The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-05-17


country and the world. The light of
this nineteenth century brings down
upon the South the gaze of the nation
with the glare of a bright MONDAY
sun. Save in the South, there is no
known civilized spot on the face of the
earth where political opinions separate
friends, co-partnerships, family ties and
church fellowships. In every town in
the North and West the pleasing spec
tacle is presented of business, law and
medical co-partnershIps, composed of
men of opposing political affiliations,
which never disturb their harmony.
Family ties and personal friendships
are there never broken because of po-
litical differences. Toleration is per-
feet in those sections. II, now, under
the lead of President Hayes, the South
will catch this spirit, it will be
the dawn of future, the
gloly of which no pen can describe.
And if, to toleration, the Southern
people would also abandon a resort to
violence to settle personal differences,
il would rnndsr them nearest to per-
fection of any people this side of the
millennium. AS / have ever insisted
in the darkest political days in Missis-
sippl, | am deeply IN love with most
of the traits of Southern character.
To render themselves immortal in his
tory; to become next to the gods IN
character; and to create new Garden
of Eden, embracing all the South, the
people of that section have only to
gather up all their deadly weapons and
dump them in their rivers and bayous
never TO be dug up.
For myself, | am only awaiting these
indications to return 20 my home in
Jackson, which, when the trees and
vines planted and nursed by my wife and
/ shall have time to develop, we
think will be the lovellest spot of earth.
We become deeply, affectionately at
tached to 1t, and shall hold it for re-
occupation in the good time. coming,
the advent of which is now in the
hands of the Southern whites. l can
only think of the South as an Ell Do
RADIO, as it might be made, with the in
auguration of toleration; the aban-
dOnment of violence as the arbitrament
of personal differences; the impartial
administration of justice by courts and
juries, and the adoption of an earnest,
persistent, practical sentiment among
the intelligent for the religious, secu-
lar and moral education of all classes,
colors and conditions, there would
open for the South an era, such as the
world has never seen. look constantly
South for signs. For office life in
Washington l shall never form an
attachment, although officials and en-
ployees are uniformly kind and con-
siderate. With the earliest manifesto
tions of perfect liberation, i shall re-
turn to Mississippi to engage in any
honorable calling that will afford a
decent support.
wish had place In Mississippi,
where l could act in harmony with
gentlemen like yourself. l would not
return to engage in a war upon the
rights, privileges or sensibilities of any
class of my fellow-citizens, but to en-
gage in any effort to Inaugurate the
state of things suggested ID connection
with the namo of President Hayes.
The ambition of the President, with
reference to the South, has been from
the surrender, a profound sentiment
with many Southern Republicans, re-,
cent settlers, as well as the sc ito the
manor born, )" however circumstances at
times may have indicated otherwise
THE SIMPLE TRUTH .Hag
That all Republicans from the North
we're not Adventures and carpet-bag-
! ferS, hut Went South in good faith in
vested largely, and made permaaens
homes, none know better than the peor
pie of that section; yet it has been the
| custom to denounce all without dis
elimination, and just now it is the fash
ion of the whole country to indulge in
| this indiscriminate denunciatIon, MAX
ing funeral pyre of the body of South
ern Republicans as a basis of their ap-
proyal of the Presidents policy. How
ever popular, this is certainly unfair
and unjust, as well to the President as
to class, for if his policy admits of
no better argument, it is unworthy of
ally. Certainly high, honorable and
statesmanlike arguments might be ad-
duced in his defense, creditable alike
to their authors and to him. Although
the views of the President, as under
stood, are those of many Southern Re-
publicans who have gone down there
from the North and entertained by
them from the first, yet to him belongs
the honor of striking out new path
for the national administration, and 1
| hope he may reap the great reward OF
success. What is needed IN connection
Herewith ID the active, outspoken voice
of the ....
SOUTHERN PULPIT,
to long silent towards nanelass vices