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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-29
What Does Rob Mean

Bob Ingersoll has been making a
speech in New York City. In it he was
pleased to say, in pithy sentences that
nobod y can initiate, that You may
call me of what party you please, / am
willing to JOIN hands with those men,
without regard to color or previous
condition. These men have already
these men of the South have already
made us their debtors. Let me tell you
something. If the high joint commit
sion had failed; if the Vice PresideI
had never counted the vote; il Il Q
election had been thrown into Il c
House of Representatives, Samuel j.
Tilden would never have been elected,
but Rutherford b. Hayes would have
been elected by Southern votes. APP
plause. l know, l know what am
talking about. During the last Con-
gress the Southern members, not all of
them, but enough Of them-men who
had fought upon the field of war
against the life of our country-held
in their hands, so to speak, the dos
tiny of the United States. With ono
word they could have plunged us into
saved by the Northern Democrats, We
were not saved by honesty and reform
laughter; we were saved by those
who had once sought to destroy tho
nation, because they had had enough
of war-theY wanted peace. APP
plause. They refused to act with the
Bourbons of the North; they SAID
We like this country; we know what
war is; our land was laid waste, our,
homes and towns and cities were re-
duced to ashes; there shall be no more
war that we can prevent. A President
shall be chosen, and that President
shall be lnaueurIted in peace Men,
say, who had fought upon the field of
battle against us stood up in the caucus
of the Democratic party, in Washing
ton, and used those very words. APP
plausc. To them We are indebted
for peaceful solution of the ques-
ton. They gave US peace. They
preserved us, so to speak, and / am
willing to unite with them to preserve
that priceless gilt forever. Applause.
There is another question, and thar
is the reconciliation Of silver. / do
uOt hupW hoM YOU IICA hbbut ~ ltl
New York, and care just as little as
know, except for the general good.
We are the only silver producing ma q
ton. For what earthly reason shall
we SANDER our own wares? Silver Isl
good enough for me; it is good enough
for you. 1t will buy bread it will buy
labor, and anything on earth that will
buy bread and labor is good enough to
piy a debt. want to see good times
c ,ming back to this cDuntry; do not
want to see everything given up TO the
persons they are pleased to call the cred
itors of this government. want them
to have every dollar that is coming to
them. II we have agreed to pay them
in gold, let us pay them in gold. 1t
we agreed to pay them in coin, let us
pay just as soon az we can, every doh
lar, in coin; but / want to be under
stood that the debtor is as good as the
creditor, and the man who takeshis
coupon down to the bank every morn
ing at 10 o'clock is no better than Il 0
man who has dug in the snow and
the cold for his dollar"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-29

CONGRESS meets in June, and the
Huntington-Scott alliance, which steals
both ends of the Texas Pacific: the one.
using it for San Francisco; the other.
for Philadelphia, and each adding from
six hundred to one thousand needless
miles to its length and concurring in
the robbery Of Texss-this bill. it Is
SAID, will then be enacted. We wanted
Southern" or Texas Pacific" road,
and Congress should endow such a
road, but we would not have Texas
robbed of her domain that the owners
Of the Philadelphia Central on the one
hand and of the California roads on
the other may be enriched. Is there
no mode of building a "Texas and
Pacific" road, and cannot such a high
way be constructed by Texan and
southern men, who will own and man
age it in the interest Of Southern States
and cities and railwaysl We want a
road from Guaymas, on the Pacific,
to Norfolk, Charleston, New Or
leans and Galveston, on the At
lantic, and representative men of
these States and cities should shape
the fortunes and direct the travel and
commerce of the great highway. But
Huntington and Scott have combined,
and they and their successors forever
will concentrate the wealth gathered
by the mighty thoroughfare in San
Francisco and in Philadelphia. If this
must be, and Texas is only to furnish
''feeders"-b ranches-so munIEcently
endowed by this commonwealth, surely
this domain Will be Ielnitteu TO LEe
State by the Union. Wretched, in
capable Rutabagaism was wheedled
into the scheme, and Congress should
compel the restoration of the property
IN trust that the children of the State
may be educated, and that stupidity
may never more rob them that Scots
and Huntingtons may be aggrandized
and the South plundered and its cite;
robbed.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-29


