Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-03
sI0HARD NELSON
N ~ Plans 10 CELEBRATE the
y ooath from Bondage"
Vat Arthur the John the Baptist
y { IShoneism in the South.
enulnble Richard Repudiates the
~ q "Doing the Flop Act"

Y GALVESTON, June 30, 1884.
\ st1lf0r of the Gazette.
E ,rour issue of June "a you
sh,ff There is one man in the state
% anxious to have somebody boot
c y out an hour or two tits Richard
A.. the colored editor of the Spec
ensh Dick flopped over from Blaine
desur - Chicago" The above is
|nrI Il us, MIR. Editor. We
Ion 49, for President Arthur's re-
e - at Chicago.
led recent absence we had &C.
8 \, bend some time at the ma.
imi, C(fal. While at that great GEN.
hot t6IIklcal and governmental ac-
|wiI1s vas both our inclination and
to gather as much informa-
in relation to facts
/ lo3{Ioncies likely to affect the sec
|ity ud people with which we are
hRoNay6 expect to be identified,
taxAinept among matters of discus
faI, ere, which immediately inter-
tb,5outhern man, is what is known
/ IN Independent or anti-Bourbon
sbientin the Southern states.
Etbrgenerally understood that Presi-
. Arthur and his cabinet
led and propose to eX-
ha to this movement all the
of the administration.
~ our good fortune to have sew
SeSSvterviews with the president and
|nS-lth several of his caoinet, on this
bb,sant subject, and we deem it not
e,f place to express here our appre-
Inn OF the courtesy and conside-a-
beb ;tehded us by those eminent cit
M upon whom such vast trusts
xh.een imposed.
| ,ft 10 the earnest, straight
la d, patriotic and courageous
be,Jes manifested by the
emit and his advisers,
ay, ,noat impressed us was the ex-
Fehad accuracy of their information
I Rendition of affairs in the South.
III that Is said to them concerning
|rts sction, even by many Republic
en Is misleading, rs we had ample
nr-unity to know; and the marvel
y " they should so nearly succeed
M ing the sound grains of truth
[r.,she mixed mass that is cast be-
|hOs EN-.
but fair to say that If relieved of
- ihense labor of winnowing out
,,ruth, the president would be
LsAto act with promptness, in
,,,atta,o In ,..hinh ha
+ IN accused of hardness. Davy
fefAtt's motto was, BE sure you're
hitlthen go ahead,n and that OF
went Arthur is one near akin Ia
Iu,.s 'smakes haste slowly" but he
AVN 10 backward steps. So far as we
Rlth'e to understand and define it,
srpose of the administration was
thethe large but unorganized ma
thenin the South in an effort to
into of the CALLING bondage inn
|of Z upon them by an organ.
rs hminority, comparatively few
ns hbers, but in full possession OF
sofa Millinery Of the Democratic
hd Nation in these states. and who
In ) no dissent from their man
beellnder penalties so grievous that
PxiiRrink from mourning them.
tateyrnnnical eXactions of this Bour-
verI'ectory at the South are such
\. = higher sense there is not an
wing ely free man identified with
b .iuftyin the whole south. There
Ate man in that party, who feels
bln1y free, singly and alone, to
y MIR his alliance from that party to
httin!1er in politics, for the reason
mpe knows full we'll that the pains
ION hnRlties of treason, ordained by
be vnrbon directory, would be visit
lie kin him without any admiXture
ling cy.
n0,odtous directory have decreed
|ntinfery white man in the South,
Ter anot II Democrat of their own
aled standard, is IA traitor to the
Is tas section, and shall be sc
/ thsd and execrated by all the
bf thoeople. Proud spirited, manly
|nalliAve always and must ever chaft
ANS ouch a bondage. A few have
rsr1 II off and bid defiance
on ityrants; but the consequence
Ten that neither pure blood, eX
Ever alent, unspolted lives. brilliant
LI; dement's in the forum and in
Inc or chivalric devotion to the
mpf the South, could save then
thsle fate of pariah in,their OWL
Ficailand and homes. Such exam
h to warn them, it Is not at al
[uesl, that there have been so few
N yIrses of individual defiance of tn,
Inc Heo of the directory.
" il the Bourbon directory given tn,
TeyAny compensating advantages
Inc many now to offer, 1t might b,
bn ID 70 perpetuate its domination
bn n longer. But its whole polio,
iaps en one of monumental folly
u rery substantial interest it ha
afp ~ obstruction. Nothing o
II a tluB in morals, industry, or gov
EexN Vt has ever, or ever can, flourish
ava he baneful power of Bourbon
|en bk1k of revolt against the odioui
Lder tttQn and tyrannical exactions o
ical toufbon directory is abroad
ars IhQut the South, and it has lait
ID pcfn the real manhood of thi
NAM lion. A movement has beer
cri6ufoled that will not prove
nld ~ merely, but revolution
|ope aspiring to the liberty o
|circy pnd expressing independent
hswIo ION public affairs, withou
Ind ~ prescription or being brand
- =, )ors to the South. Men tru,
To Y erests and memories of thei
min pes want the privilege o
En- n ly breaking their watch owe
|snsnl of the Lost Cause,n ant
N. hope into the future, withOu
! In Us deserters by the sentinel
Ind lurbon directory.
on pit Arthur is an apostle of til,
to a pcipation at the South. Tn,
MI liberated are in large par
,rsss who have hitherto guietl,
4 80 by worn the manacles o
~ I'm In these states, and b,
No. rage the cooperation will
80 ll men ut the South who IN