The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-15

support to the balance of the country.
All the world has looked on Texas
as great in material resources, and
now, since she is growing great in
political sense, the STATESMAN
especially desires the state to main
tain political solidity, which must
give il prominence. no matter wheth-
er one or another power control the
federal government. In the next
congress we want to see Texas rep
resented by solid Democratic dele
CATION. AS the Ne'cs says, the Re-
publicans are manifesting the great
est uneasiness over their prospect of
losing the control of the next
house of representatives, and,
indeed, almost concede the
fact that they will meet with
losses in the north. To do away
with the effect of these losses they
are looking anxiously towards the
south, hoping that promises of fed
eral patronage and liberal rewards
will turn away enough southern
votes from their allegiance to the
Democratic party to enable a suffi-
cient number of Republican men,
bers to be returned to Offset losses
elsewhere. Especially, then, should
our congressional delegation be
composed of straight Democrats,
of those who have been true to the
party at all times, and who
can be trusted under all circum-
stances. We do not want
another Wash. Jones in congress,
for If the Republicans control the
next House by even his vote, the
same disgracefal partisan measures
that have signalized the present
congress will be reenacted. Demo-
cratic members would be ousted by
the wholesale, and southern Inde'
pendent contestants would be sub
stituted for them. The duty of
Texans, of the southern people,
therefore, is plain. AS the NeoCS
says, they should for self-defense, if
not for principle, stick shoulder to
shoulder, and elect their representa-
tives by such decisive majorities as to
effectually blast all hopes of the Radi-
Gals filling up their ranks, reduced
in the north, by recruits from the
south. In this connection, our peo-
pie should be particularly careful
not to be deceived by the pretenses
of these Independents. Once in
Washington they speedily show that
independence is fimsy garment
assumed to conceal genuine Radi-
calism. Malone and his fellows
from Virginia afford practical
proof of this. He even claimed
that he was Democrat, and yet
from the first he has voted with the
Radicals, even to the extent of plac-
ing ex-southern soldiers under an
indefinite ban, so that a monument
might be erected to the right and
wrong of the rebellion" Without
exception, too, his confederates have
followed his example, and none
were more ready than the Virginia
Readjusters in the present house,
during the past few days, to vote
with the Radicals, as did our Jones,
to turn out regularly elected
southern representatives. So it
will be always, and so from the
nature of things it must be. The
southern Independent relies for sue
cess upon federal patronage and the
support of the federal administra-
ton, and is ready to sell himself,
body and soul, to secure election.
Experience has shown that if you
scratch southern Independent you
can feel pretty well satisfied that
you can find a Republican sufficient
ly radical to suit stalwart purposes.