The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-01-19
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Take thclr's straight"
10 the Edilor of The llornll.
what does thc so-calcd Independent
In Texas mean Suppose you
organize an Independent party, will 1t not
have presidents secretaries and all the
other habiimcnts Of the old parties? Is
not all the clap-traps and nonsense about
an Independent party the mercst fraud on
popular intelligence? Can any association
in this sinful world be formed without or
ganization, and when organization comes,
will not the men of brassy check come to
the front and direct action? Was II not so
in the days of the Know Nothing party IN
1858 20 1856? Was it not so in the rise OF
the Grange party? Has it not been SO IN
the rise of every outside party in the United
States? There never has been ana
never will be but two great ma
tlonal parties in the United states.
The one based upon the ideas of JET,
ferson, of equal and exact
Justice to all men and all pursuits, with the
| right of the people to elect Their rulers and
public functionaries, "unawed byiniiuence,
unbribed by fear" This is the quintes-
sence of Democracy, the same yesterday,
to-day, tomorrow and forever. lie VINO
denies it is no Democrat. lie VINO ailirhlS,
| is Democrat he who denies is Federal
list, a lover of kingcraft, or n nondescript'
| The pretense of an Independent III leXas
is a sham on representative government
a bait offered TO the people to debauch
themselves and become the cats-paws OF I'M
scrupulous demagogues. The people OF
Texas know several fundamental things
Among these things are the facts
lst That the Democratic party annexed
Texas to the United States in opposition to
the old Federal, or modern Abolition party
ID. That the Democratic party
accepted ard prosecuted the war
with Mexico, whereby we ac-
quired California, Arizona, New Mex
leo, Utah and parts of Colorado.
3D.. That out of these Democratic meas
ures have sprung revolution in the com
merce and intercourse of the world, whereby
the English or American merchant IN
Hong Kong, over ut sunset, can SPEAK IN
the twinkling of an eye, to his TREND III
3 London or New York at sunrise. the peo-
, pie of Texas, as sensible, thinking people,
B know this, and that it was all brought
about by the Democratic party, in opposi,
= ton to the old federalistlc, monarchlcal
party of the country, the same party that,
, with some eXceptions) was merged INTO
and formed the Republican party Know
r ing this, the people OF IeXas VIII never 70
t off after strange gods or piebald PONIES,
calling themselves independents" Ihey
, will look on all such as pretenders and I'M
pOstors There are but two parties III tnls
. country-the Democracy Of Jefferson, be-
D lieving in honest government, low TAKE
t and equal rights as Democrats, ana the OPP
2 posite a conglomeration, styling themselves
= Republicans, the debris and refuse OF the old
= Federal party the party who passed early
\ in the history of the country the allen ana
. sedition laws, whereby the President OF the
/ United States could eXpel from the counI
= try any foreign-born man he chose, ana
d., whereby the liberty of ,he press was muz-
lied. these fundamental principles are the
: same to-day as in 1893. The democracy, Is
still the champion of liberty to all, whether
e native or foreign-born. The Republican
: PARTY, the oiIshoot of old Federalism, is
e Still the enemy of the foreign-bOrn citizen
y the co-adjutor of monopolles ana the lrlehu
! of a government ofby the few for their own
e benefit.
a Now, Mr.. Editor, all we Democrats ask,
+ is to let the so-called Independents come
c forth and show their hands. ,
+ We will take them in hand on the Both OF
= April, 1870, when Edmund J. Davis was by
n a false count through fedefdl Pa{3neiII'
e declared Governor, instead OF a. j. Hamll'
. ton, the man elected Governor by the few
n peoplc then allowed to vote. We will can
r yass with them the administration of Davis,
n his State police, free school and all-the IN,
: auguration of Coke in January, 1874, and
J. all that followed unuer tohe, llupualu anu
l. Roberts, into this day, and as Democrats
c dare and challenge them before the people
: to n discussion of all the facts. No Demo-
r crat will shrink from the discussion before
r the people. Honesty, redemption and pop
+ ular rights will never shrink IRON
: an open discussion with any form
y of ring combination in the interest of com
t binations at war with the true interest OF
G the people. We, the Democrats of Texas,
T., are ready at any and all times to meet the
! issue, and are prepared to prove that the
! Democratic party of Texas, in the darkest
\ hour of the States history, knocked the
! chains and manacles from the people, and
/ made this free State. Not only so, but
that the Democratic party OF Texas have
: net-wOrked the State with railroads and
d brought tens of thousands of good citizens
S from Germany, Ireland and all Europe, and
c the Northern States, TO come
e and live among us as breth-
n rem. We challenge and defy
V the enemy to the issue. Let them come out
e boldly and say wherein the Democratic
party o! Texas has been remiss, and we will
: meet them in a fair field, and prove, from
o 1893 down to 1889, that the Democratic
D party of the Unitol States has been the
: only true party of progress and equal rights
o in this country. We defy the friends OF
, consolidation ami imperial government to
the issue. We defy the friends of tldepend-
entism in Texas who charge BourbOnism
V and moss backism on the present and past
Y Democratic administrations to come forth
! and specifically show their hands. We chal-
+ lenge them to stand forth and show their
e hands specifically. speak ont plainly
Make your charSes-but quit lying by in
g endo. We are TEXAS DEMoCRATs.