The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-09-18
KALLOCH As MAYOR.

California, it seems, has code of
morals and decency, as we'll as Ian
guage of its own. Utahlsm pervades
California to greater extent perhaps
than Conkling's and Beechsr's country.
But California's peculiar provincialisms
and jargOn are borrowed, with much
of Chinese mOrals-more than CALI
fornia newspapers will confess-from
the depraved Celestials. In NO other
city than San Francisco could a
preacher of Coda gospel employ epi-
thets and make assertions ss foul and
coarse, disgusting and brutal, as those
that fell like reeking slops from Kali
loch's filthy, massive jaws, and been
chosen a city's representative ruler.
1t is utterly incredible, even in Texas,
where Bishop Simpson says $4,000
Radicals have been put to death for
opinions sake-it is incredible even
here that people would vote for such
monster of unutterable foulness.
Kalloch, who descends from the
pulpit into the street and stands
in the midst of Mighty
multitude and asserts such depravity of
the dead mother of personal enemy
that newspapers dare not copy his
words must be monster of indescrib-
able pollution, and yet such man is
made mayor of great American city.
If he had not come out of the womb of
the church, the facts would not be so
astounding and so alarming. The
Church is as depraved and disgusting
as the standard of taste and morals
which renders his occupation of the
pulpit possible. Vices like Kalloch's are
only tolerated in the dram-shop, bsw-
dy house and gambling hell. TT e
worst that can be said of the South is
that the people, like bull terriers,
will fight. Simpson, when outvieing
Gulliver, only accuses us of killing
thirteen thousand Radicals, and yet
this simple simpering Simpkins
must confess that people who fight,
and kill when enraged, are infinitely
more moral and decent than those of q
city who 60 deliberately to the ballot
box and approve the foulness of Kali
loch. Nothing but the thorough injec-
tion of indescribable Chinese nastiness
of nature could impel great city to
do this thing. While no j1ry could
probably be found in Texas to hang
DeYoung, il he had succeeded in as
sassinating Kalloch for the effort to
befoul the fame of dead woman, there
Is no white voter in Texas who would
have been induced by money, whisky
or hAttery to aid in Kalloch's investl-
turs with Office. In fact there seem
to be different standards of morals in
different and remote States. A crime
in one community is almost = vir-
tue in another. A Conkling could
never have presided and still
less have governed at will the
conduct OF a great political con-
vention in 3 Southern State. No more
could Kalloch preach In Southern
pulpit and win votes of Southern white
men. Here We have not the "hood-
lums, or slang, or moral depravihes OF
Chinese. We abhor theories and con-
ceptions of civil and personal rights
that uphft KearneYs and despise phsri-
sees and all cant and that cowardly
cunning that fills Northern papers with
recitsls of countless crimes mollified
and then condoned with the term "de-
falcation.n But the Boston fiery-headed
bishop and psalm-singer, Haven, and
that preterustursl liar, Simpson,
| Justly allege of rs q tenden-
cy to outbursts of violence
which became deadly after We were
trained in the use of arms and made
accustomed to bloody deeds on disas-
trous battle-6elds. But bad IS are the
vices of Southern conduct and char
actsr, We would prefer G home in
which Simpsons lies are truths and the
land all stained with blood, to one
where the people srs depraved enough
70 make KallOch great city's chief
maeistrafia