The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-02-26
PERSONAL SELPISHNESS AND
Parry DISGRACE.

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into every human action, and it is this
brutal part of human nature that pre-
vents men from Icing perfect even in
the sight of God. We observe this at
tribute of humanity tinging every pur
pose OF man. l. pervsdes society, and
even within the sacred precincts of the
church, where it is mans avowed pur
pose to serve his Msker, Divinity is toe
often forgotten in the midst Of selts
spirit that has multiplied creeds and
ceremonials until mans salvation, il
dependent upon denOminational doc
trines, is certainly very precsrious.
While q multitude of isms divide the
church it is reasonable that politics
should be no less productive of adverse
doctrines, and yet we are forced to ad-
NIT that it is not equally so. As unity
in religion would be productive of q
millennium, and so would unity in poll
tics produce an Utopia. But since these
things cannot be, we are forced to &C.
cept stern reality, and man goes on Sc
lecting from the good and bad pre-
sented that which comes nearest graft
flying his selfish desires. No one fails
to admit that there was time, and 1t
was at period when few of US remem-
Der and most of US read about, when
there was dignity in politics, seeking
from different standpoints the surest
means of producing good and pure
government, which led the country,
under the success of either Wings or
Democrats to honest administration
of governments. Sectional feeling,
and cruel sectional war, wrought sad
changes IN the purposes of politicians,
and the history of federal and state
governments for the last twenty years
has been little else than the record of
schemes of selfish ambition, adverse to
the public's best interests. That there
are elements ID society ready TO correct
evils, is by no means denied. With all the
corruptions OF the Republican party,
with its single purpose of aggrandiz-
ing men and not the masses, with it's
determInati,n - al away from the
people the right "i s. II government,
with its cfo eE'i,- Ies:ufe of usurpa
tion in eleyating - the presidency one
who was not elected, we have seen, in
the early days of the adm nistretion Of
Mr.. Hayes, a disposition displayed
even by this beneficiary of fraul to do
justice to people. Though this pur-
pose was soon abandoned and the
broadest exercise again given to R9pub-
lican purposes, we may accept this SIN
gular fact as an earnest of what might
be accomplished were governments
wrenched from the hands of corrupt
and selfish politicians and given to
statesmen. So long as the Republican
party had supreme power in the con-
duct of the government there was no
check upon the extravaCsncies of those
administering upon its affaire, aud not
until the Democratic patty gained con-
troll of the Federal House of Repre-
sentatives was any check placed upon
them. With many difficulti's s in the
way it succeeded in curtailins the run
ming expenses of the govtrnmsnt, and
in instituting systems of retrenchment
in finance which annually saves the
country millions alone in interest on
the national debt. AS far As possible,
too, Democratic Congress has insti-
tuted reforms in the administration of
justice which promises much in the
way of permanent relief, and it alone
remains for the Democratic party to
elevate to the place now occupied by
Mr.. Hayes q statesman like either Mr..
Seymour or BAyard to again inaugu-
rate an era like that of old, when
every department of government will
be purged of corrupting Influences
and public confidence in their admins
tration restored. While these things
are in store we hope for the people OF
all these United States, the public af.
fairs of our own Lone Star S ate may
be pointed to with pride. Slowly
emerging from the corruptions of Rad
icshsm, and passing still through an
expensive era, under the admins.
tration of Mr.. Coke, Texas has at last
emerged from all the darkness that
overhupg 1t, and we may now point
with the most perfect pride to its con-
| ditlon. With excellent administration
of justice, with economy in all expen-
ditures and money sccumulating by
which the state debt may be constant.
ly reduced, with better schools at less
expense than ever before under its
public school system, with perfect rev.
enue laws, and an impetus given to in
dustry never before known, there If
but one thing calculated 70 dis u
the coming grandeur of Texas, and thil
is the sccursed selfishness of politicians
There is something to mar every beau
tlful thing IN nature, and SO there art
chickering's and wranglIngs among ever
Democrats in Texas, calculated to de
stroy its progress. Selfish schemes o
ambition are made to stir up strife
among the members of a party Il
which alone, the people of Texas looE
with confidence, and which they viii
alone sustain in an effort to build W
the fortunes OF the State. While the
Democratic masses have condemned
Radicslism in Texas, schemers are al
lying themselves even with E. ]. Ds-
Wis, the grand high priest of Radical