The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-10

ia hurry. As the years recede s.
will the memory of wrong done di
out of mems minds, and only the hero
ism displayed, only the sublime faitl
and the rugged fortitude remain t,
glorify the American soldier, whethe
it was his fortune to wear the blue o.
the grey.
/ There is one reflection which force
itself right here. 1t is this: Was eve
revolution so put down in all the his
tory of the world before, and leave 81
little sting behind after twenty hur
rying years have fled? 1t is marvel.
Gus. 1t is complimentary to thu
American name. 1t exaltS humanity
and adorns civilization. AS policy, il
is sc und beyond compare. AS proper
thing for a christian government tt
| 10, it is glorious. Here are the mer
who revolted against the national au
thority after defeat, again received
into the councils of the nation, into
both its civil and its military service
and occupying the most exalted posi-.
lions of every kind in the public ser.
vice. Was ever human conf.
dence more sublimely exhibited
or was it ever more sublimely
merited. 1t is such things as this that
win the enthusiastic and deathless
generation of the citizens of this gov
eminent. This it is which makes an
American proud, as proud as are the
monarchs Of other lands. 1t is no
great hardship to die for a govern
ment which habitually performs &C S
of unselfish generosity such as these.
The bloody shirt men are downed
effectually by this generous action of
congress. That malign principle is
relegated to those who expect to
climb over the prejudices of the
ignorant to the place and power
which is denied them by those
who move to the music of a higher
and better civilization. They can
no longer represent intelligent con-
stituencies. They are the bats and
owls who dare not encounter the sun
light of this noontide history Of adj
vancement. Every year witnesses
their decay, their decrease in both
numbers and influence, and very soon
the war patriot who never bathed his
epaulttts in powder stain or blood,
viii not be able to find a war spirit of
sufficient magnitude to bear him into
a bailiff's petty place, The era of
peace has dawned. Let no man again
drag out into the glare of the day, the
bloody memories which once elung to
a wicked and fratricidal war. Let
them lie peacefully in the grave until
the great searcher of human hearts
makes up the verdict for heaven.
BARNEY GIBBS is wonderfully
good fellow, but if he gets to gyrating
around with the German voters, the
chances are that he will speedily fall
by the wayside in politics. With
every glass of lager Barney puts
under his vest, the Workmanship
will I,c lie, and soon he will see
it as through an inverted telescope
There is nothing half so destructive
of political hopes as the enticing,
enhancing and deceptive Dutch
nectar. Barney Barney If thou
woulds't be Acknowledgements of
Texas, either next or any subsequent
term, thou shoulds't not gaze on the
lager when it foams, or into German
eyes when they sparkle, especially
when these latter belong to the ten
der danes whose tears are not all shed
for the vanished vaterland, but in joy
that Barney, Notwithstanding his
give-a-away patronymic, has come over
to be a real genuine German lager
beer guzzler. Barney, Barney.
WHO rolls up the "brutal majorities"
and pulls weak ticket to triumph ?
Echo answers, north Texas.
The above, from the Dallas Herald,
is valuable as uttering between the
lines at least two opinions, or rather
one opinion and one sharp word of re-
venge. 1t is pertinent to the present
situation to know that the II raid re-
garded the Ireland ticket a weak one
two years since. Would it not be so
regarded this year if his excellency
were to bear off the prize? Now. it is
Just possible, that the Herald is get
ting in little work 'forninst" ita dis
appointment about that commission
ership business. There's never any
telling about these things.
WE Will wager the Austin STATES
MAN all the interest the public feels IN
the quarrel between the Houston Post
and the Galveston News against
three schooners of Anheuser Busch
beer, that it cannot prove its allega:
ton that the Age ever published it
Henri" Houston Age.
Done, Now examine your files
since the first day the committee met
at Waco and you'll find it, beloved IN
Gle, loaded and in its proper place in
your columns. Ship the beer by Tex
as express, prepaid.
HUBBARD was in Waco the other
day. The melancholy ghost of the
rotund statesman naturally gravitates
to where politics have been. Dick
always did deSpise cold trail; and he
got on to that of the committee which
recently met there before it had
cooled off.
STAND aside now, ye lesser stars
the Times protests,-the San Antonio
Times. One can hardly realize it, but
so it is. Culberson ct al, will doubt
less feel as though they had a de
fender within reach, and grow saucy
again, perhaps to the extent OF advo-
eating protection.
THE Daily Colorado Clipper, a
sprightly little offshoot Of that ster-
ling paper, the Weekly Clipper, is on
our table. A most welcome Wis
itor it is, too. May it grow and ex-
pand.
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