National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-20
A TEXANS TALK.
VIEWS OF A wELL-KNowN VETERAN



One of the vigorous and noted old Wh's nnd
Republican party leaders Of Texas, Colonel Bob
Taylor, is nov in this city. Hearing Of his nd
vent, REPUBLICAN chip sized mp alongside OF
him to learn something Of Southwestern iacts ana
possibilities. Colonel Taylor has been forty years
in Texas, whittier he went from Georgia. South
Carolina however, is the place Of his nativity.
He was reared aud educated in the Wing school
Of politics, and said that when those crazy iel-
lows, who went rnving mad because thrust out OF
Offices by Lncoln's election, came howling
through the South he was younger then aud
fought them with all the vigor and enthusiasm OF
youth.
"were YOU sam Houston mann" said the RE-
PUBLICAN.
"Ycs I followed the old veteran as revercnly
| ms when bowed in the presence o. Henry cay
| / went TO Austin early In 1851 rs member of the
Legislature to watch the progress OF events at inc
State capitol and prevent II possible, the efforts
of Wigfall, Roberts, and Others to drag Texas aiter
| South Carolina into the gulf Of secessionism.'
"Was there any Union sentiment thereY'
ayes; the women of Austin were for the Union,
as well as many Of the best aud wlscst citizens:
sam Houston, Wash Jones, John Hancock, and i
| influence. l addressed the convention against
tearing down the old flag and setting up secuonal-
| ism, with slavery As is corner-sionc, and the men
/
| " But the secession ordinance was passedY
| "Ncs; and was reyiled, like others, for stand
| ing by the Union. Why, the action Of the convcn-
| tiOn broke old Sam Houslon's heart. The men who
passed the ordinance of secession were lunatlcs;
The mau who had. created Texas the hero and
| patriot statesman, was depOscd and Il wild man
named Clark put In his place. Roberts, the pres
ent mossback Governor was the president OF the
| seeding convention aud foremost III this deed OF
| criminal folly"
"Wlll he be renominatcd for Governor"
| al am not absolutely sure about II; nor are the
/ npmopraftp lpndprg gtl Tint hp bp elected,
They know very wen that ifthe opposition set up
wisely selected candidate Roberts will be easily
beaten lie IL the impersonaiion Of nll the
vccs and follies of sccCssionism and decaying
Democracy. think they will fear to nominate
"What will they do?"
"Trcy may seek to use Throckmorton, Hubbard,
or some such man they secretly hate, endeaNor 70
elect him and seduce him aitcrWnrd. ThrOck-
morton will, however hardly lend himself to the
purposes Of those who have wronged and humtli-
lated him more than once simply because he was
not blood drinking seccssionist. They may find
some weak fellow and hatter him into an accept.
ance ofthe position which Roberts may be required
TO abandon that the Bourbon party may not be
destroyed In any event If Roberts be the Demo.
cratic candidate again he will try to como to the
"Can he be beaten?'
"Yes; ifthe opposition to Bourbonism in Texas
Will set up the proper man against him II can
surely win. Texas VIII send to Washington at
least i've or six independent anti Democratic Con
grcssmen. The Republicans need strength IN me
lose members which are reganed when the presi
dental year supervencs The reason of this is that
once in four years the national and congressional
Republican committees exert themselves, while
AZ other periods they stand aloof If the President
and national committees deal wisely and gener-
ouSy with us In Texas and in Mississippi we can
surely cast the votes Of both States for the Repub
liCnns In 1884, and send up five Independent Com
gre,smen from Mississippi, and certainly five or
What is wanting to do this?"
