The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28
Political Notes.

Tue business of grooming dark
horses for the Presidential race is very
dull just now.
The Observation-Disclosures party
is in sickly way ont in Iowa. The
heavy wheat crop is what ais il.
In 1876 Governor Tildep, after using
Mr.. D0rsheimer as his Man Friday st
the ST. Louis Convention and holding
out to him the promised reward of the
succession of the goyeuorship, coldly
set him aside at the last moment and
took up Robinson. Some OF Governor
Rpbinson's friends begin to fear that he
may he made the victim Of the same
selfish policy this year.
We clip the following paragraph
from letter writer by Gen. Vim, Henry
Harrison in 1888 Two years afterwaTl
he was elected President 10y an UMPIRE
cedented maj prity. We hope those
who are now clamoring against 4 ate
RIGHTS will be profi,ed by its perusal.
IN one, | think, cen well understand
the character of our government " ithont
having it impressed upon his mind that
our Union is union W SOW, r,lga inde-
pendent States, and tia in every PAR
ticular where power IL not expressly
surrendered by that instrument 20 the
general government IL is retained by
the States, and that in relation 10 ma
ters so retained they are rs completely
sovereign and independent OF the gen.
eral government and ni each oiler 81
are France aud Great Britain"
The Washington Post has this to say
in relation to Radical professions Of re-
gard for the soldiers who saved the
Union "ln all the custom-houses and
internal revenue offices, and wherever
else the Treasury Department has con-
trolled appointments, the law requiring
thst preference shali Ice siven 10 the
ex soldier of the Union army hiss been
entirely ignored. This il 81 we'll
known d fact that there is no Tespec-
able Republican journal that will I'M
dertake to deny it. And yet in face OF
this record, showing practical nullitica-
ton OF an act Of Congress, passed IN
the interest Of the soldiers, we hear the
stump orators OF that party Boosting Of
what the Radicals have d,n for II Q
boys IN bluel There never Was more
nOllO" anu nND-Cilie4i pitftDtN, anu
| il has been SO often dispIoven that
nothing but brszsn impudence could
prompt Its repetition"
The following paragraph from the
Boston Post has the ring OF ger uine
Democracy. The Post says: The 80
called Democratic friends Of G. n Bu:-
Ter says to US: 1t is your duty to as
sisi in breaking up this old Republican
ring with any means at command
The Republican moraiists coyly argue:
You Can not elect your candidit's, and
all Democrats who are conscientiously
opposed to Gen Butler and the fl IN
slve issues that he represents should
| give their votes and influence To the
Republican candidate These sugges-
lions are about equally contemplate.
The Democratic party Of Massachusetts,
proposes neither 10 help perpe'u4te the
old Republican regime corruption and
inefliciency in this State, nor give aid
aud comfort To q candidate vlI, reprt :
seats some OF the worst excuses and
most extreme views 81 IL pablicanis m.
AS long as the Democracy does us
plain outy, refusing for tle sake 81
principle the bride o. ill-gotton power.
it can not be he'd responsible for the
errors Of olhers.