drunkenness. The courts
should remember that under the pres
eut laws OF Texas those who are seen
in Il state Of In,oNCation in any public
place shall be deemed guilty OF mis-
dcmcnnor, and may be fined in sum
not - exceed one hundred dollars.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-01-25

e. r. f." tells us that the local
option does not "legislate people
out Of business" Very true, or it
would be true that Mayor Wheeler
could not CNpel slaughter houses from
the CIty'S confines. Society has the
night to protect alike its moral and
physical health and in supprcssing
dramshops assures bath.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-01-25

Now that Hoar has beaten Boutwell,
before the Legislature of Massachu-
sets, rs he was beaten before the peo-
pie by Ben Butler, Butler is foored
With Boutwell,, as We hope Logan will
be by Palmer in l!nois.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-01-25

Tue people Of BOaham subscribed
the sum and paid for new Office 70,
the Bonhsm NsJfs. The Pains-i4king,
toiling editor deserved this assertion Of
his worth. Tie has done more for Bon
ham, and more to make the pace and
people known, aud to attract popula-
tion and wealth and decCEcy and in
telligence and good morals, than all
other agencies of opinion that exist,
and in such acts as this the people OF
Bonhsn assert their own good sense
and generosity. They owed a great
debt to one man, and have paid a share
of it, and honor themselves when do
ing simple justice 20 Mr. Plner.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-01-25

TIE idea that the President of the
Senate can do more than open and an-
louucc the ballots is abandoned. He
cannot deprive the House of its power
and right to determine, Oniointly with
the Senate, the validity of the vote Of
anr Sfaln
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-01-25

The &c election of Coz. Lang Grand
Master Of the State Grange is llattering
to that gentleman and we congratulate
him. lie deserves, we believe, the
confidence of the association, whose
interests and respcctability he has
done 81 much 10 promote.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-01-25

THE Governor Of Penn ylvai il wisely
refuses TO suffer man in Philsdel-
phia to be taken by requisition TO Cali
fbrnia 20 ans wcr civil action. The
criminal code and comfy of States
can't be used TO collect debts.