The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-22
HE. WILL. LIKELY LIVE 10 RE
GREE HIS ASSAULT Upon
GEN. BUCKNER.
an INDIGNATION MEETING CALLED
BY EX-Confederatc Veterans at Fort
Worth to Take Action in rhe Mat
ter--The Boiling Point, Was,
Reached Yesterday.

ment' here ms the assault made upon
Gen. Buckner by Governor Culberson.
upon tile occasion of his speech to n small
audience on the night of October 10. 1t
will be recalled that the utterance of the
governor at that time, touching Gen..
Buckner. was Kissed
The day following the delivery of that
speech this feature of it was much dis
cussed about the city and talk was in
obliged touching the proprfety of Il call
for general mass meeting to consider
tile matter. There were friends of the
governor here however, who, while
strongly condcmning the utterance, con-
tended that it was the result of momen-
tary excitement and the chief executive
of the state would at least modify his
charges. if not openly apologize for the
same. Time passed, however, and up to
Sunday last nothing having been heard
further upon the subject from him, the
local camp United Confederate Veterans
felt it incumbent upon them to take
some action in their regular meeting,
Members of the camp feeling aggrieved
for the uncallcd for SUR, both at the
Confederate dead and living, met in un-
usually large numbers. No sooner had
the camp met when the governors ut
teranccs were brought up and denunca-
ton was both general and lively. Those
at the meeting say that but one mem
Der of the camp present attempted to
defend the governor Ringing resou
tons, it is said, were on the eve of adop-
ton when attention was called to n
clause in the organic law of the body
forbidding SUCH This being an insur-
mountable barrier the body pursued the
only course left open to it, that is, ad-
journ without taking any action as n
camp. The talk did not stop, however,
and all day yesterday the old heroes of
the lost cause continued to discuss the
matter. and the more they discussed it
the madden they got. The denunciation
was not confined to those who opposed
Governor Culberson, either. for men
who had been strong advocates Of the
governor expressed n sentiment in favor
of mass meeting of eX-Confederates
to rcpudiate the same and express their
condemnation of it.
The speech was made here in Fort
Worth and the people of this city, ut the
city hall, heard it. The talk continued
until this morning, when it was decided
by the old heroes who wore the gray
and are now nearing the hour for re-
Spouse to the last bugle call, that they
would no longer, even tacitly, by their
silence acquiesce in the utterances of
Governor Culberson, and the result was
determination on their part to publicly
repudiate the same right here in the
very place the slanderous charge against
Gen. Buckner and those who fought un-
der him was made, and the upsh0t was
that in less than thirty minutes the fol-
lowing call was drawn up, signed and
given to the press:
"Attention. Confederate Neterans-Ir-
respective of political affiliations you are
earnestly required to be present ut 10
O'Clock tomorrow morning (2lst Instant
in the criminal court room at the court
house to take action in the matter of the
charge publicly made in Fort Worth by
Governor Culberson against our COM
radc, Lieut. Gen. Simon 3. Buckner.
,.. 81. VI. VAN ZANDT,
JOHN ii. EVANS,
"THONIAS r. MARTIN,
III. p. STEPHANS,
'B. ii SHIP,
~. ]. JARVIS,
ZOE /. WRIGHT,
'E. w. YATES.
~. +. PRICE,
''B. Il. PADDOCK.
~. r. TAYLOR,
ST. RICHARDSON,
JAMES X. ROBINSON,
"T. b. BOYD"
A hundred signatures could easily have
been had to the above, but the names
given were deemed sufficient.
HAIT('IrSED AND rDNEINpp