The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-11-10

that any Civilizations over the defeat Of
Mr.. Blaine would be out Of order just
now. And the declaration that whisky
and the Democrats will have TO go In
1888, win be taken with many grains Of
allowance, for II the Democrats stick to
their old-time principles, they will be
apt to hold their own against any cam
paign run by lot of enthusiasts, whose
principles are of very eqnivocal kind.
TIM Express Of Saturday contained
quite manly and credltable editorial
upon party spirit, but the misfortune Is
that net dozen Democrats In Texas
coinoite In the opinion expressed. The
Houston Journal voiced the sentiment
of the Bourbon Democracy when 1t
said some time ago, at Is disgraceful
thing for Southerner to be Republl-
can" and that for "white Southerner
TO be Republican is as unnatural and
unmanly as 1t would be for him to cutl-
vate the friendship OF those who have
stolen his property, burned his houses,
prescribed his people and rejoice to call
him rebel and traitor.m The article of
the journal received no protest from
the Democratic press Of Texas. Most
Of the Democratic papers copied and
approved of It. This Bourbonism will
yet ruin the South, unless the young
men shall put II down. Speaker Car
Isle was for the Union during the war,
though he was Southerner by
birth, John Hancock, Rosencranz,
Morrison, Slocum and Bragg
were Federal Generals, and are
just as guilty of stealing the property
and burning the houses OF the Southern
people, as Grant, Sherman, Sheridan,
Logan, etc., who are Republicans. The
Express should open its batteries on this
illiberallty and intolerance, and en-
deavor to purge II out Of its party ere 1t
ruins the National Democracy by its
fell spirit. The day is coming when the
old Wings and Union Democrats Of the
South will cease to cooperate with the
Bourbon Democrats, and will help TO lay
the foundations of National party in
the South. Buster, abuse and vituper-
alton are fast losing their charm and
their power over the minds Of Southern
men, and the Bourbons must soon take
back seats. They are unteachable and
incorrigible, even in the school of adj
versity.
SATURDAY night the iubilation Of our
Democratic fellow citizens poured itself
out In the utmost profusion. They had
not enjoyed such festive occasion since
1856, and they plunged in head foremost,
and as many think little "too previ-
ous," considering they are not exactly
out of the woods. 1t was also taken
and applied as balm to their soreness
over the walloping given the county
ring in Bexar. They evidently enjoyed
the jubilation with nm intensity of de-
light which beggars description, and
although 1t hurt, we could not find II, in
our heart to begrudge them the fun.
The oratory was below par both in mat
ter and style, and was characterized by
pettiness unbeooming a national vic
tory. 1t was intolerant and sectional,
but charity induces one to indulge the
hope that the orators were carried away
with joy, jubilatlon or something else,
and could not get the brakes to work.
This jubilation was over the election
of Cleveland by AGO votes out of an
aggregate vote of five millions, includ-
ing the vote of the solid South, about
the honesty and fairness of which So
lidity many persons entertain very
serious doubts and misgivings.
If Cleveland is, in point of fact, elected
to the Presidency, it is only by the in
significant majority of AGO in the great
State of New York, where 100000
votes were cast, and the recollection of
this fact should have taught the exult-
ant and overlooking Democrats the peril
of offending Nemesis by display ofintol-
erance and proscriptiveness. A change of
$50 votes would have knocked their tri-
umph on the head and changed their
smiles into grins; but men who have
not had victory since 1856 and have
been hungering and thirsting for the
loaves and fishes with an intense long
ing, are hardly to blame for jubilating
over a national victory achieved by 1iGO
votes. That was the narrow isthmus
between them and defeat. Hungry
people are not choice about their food
what they crave is food. The Democ-
raoy want the loaves and fishes, and
they want them bad. Three-fourths Of
the Democrats of the Union will nc
doubt be applicants for office, and will
begin to besiege Cleveland ere he is in
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