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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-11-04
NO IA

The International Rerie,r for No
vember spreads before its readers a
tempting display of good things
The number opens with an exceed
ingly well-written aud considered
article entitled West Point and the
Colored Cadets" in which Professor
George L. Andrews. of West Point.
fairly and candidlt reviews the
case of the Cadet Whitaker. which
has been so amply commented upon
by the newspaper press. Tie also
gives much interesting and valuable
information relative 10 the colaTed
cadets who have ut different times
been at West Point. not immediately
connected with the Whitaker case.
but throwing much light upon il.
This Is followed by an article from
the accomplished Dr. F.. de Pres
sense. upon THE French Republic
and the Jesuits." which win be read
with all the interest the dealings of
our sister republic across seas with
the question of perfectly free relie-
ion must naturally evoke in this
country. NJ. Pressense is well and
favorably known TO the readers of
the Reeier, and his articles are sure
of considerate attention. +. c. Fell
ton writes of the drama AT Munich.
under the caption of 'rhe Muster
Norstellungen at Munich" and one
of the editorss Mr.. John I. Morse.
Jr,, contributes a delightfully."- rent
iniscent article upon "Boston Law
yers in the Old DAYS. Mr.. Charles
). Baker writes upon The State and
the Railroads. AN article which
viii be read with great interest both
by railroad men and all persons in
terested in them. Mr.. Robert p.
Porter, who is at the head of the de
partment of public debts in the Cen
sus Bureau, contributes an article of
great value on estate Debts and RE-
pudiatlon.r
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-11-04

Col. E. STEADMAN, of Covington,
Georgia, formerly a manufacturer
there, but native of Rhode Island,
where he was brought up to the
cotton manufacturing business, says:
"A manufacturing establishment
and Il village complete on the New
England plan can be built in the cot
ton states and put into successful
operation with less capital than at
the North. We can buy cotton of
the same grade at one cent. less per
pound than in New England, and
where arranged to gin and use seed
cotton in the mills, one cent per
pound can and should be saved over
baled cotton. Our home market
gives us an advantage over the
North of two cents per pound on
goods made here that are adapted
to home wants. The labor to Oper-
ate cotton mills South is in supply.
and less paid for the same work than
the operatives in the New England
factories on the same quality of
work"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-11-04
Death of albert sidney johnston.

On Sunday, the 9th of-April. 1862,
Johnston with his eager army. began
his fateftIl fight. He handled his ar
dent army with brilliant skill and
lmpetuosity. Whenever there was
a pause in the onward movemont he
led the charge in person. To those
who saw him that day as the writer
did, in all the glorious fever of that
delirious success, mounted upon O
magnificent steed, his massive figure
seeming to enlarge 10 gigantic size
with the ardor o. battle, his face
aflame with his indomitablc spirit of
fight, he was the ideal embodiment
of tho fiery essence of war.
He threw himself with reckless in
difference into danger. And the last
charge that broke the federal posi-
tion was led by him in person under
a perfect blaze of flame and hail. his
horse shot in four places. his clothes
pierced, his footsole eut bya minnie.
but his person untouched. It was in
this supreme moment of victorious
onset, a decisive triumph seemingly
and surely in bis eager grasp, that n
fatal bullet struck him. small
would under the knee. severing the
popliteal artery. "
Gov. Harris, of Tennessee. who
was on his staff, rode up to him, see
ing him reel in his saddle, and hold
ing him steady, asked him: "Gen-
eral, are you wounded?r lie replied
deliberately and with emphasis :
es. and fear seriously.;' lie was
lifted to the gronnd. His boot was
full of blood, and the life current
pouring out beyond recall. He never
spoke again. Gen. Preston knelt by
him, and asked him passionately;
"Gen. Johnston do you know me?r
Gen. Johnston smiled family. Lying
in ravine out of the merciless bul-
let's. he was dead i'll twinkling.
Could Gen. ,Johston have had i'm
mediate medical attention lie would
have survived. His staff surgeon
was DIR. David w. Yandell, of Ken
tucky, and he was away from him
under circumstances that constitute
the most touching and. beautiful
feature of this romantic death. The
federals, retreating, left, ofcourse,
their wounded behind. In riding
forward Gen. johnston came across
squad of wounded federal officers
ana soldiers. Stopping he kindly
addressed them, and asked if any
were badly wounded. Then turning
to his staff he remarked: "It nearly
breaks my heart to see men in that
uniform suffering, Doctor" address
ing Yandell, "do stop and see if you
can do something for these poor fell
lows"
DR.. Yandell stopped on this hui
mane mission, and Gen. Johnston
owed his death to the absence ofskill
and instruments, and this absence
was due to his tender humanity to
the wounded foe--a humanity the
more striking because ii was exhib-
itcd in all the excitement of battle.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-11-04
Mr. neeel,er on- Peace and Lore.I