1--WE must first make the party socially respecta-
bic. Politics down South is social fact Natives OF
the South have not been generally well served in
Washington, even though they never iolteTed in
devotion to the party of freedom, free schools, and
decent gentlemen have been given the cold shoul-
der. Why, Icould never understand. You don't
seem to think II possible that an educated south
erner. born STAKEHOLDER can be true to the Union
! or inimical to Democracy And yet you mus
were ruined by the Democracy. The Bourbon'
! brought all these numberess woes upon the
A country, dug million graves and set strangers
as masters over us. Senator Jones, of Nevada
] told the whole truth about this in his recent
e speech in the Senate, and Il the. President ap-
g proves 1t and will give the old Wings and Douglas
= Democrats aud sam Houston's people of Texas
and the South chance to stand from under,
n chaos will soon come upon the Southern Democ-
Z racy. It exists aud is supreme simply because o.
/, the cooperation with II of insane zealOts who out
n Herod Herod IN denuncation of the South aut
y in asserting distrust of all native Southerners.
won't the administration help"
'r "Ifthe administration will help us and confes
&c its confidence in old Wings and Union men, wht
hate Bourhonsm thousand fold more than th
best Of Northern Republicans, who were neve
ruined by H. TINS class OF southern poHtlca
thinkers will combine against tile secession De
mocTacy and co operate with the Republicans an,
l. Greonbackers and we can carry Texas by 1000
:, majority. There can be nothing lost by trying Il
10 We have tried the plan of losing strength eac
year long enough, and am for the Liberal move
~ ~ :" How do you account for the fact that the Re
III publican party has constantly lost strength i
rexas?"
~ patronage was given to strangers and impoten
'" useless men, who could neither talk, nor writ!
ell thinln.nnd could have no access to the peOpl
ic Of observation-disclosures that of Hayes policy of pre-
Mt icrring Democrats and Greeley Republicans HayC
" rewarded hostility to himself and his party AftC
Hayes policy was announced the RepubCa
g party ceased TO fight, We were dsarmed an
70. helpless. one result Is certain. II we, can /
H. recognized here with this platform above defined
~ free speech. free schools free press, ANA hone
On ballot and fair count and Unionism against sece
us sionism-with the cooperation Of friends in u
Eastern States and here ut the Capital we propo!
T., again to make the fight, and secure for the SOut
la that recognition to which climate, soil, m
nd patriotism of the majority of the people EMIT
10. her. We of Texas, as IN 1860, when we mac
a., | Houston Governor, bearing the banner of u
no nni9n aioit, WI ngaln vhlqnish tne enemies
es must be forever There are in Texas fifteen thol
- sand Northern farmers and artisans and railwS
u employees who will not vote with the Republics
H. party as 1t has been managed and exists to-day
of Texas, and yet these Northern people are true h
Nv Nv gnnizaton. There are 2O,OO0 Germans 800
~ Grecnbackers, and 10000 old Whigs-Douglas' ~
I'd. Sam Llouson's adhereats-imbued with all Il
II and strengthened by events of subsequent yeal
u who will earnestly cooperate in a conflict wi
'xt those OF whom Governor Roberts is the polite
he impersonalion. If the whole vote Of Texas
a. evoked 1t will not be less than 800 000 and the
-, are 10000 enemies of secession Democracy
W Texas
ng Are the people ripe for this movement"
la 81 am now satisfied thnt they are. Before q
Virginia elections was doubtful, but discover
then and there that the policy of Hayes had II
nat been wholly fatal to conservatism, or TO TIL
Ike deathlesS hostility to Democracy which pervad
IN old Wings and original Union men of the Sout
,,. have made diligent inquiry everywhere in Tex
s by correspondence and by travelling over the Sta
Ia and do know that with proper candidates on t
or Independent platform Texas can be revolutiO
the iZed. Roberts, the present Governor, was elect
to the Senate in 1867, but was not suffered to Ia
his seat. lie has never ceased to whine about
He thinks he would be the equal in the Senate
Clay or Webster or Calhoun, and If he be nol
mated he and Coke VIII be rivals, and they
rt- the shrewdest politicians Texas ever produced"
mr.. UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
"" The following business was transacted in the
preme Court Wednesday: