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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-10-23

/ the solution of cur church problem.
With the S0utawest and Northwest
united we will take this continent for
suI
There is or was recently another rep
resentatiYc Of this church in Austin.
lie began the construction of the half
finished stone church edifce just north
west of the Capitol, and people coz
graduated the city on bis enterprise,
and because OF the good he would
accomplish among colored people
and others who would follow him.
Rev. McCsrty was his name and an ex-
ceeding good-nstured, Christian man
was the simperng McCarty, accused at
last by his brethren of preferring the
white to the colored brethren. He wss
disliked for this reason by Bishop
Haven, who wanted the colored
Moseses and Ikes to monopolizs the
front sets and amen corners. This
Rev. McCarty, who diverted, it was
stated, funds tn the maintenance of 3
watery-eyed, bsndy-legged Ridical
newspaper has lost his place. This
man Brush, as the SWEET, delicious
Honey did, has DOW and then appealed
to the people Of Austin for money to
build churches snt we remember
how the people gave Us he asked.
There has never been q negro church
constructed 10 this vicinity, that .the
while people of Austin, saints and sic
ners, have no, contributed generously
and it is great pity that party
leaders and speculstors In Christian
piety and wall-eyed, sanctimonlous,i iy-
ing wretches find it necessary, in order
TO get money in the Njrth to tell ar.
:ant lies of the South. But
even so it must ever be while
sectional hates are stronger than
bonds of Christian fellowship, and
while political and sectional partisan
ship constitutes Q stronger bond Of
sympathy between Bishop Haven and
his church than the love of Christ.
TIE DR.. Scott referred to by the devnut
aud godly B ush probably is, q mis-
print for DR.. Sn cot, who isl amply
able, when the occasion presents itself,
10 take care of himself and to defend
himself and our people against such
wretched fellows. We have only to say
that outsiders, as we are, we have new
er failed to give q modicum of our
gains to these negro churches to pro-
mote their construction and success,
never knowing to what denomination
they belonged; but if these lying IA.
vens and their imitstors continue to
utter falsehoods N,rth, IN order to rot
their Northern hearers, the promoters
of Legro Cbristiauity should be tu:-
fered to take care of themselves.
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THK 81. Louls Republlcan a.1s tbs

The St. LOUIS Republican says that
Senator CoDk'ing's speech in Brooklyn
is not giving entire satisfaction to his
party, especially to it's older and cooler
heads. While they generally admit
that the canvass In New York cannot
be confined exclusively to local issues,
they know very well that it should
not and must not be devoted exclu-
sively to issues Ct national charactsr.
There are many matters OF domestic
concern in which the people of the
State are much more deeply interested
than they are in the waving OF the
bloody shirt and stereotyped diatribss
against the sub.
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WHAT Is KEseED IN AUSTIN.

Tie permanent, fiscd /. xpsy" g pop
ula'ion OF Aust ou.Eumbtr those
who enter the city ard live here to
avoid pubic duties and in order to erj Y
privileges paid ter by those wto pay
corporate taxes. Tne $50 600 to $75, :
0cO taken out Of The poe ktts tf city
taxpayers annaally by the city gov.
ernment ttracs many absorbsnt fieS.
These ale interested in pccke,ing ~
others in expendiDg THIS great sum.
The working people who have or
would buy modest homes are taxed to
raise the pile of gold fer the manage
me 1t and possession Of which this out
side rabbie struggles. Rates of taxa
ton, even when the 20 ume Of money
has been lessensd one-half, are main.
tanned as they were. The less
we have the mere me consumers
of taxes and greedy cormorants,
representing our mary governments
demand. The poor are kept poor.
Tie CT, plundered, add burdens I'M
posed by tax-collectors TO rates of rent
and the poor are again piucked BY
spendthrlft governments. The indus
rrious, honest, working people are
thus remorselessly robbed and kept in
poverty by idle floating Adventures
who prey upon candidates and upon
bsr.rooms, and after elections upon the
city government ard upon place-hold-
ers- To buy their votes costs money and
those buying them must get even after
the election, and thus it is that tax
payers and industrious, honest men
have NO Col fl 'ence in governments sup
ported by ;his outside rabble. There
fore We have called upon Democrats
who represent the best elements Of So
clety, the rich and poor, 20 assemble in
ward meetings and select d, legstes TO
q city convention to designate fit can
dldates for every municipal ofice.
Candidates in the field are the avowed
enemies OF Democracy, ard prize, if
not policy and decency, would dictate
this course.
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READASo THINK And Bt LIEvF.

