The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-09-08

Texas, tells the people that the fight
for great principles is upon them and
| they must join forces on the one side
OF the other until the battle is ended
here is no Tina now for fence strad-
| lers, or straglers or sulkers. He who
| not for US is against us. We want
O guerrillas in the rear; we want our
nemy in the open front. We have
raised the flag of pure Democracy and
upon it we have inscribed these glari-
Gus principles: Equal rights to all
and special privileges to none; local
self government of the people, by the
people and for the people; undying
hostili y to all trusts, monopolies and
class legislation; opposition to all
sumptuary laws which vex the citizen
and interfere with his individual lib
erty; that government is best which
governs least; protection to life, liberty
and property is the sole function of
government, and intermedling by
government with the business of the
citizen is an usurption to be condemn
ed by all freemen. We oppose all
forms of one-man power; we favor
railroad commission clothed with such
constitutional power as may be re-
quisite for the protection of the people
against injustice or eXtortion; a con-
domination of all form of communism
and of state socialism,; the rights of
person and property to be sacredly
guarded; the condemnation of all Sc
cret oath bound political organiza-
tions; cordial sympathy to labor in
it's effort to better its condition, and
depreciation of all resorts to violence
or revolutionary methods on the
part of any class OF our citizen
ship. We have also inscribed
upon our banner cordial invitation
to honest people to come and live with
us, or TO bring their money here and
invest it with us under guarantee
from us that it shall be guarded with
the same Jealous care as our own
under the protection of equal laws
Justly administered. All useless
offices shall be abolished and retrench-
ment and reform in every department
of government shall be our motto:
Opposition to plundering the school
fund under any protest; protection to
the citizen who has bought land in
good faith in reliance upon executive
action, consideration of perpetuties
and monopolies and the acquisition of
any land by corporations except such
as may be necessary for the business
for which they are created.
And finally and above all and
over all as an integral part
of the Democracy of the Union we en-
dorse unqualifiedly the platform of
principles adopted by the national
Democratic convention at Chicago,
and pledge our hearty support to the
nominees of said convention for presi-
dent and vice-president. Upon these
principles we go forth to battle, ap-
pealing with confidence to the people
| for the rightfulness of our cause and
the sanctity of the principles we adj
vocate. We have no compromise to
make of those principles and we shall
take no step backward in their asser-
ton. Now, let every true Democrat
in Texas who loves principle better
than office, and who believes that the
stability of our institutions depends
upon the perpetuation of Democracy
fix his eye upon this flag and Keep 1t
there until the battle is fought and
the victory won. 1t will not be low
cred. in the struggle, but L promise
you as its bearer, that upon every
field and in every fight, amidst the
smoke and carnage of opposing forces
I shall hold it aloft with all the
strength with which am capable and
shall never lower it SO long as an en-
envy remains in sight. need not say
that my firm reliance is upon the
magnificent hosts who babe me take
the flag, who, with patriotic fervor in
their eyes and Democracy in their
hearts, have determined that Texas
shall once more have Democratic gov
eminent, that her people shall once
more enjoy their ancient liberties and
their aforetime prosperity; men who,
many of them, have already faced the
lannon's mouth for cause most holy
and sacred to them, and are not afraid
of the taunts of the demagogue or the
assertions of the politicians and place
hunters. And upon these principles,
and consecrated with the wisdom OF
ages and the blood of martyrs, in
woke the considerable judgment of my
countrymen and the gracious favor OF
Almighty God. ~
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