Mr. Beecher said: The doctrine
of peace is the child Of storm, and
the noblest utterances Of peace have
come from men who have had no
home. Men like Moses and the old
prophets were the men who spoke
Of peace, that peace which the world
never gives nor can take AWAY
Cares are largely fictitious. The
present is not merely a fiat point, but
all that the past makes il. all that the
future light brings to ii. Nothing
ever comes up perfectly, not even
mushrooms. "A man cannot avoid
care by saying he will not look into
the future. Forward looking in
spires energy, but forward looking
with fear brings torment. The con-
ditions under which men live have
much to do with their looking into
the future. The remedy for men
who have disease is neither the Bible
nor PRAYER. What men want then IL
the doctor, unless the minister is a
doctor, and every minister ought to
be doctor and every doctor a min-
lister. 1t is .as dangerous 10 think
too much about religion MS about
anything else. IL is not wrong 10
want TO acquire wealth. but when
man makes that ,he object OF his life
il is wrong. The temptations of life
come from wanting TO appear well
before men. and live beyond our
means to appear well. Men con-.
stantly worry about trifles. a man
should live so a. TO have q good name
wlr.n he has property. aud when his
property is gone to still have a good
name. Some mems reDniafions are
like the figures in the stores: you
strip them and they show only bran
and stick
Il do not believe that there Il any
child that ever lived who has not
told lie, bnt a child is not going 10
destruction merely because he has
told a lie. ~ some mothers seem to
think. Want OF faith in our chill
dren-s future destroys the very thing
we seek TO establislI1 Men very sell
dom learn much by experience in
Dorais. Men learn by experience,
however. in practical thing II
man fakes up n red-hof poker. lie j.
notiong in LAYING II down. II make
a great difference whether man
handles his sorrow on his knee or
spanks IT. When Travelled never
cried because the dust got on me. al |
though could haye done so when
the cinders got in my eye. iustI
stood up and took il, and never said |
4 word TO anybody about it. Thus
Il should be with al men when cares /
come; but with the cares thai infest
the day-that fiy about like mOsaai-
toes at night-they are too prone n
allow themselves 10 worry and frct -
8lr. Beecher said that the various
desires should be autagOnized by op- i
posite desires. lIc illustrated by
pantomime the crying child whose
nurse shows him monkey. Mr.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-11-04
AN rxconnurrrBLr JUDICIARY.

