Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-12-06
AN OPEN LETTER.
What Buffalo Republican has to Say
as to the Result of Two Years
sojourn in Texas.
Some Paotsto Convince the Unprejudioed
Northemer that Texas Is a
Part Of the Union.
HENnInrrA. a., pec. 5. lssl.

Dear Sir: An article which purports
to have been clipped from recent is
sue of your paper has just come TO my
notice, and l cannot refrain from COM
menting on 1t. give the clipping as
1t appeared in papers here;
AN APOLOGY.
Shortly amer election when We were not
feeling very amiabo towards the boastful
aud blood thirsty Democracy, referring to
the enormous majority for Cleveland and
Hendricks reported In Texas, we remarked
that there was nevertheless one other place
where a larger proportloDate Democratic
vote could probably bepolled-and we there
upon mentioned IL with q capital II,
Later advlces moline us 10 change that
opinion. A Rochester man living In Texas
gives graphic account OF the state OF ieelng
there. The Democrats are Wild
over Clevolands election, ne sayf, and that
"means general tenruph Republicans are
already warned To leave the state. Armed
mobs are visiting them. "lf You at the
North" he writes, "but knew the true feel.
ing OF the Solid south, Now ork state would
have given blaine million majority. They
mean war. and you have them TO whip again,
sure. When II gets TO that you may look for
ne TO settle in Western New York, which Is
heaven TO live in oOmphied to this society"
II Is no news that Western New York is
heaven compared with Texas The question
Is, how III Texas compared with the
other place? That remains for some OF
our Democratic brethren TO see We
suspect, however, that the other place
must be rather the moro respectable abode Of
the TWO.
some or Mr.. Clevelaud's friend, seemed TO
think that the Express was rather hard on
Texas when we intlmated that the other
place was the better Democratic stronghold
but we really think that we owe an apology
and " is hereby tendered-to the other
place. Texas beats lt.-Buiialo IN. ~ tx
press,
Now in so far as the article above re-
lates the experience and opinions of
the Rochester man, you are not dI-
rectly responsible, except in giving
further publicity to the slandeTous ut
terances of man whose speech would
give one the impression that he hailed
from Utica, and ought to have been
kept there. But while your editorial
comments are comparatively harmless
they suggest an undue familiarity
with Sheridan's old joke about "hell
and Texas and you seem to draw
the conclusion that his opinion Is
further strengthened by the large
Democratic majority in this state.
You speak of Western New York and
Texas, and call your own home heaven
in comparison. If Democratic major
tiles are an infallible indication of that
place Of extreme heat, heaven must
have become very warm, to say the
least, when in 1882 Grover Cleveland
took the governors chair backed by q
majority of 1872, 600 Now, in case you
or the Rochester man should ever be ut
a loss which place to choose hi or
! Texas, use your own best Judgment
and don't be influenced by pity for
Texans. They don't care which place
! you decide TO honor with your pres
ence.
AS for the Rochester man, he is
either knave or fool, probably both
No one but contemplate fraud
would utter such false and misleading
statements, and only fool could think
such stories would be believed by any
one who Is at all familiar with the
true facts. 1t is true Democrats are
iubilant over Cleveland's election, and
they have just cause to be. After
being beaten for twenty-four years,
IS IL to be wondered at
that they should be elated
with their victory? Now, if the man
from Rochester has read any of the
leading papers in this state since the
election, he could not help knowing
that public opinion In Texasi il opposed
to general tearing up" While it Is
I
Cleveland should be surrounded by
men of his own views and advocating
the policy upon which he was elected
and that he should recognize his party
in appointments where PRACTICABLE,
and not in conflict with the civil
service rules, still IL has been the pre-
vatling sentiment that any "genera
tearing up" was not to be thought of
That any violence has been Offered
or threatened Republicans, or thai
they have been ordered to leave tn,
state, Is falsehoOd which has no ex
euse whatever, and its only effect viii
be TO prejudice the weak-minded auC
Ignorant in the North against th,
South, and Texas In particular
The time Is past WheI
such ilauntings of the old blood.
stained under-garments can excite any
feeling among intelligent people Norti
OF South other than cOntemptuou,
, pity for the idiot who has the teinerity
, TO wear 1t, and respectable Journals
. prostitute their columns when the,
gave publicity to such SANDERS. A
the first serious Indication of war tbs
Rochester man would doubtless star
home at such speed in his zeal TO ga
cape, that IL is doubtful il he woul,
stop until he were safely across Ia,
Canadian line.
! That there are narrow-minded met
; in the South is true but they are n,
more to be taken as representatives o
> The South than are the statements ant
. Feelings OF the Rochester man as nj
: expression of Northern feeling. TN,
writer is = Northern man, Republi
can, and worked and voted for Blaine
and for eight years made your city a
Buffalo his home. | have resided II
< Texas two years and Ia that time hay
4 travelled somewhat through North an,
r Northwest Texas, and have read Nh
a leading journals of the state durinI
! that timeand can trnthfully say that
n nave never met more kindl
a aud courteous treatment anv
a where and have neye
Y known or htard Of any interference
with the actions or feelings of any RI
publican. IL too frequently happen
that some empty-pated Northern ms
comes TO Texas, filled with an exno
gerated idea Of his own importane
n and "A corresnnndfnO onntar,,,t 49, .