The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-03-09
BRILLIANT ACHIEVEMENTS
FOR TENAS--DEMOCR
AND THE lSMS.

BRILLIANT ACHIEVEMENT
FOR TENAS--DEMOCRA
AND THE ISMS.
No state in the American Union
stands more favorably before the
public at this time than does our
own beloved Texas. She has passed
through many days OF wretchedness,
but now is herself again, and be-
comes the queen state of the south
and the southwest, while before
this century closes she will be
the empire state of a brilliant
sisterhOod. Though no devasta-
ting war bathed Texas soil
with the blood of true sons, their
lives and. the peoples treasure were
freely given to the cause of the
confederate states, and when the
cruel war was over, the prowess Of
her soldiers on hundreds of fields,
and the rich booty ofan undisturbed
country led the conquerer to
vengeance and to robbery, and
her days of reconstruction were
quite as sad rs would have been the
results of brave and open con-
flict or her soil. Texans were
degraded, dcspised, despoiled; civil
liberty was denied them; the fiat of
military dictatorship was the law (;
and suffrage was made n mockery
by the sharp touch of the bayonet.
Corrupt legislatures and corrupt adj
ministration, even a corrupt iudici-
airy, ruled the destiny of Texas, 2nd
in four short years the debt
of the state was raised from
nothing to sixteen millions
of dollars. Four millions of debt
were created on expense account,
and twelve millions in bonds were
= granted by the twelfth legislature
TO railways. This was the work of
just four years, aud had the great
popular will not achieved the over
throw of Republicanism, Texas
would to-day, in all probability, be
debtor in the sum 100000. Is it
any wonder, therefore, that when an
attempt to call to life the spirit of
Repubicanism is made through the
deceptive agency of Wash Jonesism,
or of Young Democracy, or of indie
pendentism, that failure follows such
effort -? The leaders of these new
isms that would again vitalize Re-
publicanism claim that increased
strength to oppose Democracy
may be expected from those who
have come into the state in the
last few years. They surmise that
these years have destroyed the
memory of Republicanism that
they have given Texas a population
opposed to Democracy. Not so
Democracy has ruled the destiny OF
Texas for nine years, and the in
ducements offered, especially in tn c
last three or tour years to settle
ment III Texas, is that the
state is wisely and safely
governed, and that property,
through the agency of such gov
ernment, is every day growing more
valuable. During these nine years
Texas has been relieved of the vast
debt to railways by a satisfactory
compromise with the COM
panies; the bonded debt aris-
ing from an extensively conducted
government has been reduced, and
were it not for the high price
placed on state bonds by holders
the cash balance now in the treas
ury could be used to reduce this
debt to an insignificant sum. The
era of prosperity that now
exists in this state is
to contemplate. Vast
resources and wise government have
attracted capital and labor, and rail-
roads and mills and factories are
discussed to-day and constructed to-
morrow. There is no curbing the
rapid movement of changing pro-
gress. 1t touches everything, and
wealth is won and influence is
gained. Texas will soon have eleven
representatives in congress, and in
1892 she will have twenty-five, and
New York and Pennsylvania will
pay Difference to the southwest
ern queen with the hope of en-.
Toying her favor in 1902. Aus
tin, fair capital of grand Texas
viii stand enthrOned amid these
everlasting hills as the princess oil
cities, and "Texan" will be the
proudest distinction of an Ameri-
can. These are the achievements Of
Texas, planned by wise and genu'
inc Democracy, and its enemies in
attacking it are destined to signal
destruction amid the slums of we'll
known Republicanism.