We copy the following from a lc-
gal work on pleading and practice
just published by Mr.. Green: Let
those who would censure Judge A.
S. Walker (whosc friends have
placed him before the people of
Travis county for district judge), for
not electioneering, read the follow
ing. lie was right when he said
that when a man is tried before him
for his life or his property, he
wanted to be ignorant of how he
voted:
Sec. 1924. Ignorant, incompetent,
Drunken and Corrupt Judges.-No
greater public curse or calamity can
befall any community than q Judge
or judges who are either ignorant,
incompetent from any cause, or
drunken, or corrupt. 1t is true. that
man may be an honest and able
lawyer, and yet drunkard; and he
may, in his sober moments. be a
good judge; but who knows when
an habitual and confirmed drunkard
will be sober? And who wants to
risk his important legal rights on
the chances of such judge being
sober or drunk at q particular time !?
Such judge may be sober when a
case is called for trial, and dead
drunk before it is ended. With
such a judge, justice and the clearest
legal rights are mere matters of
chance. 1t is also the same with the
ignorant bm honest judge. His decis-
ions, at best, must be mere matters of
guess work. Therefore. when either
ignorance, drunkenness or corruption.
in any shape, presides on the Judi
scial bench, the administration of JUS
tice becomes farce and mockery.
Sec. 1925. Election ofJudges.-On
the whole, ii must be confessed that
the election of judges has not any
where improved the courts: and in
large cities, and in some of our
Western States, it has greatly low
cred them. How often do we see
tile aspirant for Congress, in some of
our Western States, trading off the
nomination for a judgeship to some
worthless third or fourth class poll
tician, wholly incompetent and cor
rupt. and a drunkard also. In fact,
combining everything that is calcu-
lated to disqualify him for such an
important position-ten-fold more
important, in ordinary times, to any
community, than that of congress-
man. Our Congress, our legislatures
and our departments of state NAV ali
become venal and corrupt, or we
may ill them with fools md coTT7lpf-
iOniSfs As we often do, vet constiiu-
tional prohibitions generally pre-
vent them from passing any very
outrageous laws: and if they do.
such laws will soon be repealed. and
the people may not suffer very
greatly in their rigbts. But place
an incompetent and corrupt Judge.
an URpy1ncipled, small, aspiring no
Iifics7i deDiGg0gHe. on one Ofour Judi
cial benches, and see how the people
will suffer in their rights and how
the dignity Of the bench i lowered.
and how soon the people i6se all Of
their respect for both the law and
the court.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-11-04
SHEPARD AND JONES DISCUSSED
BIZ REPUBLICANS.

1t appears that Judge McAdoo.
of Washington county, a Republi-
can of strong affiliations, supports
Seth Shepard because he considers
him a better and truer man than
Col. Jones, and because there is no
Republican in the field, and because
Jones does not represent Republi-
can sentiment, but bids for votes on
all sides, while Shepard is one
sided man, but honest and true to
the best public interests. Judge
McAdoo's support being extended
to Shepard, who lives in the same
town with him, and who is admired
and beloved by all who know him
intimately, gives sufficient reason to
Jenes to attack Judge McAdoo, who
is q private citizen, on the stump.
At Republican meeting in
Brenham the Judge took occasion
to reply to Jones, and we gather
from the report of his speech in the
Banner that he gave Jones the bene-
fit of review ofhis political record
since 1866. In the constitutional
convention, when it was proposed to
strike out the word white" in the
appropriation for the free schools,
Jones, who was in the convention,
voted no, saving he didn't want "to
educate the niggers." Five men,
bers of the convention voted for the
amendment, among them Judge j.
E. Shepard and Col. d. C. Giddings,
of Washington county. When Han
cock, who was friend of Jones',
was defeated for the congressional
nomination by Giddings, Jones came
out against Giddings as an Inde-
pendent Democrat, and when Han
cock was nominatedJones again came
out against his old friend as an In
dependent Greenbacker. Jones had
been one of the most bitter and un-
compromising Democrats, and in
connection with others he prepared
an address TO the people in which
Governor Davis was arraigncd as
the most unprincipIed man in Texas
or elsewhere. Now Jones is proud
of the support of Davis, and Judge
McAdoO believes that if Davis knew
of Jones' condemnation of the Ro-
deriguez decision,in his Brownwood
speech. he would scorn to vote for
Jones. The Judge charged that
Jones was one of the most unprinc;-
pied demagogues in the state. At
the same meeting Wright Cnnev.
ef Galveston, became Jones,
Sam Smith. colored. made
a speech in favor of Shepard, refer
ring To Cnney and John De Bruhl.
imported political tramps:
Hnse McAdoo. colored. also spoke.
favoring Shepard: and Gen. Wal
lace said that Jones was not Re
publican, and that Republicans were
under no obligation to vote for him.
They could vote for Shepard if thew
pleased
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-11-04
THE Nayasota Tablet saws :

Something over forty thousand
dollars has been paid into the state
treasury for drummers' license since
the reward offered by Governor
Roberts for the arrest of those who
have dared set the law at defiance
and prosecute their business with
out the required license. The Gov
ernor has also offered n reward TO
any citizen who will arrest any per-
son whom he sees committing a
felony, and for the arrest of any
officer who fails TO promptly arrest
any person committing felony in
his presence. Right again Officers
who deliberately refuse to dis
charge a sworn duty should be pun
ished and removed. If the laws en-
acted for the preservation of Ieace,
life and property are worth making
they are certainly worth enforcing.
The Old Alcalde has done more
than any other governor to put the
state on a safe financial ''pay-as-you-
go'- footing. and now he is doing
what is in his power and more than
has been done to that end by any
other TO enforce the laws of the
state. Governor Roberts Is pursuing
exactly the right course, and what
ever the howl of Indignation that
may be raised among the law-break-
ers and derelict peace officers. the
people will stand by him
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-11-04