10 the B4p,ist State Convention a;
Iadepeadence last week the following
resolution was adopted unanimously
L Was offered BY Or. J. =. Hillyer:
ReSole6d, TAstthis ooeveL tion stands
:srsver cppcsed TO the acceptance Of
any contIiouSon from any political or
gsn,Zition whatever towards the go
ocmpishment Of any Of its enterprises.
This settles the matter 6uslly, 90 far
rs this potent denomination is concern
ed. The Baptist church, in it tempo
raj government il the only pure re.
pablic on Gods footstool. Each local
church is an independent and pure re-
public owing no allegiance, direct or
indirect, to aay power but God. This
philosophy OF this church government
must affsct Baptist modes of thinking
when direeted u the solution Of quei-
tions touching the relations of church
and State The education Of the child
must be moral and religious or wholly
defective, and with religion and codes
Of noralp, in Bapti,,'s eye, tbs State
should have nothing to do. We are not
flt to cross the threshold of G. DDS ,em-
pie, bat to this extent are devoutest of
Baptisis. They reason accurately and
justly. The Bspaspt HTald, comment
ing on this ssaon Of the conveation,
lays 1--WE need COED BeptIst schools.
but we propose to build them up by
aur own labos and contributions. W:
rust that the secular papers will give
circulation to this action OF the con-
veBiion. The Bspsists ere now, Is taey
have been through oil the past ages
opposed to any alliance between
church and State" There are NO two
churches more widely different in faith
and practice and theories of modes OF
government than the Baptist and Cath
olic and, slnEularly enough, they agree
thoroughly in this matter OF making
the education Of children a parental
and religious duty, and not a matter to
be turned over 70 politicians and Leg.
isla;ures and oousty courts.
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A sPKcULAToR IN eoDLI>Rss

TIE Chicago Daily Meas of the
eighth giyes an account of the doings
Of the Rock River Methodist Episcopsl
annual conference. In which one Rev.
Brush, OF Austin, Texas, figured. he
made an appeal in behalf Of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church Of this State.
He said:
The Southern Hethodists are sntsg.
ooixing Us more than ever. They sd-
wise brethren 10 leaSe us, and they are
doing sll in their power to prevent rs
building up our churches and organize
tiana A local preacher down there,
DR.. Scott 10 his name, got up not long
ago and made horrible TRADE against
the Methodist Episcopal Chnrch. Said
hs: s.The Southern people ought 70
put their heels on the neeks Of these
Northern brsthern that come down
here aud prevent them nom organiz'
inR.s
ssThey are trying to defeat ls, con
tinusd Mr.. Brush, ''hut il We car
plant our churches down there We are
going TO pre-empk it In the interest oi
humanity, In ths interest OF loyalty
and nationality. tClspping Of hands
Tue solution Of the problem Of nstiopaI
deysiiS y tshHSksly eoassefsd wiz
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WHAT AGE DEMOCRATS GOING
To DO ABOUT 1T.

