The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-07
Hon. THOMAS F. BAYABD was one

Hon. THOMAS K. BAYABD was one
of the speakers at the great Demo-
cratic ralley in New York, on the
Esd. In referring to the political
condition of the South, the dis
tinguished statesman said:
Republicans raise the cry of the
solid South, and declare 1t must be
antagonized by solid North. But
If the South be solid for those
things the North needs and desires.
then all reasons for antagonism is
gone, and the solidity OF both sec
tions for the same end and purpose
is surely demanded. What does the
South, as q section, seek TO do which
the North should fear If ] be-
lieved the success of the Democratic
party imperiled national honor or
interest. or involved injustice 10 my
| mem hcr Of the [ Mon. then -li,,,iid
craSt 10 be Democrat. NHt con-
viurcd u am Thai tiie unity oi ,.ur
people Is sSeni iil To our .irrn. til
and safety. and that justice. aud
good will among our people are The
trUc corner stones in the temple OF
our liberty. | propose 10 lay the
foundations broad and wide and
deep in the hearts of our country
men, and 10 assist no party
organization which is tainted
with sectionalism. The South
ern States are solid for local self
government in each state, uninter-
fered with by extraneous power.
This is what each Northern state in
sists upon under the constitution.
and actually enjoys. They are solid
in asking that the tasks Of govern
ment in all its higher positions shall
not be committed to the hands of
ignorance and weakness, but to in
dividuals rendered competent by ed
ucation and fitted by natural quail
ties to perform the functions. The
North seeks 10 do this, and votes
down incompetence and ignorance
whenever it can. The South is solid
in seeking advancement in all that
tends to its material prosperity. The
South is solid in responding to
friendly treatment and kindly SYM
pathy with mutual confidence and
support, and responding to contume-
ly and villification and injustice with
indignation and resentment. This is
but human nature, and they would
be less than men if they were not
true TO themselves, When a man
feels resentment and conceals il,
then beware of him. The South is
solid for retrenchment, reform, econ
omy and good government, state and
federal, and should not the North be
also solid in these things? The
South, in the great crisis of 1857,
was solid in favor of the COM
pletion OF the electoral count
under the law, and opposed to
throwing the country into confusion
and the hands Of military con-
spiracy. Was that solidity injurious
to Northern security? In 1880 the
South is solid in favor of the election
to the presidency of one OF the
most distinguished captains in COM
mand of the armed hosts that put
an end to all hope of separate and
independent government of the
Southern States. Is this a cause of
apprehension to the North? But
the South is also solid against po-
litical party that has never ceased TO
hold its people up as ruffisns and
murderers and regulators that
has sympathized only with those
who misruled and beggared il and
which refused TO tolerate that manly
independence which is the birthright
Of American freemen, and without
which thcy would be unworthy of
respect. The cry of solid South is
but an attempt to renew unpatriotic
animosities and an UNIV orthy resort
of desperate party managers. The
South is not solid for anything the
North need spprehend, and its solid
ity has no feature and no result un-
friendly to the prosperity of the en-
tire Union.