The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-10-30

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weightiest that could befal Texas and
the South. Ii any doubt, let them
read extracts we have c6llated from
TIE great Northern newspapers, and let
Us not forget that the intelligence and
wealth, and even the numerical power
of the North are governed absolutely
by these great organs of opinion.
The Indianapolis Journal, like the Chi
cago Tribune, differs from the Globe
Democrat asd Inter Ocean, even as mod
crate Southern newspapers differ from
the fanaticsl, ranting OkalOna States.
The Journal declares that
Throughout the South there Is not
only absolute intolerance for any differ
ence of opinion, but for any Demo-
cratic conservatism. Any movement
towards conservatism, any thrustIDg
out of sOrehead secessionists, is not
tolerated by the Southern wing of the
Democratic party. Independence of
thinking is put TO death as barbsrcusly
as was Dixon In the Jungles of Yezoo.
None are nominated for office except
those noted for devotion to the lost
cause. Each biographical sketch of
each member of the last Texas Legis-
iature begins, - - was born in
and entered the Confederate States ar
my in 1856" Two-thirds of South
ern coDgrcessnen, governors and place
holders of high and low degree owe
Office to their original secessionlsh.
| Society In such country honoring
such men is necessarily dangerous and
unsafe and disorderly. Such is the
substance of an editorial in the Journal.
Here we have pretty extract from
the National Republican:
The greatest trouble in the South is
that the alleged responsibility of that
section, encouraged for time and for
a purpose, the murderous operations of
the violent classes during the overthrow
of legitimate Republican government
and the establishment of bogus home
rule. Having elevated these assassins
into important political factors, they
are unable, now that their reYolution-
ary work is done, to reduce them to
10 peaceable suhjection again.
The New York Times, Republican
paper, In which it is said that TIlden
owns an interest, that he may ventilate
his opinions and have access to Re
publican readers i'll the empire State,
which Democratic journals cannot give
him, declares that
The South as a whole, has acted,
and is acting, with a folly akin to
madness, and a renewal of bitter feel
ings is the immediate consequence.
For the time, the South is sectional
aggressor. It's Democracy have re-
gained power by violating the just and
emineutIy national obligations i'm
posed, first, by amendments cOnstitu-
tionally ratified, and next, by legisla-
tion giving effect to these amendme nts
and nothing more.
Deacon Smiths paper, the Cincinnati
Gazette, declares that
The men chosen to fill Cffices in the
South and at Washington show by
their character, conduct and history
that the South does not in good faith
accept the results of the war; that
their former complaints of Federal
oppression" were not by reason of any
restriction of the legitimate enjoyment
of their own rights under the Consti-
tuition and the laws, but because they
were restrained from depriving other
citizcns of rights 20 which they were
equally entitled. These lenders pIac-
tically nulllfy and repudiate what they
liDerally promised to maintsin, as
condition OF restoration to their own
former position as citizans, forfeited
by rebellion. What they thus do in
practice, it necessarily follows that they
would eagerly seize the first opportu-
nifty to do openly and formally as leg
isiators, by ''wiping outall the war leg
islatioa." Whatsom bot-heads have
reeklessly svowed is only the express
sion of Il purpose just as clearly indi-
Gated by the more prudent leaders of
the South and directors of the Demo-
cratic party of the nation.
Here we have the assumption of
Conservative Republican organ. The
Chicago Tribune declares that the
South is semi-barbarous. 1t has no
part In the material and intellectual
progress OF the age. 1t thereby rem
dering it impossible that its people
should partake of the benefits of the
grand industrial revival which already
throbs in all the businsss veins and ar
teries of the North. The new era of
prosperity enjoyed by its neighbors of
the North will tend still more TO ln-
flame the anger of the South, To the
passions created by the 'wsr, which re-
cent events show have lost nothing OF
of their intensity by the lapse of tine,
will be added new stock of envy,
hatred AND malice. evoked by a con-
temptation of the steadily augmented
wealth CT the North. No situation
could be more favorable to a resort to
desperate measures. Il follows tha
the success of the Democratic party in
1880 would be not merely menace to
the existence OF. the government, a
menace, to peace, thleat ofrevolution.
It is well for individuals1 and for
States to know what is said Of them.
These excerpts from the great organs
OF Northern opinion are proper speci-
mems of assertions made by the most
moderate organs of Republicalism.
They may deny the fact who will, but
it is the fact, that the wealth and IN
telligence of the North is embodied in
this Republican party. Tilden, in
order to gain an audience, such as he
would have in New York city, must
needs resort to the pages OF the Times
and when we hear Texans de-
ploring the extinction of the
bureau of immigration and the diver
sion of European and Eastern Wealth
and numbers from the South into the
West, and when we see how rapidly
the North gains unexsmpled riches,
while we only creste wealth for the