The inactivity of Democrats of Aus
tin is by no means creditable to the
purity as represented at the capital of
the great State of Texas. II is even
possible that Democratic victory in
any of the State elections would not re-
ceive recognition, as was given by the
Republicans "Wednesday night IN honor
OF Republican victories in Ohio and
Iowa. But when we trace the cause Of
this inactivity to its bottom it may be
found that circumstances have operated
to destroy party zeal, and that the
rank and file of the party have had
some reason for looking quietly upon
political contests, and even supinely
upon our own municipal election which
approaches. The last municipal cleo
ton in which the party in this city
triumphei was in 1879. when Mr..
Wheeler, the nominee of q regular
Democratic convention, was elected
over Col. Gem, the Republic
can candidate. The party had been
1t last aroused to actor, after the acts
of reconstruction had wre,tsd elections
from the people, and the defeat of the
Republican candidate was not only
rebuke to usutpstion, but it was
demonstration that the Democratic
party in Austin was numerically in the
ascendency. Glenn had left a debt
variously eitmsted, and never correct
ly stated from official sources, at from
$40, 900 20 $50, 900. The STATS sMAN
regarded the nnmlnstion OF Wheeler ss
4 mistake, but, having been chosen the
candidate of the party, it supported
MIN to success, and he was inaue eursted.
Time soon demonstrated that the
paper was correct in its esti-
nation of Mr.. Wheeler, and
many of his partisan friends abandon
Dg him, he began to court the favor
Of his former political opponents. lie
was agsin q candidate for re election in
1874, but this time he was supported
oy only q Democratic clique that de-
ieated convention and party organi-
ration, and enforced preliminary
election, which was carried by other
than ttrict party votes in favor Of
Wheeler. Before his candidacy for a
third term was inaugurated, he had
become the fsvorite of most Of the
negroes aud some Republicans and
renamed the. choice Of only ieT
Democrats. This time it was Q race OF
independents. the party still being
disorganissd because Of support Of
Wheeler by Q Democratic faction.
Msjor jackson was opposed to him in
the third term race, and received nearly
700 votes, nearly every one OF which
were Democratic, but Wheeler was
again elected BY elements well known,
aided by few D-mocrats. Il msy be
proper TO add that the bonded debt
during Wheelei's administrations was
raised to 500. 900, and when he
abandoned the ofice In the summer
Of 1877, there wss bsndes this con-
siderable hoatiDg indebtedness. he
resigned, Is alleged, IN consequences OF
bsd health, bat sooa after be was II
WsshiDg.on asking Federal OfRcs from
Grant, on the recommendation Of Ex-
Governor Davis, sgd be IVES sgcssSdsd
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TIE Waco Examiner thinks that the
Cipitol should never be built at Aus.
tin, and the law providing for this end
should be repealed. Mossbackism will
DO the desth OF Austin. The CIpitol
must be equidistant from all parts OF
the 8 ate, and orowsy populations, like
that which curses Ausun, will never
remedy the ibaccessibility Of the
pIsce. What have taxpayers to say
about if1
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Bos IHeERs1LL says . great many
clever things, bet nothing neatsr IN lts
~sy than this. addressed 70 . friend
Who had just tarssd his fostisth birth
day:
So yoa have reached the edge Of the
sstunn, where thoughts grow ssd and
aemorles wither like the leaves. In .
little while, altar few b1ef dsYs, We
Will reach on LIES highway she inn
where ell are Welcome guests, and
where the only salutssion sver heard is
good night 4"
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AND the heavy, solemn toSes Of A.
g. Thurman's voice will be heard when
bis term expires 10 March, no more In
the Federal Senate. Il is too bad. he
totsd the principal part OF the brains
Of bis party, people used say, in that
iIlustrious body unit ], within the past
lew years. T,xss and one or two other
States, sent up proper representatives
Of massive statehood.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-10-23

One of the M Ssterics which no fell
low can find out is involved in the
inquiry, why coal oil, in al its
shapes, maintains such txllted prices
in Texas when it has lost value in the
East. VITO will Iise and explaipG Ten
cents will buy barrel in Pittsburgh,
and here it commands forty cents per
gallon, ana now telegram says:
At moderate estimate there are
$50, 600 gallons of petroleum running
to waste in the MtKesn county oil re-
gions. The tanks, with capacity for
several million barrels, are filed to
overfowing The market Is over
Stocked, and still production goes on
at q rate of at least 25, 600 barre q
day, 5000 more than he pipe lines c2n
handle. New wells are going down in
all parts of the region. The streams
are literally rivers OF oil. Large guam
titles OF petroleum are absorbed by the
earth. In marshy Places the ground
is mass of greasy mud several inches
deep. In some parts of the region the
streams are damned and the oil COL
lected in large ponds, at places as far
distant as possible from derricks and
buildings. These ponds are set on fire
daily. Thus large quantities of the
waste OIL is disposed of. 1t is not ur.
common for fire to be communicated to
these combus,lble rivers by sparks
from LOGON tsves. Sometimes they are
ired by ms'icious persons and tramps.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-10-23

