San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-10-11
JULIAN's SPEECH
At NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Extracts.

division Ol bniS ePeeoh' 'ho ioioWiht
is the beginning.-ED. FREE PRESS.
THE OLD SECTIONAL ISSUE.
In the first place, the democratic
party is no longer handicapped by
the republican theory of its hopeless
depravity. From the final recon
struction Of the government to th'
canvass of 1884 it was the helpless
victim of fcregone conclusion. Th'
entire stock in trade of the republi
can leaders was the alleged wicked
ness of the democrats. 1t was, il
fact, the platform on which the party
made it's fights in every national can
vass since that of 1868. This demo
cratic wickedness was not actual, bu
only constructive. It was imputed
diabolism, and was depicted in start
ling prophesies of what the democrat
ic party would do should it be restor
to power. Tho election of a demo
cratic president would PROSTATE oul
manufactures and derange the finan.
ces. 1t would debase the currency
and destroy the public credit. II
would lead to the admission of Utah
with her polygamy, and give the
democrats two U. S. senator's. II
would open the way for the creation
of new state, to be carved out oI
the Indian Territory, and thus ado
two more U. S. senator's to the side
of democracy and the South. II
would lead to the division OF Texas
into fye states, and thus strengthen
the ascendency of the South by eight
additional U. S. senators. 1t would
reconstruct the supreme court of the
United States by duplicating the
number of judges, three fourths OF
whom would be selected from the
South, and then the reconstruction
acts and constitutional amendments
would be pronounced unconstitutiona
and void. The country would be
saddled with the Confederate deb
and Confederate pensions, while the
bounties and pensions of our Union
soldiers and sailors would be repudi
ated. The doctrine of secession
would be reasserted and slavery
would be re-established throughout
the South, and the finishing touch
was frequently giyed to this catalogue
of democratic crimes and calamities
by declaring that the old shareholders
were preparing inventories of theii
lost slaves to be presented to con,
gress with their petitions for com
pensation when the democratic party
should gain the control of the gov
eminent.
Gentlemen, 1 reproduce these
stunning prophecies for the special
edifcation of the public in this cam.
paign. They are too picturesque and
and fascinating to be forgotten, and
will form q permanent chapter in the
curioslties of politics. OF course the
prophets themselves did not believe
a word of their predictions, but oil
the same these predictions were made
to play very decisive part in de-
feating the democrats in the cam
paigns of 1872, 1876 and 1880. Dur
ing the past twenty years there has
been a constantly growing spirit OF
discomfort in the ranks of republi-
canism and hundreds and thousands
would have enlisted under the ban
ner of temperance or as members of
our various labor organizations, but
but they were made to believe that
their independent action, by weaken
ing the republican ranks, would re,
store ''the rebels" to power. They
we're so thoroughly indoctrinated
with the theory that one-half the
people of the United States were
inherently disloyal to the old flag
and incurably vicious that they fell
constrained to remain quietly in the
party traces in order to save the
country from impending damnation
and ruin. They did not see that a
theory of American politics which
makes one totally base and unworthy
and the other perfectly virtuous and
patriotic would, in practice, prove ut
terly fatal to democratic institutions,
and that the adoption Of such a the.
ory by the republican party would
so afflict it with the dry gangrene OF
its own self-righteousness that death
would inevitably follow. But il
worked admirably for years. No de-
lusion ever had O more marvellous
success, or more unscrupulous mana
gers. No political superstition was
ever more skillfully manipulated by
its chief priests. 1t held the repub
iican party solidly together, and thus
completely disabled the democrats.
They could not silence the clamor oi
their enemies and refute their railing
accusations unless they could regain
power, and with it the opportunity
to act; and they could not regain
power because these railing accusa-
tions were accepted as gospel truth.
Il was a state OF things perfectly
calculated to Perpetrate republican
rule indefinitely, and suppress all
criticism Of It's mi-deeds; and it now
seems a marvel that this party devil
worship was 50 soon brought TO an
end.
FALEE FEOPHETs EXPOsED.
But four years ago the democratic
party, aided by disgusted republicans
aud the proyidential interPoslEOn Of
Dr. Burchsr1, vas commissioned 10
take charge Of the national govern.
ment BY a naiority Of the American
uzru1e And what has been The re.