San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-01-28

community full two-ihIrds Of whom we're Of Youth
.rn origin. This, too although heartily In fellow
,hip aud sympathy With all that 10 best In South
srn character aud Institutions, q. manfes'sd thro'
long eourss OF years 10 your midst. This. too Az
ter had been eerdlsiy rendered the freedom Of
the country before cane By such men AZ the late
MAJ. Nd. Barisson, whose letters stir have In my
possession, upon whose assurance Of welcome. amer
rssdinEup the state pretty thoroughly. settled up
on san Marcos as my future home. and came here
direct without solitary acquaintance outside tue
members Of my own family. Here. as 10 we'll known'
have ever since lived. seeking no pre:srmsnt' bu'
uno.,en,atiousiy attending to my own business
10 not violent presumption, TO say The isAs'' hA
with my experience might have done A. well oy
rssuming my businDo" In some larger Town. o''
liking tbI. place aud the people. chose to remain
while I thus lived aud toiied 10 ob'euf'V 'hioush
the dsy Of. things, comparative cipher In the
community, 10 was all well enongh' but when, al
Ter nv skies had somewhat cleared, and I had be
come almos, au old citizen. and the 20 o.
grown somewhs, In influence. presumed to have its
Gay" about public Affairs, twas then visited with
tho treatment have stated-yes, far worse, bn' the
latest "short and easy method" OF finally sileneng
tho FRsH Pass and It's management aud which b"
become matter OF legal inquiry Is too fresh In the
memory OF most OF our readers to need more than
this passing notice,
Fellow citizens, I will not insult You BY any snp-
position that you can approve the treatment which
have received, as indicated IN this letter. well
know The utter contempt you have for those men At
the North who continue 10 naunt the bloody shirt
for iRnobIe ends, and know that the best people
there share In that contempt. Bat how much worse
are these aRltA,ors than they who at the South use
similar taotios for like purposes What other than
Injurious effects can they have on the
reputation and prosperity Of your county'i Evident
Iy my mp ardonable sin 10 tho estimation OF this
class, 10 that was born north ofMason and Dxon's
limo. shall never blush to own the fact. Gould
honest men wholoy their own country really ex-
peot that others should not do the samef Besides
only think OF tho absurdity Of the thing. Who OF
US was consulted as to where we would DO BORN or
indeed whether we would be born at ALI
But my letter grows too long. In conclusion, TEL
low citizens. I confidently make my appeal to you
as against this proscrpivo spirit, and its attempt
to silence free press devoted to your interests,
cannot for moment doubt your verdict. The peo-
ple especially OF the rural distrc,s everywhere,
have found willing and anxious only to do do what Is
right and Just. But for their disinterosted virtu"
our state and national governments would scarcely
survive year. l am willing to leave my case In
their hands, feeling confident that southern like
western people endorse the sentiment, Fair play
and no gouglng.'
| will only add. that am not obliged to publish
newspaper, For many day I have followed the
pillow; know how to WELD the axe. scythe, hoe,
spade etc. might also find somethsng el to do;
hnt oId M I nm ~ am 10 be d ctated to as ed
itor AZ to what shall or shall not publish after the
style Of Russian or German d'spotsm, l woul' not
hesitate TO 20 back to manual labor for livelihood,
10 preference. Worry Respectfully,
ISAAC IT. JULIAN.