Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-27
A Democrat Asks a Hearing.

MARSHALL, TEN, July q, lSSi
To the Editor of the Gazette
TnE GAzElrE OF the 23rd contains AN
editorial under the head "Is Popular
Government II Failure" To which, with
your kind permission, | would like Ia
offer II respectful criticism. Truth /,
ELECTED by discussion, and ideas and
opinions that are sometimes made to an.
pear correct in themselves, when anal
yzcd, are found to he falaciouS. This Is
the case in my opinion with the general
animus OF the article in question, which
regard as not only intrinsically I'M
sound but in every sense Objectionable,
especially in Il paper protesting to
be Democratic, as under
stand TnE GAZETTE to be. Per-
hapS as regards its Democracy
am in error, and, like the Galveston
News, 1t ranks itself with the Indcpcnd-
cntS. Certain it Is, TIM GiIErrE and
Dallas Herald have ranged themselves
with the News in its line of political
policy, and the readers of them have vet
Ia see the first expression OF protest from
the hclcrOdON political views of that Jour
nal. But the News has, at least. the
merit of caudor. 1t rcannonccd, in Il
recent issue, that II was not II Democratic
paper, hut Independent, and it then pro-
cecdcd To state that the Democrats had no
settled principles or line of policy,
and that there was really no difference
between a the two parties except
names and the struggle for the offices.
Its issue OF the I'D contains an editorial
ON ''civii SERVICE" which must prove a
great solace to Republican ollicc-holders,
and met The cordial Endorsement
OF the members OF that party.
The purpose of that article is
evidently to employ to the fullest cX-
tent the influence of that paper in prevent
ing removals from Office by charactcriz-
inn such changes aS the "Spoils systems"
the men that seek positions as ccnsur-
able and devoid of patriotism, aud our
members at Washington who may labor
Tor n salutary change in the public Scry.
ice as "spoils-seeking congressman"
Now TnE GAZETTE knows, rs does every
wcll-informed man In Texas, who these
Republican ofiiceholders nrc. They each
and all cut prominent figure In this state
during the unhappy period of rcconstruc-
ton, when the writ OF habeas corpus was
suspended, in plain violation of the con
Stitutlon, and men were arrested without
warrant, filling iails aud stockadcs, de-
MED preliminary trials or relief of any
kind, and tried by military commissions
composed of army officers, who sat on
Judgment ON the lives aud liberties
of citizens, hundreds of whom
were above rcproach their only
crime being their adherence of Radical
rule and the tyranny of It's military
satups. These Republican Oiiccholdcrs,
still in office also Endorsed all the euor-
mites of the cN-Goy. Davis administers
ton. whose enorlnities. corruption aud
fiagitiouS career was without q parallel in
the outraged Southern states. II j. no
answer to the latter charge TO say that
Gov. Ireland, u Democratic governor, in
an official publication, Endorsed Davis as
AN honest man and patriot, rs IN this he
only represented himself mld not the
party or any respectable portion OF 10. E
Now To say that these men are TO be Kept I
in office, and through the In /
fucnce of IT, leading journals,
Is extraordinary, and ! do not think VIII
be generally approved THE GAIE1TE
aud Dallas Herald not only follow In the
same line marked cont by the Galveston
News which makes no prctcntions 60 be-
ing a Democratic paper, but IL misrrpre-
scniS IN this instance the congressman
that had AN interview with Mr.. Buyard
and indorses the sentiment, ascribed 10
that distinguished gentleman, which are Ia
every respect reprehensiblc IN the first
place, we are told By TIiE G,zErrr that
IL was spuils-seekng' congressman
that approached Mr. Iayard, when, ia
reality, II was an honest, straight