The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-12-18
POLITICS OF The STATE PnEss.

POLITICS OF THE STATE PRESS.
The kaufman Star is satisfied that
the next Democratic convention which
meets in Texas will be the most uu-
governsble and unreconcilsble political
body that has ever assembled with
its history. The STATESMAN does not
agree with the Star about this irrecon-
cIlable spirit, but here is what il says
When Governor Roberts was elected
he announced that the cardinal princi-
pie of his administration would be the
psy-ss-you-go-poiicy. The keynote
of popularity was touched By him, for
all thoughtful men kew that the an
nusl sale of bonds would in the end
bankrupt the state. Then the green
back mania swept down upon the
state, and for time there was q pros
pect of its carrying everything IN the
state.
The leaders of the so-called young
Democracy, either did not understand
the cause of the greenbsok movement,
or else did not choose 10 attack so
formidable an opponent. Hence, they
turned loose upon the governor, and
charged that o dissst sfactIon with his
administration was the cause of this
unnatural party. His every act was
distorted into fault, and his faults
were msgnIfied into crimes. Gen.
Rsines' statement that he was worth
80, 900 votes TO the Greenback purity
was psraded under double-heads IN the
most conspicuous places in the papers.
II the governor COMMITTED sentence
or refused to commute one, be wss
alike the subject of abuse and misrep-
resentation.
The pretty rag baby of Texas was
born before he was elected governor,
and has died during his administration.
he had no more to do with Its rise and
fall than with the drouths of
Western Texas. One popularity of
the controversy has always struck us
very forcibly, and it may afford an ex-
PLANTATION of the bitterness and perse-
verance with which the governor has
teen pursued by his enemies. Those
newspapers that are opposed to him
are correspondingly sweet on the
greenbackers, as their opposition 10
the governor is mild or bitter.
The Guadalupe Times, like all the
other papers, devotes space to the pres
Idental question. Itsays:
Mr.. Thomas F. Bayard, of Delaware,
is pre-eminently popular fer Democratic
nomination for President in 1850. His
record as q man and statesman proves
him transcendently qualified to fill the
Office of chief executive of our nation.
The event of his elevation to nomi-
mated candidacy will. we think, create
boom which, combining the support
of the solid South with the stauuch
Democracy of the North, will override
all opposition and wrest the reins of
our government from the present viii
famous set of scheming politicians who
have nearly succeeded in running the
machine into state to which imperial
ism or even anarchy would be prefera-
BILE. Acknowledging his fitness for
the place, some of the'Northern papers
find an unshielded place st which to
hurl their arrows in the profound fact
that Mr.. Bsyard is, or rather was,
Southern man. ''He had personal and
inherited synpathies with the South
during the rebellion" In one breath
they tell US they have no hostility to
the South, that the battles have been
fought, and the controversies that en-
gendered the strife have ended, that
they no longer distrust the fealty of
the Southern people to the Union, that
fhou daaira faIloUahin intimate ,nfar
course, and the ties that a common in
terest and the love of q reunited
country ought to inspire. But before
they have finished this respiration we
are informed that "the people who
fought for and preserved the Union do
not intend that its late enemies shall
rule over them in this generation"
This is consistency with a vengeance.
II that is all that can be brought
against him, let's tie on to Bayard.
On the subject the same Cuqo Bull
letin says:
Senator Bsyard, oil Delaware, seems
to be gaining ground as favorite nom
inee for the presidential race. AS a
conservative representative of the in
terest of the whole Union of States he
commends himself faYorably to the
good opinion of the South, of which
section of this great empire republic he
more oleafly represents its progressive
policy than any other Eastern Demo-
crat. The Louisville Post, an infiuen-
tial political journal, says: "The peo-
of the North have great confidence in
Mr.. Bayard. He is pure man, a man
of courage and conviction, who
will not yield his conscience to
a party caucus. Because of this there
is reason to believe that Mr.. Baysrd is
stronger with the people than with the
politicians, and that with Grant as the
opposing candidate, and with the
record of his two administrations as
the platform, there might be some
thing of revolt against the Republic
can party, and that In addition to the
solid South, Bsyard would stand
chance of carrying California, Ohio,
Indiana, New Jersey, Connecticut and
New York.