The law providing for the sale of
lands for delinquent taxes in unor-
ganized counties is of most doubt
fnl tenure, and the. provision that
permits the sale of fractional part
of a tract for the taxes due upon
the entire tract was unwise. and bid
ders taking land in this way are un-
donbtedly laying up serious trouble
for themselves. The sale of the
whole tract looks as though the pur-
pose were to settle taxes with "a lien.
Long years hence almost any one
making an investment will agree to
a compromise, but when it comes
to taking up water hole or a
spring or salt lake or the only par
eel of good land ON tract. the pur-
pose would seem to be to
do a permanent wrong, under
cover of an evil law. and
much legal and personal trouble
viii grow out oft. Tax sales should
be nothing more than lien upon
lands-say for twice the amount Of
money invested, with double the
amount paid thereafter in taxes
by the tax sale purchaser. TO be
added TO the lien, and all TO bear in
terest- This thing of licensed rob
berry ON she part OF even state.
should not and viii not stand in anv
court, and the gentlemen who are
putting their money down on the
faith Of such law may never see il
again except upona reasonable COM
promise
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-11-04

THE Brennan Banner says Col. G
Washington Jones is one of the most
artful dodgers now on the stump,
and adds:
In the lower counties. where the
Republicans are strong, and the
Greenbackers weak, Jones favored
hard money; when he gets where
the Republicans are weak, and the
Greenbackers strong, he favors fiat
money, to meet the views of his au-
dience; and when he reaches the
northern portion of the district.
where the Democrats are very
strong, he tells them he is an indie
pendent Democrat.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-11-04

and from Mobile 1928 miles travel.
The track distance from St. Louis to
the Pacific Ocean via Union Pacific,
is about 2258 miles: while via San
Antonio and Topolobampo it would
be but about 1850 miles. st. Louis
may save 600 in reaching the South
Sea by building 7S5 miles of new
track-from Austin to San Antonio.
Eagle Pass and Topolobampo. An
all-rail line from Galveston TO San
Diego. via Topolobampo and Fort
Yuma would be 1850 miles. An all
rail line from Galveston to San Di-
ego. via San Antonio. FL Paso and
Fort Yuma. would be 100 miles.
This statement of facts, if it effect
nothing else. tends TO show the i'm
portance that Texas assumes in the
eyes of the commercial world, and
that the brightest hopes of its most
sanguinc friends must be realized.
Ii is urged, in fuItherance of this
scheme for combination of rail-
ways, with Norfolk and Topolobam-
pO as the ocean points. that the track
of ships, crossing the Atlantic to
the one port would be below the
icebergs' and fogs of Northern seas
and that across the Pacific it would
be on the upper edge of the trade
winds, that sweep across the great
ocean between the Occident and the
Orient; that with water lines thus
improved, and land lines shortened,
the commercial and consuming
world would be saved millions.
There is another question suggesting
itself to us, that gives a glowing
promise for the future. These
southern trans-continertal lines
promise for the South that for the
absence for which it has suffered
wealth and influence. Southern
people have been hewers of wood
and drawers of water for the last
fifty years. Nature did much for
their beloved section, but capital,
concentrated in vast settlements
and cities of the North, has held the
South back beyond its time. It's
advantages are being recognized,
and its future is bri ght and brilliant
and beautiful. Its productive and
commercial distinction is about to
be achieved. and our little children
will live to see its political condition
raised up out of the sloughs, into
which it has been dragged by those
who condemn us because we arc
weak, because we would think,
and because we would even dare
have an opinion, and who degrade
us because we would attempt to ex-
ercise these God given rights. The
necessities of the trading world are
at last turning tide of wealth into
the South, and hundreds of millions
of dollars are being laid down here,
that the world, and nota pent up Uti-
ca, may enjoy advantages possessed
by intercourse with u.s. In return,
the South's material prosperity is TO
grow and become great, and as
political factor in this grand Union
of states, it will. ere long, have an
equal weight with other sections.
Let us do all in our power TO hasten
the day. II will be one in which,
because we may be powerful, we
may be loved, even as now, because
of our poverty, we are despised.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-11-04