The Sherman Register approves the
Dallas Commercials tribute to the
worth and virtues OF Governor Hub
bard aud says:
We have observed closely the admin
istration Of Governor Hubbard since he
assumed the executive office of this
State, and we feel that we are but
speaking the sentiment Of our people
when We say he is one of the best gov
errors Texas has ever had. Under
his administration the affairs of the
State have gone along smoothly and
without the least jar Of trouble. The
frontier Is quiet and the border troubles
on the Rio Grande are no more heard
OF, while the entire State is peaceable
and prosperous. HIS appointments
have all been brst-class men Of unques-
toned honor and integrity, while his
financial policy has been so successful
that Texas bonds to-day are sought af'
ter By capitalists as among the best and
safest investments, bringing rs high n
market price as the honda of any State
IA the Union. We predict that at the
end Of bis term Of Office the people of
Texas will show their appreciation of
him by unanimously Te-eleeting him to
che high and honorable position which
he i so eminently qualified to Gil.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-29

THE colored people crowded into
Henderson and voted solidly for whis-
ky and swept everything before them.
The same conduct distinguished the
race everywhere except in Wharton
and adjacent counties where Judge
Mccormack was unresisted. There
prohibition was triumphant. But see
how awkward the position of the Re-
publican party in Texas! Each intelli-
gent preacher and lawyer and Office
holder of the party voted for prohibi-
ton. There was hardly an exception,
and whether we wish it or not, this
whisky question goes into general
State politics. The party leaders
dodge it, and officeholders and seekers
keep their mouths shut. They pray
for its eXoTcism as they never before
prayed for the expulsion of the devil
from their own midst. But 1t will
not down. Brother Lang, the chic
exponent of intelligent grangerism, Is
making speeches over the State even
now, paving the way for future con-
tingencies, and this irrepressible whis
ky question is thrust into his face ev-
erywhere. Every candidate for every
office In every town in Texas must
show his bottle or his bible, and civil.
lied Texas is in arms against whisky.
Ii old "Hayes" fail, old "Rye" will
burst parties into fragments in Texas.
With "wry" faces, naughty party lead
ers, feeling their "oats," would thrust
aside the issue but are forced to con
template the coming explosion and
the next State contest must bt
most confused and rye-oatous.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-29

N. PRIEsr, = Republican lawyer,
was deposed for corruption and in
competency" by the Fourteenth Legis-
la,ure. Last week the Democratic bar
of his, the Rusk county district, made
hun special judge by vote of nine to
four, end the only Radical lawyer
present voted against Priest. All of
which is exceedingly queer if not fun
ny, and the Fourteenth Legislature or
the blessed lawyers should rise and
eqplaip,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-29

THE larger Northern States average
twenty foreign appointments, missions
aud chargeships each, while these
Southern States have one or two. The
system of combining the expenditures
of Federal wealth to Northern citizens
tends greatly to the impoverIshmeat Of
these agricultural, tarilf-p@yiug com
munIties.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-29

THE next unthinking, selfish wretch
that comes to this Office and opens and
scatters the newspapers over the floor
will be pitched out of the window and
sent to the calaboose and indicted for
theft and bored for the simples.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-29
NEW ADVERTISEMENT.
IN BANKRUPTCY.

In the District Court o. the Cniled s,.,e. TO- H.
Western Distinct Of Texas-IU re ,n,,ts, -, ~
L A GRIFFITH. Bankrupt IN BankiHntey-
BY virtue OF a. order Of sSir issued on March
u, is7. BY 7. H. DuyAi. J,ldge OF The United
Texas, VIII, On Tuesday. The fret dsy on Nav.
1871, al the southeast eoC1er % BLOCK no TO IN
me city OF A1st9, -iihbI legal honrs. sell 70 the
ana forty acreA Of land 10 RunneIs eouuty
Texas, being 80 scrss OF Nosh smithwlck Sur.
Vey NO. AZ and 30 acres Of Noah Smith 1lek
Tupt estate az l.. A. Gfinlth haakruut
JAMES a. CHANDLER, Assignee
naar1sWA OF estate Of Ggifith, baukrups
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-29