That good ard great mau, Deacon
Sm tn of the Cincinnati Gazette, when
interviewed on the tenth instant, said
his party would carry Ohio by 25. 200
msjority. He added, business 10
booming and the country prosperous,
and Republicanism is responsible for it
and we can not be beaten. Halstead of
the Commercial gave much the game
prophetic answers To QUE tions Of the
same character. Halstead said farther
that the enthusiasm with which Grant
is welcomed signifies nothing more
than an expression of popular admIrs-
ton for victorious General whose res.
toration TO political Office is not con-
templated either by himself or by the
people. A third term nomination
would destroy the R publican party,
says Mr.. Hslstead.
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DIssRNsIoNs iu the Democratic party
ard its inefiiciency as an organization
grow out of the fact that men incapa-
BILE and unworthy have forced them
selves into high places and into the
Legislature, and the party needs inter.
nal reformation. rs organization
should be made p,rtect, aud the peo-
ole entering ardeotly into it's manAge-
ment should see that the best and most
intelligent OF its m mbers are select
ed to Ali honorable Offices. Blum
ders In this bel at are not the fault
of the paltJ, bat of its voters.
They should roE lend their support
or irfaence u tie nomination Of un-
worthy or ignorant or corrupt men, and
then evils of which we complain
would not exist. 3 .aten or victorious,
the party should organize and thrust
out the unworthy aud select as leaders
and candidates the best men possible,
and evils of Safe and municipal legis-
lation and of official imbecility will be
speedily remediej.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-10-23
,,nno.,,,eot An,,,, .o,..

II Democratic Of Austin are goiog IN
operate in the nstional canvass of 1880,
now 10 the time % organize. Btndes,
il they SilI, thev can mike ihe next
city administration Democrats. i.
only 7 qiires energy aud puck and
conp,e.e orgsnissriOn snd sweeping
t!easa 20 Wil-
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-10-23

fhsse spectaeIes are manufactured from
MINUTE CRYSTAL PEBBLES" melted to-
ectheE. and are called DIAMOND on account Of
their ha-dness and brIlliAncy.
Having been tes.ed with the polariscope, the
diamond lenses have been found to admit 1ft cen
pcr cent. less heated rays than any other pebble.
they are ground with great scientinc accu,
produce q brightness and distinetnese OF vision
not before attained in epectScies.
MANUFACTURED BY THE SPENCER OP-
YORK. For eAle by responsible agents In every
Elty In the Union. A. Balm, jeweler and optf
they can only be obtained. No peddlers en-
ploysd-
Do not buy pair unless you see the trade
mark - del6eod4w1y
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-10-23
MISCELLANEOUS.
Ladies

10 y0u want q pure, bloom
i:s Complexion If SO, q
few applications Of Hagan's
MAGNOLIA BALM will graf
ify you to yo2r hearts con-
toat. Il dOsS away with Sal
lGwness, Richness. Pimpies,
l;iotci.es. ard al diseases and
inl9aricctiaus Of The skin. IL
0yere0rics Tho flushed appear
aace Of heat, iatigCe and cX-
eitcmeRt. makes . lady of
lEIRTE appear but TTEN-
TY; and so natural, gradual,
and perfect are It's effects,
that II il impossible &c detect
its application.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-10-23

TINBER gfo~ing scarce and Va uablr,
Eastern railway managers are s1su. 8
tse chesPness and utility Of glass 10
substitution fog weed.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-10-23
bu. be could no. swim. TIE hind part

bu. be could not swim. The hind part
OF his body sank. Try . NeWfound-
iaad or bloodhound dog In the same
manner; be reste eauly In the water
ard svims quietly and gracefully.
Every one should try his dogs, and
ascertain II they belong to the was
ssrschsu. II they dread water do not
keep them in the house. The Spi,z
and his brethren are ~ dangerous US
the rattlesnake. Il does no good TO
kill him after be has bitten you. Let
him live and zee whether ii 10 necessary
that be should be uhst people cali
'msd' in order TO eauss hydiophobia."
Times.
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oh! MY
BACK!

