The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-12-06


flucnce or money in manipulating the election.
Don't vote in the dark for any man, but exact
pledges Of him and then hold him 10 them.
Progressive, energetic men are wanted and
mossbacks must take back seats. More street
railroads is also an issue which must be kept
in view
SEVERAL days past we alluded 10 the fact
that the Southern Democrats had dominated
the Democratic party and controlled the Fed
eral government up to 1861, and we gave it as
our opinion that the Northern Democrats
would not tamely submit to the renewal Of the
same domination, and that they would regard
the election Of Carlisle as an entering wedge TO
the renewal Of such domination. Time will YER
ify our conviction. To show to what an extent
Southern Democrats and the South controlled
the Federal government and dominated the
Democratic party.we quote the following ex-
tract from speech Of Alex. II. Stephens
against secession, in the Georgia convention,
in 1861, as faithful compilation OF the facts
on this subject; awe have had majority OF
the Presidents chosen from the South, as well
as the control and management Of most OF
those chosen from the North. We have had
90 years Of Southern Presidents to their "a,
thus controlling the Executive department.
So Of the Judges Of the Supreme court; we
have had IS from the South and but II from
the North although four-6lths Of the judicial
business has arisen from the free States the
majority Of the court has always been from
the South. This we have required, so
as to guard against an Interpretation
Of the constitution uniavorable TO
us. In choosing Presidents (pro tenn
of the Senate, we have had "a of their
II. Speakers Of the House we have had 20 to
their IL. While the majority ofthe Represen-
ta,ives from their greater population has al
waysbeen from the North, yet we have SO
generally secured the Speaker, because he, to
great extent, shapes and controls the leRis-
lation OF the country. Nor have we had less
control in every other department Of the gen.
eral government. Attorney Generals we
have had "a, while the North has had but FIVE.
Foreign ministers we have had SO, and they
but S. We have had a vast majority Of the
higher Offices OF both the army and navy, while
larger proportion Of the soldiers and sailors
were drawn from the North. Equally so Of
clerks, auditors and comptrollers, filling the
Executive department, the records show for
the last 50 years that of the 5000 thus EN- q.
ployed we have had more than two-thrds Of
the same, while we have had but one-third OF
the white population of the whole Republic,
| The Northern Democrats will remember how
the South dominated their party and monopo-
lized the Offices prior to 1861 through the in
stitution Of slavery, which was always in dan
ger, and they recognize the fact that South
ern Democrats are now using the "solid
South" as a substitute for slavery to dictate to
and dominate the Democratic party and pres
emily TO give them their ancient monopoly Of
the Offices. They regard Carlisle's election as
the first move on the chess board. Many OF
them fully comprehend that large number of
! Southern members are never elected
at all, but were counted in by
fraud to secure a "sold South" Northern
Democrats will soon be called dough faces, ,
as they were before the war, and il would not
at all surprise us II iour.6fths Of the'Northern
Democrats who voted for Carlisle, were not
defeated in 1884. The privates in the ranks
Of the Democratic party in The North will not
prove as plant and tractable as the leaders.
The protest OF the New York Sun and ex-
Governor Hendricks against the elect ion O
Carlisle, was peculiarly significant and omin-
Gus. 1t meant vast deal. 1t was warning
that breakers were ahead. General Gordon,
of Georgia, showed by his recent letter to
Randall, that he saw the breakers aud real
lied the danger Of shipwreck impending over
his party. But, as the mission OF the Bour-
bons is to blunder, they would have Carlisle
for Speaker. "Those whom the gods wish
to destroy they first make mad" The die
is cast now Defeat all along the line is in
store for all the Democrats in 1884, and the
Bourbons will be held accountable by theil
Northern brethren, who will either align
themselves with the Republicans, or seek to
form a new party, so as to break up ''ths
sonu oouth'' Our predictions may be laughed
at by the over sanguine Bourbons, who shu
their eyes to disagreeable truths, like bulls
when about to dash at the object of thei
rage, but time, which hears and proves al
things, win abundantly verify them. Nous
verrons, as Tom Richie was wont to say.
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Holiday Present.
= nice Christmas present would be a lif
size portrait by Il. RlyOlre, a French artist
| who Tegeutly arrival n San Antnnio nars,,.