Ton Bowers comes to the front and
pruPuuuds the grave inquiry:
Suppose Congress had taken Mr..
Mills's advice and defeated the com
promise bill, and another war and dis
astrous defeat had been the result, what
would the people then have thought
of Mr.. Mills and those who voted
against the bIlll
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-29
S50 REWARD.

rtrayed or stolen, the following deserbcd an.
lnltls on tbs night - The Esyenteenth a March.
from ny place On the CibnlO. One iight-yellOsg
bey mare mule aboaf Il b tnds high, branded on
ieh shoulder ihnss 1gure with = arr0ss and
= shove. srd shod In froaI 50, one snail
gray mare, perfectly genile and natural paeer
suder the saddle; branded on left shoulder.
thEE: with - below. ! will pay Inc above
reward. SO for the Animals and 80 for the
;hief: JOHN y. BROWN, Selma r. o., Bexar
county, Texas. marz7WSt
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-29

A LIVELY, nice party organ, now
that Governor John c. Brown has &C
cepted 8 place on the Louisiana COM
mission, calls him Judas Iscariot on
wheels"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-29

PRESIDENT HAYEs's proposed repu-
diation of the gospel of hate makes
him odious to the promulgators of the
gospel of Radicallsm in two directions.
Radical bitter-enders would monopo-
lie offices under Republican admin
istratioA and the fierce leaders of Radi-
cal red-hot Democracy would keep
the party lines compact for the next
struggle between the North and South
between Republicanism and Democ-
racy. The salvation of both these
classes, as such, depends upon the
practical perpetuity of the conflict of
sections. OF the country's pacifica-
ton and investiture of States with
self-government these violent men reck
nothing. Whether President Hayes
will cooperate with them or with the
conservatism and genuine patriotism
of the country remains to be seen.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-29
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The ComanGhe CAief seems to think
that the freedom of the South is of
greater importance than any mans ele-
walton 20 the presidency.
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T OST.

T oST.
Il
One league and labor headlight eertl1eate No.
-, nftt elsse. issued By the Board Of Land
Comniss1oners for San AuRuEtine county. 10
isAAc Canpbel, e. assignee Of Hiram II. VIII
nafns. GATE not remen bercd. II rot fou I'D With
IN ninety days application will be inside fer da
pirate. l. ID. THOMAS.
Ageut for Osner.
Austin, Texas, March &c. Iss7. msrzsd9W
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-29

The law that shot John D. Lee
should establish an orphan and Magda-
len asylum. lie left only sixty-four
children and eighteen wives.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-29

CoRTISA has made his will, is sick
and nervous snd pale and weak, and
has spent weeks of late in foul Aata-
moros prison.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-29
What a Republican says:

Give me a man Of nerve and pluck,
Who hits, and hitting, hurts;
I'd rather be one ounce Of Blaine
Than forty pounds Of Schurz
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-01-16

The mission of the Republican party
ended years ago. For decade it has
rested on Fictitious foundation. Many
of the best men in the North who have
hitherto affiliated with it, arc recognize
ing the fact and joining the Democratic
ranks. This they can do without sac
rifice of principle, for the Democracy of
to-day is not what it was fifteen years
ago. Every other issue has become SUBJ
servient to that of reform, and reform
means "cling to the Constitution, MAIN
tain the liberties of the people.n With
such cry going up from the heart Of
the masses, the Radical leaders will not
have the temerity to resist, much less to
attack. To fly in the face ofputllc SEN
timent under such circumstances would
be to render their destruction but the
more complete. They are showing that
they appreciate this by every move they
have recently made on the political
chess-board and it should be the duty
of the Democracy to see that the nation
does not fail to profit by the lesson it
conveys. Our hope is in standing firm.
Our danger, and one we cannot too care
fully guard against. is in being tempted
by offers of compromise. We should
keep in view that to listen to such prop
ositions would be to surrender principle
| and show a weakness the conspirators
would not fail to take advantage Of
RichnOnd Enquirer.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-01-16

