The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-04-28
COL. BOB TAYLOR IN WASHINGTON.

COL. BOB TAYLOR IN WASHINGTON
Col. Bob Taylor, of Fannin county, is il
Washington, and has been interviewed abou
Texas, and from the interview in the Nationa
Republican, we judge that Col. Bob has beef
correctly reported. We clip the following ex
tract from the interview, in response to thu
questions:
1--WE must first make the party socially re-
spectacle. Politics down south is socia
fact. Natives of the south have not beer
generally well served in Washington, even
though they never faltered in devotion to the
party of freedom, free schools, and the union
These natives, especially if educated, decent
gentlemen, have been given the cold shoulder.
Why, could never understand. You don't
seem to think it possible that an educated
southerner, born Shareholder, can be true to
the Union or inimical to democracy. And
yet you must know that these old wings are
aware that they were ruined by the democracy.
The bourbons brought all these numberless
woes upon the country, dug million graves,
and set strangers as masters over US Senator
ones, of Nevada, told the whole truth about
this in his recent speech in the senate, and if
the president approves it and will give the old
Wings and Douglas democrats and Sam
Houston's people of Texas and the south a
chance to stand from UNDER chaos will soon
come upon the southern democracy. 1t exists
and is supreme simply because of the CO.
operation with it of insane zealots who out
Herod Herod in denunciation of the south
and in asserting disuust of all native south
ernerA"
,3% &b> hail.
''If the administration will help us and con-
men, who hate bourbonism a thousand fold
more than the best of northern republicans,
who were never ruined by it, this class of
southern political thinkers will combine
against the secession democracy and cooper
ate with the republicans and greenbackers,
and we can carry Texas by &c, 600 majority
There can be nothing lost by trying it. We
have tried the plan Of losing strength each
year long enough, and l am for the liberal
movement"
"fIow do you account for the fact that the
republican party has constantly lost strength
in Texas?"
"There are two reasons One that federal
patronage was given to strangers and impotent
useless men, who could neither talk, nor write
nor think, and could have no access to the
people of Texas; another was that of Hayes
policy of preferring democrats and Greeley
republicans. Hayes rewarded hostility to
himself and his party. After Hayes policy
was announced the republican party ceased to
fight We were disarmed and helpless. One
result is certain. If we can be recognized here
with this platform above dehned-free speech,
free schools, free press, and honest ballot and
fair count, and unionism against seceSsionism
with the cooperation of friends in the east
ern states and here at the capital We propose
again to make the fight, and secure for the
south that recognition to which climate, soil,
and patriotism of the majority of the people
entitle her. We Of Texas, as in 1860, when
we made Houston governor, bearing the
banner of the union aloft, will again
vanquish the enemies of the union, and
restore the union as it was and must be for
ever. There are in Texas fifteen thou
sand northern farmers and artisans and rail-
way employees who will not vote the republic
can party as it has been managed and exists
to-day in Texas, and yet these northern peo-
pie are true republicans, and will come to the
rescue OF the organization. There are &c, 900
Germans, $4,000 Greenbackers, and 10000
old Whigs-Douglas' and Sam Houston's adj
herents-mbued with all the preudices and
convictions of IS6o-6I, ightened and
strengthened by events Of subsequent years,
who will earnestly cooperate in a conflict
with those of whom Gov. Roberts is the polit
ical impersonation. If the whole vote of Texas
be evoked it will not be less than 10000, and
there are 49, 900 enemies Of secession democ-
racy in Texas"
care the people ripe for this movement"
81 am now satisfied that they are. Before
the Virginia elections l was doubtful, but dis
covered then and there that the policy of
Hayes had not been wholly fatal to conserva-
tism, or to that deathless hostility to democ-
racy which pervades old Wings and original
union men of the south. have made dill
gent inquiry everywhere in Texas by cores
pondence and by travelling over the state, and
do not know that with proper candidates on
the independent platform Texas can be revo-
lutionized. Roberts, the present governor,
was elected to the senate in 1867, but was not
suffered to take his seat He has never ceased
to whine about it. He thinks he would be
the equal in the senate of Clay, or Webster, or
Calhoun, and if he be nominated he and Coke
will be rivals. and they are the shrewdest poll
ticans Texas ever produced"