Mr.. JEWELL explains that the dis
covered kilograms to Florida signed
by him making notification that
there were "20O," ''150r and 100"
coming on three certain steamers,
had no reference to Republican col
onizing schemes, but that they gave
notice of the work of Democrats in
introducing repeaters. Why, there
fore, was Mr.. Jewell so careful IN an
attempt to hide his meaning, if he
really tell the truth about his pur-
pose,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-11-04

The woman who made up her
mind 20 walk from Omaha TO San
Francisco, arrived at her Journeys
end the other day. The tramp oc-
cupied three months. When asked
why she had done il, she replied I:
4-Oh. had husband and Two chill
dren out hers, and | thought d
come out Had you no money Z
-Yes. money enough; but wanted
TO see If woman could d0ii. Twas
offered rides on the trains a good
many times, but | wonldn't take 'em.
a freight train passed me yesterday,
but l wouldn't get on. though they
asked me. wanted to walk All the
way, and | did it-7
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-11-04
The Dallas Herald, in noticing tn

The Dallas Herald. in noticing the
proclamation of the Governor con-
cernjng the arrest of criminals, says ::
The Governor is in earnest in his
efforts to suppress lawlessness and
to have the criminal laws of the
state vigorously and vigorously exc
cuted. 1t would not be an unwise
investment If every dollar of the
surplus in the treasury was spent in
this direction, provided the law
could not otherwise be vindicated
and peace preserved.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-11-04

The state conference ofJewishrab-
bis atHouston proposed TO establish a
system ofcircuit preaching, by which
religious instruction viii be made
accessible, if possible, TO every jew
ish community, however small. in
the state. Besides this the confer
cnce discussed the feasibility of in
Producing uniform text books and
lessons in the Sabbath schools. of
instifuting uniform services in the
synag0gues and eslablishinga week
~ journal in the interests Of -Juda-
ism in Texas
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-11-04
COTTON PRODUCTION BEFORE AND
SINCE THE WAR.

From Cotton we gather the ratio
of increase in the cotton crop of the
South before and since the war. The
decade from 1871 to 1850, inclusive,
increased on the 13,146,921 bales pro-
duct of decade of 1881 to 1910, in
elusive, by 1O,151, ,903 bales, or the in
crease was 1922 per cent. of crop of
previous decade. The crop of the
decade from 1851 to 1860, inclusive.
increased on that of Al to 1850 by
1871, ,901 bales, or 67.73 per cent. on
crop of previous decade. 1t is thus
shown that the rate of increase Of
production in the decade of 1851 to
1860 declined from that of 1S41 to
1850 by some 9.49 per cent. The last
decade from 1870 to 1879, compared
with the normal rate of increase OF
cotton production before the war, is
vastly behind the ratio of increase be-
fore the war. The increase ofthe crop
of this decade upon that of 1851 to
1860 is but 9,S74,S88, or only 1927
per cent. of this crop of the previous
decade. 1t shows that the rate of
increase of the present decade Is
42.46 per cent. less than that of the
last decade before the war, and 51.95
per cent. less than the rate of in
crease of 1881 to 1850, and this with
all the appliances of fertilizers and
improved implements. A vast deal
of the increase in production since
the war, has been from the cultiva-
tion of cotton by white labor. The
decreased ratio of production has
been the result of negroes quitting
agricultural pursuits and flocking to
the town and cities too often to do
nothing.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-11-04

Bob Ingersoll is announced to be
al Waco ON the 25tll OF November.
TO be present N the Liberal league
meeting. a Methodist conferences
meets at the same time. and lively
times are anticipated, and 3fcCoi-
iom Is happy.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-11-04

Chilli and Peru are stilI hammer
ing away at each other despite the
efforts made 10 bring about a cessa-
tion of hostilities- Other nations
viii probably now conclude to let
them alone and permit them to fight
il out. There was not very much of
either country before the fighting
commenced. and if il is kept up the
result may be about the same as
in the noted Kilkenny cats.