SEED WHEAT.-Farmers, in running
your wheat through the tanning mill
after threshing do not be satisfied with
merely making clean seed; aim at pro-
ducing a grade of wheat that will 'ceigh );
run it through the mill until every
shrunben and small seed and weed seed
is screened and blown out, even if you
have to run it through three times, yes
even five times aim at obtaining good,
plump heavy grain. and when you har-
vest your crop another year you will see
the benefit of giving time and care to the
selection of seed wheat. This is the way
to improve crops; do not look only to
good cultivation and manuring; select
good seed as WE'LL If farmers would take
more pains with their seeds as well as
to the fertilizing and the cultivation of
their crops, they would have a greatly
increased product per acre, and conse-
quently with less cost and more profit.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-01-16
For the SPECTATOR.
Miscellanea.
BY o. C. PEYTON.

There is scarcely to be found a NOR
striking picture of consecrated energ,
and jealous determination of characte
than is presented in Longfellow's beau
tiful poem Excelsior" One canno
read it without a thrilling feeling o
anxiety to be Influenced to the arousa
of such purpose of heart and life as thu
! Alpine youth illustrated. Nothing wa!
8 strong enough to stay him in the ac
! complishment Of the purpose he had il
view. Around him were blazing the
warm fires of the cottage homes; the
| friendly sire bid him not to try the pass
the fair maiden besought him to stay
and rest his weary head upon her breast
the peasant closed the door of his rude
home with warning that he should
beware of the threatening avalanche
the monks of st. Bernard beckoned him
to stay. 1t was all in vain! To him
even death itself was sweeter than a
failure to attain to the lofty height.
For us all there is mark to reach
AS to whether we shall reach it at all,
or, if we do, how we shall, be it the
province of our thoughts, our feelings,
our character, to determine. Haven it
is who speaks of the fact that in the inn
agination of every one there is an inn
age Of the being he may be and ought
to be-a conception of what he can do
and ought to do "This image,n he
says, ''is constantly fitting before u.s.
Whether we are sitting or walking,
working or idling, it is ever before u.s."
True, indeed, is it that this ideal of our
possible selves may never be reached,
but, without it, we would never be what
we are.
To-day we visited home from which
God has just taken bright boy
the idol of the parents hearts. 1t was
crushing to hear the sad wall from the
mothers heart, as, again and again, she
said: "Oh how can / bear it?" And,
as the coffin lid was raised, to hear her
sob: "Oh these dear little hands! They
are colder and colder every time feel
them" The home is lonely now. The
merry laugh and childish prattle of
thrills of joy to the hearts of his fond
parents.
Death! How Gods providences are
every day teaching US that we must die!
The majestic rocks which jut their jag
ged points from out our mountain sides
have written on their surfaces the
changes which nature has wrought up
on them; the seasons as they roll on
in their ceaseless course whisper of
change; our bodies, frail and subject to
disease, every muscle of which may
become an avenue of torturing pain, are
daily undergoing changes. We are pass
ing away. ''How prone we all are," as
said the Roman philosopher, 'to think
all men mortal save ourselves" But
for each there is to be grave, a coffin,
a shroud, concourse of weeping loved
ones, a painful struggle with death and
a final yielding to his power. If, in
deed, we think of death as connected
with ourselves we are prone to place it
at the end of a long and happy life
And yet child may be called to 60
1.-The young, the middle aged matron
and maid must all be gathered to the
last long sleep of DEATH" Step by step
we are going to our graves-each pulsa-
tion is bringing us nearer!
Kanawha Falls, W. Va.
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O E II II Y
From the Sunny South.
THE DYING SOLDIER.
BY MATILDA.