,pzreo RXPR ESSLY for discsses o. the Kid
neys Bladder, Liver and Urinary Organs, Drop
,sy Gravel, Diabetes, Bright's Disease OF the
Kl-noyE lncontinsnce or Retention 81 Ur'Da.
aud Female Weakness. HUN1'N EmBOY
ha@ new been known 20 fS1l
RoosEsrowN Darlington Co., N. j Sept IS, rs
WM. L ,L,RK,-Dsdr SIR: E ght6 en- months
ago aad drop-y around the heart. my pbyst-
ei-ns aud friend despaired OF my ever getting
soil Tee fret bottle OF HUNrS REMEDY
n we me grca' relief feell we my very ex-
b,e .cs to HUNTS REMEDY rnd am deeply
thankful. ABIGAIL 5 COLE.
bPRIxGFIELD, Bingham Co., Ga, May ~, 1879
wM e. ELArKE, Dear SIr:-I prescribed
HUNTS REMEDY In q complra'ed case u
Dsapey which had been tre-ting for agh years
and ha' HUNTS REMEDY Is the b=s' IN d.
cine for Dropsey and the Kidneys i have ever
.ureo w II. WILSON, NJ ID.
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lDo YOU hsve q pain
in your Back. Loins
or Siuef lrso10U
Kidneys are dis
eascd. Do not de-
lay but Try nj once
n ON E,s RE NJ
EDY,the GreDt
Kidney a 70 d
yer medis
Skna. II L. IRA
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sr~-o---srgsrzzsearEr -s,sgE.z,1Ezla-.=Ea
, 1879-01-02

AN Eastern exchange says: Mr..
Dennis Kearney, who came all the
way Fl ON California to run things in
the East, particularly in Massachu
setts, on high pressure plan of his
own, has given up the job. He will
go back to San Francisco, but the
bleaching wreck of his unparalleled
conceit is strewn all over the eastern
portion of the Union, so to say. He
has nothing but his profanity left,
and peculiar and select lot of pro-
family which nobody wanted. He
hasn't hung a lecherous, thieving
bondholder; he hasn't killed China
man; he hasn't waded knee deep in
blood to inaugurate Ben Batter; he
hasn't trampled under foot a Shiny
imp of an editor. The untamed
Kearney simply had the awful mis-
fortune to find that the average
workingman in the East knew great
deal more than he did, who refused
to be :errorized by the apparition of
a giant monopoly Of Chinese washer
men. They declined conversion to
Kearney's nonsense, and as it was
out of the question for Kearney to
get practical idea like a practical
workingman, it became evident that
Kearney must go. Only those who
had become accustomed to filing his
hat when it passed around will miss
him, and they won't have much
trouble to put their money where it
will do moro good.
, 1879-01-02

has been ready, All were waiting
for Just the right man to set them
going, and he only needed to say the
word or lift and point the finger.
Itis not necessary to break up any
legitimate family feeling that may
exist in churches, or to interfere with
social cIiques and "sets," or to break
down any walls between classes, we
talk now only of the general social
and intellectual life which brings
people together in common high pur'
SUITS and gives a village its charac'
ter and influence. A village must
hold vigorous general life outside
# sects aud cliques and parties, be-
fore it can make great progress, and
it is astonishing how quickly this
life may be won by the right leadlng.
We write this article simply to call
the attention Of that resident or
those residents, of any village who
will naturally read it, to their own
duty in this matter. The chances
are that they live in asvillage where
life is split into petty fragments, and
devoted to selfish, frivolous. or brutal
pursuits. We assure them that all
the people need is good leading and
that there must be one among them
who has the power in some good de-
gree of leading, organizing, and III
spring a united and better life. 1t
is not an office in which personal am
bition has any legitimate place, that
of social leadership. Any man who
enters upon it with that motive mis-
takes his position and hopelessly de-
grades his undertaking. But where
ever there is a sluggish social life, or
none at all that is devoted to culture
and pure and elevating pursuits,
somebody-and it is probably the
one who is reading this ARTICLES
neglecting duty from which he is
withheld, most probably by modesty.
We will assure him that il he is
really fit for his work, he will find an
astonishing amount of promising
material ready and waiting for his
hands"
We have plenty Of able men and
women in Port Townsend who are
willing to aid in this matter of re-
form, and we earnestly call upon one
and all to lay aside all petty jealous
les or sectarian feelings, and unite
in some move which will tend to ell
vate our social and intellectual con-
dition.
, 1879-01-02

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