The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-01-26

popular influence. Ii brought into
power men, who before thai
period commanded no popu.
lar approval, and who have
since then been known TO tame as
factors in one of the basest govern
ments that ever disgraced the Gre
constructed" south. Since that pc
riOd the whereabouts of some OF
these leading spirits have been
unknown, having left their country
for their cOuntry's good, while 9TH
ers almost avoid the light of day
that they may not be seen of men
who know them. One, for instance,
sneaks into the columns of the New
York Herald, telling falschoods, and
denying his home that he may pOssi-
bly, receive credit from some quarter
for presenting truth. Being an actor
in the events of that period, he
knows he would not receive credit
if openly signing the letter he pre-
sents, and therefore he feigns to
sneak out of the chamber of re-
cluse, almost under the walls of the
burnt capitol, and would impose
upon Galveston the responsibility
OF promulgating mean false
hood for designed political
effect. He tells that the
chief political question now agitat-
ing the public mind in Texas is
whether Coke or Roberts shall be
made United States senator, and he
intImates that the railway companies
are manipulating the senatorial
game, as they have directed more
than one gubernatorial canvass, and
that they will decide it in their own
interest. This smircher of the fair
fame of GalvestOnian tells it,
that the International and the Texas
and Pacific railway companies were
each granted S6,OOO,OOO in subsidy
bonds by the Texas legisla-
ture. He does not tell, how
ever, that this $12,000,OOO
grant was made by the twelfth legis-
Iature, in 1870, during the zenith of
reconstructed" Texas, while Davis
was governor and while Alexander
was attorney general, neither one of
these disappearing but approving
these measures in their inception.
The latter, it is true, drew off his
approval as the bills advanced, for
reasons best known to himself, while
Gov. Davis continued to approve
the measures and signed the bills,
making. them laws; :and then he
signed the bonds and had the state
treasurer afiix his signature to them,
the attorney general never present.
ing an objection in any sense. nor
would he have ever presented any
objection, though he had been con-
verted into chronic sulker for
reasons best known to him
self, had it not been
for the opposition OF the comptroller
- --i-~4I arVusvu DOvanIe deter
mineu. wuen the Donus wUrU Prv--
sented to this officer for his sigma
ture, the attorney general did give
an opinion, but it was dragged from
him at the last moment on the de-
mand of the comptroller, or it would
never have been expressed. Thus
the issuance of bonds was ar
rested, and that suit was in
stituted is y singular truth.
stated by this worse than letter
writing Judas. We know the au-
thor of this letter well, and when the
insinuating falsehoods which he
utters against the character of good
men. who have often been preferred
by the good people of Texas for the
highest public trusts, are consid-
cred, we feel like dragging
that Galveston mask from his
politically deformed carcass.
He sneakingly insinuates, that Gov.
Coke and Judge Roberts, having
served these railway companies,
their influence promotes them,
and that now they consider the
scale of chances in their behalf and
will still decide who shall be gov
ernor and who senator. This Gal
weston" correspondent, alias the
Austin villifier, hates these railroad
companies for reasons best known
to himself, aud he hates the Demo-
cratic party, because it destroyed
Republicanism in Texas and lifted
him from place. He knows, and
all the well informed world knows
it, too, that these oppressive bond
measures were imposed upon the
state Of Texas by the Republican
party, and that the compromise
made with the railroads, TO be sub
siuized with lands instead of bonds
was a necessary compromise, by
: which the people of Texas were GER
tainly relieved from long and op
pressive taxation. He knows tha
the people OF Texas are salts
fed with these results, at
tanned through Democratic ad
, ministration, and he conceive
, that through such false utterance
they might be led to support Radi
, calism under the leadership of
, Wash Jones. His fond dream will
, never be realized. A would b
marplot and disturber this sam
? scribbllng Judas would be the de
a stroyer of good had he the influenc
' to make evil prevail; but he is power
less, and therefore harmless, and ou
purpose in this article has been sim
\ ply to show whence this letter cam,
that its locus scribendi is a frauC
4 and that starting in falsehood ther
: was accidentally uttered but on
4 truth, which has been named.
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