The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-02-03
LOST IN THEswEsTERN wILDs.

ant and adventurous trip, from all we
can learn of their wanderings, and with
the exception of getting lost in the will
derness, and being without food for
three days. no danger has beset them
The law head of our state lost in the
wilderness, would be good text for
an article upon our state government
One term of office with the o. a. has
driven Mac. to the wilderness.
AS for Bryan, all his friends are lying
in wait for him when he returns to feed
him up after his fast in the wilderness.
1t is said they were the hungriest
men in North America when they
reached camp.
THE San Antonio EVENING LIGHT is
too good a paper to advocate the doc
trines and supremacy of such an Or
ganization as the Texas branch of the
republican party. Let us insist, brother
Newcomb, that you "leave the poor
old stranded wreck" and devote your
acknowledged ability and energy to
aiding us in the maintenance of the
grand old principles of democracy
those principles upon which the gov
eminent of this nation was administer
ed in its palmiest days. Independ-
ent Blade.
We take your invitation good-natur-
eddy; no doubt you are in earnest in
your advocacy of the so-called democ-
racy of the present day, at least we
give you credit for as much sincerity as
we possess ourselves in taking the OPP
posite side. Now, when it comes to
some of the grand old" ideas of the
democratic party we claim that we are
orthodox; for instance the idea that
placed democracy foremost in the
hearts of the American people was the
liberal extension of the right to vote,
that idea made it the party of the
people-in after years, when the blood
of Americas sons had been poured out
freely because of the treason of the
democratic party; because it had be-
come the party of slavery and of trea-
son--even after that terrible lesson, the
sc-called democratic party opposed the
extension of the right of the ballot to
the colored man. who was to the ma
nor born and had become free man.
The democratic party went back up
on its grand old principles; and it has
crawled reluctantly TO every position
taken by the republican party after
there was no longer anything to be
gained by opposition; it accepted the
situation, ETC. No. brother Blade, we
can't think that you endorse this old
democratic party any more than we do;
it is wrinkled all over with sin and in
iquity--it is an old bag that should be
repulsive to any young American citi-
zen As to the palmiest days of Our
government, you are certainly thought
less, when you allude to any
period in the past-now is the
palmiest day our great republic
has ever seen. We are not
far apart when we come to compare
notes. The republican party has drawn
upon itself a sectional prejudice I'M
worthy of the intelligence and true
patriotism of the south, and we have
often thought that lack of moral cour-
age had been a prominent trait of
southern character since the war, be-
cause all reason and sense upon politi-
cal questions seem to be abandoned.
During the confederacy, for four years
there were no parties in the south. The
close Of the struggle left the south
without any political preferences. The
copperhead party of the north was
more repulsive than the republican