The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-01-07


guiShed gentlem en- retain slSir connec.
tion with the lottery bur esgard to the
last proposition of The rArEsNAN we en-
phatically ssy-"don't.n Men who trust
in their old comrades in arms 70 care far
them generally go to the poor house, As
a sentiment it is very pretty, but other
wise very delusive.-Waco Day.
The comment of the Day is only too
true. For man to say, Il was confed-
crate soldier" in the south or in the north,
II carried gun in the Union aruy'
furnishes him with no passport to the
consideration of even those who we're on
gagged In the support of the same cause,
unless to this claim, is added the pos
session of wealth.
If they are Joined the happy individual
who can lay claim to both, is the recipi-
ent Of distinction and has good founda-
ton upon which to build up his political
fortunes. God pity the unhappy wretch,
who, for the love of patriotism and the
hope of assisting in the triumph of what
he believed right, underwent all the hard
ships of soldiers life through many
weary campaigns to at last return to his
ruined home poor and unable to earn
living independent of the assistance of
helping hand.
In Legislative halls, would-be statesmen,
but real seekers for votes, deliver patriotic
speeches in favor of pensioning veter-
ans, and sentimental articles are pub
lshed In papers and magazines that
breathe spirit that, if practiced on the
streets, would do honor to human nature
and to public and private gratitude. But
1t Is not practiced there. The tattered
soldier who asks for aims has to share the
fate of other mendicants.
The Days comment on the feasibility of
Beauregard and Early being supported
by their comrades in arms" illustrates
the truth of what we have written in a
very spicy way, but the sentiment breathed
by the STATESMAN is correct.
These two generals have torn the laurels
from their own brows and dimmed the
lustr: of names that would have brightly
shown In years to come, upon the pages
of American history. They have bolstered
up gambling concern that enables it to
secure its ill-gotten gains.
What reflects particularly upon Gems.
Beauregard and Early is the fact that
they were not forced to degrade them
selves. Neither of them was dependent
upon the Louisiana lottery for a liveli-
hood. Both possessed financial means.
Beauregard is a fine civil and military
engineer; Early good business man. If
entirly deprived of fortune, to have sold
their swords to foreign power would
have been more honorable than to lead
their present life. These men have out
lived their greatness, and shorn of glory,
will go down to their graves ''unwept, I'M
honored and unsung."
The Cuero Star is being boycotted by
the DON men and their sympathizers
because of its advocacy of the Sunday
law and its endorsement of County At
torney Crouch, who is trying to enforce
the law. The Star doesn't seem to be
much damaged by the boycott, as it comes
up smiling. The editor claims to be able
to pay every dollar he owes in the world
and calls ON people who have claims on
him to bring them in.-Floresville Chron
icle.
Another soul made happy. The editor
of the Houston Age has lately purchased
a parlor set and set of jewelry for his
better half.
Some pressure is being brought to beal
in the direction of an effort to break ur
the practice of congressman travelling OF
railroad passes and afterwards collecting
the mileage ten cents per mile-from the
government. The system proposed il
similar to that in use among officers oil
the government. In every case where
they are allowed travelling expenses they
are required to render an account of those
expenses and swear to it, 1t is therefore
| ~ i,,t ho, &c e ocG.
to collect what is not rightfully his due
without perjuring himself San Antonio
Express.
If the STATESMAN is not at fault Stilwell
H. Russell was sentenced to the states
prison for doing this same thing, and the
law that he violated was made by these
free-pass congressman.
The editorial ability displayed down the
columns of the Austin STATESMAN charac.
terizes it as frst-class daily, but the
type, oh, those little little type! They
weary ones eyes and half spoil the pleas
ure derived from reading the telegraph
part of the paper.-San Marcos Cresset
The STATESMAN is compelled to use little
type in order to get in all the news, the
country having grown so large.
The young men of San Antonio have
had most fearful evidence of the natural
outcome of certain course of life. The
strange and unaccountable fact remains
however, that such terrible examples as
this community has witnessed do not de
tor men from following in the footsteps
OF those who have gone down to theil
graves in disgrace. 1t is we'll known by
those who follow such paths that they are
liable at any time to the same calamity
which has overtaken Others, and yet they
persist in that course. Humanity is {
strange riddle anyway.
If you mean young humanity, here's {
second to your motion.
Hon. Charles DeMorse, the veteran o.
the Gainesville Standard, thus speaks o.
Christmas in Austin, in 1841:
AS we lay in bed yesterday morning
thinking of the joyful era, there crept in
to our mind remembrance of our las
Christmas in Austin, in 1841, then social.
the pleasantest place we have ever known
and there came to us in form and person
mel the genial men and women of tina
era--the agreeable gatherings at the OLE
capitol, when the hall of representative