Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-03

NIIASIsWH@ of the South IS to
NWtI&RWI- the feet which re.
! 1/SISs7My ~ established Rspub.
HYASZ1zzZE@ licsuiam viii have
SZE upon their section
Of the country. 70 every such Democrat
ic query the Republican press answers
that the effecs will be good; thai it will
restore confdsuce, increase immigration,
turn loose money now being boarded to
seek investment in new enterprises aad
new sections. The question Is natural
and the ensWe. las satisfactory as mere
assertion can be. The South, having
learned the lesson Of patience In the
most thorough ard the most cruel school
through which people ever passed, vii!
wait for practical fulf!iment CT these
r publican prophesies, accepting tue re-
suit with gratitude, Iii. be IS predicted,
snd with fort!sude, il II be Otherwise.
THE SOUTH HAS NO QUARREL
with those astIologers who have cast Ior
her SO fair G. horoscope, and is resdy to
DO all in her power to brig eoous state
Of things SO happy IS tat foretold But
far is hopes hsrdmaideD, and while the
Souta clirgs to tee one with g.scness,
ME other refuses to be bRnisSed. And,
mat section OF the Republican press
Known az the "bloody shirfere" to the
contrary Notwithstanding, this lear le
rot assumed, Is not born OF prejudice,
out Is resl, is based upon discretion and
is backed up By reason. History is full
| OF rea ons why thu S1ush should fear q
return to Republican administration snt
| he electric light CT experience brings
| them out clearly and uum,stsksbly. Re-
public spism has meant to the South all
that is vico1s In politics and low In
mcrsli; tn, elevation TO pov er
OF the corrups and the vile; the
subverslon CT Law and ths des ruc'ion Of
order. Thia much has the supremacy Of
lsnssfonal Rapuolicanism meant, and the
fSouth ctnnot witness the return to power
CT that party without feeling OF fes +
tina. it v i'll mean in the future just what
it as meant in the past. Bat the ultra
bloody shirsers go further than the asser
ton inst the interests Of the South will
be advanced By the return Cf the R,pub
lican party to power in the general gov
ernmeut-.heY declsre that 1t would be
best for the Sou.1 II the etate govern.
nen,s should psss into the hands Ct thai
party. They would teach the Southern
pc ople that 1t il only pre- udice that maket
hsm opposed to Rspuol can sdminis:ra'
| i ID, snd they would have the North be-
liave that the South is opposed to R 'pu5
lican rule because 1t Ia honest rule.
| THE TRUE REASON.
| The Opposite is the trus reason. The
people Ct the South oppose Repu olicar
| domination oecsuse they have endured /
and know its rottennese and corruption
| rexss suffered no more, perhaps, frCI
Republican oppression than other stasei
(nuch less, indeed, than sons snt
probably re-upersted from the III CT
m Ore rapidly, and yet the record OF thos'
years is 80 dark, so full Of corruption, 81
rife with oppression, so burdened
With immortality, that maj
must be lost to every feeling O
patriotism and honor who could contem
plate return to such methods without
feeling of horror. II is not necessary tt
deal witt gfneralities In discussing tn
The history Of these dark days; nor to dis
cuss principles aad policies, concerning
which men hold, c. # aren't opinions. Th'
record is too full OF special instances @
corruption and immorslity about Whic
there csn be but one opinion among hon
est men. 1 might consume tins ent
space by inveighipg sg.iDst
| THE SPEClAL POllCS
appointed by Republican governor aD'
sent ovar the state to browhess and bull
citizens into doing the will CT the admin
istration; might even point to specit
instances Of their highhsnded and unlsw
full proceedings, such SIS forcing MtJo
Gothins q citz Ct Hill county, 20 ps
fac ef mere than $4,000 becauge hi
q wife refused 10 cock meal for
\ TROOP OF NEGRO RANGERS.
l might tell OF vicious laws piscs
upon the, statute books, such es the on
,, relievlng:fsom military duty TOR yea
any. 4sffzan who would pay SIS to an
: misss&fy eff Ger, but which provided n
j xdusIe means for making him accoun
:Ss&5 anybody for his collections. Bus
shall not DO SO. 1t would operate to rails
issues for discussion that are better IN
discussed; which should perhaps be oil
lowed to rest In silercs, though not for
gotten BY those who were here to see an
to suffer. But there ale things in th
history Of Texas Republican contrt
cor Corning which 1t is well to n
fresh the memories Of those VIII
were once cogu.zsnt OF then
snd to inform those who never kne'
them, to which latter class large msjol
i.y Cf the present cttlZans OF texas oe
long. 1t is also we'll to speak of thel
that the people Of other states may kno
that
THE BRUTAL DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY
In Texas hiss foundation in reason an
not In pre- adice; backed by fact and NJ
by sentim. ut. The statements here mad
are taken either from the RECORDS in II
comptroller's eff :e, or from the ststu
books, and no allegation is made whic
is not susceptible OF she clearest proc
They are matters which touch R,publ
cans IS closely as Democrats, and the
strike both in that most vulnerable spt
the pocket.
REPUBLICAN MIsEULE.
In July, 1857, the general government d.
-, posed Governor Tnrockmorton, as beiI
> an obstruction to reconstruction, and Il
state passed from Democratic to milital
domination. The state tax at this tin
Was 10 cents on the 500 valuation, Il
: taxes levied by the counties were corr,
sponding,y low, and wise and econon
c csl administration directed ever doll
d collected from the people into the legit
:, mate channel for which 1t YVES intends
: This low rate was sufficient, for enouf
Q money was raised to psy eli government
> eYDer seE. leave the state practically OF