HHScttOUulefy uSCTtOeQ u Z<f-~tf - CVJfNfS.
Col. Christie of North Carolina fell MORALLY
wounded at the battle of Gettysburg, while gal
breastworks. He was taken to winchester
where he was nursed tenderly Until his DEATH
He longed to see his young wife..his darling
LiZZie-but when she reached Winchester he
was dead. His last words were, kiss me for
Lizzie. .'-Ertrdctf from q Letter.
The bravest are the truest-
The loving are the daring.
am dying. Is she coming? The window
open wide.
Is she coming: Oh 1 love her more than all
the world beside.
In her young and tender beauty, must she
know and feel this loss?
Saviour, hear my poor petition-teach her
humbly how to bear this cross;
Help her to be calm and patient when mould
er in the dust;
Let her say and feel my Father, that Thy ways
are true and just.
Is she coming: Go and listen. I would see
her face once more;
would hear her speaking to me ere life's fe-
vered dream is DER;
would fold her to my bosom-look into her
soft bright eye;
would tell her how I love her-kiss her once
before die.
Is she cominge Oh. it's evening, and my dar-
ling comes not still;
Lift the curtain. it grows darker-lt is sunset
on the hill.
All the evening dews are H,lling-T am cold
the light is gone.
Is she coming? Softly, softly, comes death s
silent footsteps on,
darling WIFE 2
Take for her my parting blessing-take the last
warm kiss OF life;
Tell her will wait to greet her where the good
and lovely are
In that home untouched by sorrow; tell her
she must meet me there.
Is she coming: Lift the curtain, let me see the
falling light;
Oh, 1 went to see her; surely she will come to-
night.
Surely the daylight tlieth. I will fold her to
my breast,
With her head upon my BISON, calmly could
sink to rest.
| 1t is hard to die without her. Look, think
she is coming now,
1 can almost feel her kisses on my faded cheek
aud brow:
| I can almost hear her whisper-feel her cheek
upon MY cheek.
Hark hear the front door open. is she COM
ing? Did she speak?
No! Well, drop the curtain softly. 1 will see
her face no more,
Till see 1t smiling me Oh bright and better
shore
Tell her she must come and meet me in that
Eden land of light.
Tell her I'll be waiting for her where there is
no death, no night;
Tell her that called her darling-blessed her
with my parting breath; ,1.l
Come and kiss me for my Lizzie; tell her love
outliveth death.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-01-16

BROWNS MATRIMONIAL METHOD
Brown, don't see how it is that your
girls all marry eff as soon as they get old
enough, while none ofmine can marry ?"
ooh! that's simple enough. I marry
my girls off on the the buckwheat straw
principle
"But what is that principle: I never
heard of it before"
"Well, used to raise a good deal of
buckwheat, and it puzzled me to know
how to get rid of the straw. Nothing
would eat it, and it was a great bother
to me. At last thought of plan. 1
stacked my buckwbeat straw nicely and
built high rail fence around it. My
cattle, of course, concluded it was some-
thing good, and at once tore down the
fence and began to eat the straw. 1
dOgged them away and put up the fence
away the more anxious they became to
eat the straw. After this had been re-
peated a few times the cattle determined
to eat the straw, and eat it they did, ev-
cry bit OF it. As 1 said I marry my
girls off on the same principle. When
a young man 1 don't like begins calling
on my girls 1 encourage him in every
way can. I tell him to come often
and stay as late as he pleases, and I take
pains to hint to the girls that 1 think
they'd set their caps for him. 1t works
first rate. He don't make many calls,
for the girls treat him as coolly as they
can. But when q young fellow like
comes around, man that think would
suit me for son-in-law, don't let him
make many calls before l give him to
understand that he isn't wanted around
my house. tell the girls, too, that they
shall not have anything to DO with him,
and give them orders never to speak to
him again. The plan always works
first rate. The young folks begin to
pity each other and the next thing
know they are engaged to be married.
When see that they are determined to
marry 1 always give in and pretend to
make the best of it. That's the way I
manage it."-Da6uque Telegraph.
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An exchange says: "We have found
that hogs lard is the best thing to mix
with the dough to give hens to make
them lay. One cut OF this fat. as large
as walnut. will set hen to laying
Immediately after she has been broken
up from setting, and by feeding them
with the fat occasionally the hens con-
tinue to lay through the winter"