San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-07-02
FROM BLANCO COUNTY.
CYPRESS Mills, June 15; 1885

IOOmmlSSlOnerS ana yourseiI huVoiuii
en- into misunderstanding and an
unkind state of feeling. But as much
as 1 regret the existing state of affairs
between you, 1 do not feel inclined to
praise or condemn either party. ]
am not we'll enough acquainted with
the particular details of the matter to
justify me in doing so, if l desired. !
do not intend to utter word in this
connection which 1 think could in the
least offend anyone, from Judge
Kone down, unless few general as
well as particular remarks made here
after should do so, If such is the
case, can't help it. 1 feel justified
to proceed, and if / were able to dc
the cause justice, should feel it my
duty to do SO.
What I allude to is this: Ever
since you began the publication Of a
newspaper in San Marcos, there has
been class of men in Hays county
as well as elsewhere who were eter,
nally criticising your political faith,
or in other words, throwing out slurs
and insinuations, such as "Old ex-
ploded Radical, "Yankee Scar
pet Dagger etc, etc. Many men
here from the close of the war up to
the time you came here, and and for
years later, were ever ready to in
dulge in such slurs and epithets as
alluded to above, against any and ev
cry man who came here from the
North after the war, and claimed to
be q democrat-no difference what his
politics had been, if he had ever TAX
en- any part in subduing therebellion
particularly if he claimed to be, o,
wanted to become, anybody. But
am DEPRESSING. When you came here
you claimed to be dissatisfied with
the working Of your old party, as did
thousands Of other good men. You
then saw fit to identify yourself with
the democratic party, which you had
a perfect right to do. and to edit 9
conservative democratic newspaper
which, I contend you have faithfully
done, with all necessary zeal, and
with as much regular uniformity as
any paper in the state. You have
always, since you adopted
the Dem o cratic party, ad
vocated Democratic principles, and
supported Democrat candidates
for Office; this you have done under
circumstances that but few men
would have done it. / contend that
in times of peace every man has q
right to say what his politics are, and
advocate the particular tenets of his
party as warmly as he likes, and that
no man but bigot or a dolterhead
would call his fidelity or sincerity in
question. All good men, however,
have gradually withdrawn from such
a supercilious mode of thinking,
speaking or acting; there are but q
few selfish, self-wise, self-impoitant,
self-righteous, selfloyal, egotistical.
unprincipled, leather-headed, short
sighted, narrow contracted weak-mind-
ed abominable fools, left to undertake
to faunt the bloody shirt in Texas,
and the editor of the Kyle News is one
of them. I can safely say and 1 do
say that the San Marcos FREE PRESS
is a good, reliable newspaper and that
! it's moral tone is not beaten in the
state.
If Mr.. McLemore continues to but
at things as well established as the
FREE PREss and city of San Marcos
he will soon but his own brains out.
1 don't exactly see how Judge Kone
and the county commissioners can
endorse the immaculate McLemores
making San Marcos and Hell synony-
nous terms.
Now, 1 am not writingin the inter
est Of any one or courting the favor
of any one, but 1 do like a righteous
thing, ard / believe in fair play in all
things at al times, and as ! am now
citizen Of Blanco county, j viii take
occasion at this time TO say what i
think Of the Blanco Star Vindicator
taking sides with the brilliant McLe-
more in this matter. against the FEE
PREss and San Marcos generally. IL
is q little c1nish. IL had better attend
to It's own business and be vindicat-
ing it, stars, and attending 10 that
injuncticD-the building Of the court
house, and wearing sack cloth and
ashes over those frauds, &c, &c.
We are needing rain up here with
but a poor prospect Of getting IL 30
far ss I can see A number Of large