San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-07-26

resent and servo them.
During tho late tnpleasantness we o.
course stood with our section, but as soon
M practicable after is close, We took ground
IN favor Of reconciliation between the for.
mGr warning clements and the restoration OF
the Union upon principles Of right and JUS
tice TO all. We joined In 1879 with the
movement having that end in view, and in
which the Democratic party rs a National
organization also joined. So far from hay
ing Haunted the bloody shirt" etc., as
charged above, we opposed its further sway,
and thereby incurred the bitter enmity and
prescription Of its followers at our former
home. We gave up no principle to come
here, and had only the most friendly feelings
towards this people We did not however
"seek shelter" here--having paid oil our
debts and lived the life OF n abiding citi-
zen we were not obliged to come to Texas
and did not 'leave our country for our
coun.ry's good" as was the case with some
| in former times. Nor did we como as Il
carpet-bagger of any sort. We came first
because of the ill-health of member OF
our family, and second to seek tho enjoy
ment of life, liberty and the pursuit Of
happiness" in our own way, as an humble
,, private citizen.
But We ore specially charged above with
| having "clandestinely advocated principles
which we knew were antagonisic to the in
terest and feelings" of the people of this
county. AT first view this would seem to be
rather mysterious. The FREE PRESS having
always advocated good morals, education,
immigration and the building up of the
country, q casual observer would be puzzled
to conjecture how its course or principles
could have been antagonistic to the interest
and feelings of good community. So MGt
cannot be what was meant. From the use
of the word clandestinoIy. and from various
outside intimations, such as were contained
in the Warning Postal Cara from Kyle, to
which we have heretofore had occasion to
refer, we are led to suppose that the charge
iuChLb kAut VIC law, eAAo"5A SAAASA SAs S>,-
tons of our paper, preached different gos-
polls, one for the South, the other, clandes-
timely, for the North. Knowing such to be
the charge which is being "clandestinely"
circulated against us, we take this occasion
to brand it as lie out of the whole cloth.
We answered it through our paper in 1875.
when it was first made to the entire salts
faction of all honest readers. Without 60
ing over the same ground again, we chal-
lenge the publisher of the Nutshell, or any
of the men whose organ he is, to the proof.
We will furnish complete file of the FREE
PRESS from the beginning and will pay 500
in gold to any one who will produce from
the record ON iota of evidence in support OF
this charge. We ask all who have been cir
culating this lie to exhibit the proof, OR for
ever after hold their peace. We however
expect the latter as little as we fear the for
mer But if they 60 on wilfully circulating
this lie, we are determined the people of this
country shall know it.
We have thus met squarely every coward
ly thrust and lying innuendo contained in
our text from the Nutshell We proceed to
make some special applications as to our
case. And first we quote from the st. Louis
Republican of recent date as follows:
IA significant feature in the political life
of Judge Hoadly, the Democratic nominee
for governor of Ohio, is that he was once
Republican, He acted with that party till
all its policies that in his opinion deserved
to be adopted had been adopted, and then
he abandoned it and cast his fortunes with
the Democracy.
''There is nothing peculiar in this. 1t
has been very ordinary event since the
war The prominent Democrats who were
once prominent Republicans are to be count
ed by scores, and the number Is increasing
every year. A proof of their sincerity and
devotion to principle is that they deserted
the Republican party in the fullness Of its
power and pride, when it had abundant
honors to bestow on its servile partizans,
and allied themselves with the Democracy,
when it was was out of power and had no
offices nor emoluments to award to its fol-
lowers"
Judge Hoadly left the Republican party
in 1872. Judge Trumbull, who few years
since was the Democratic candidate for gov
ernor Of Illinois, did the same. These are
but samples of the scores ofprominent men
referred to by the Republican who be-
long to the same category. As one of the
rank and file, We have the honor TO muster in
the same company, and have been just as
true and consistent in our course as the best
of them The men who could not stand the
wholesale frauds and public robberies of
Grants second term have certainly had no
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