Year: 1874

pether with the later, and more con-
temptible, because smaller fight Of
the Statesman, supplemented by the
little secdnding OF the Houston Tele>
graph, is this simply, nothing more,
nothing le-s.


The News has never been


Thoroughly Democratic; it mas neve1'


been frankly Repubban. 1t has


looked upon the retoratlon OF the


Democratic partyto power in this


State, with an ,Sil eye. 1t has rung


all the changes upon the third party


move. u has repeatedly and persist
emily .rged the Necessity of forming
| at snce, a new party, with new lead
yrs and entirely new governing
principles. Hence it is, that that able
journal has neglected no chance OPP
portunity to spread Its baleiul infp-
ence, and especially to the detnment
Of the Democratic party, and Cow
ernor Coke, as its visible and tasgi-


Bile head. No charge, however triv-
ial, uniounded or monstrous that it


could make, with or without consist
ency has been neglected. Where
ever a wedge could be entered and


driven home, with any hope OF effect


ing split or division in the ranks Of


Democracy, the News has put it to
work, with whatever ability, and
energy 1t posed, or could bring to


bear upon the case The course
pursued by the Statesman last winter,
went far to convince allN candid OBJ
servers that it was in close alliance
with the News, both in a business
way, and also in Its invidious and


dangerous warfare upon the integrity
and unity of the Democratic party.
1t is publicly known that the News
and the Statesman were in close
partnership in the last printing con
tract. 1t is almost certain, and it is
believed by il persons who have had
an opportunity to observe, that they
contemplated u continuance OF thi$
same business connection indefinitely,
or as long as there was money to be
earned or secured by the position ol
public printer. That they were In
close alliance IN political sense, is
abundantly proven by the States
mans pronuneiainento IN favor OF
Grant for q third term. This was
evidently intended ito stir up strife
IN the party; one of the ulterior means
by which these dark conspirators
were to effect the destruction of the
only power that stood in, and barred
their pathway to the Treasury Of the
State.


These papers have been bitterly
opposed to Governor Coke; were ops
posed to his nomination, the News
upon general principles, and she
Statesman. because it belonged,by its
own showing, soul end body
to Throckmorton They have,
ever since the disgraceiul affair
of the bids-and there can now
be no doubt OF their completely In
that outrage-made bitter and un-
compromising war upon Coke and
his administration, and have neglected
no means, however trivial or mean


to push him to the wall. Hehce it is
that the Examiner comes in for its


share of the fight. A nearly lifelong
neighbor and friend of his Excellency


attached to him by every considera'


tion Of esteem aud confidence, the
certainty of the reciprocal character


of the feeling, is one of the greatest


satistactions of our social as well as
political career, all this is dragged


out and meanly made to play par,


in the sinister attack made by these


papers upon Governor Coke. We


are only an accident to it. They


found us close to the shoulder of the


man OF our choice, ready to do battle


for hlm personally, and how infinitely


more ready, as being the representa-


tive of the principles for which we


have struggled during the best years
of our manhood.


No one is surprised that the Tele'
graph has taken up the fight against
| the EXAMINER, the late fort it made
to further split and divide the party,
and the Determined war waged upon
il by the EXAMINER in the interests
of the unity of Democracy, was sufii'
Gent to array it against us, even up
| on charge as ridiculous as is this