The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-15
JOHN IRELAND To THE FRONT.

JOHN IRELAND To THE FRONT.
General Weaver, the great Green
back apostle, it is announced, will
open the canvass in this state at
Gainesville ON the Fourth of July.
We are not informed as to the
auspices under which he makes this
special appearance, but it is pre-
sumed, from the fact that certain
Democrats of that place invite Hon.
John Ireland to meet General Weav-
err on that occasion, that joint de-
bate Is admissible. The fact being
settled that such debate may be had,
it is plain enough that Judge Ire
land should not hesitate as to fa-
vorable reply to the invitation ex-
tended him. He should go to
Gainesville, and meeting General
Weaver on the threshold, should
battle the false doctrines which he
has been employed to promulgate.
We say employed, because we do
know that it is not in the nature of
mau to devote his time and his
money and his energetic waste
himself and his substance-in a can
vass promising him no personal pre-
ferment now or in the hereafter.
General Weaver does not come to
Texas expecting to send one Green
hacker to congress; he does not
come here hoping to see prevail one
principle which he advocates; he
does not come here expecting to see
himself chosen now or in the future
to any position of honor or profit /:
he cannot come here under any con-
viction that he is performing duty.
Not long ago this same gentleman
was candidate for the presidency
of the United States. He did not
expect to be elected president, nor
did he expect to see the sovereignty
of one single state represented by
Greenbacker in the senate, and he
could have hoped alone for a pow
erless little handful of congressman
from all the states. He made
the canvass in states where
there was no hope for Green
hackers. and the matter was
very plainly demonstrated then that
he worked under the direction of
a most potent power at Washington.
The STATESMAN Is convinced that
his approaching presence in Texas is
secured by the very same agency
that placed him in Mississippi and
IN Alabama and other states dur
ing the presidential canvass. He
was there for the purpose of arous-
ing balance of power to support
Combination made in the interest of
Republicanlsm. Greenbackism be-
ing allied to minorities, for the
sake of defeating majorities, has
made it occupy strange positions in
different states. In most instances
it has been engaged with Republi-
canism in attacking Democracy
while in others it held the reverse
position. Greenbackism makes its
declarations, and then by its vascil-
lations il shows that its apostles are
not led by conviction, but alone by
the value of votes in deciding cleo
tons. General Weaver does not
come to Texas hoping to make a
Greenbacker governor, nor a Green
hacker United States senator, nor a
single congressman, nor does he
hope to mould public sentiment so
as to make a Greenback legisla-
ture; but we are convinced he
comes positively at the dicta-
ton of the Republican managers,
to prepare the way for adding votes
TO the independent movement, this
new Specification under which radi-
calism hopes again to fasten itself
upon the body polite of Texas. 1t
is the common enemy, which the
good people of Texas have reason
to abhor. whose excuses were so
great that an unbounded hatred
springs up against it, this hatred
ever pervading the public mind,
and forcing the enemy to appear
in disguise. No matter how the
devil may come, the cloven foot
and the forked tail are his ap-
pendages, and under the cloak of
independentism the demons pecu-
liar physical conformations are
clearly visible. The instinct of a
true Texan is to antaeonize, and
when an interloper comes here,
when an emissary appears, thus
equipped for political work. in which
is involved responsibility and
treachery, any true Texan should re-
spond to such call as these good cit
liens Of north Texas make up
on Judge Ireland. Maxey and
Coke and Culberson and Reagan and
other public men are at Washington,
and it is simply a duty TO prin-
ciple and to honor that Judge
Ireland respond to this call.
He has been invited to the front,
and il is not his custom to refuse to
perform any duty. He will certain
ly meet General Weaver, unless the
Generals entertainers have decided
that he shall notbe met in debate.
CALLING FOR DEMOCRATIC
UNITY.
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