The State Rights Democrat. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, November 19, 1869 Page: 1 of 4
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One of the Telegraph’s Letter*
( FROM THE PEOPLE. \
A Short ^Letter from Hon. D, M. Short in
Reply to the Circular Letter of the Hous-
ton Ring.'
Shklbtvillk, Shelby, Co.,Tc
i other a great deal bet-
ou call your little bees.
i unanimous re-
One and in fact tho highest aim of the
Radical party is to force theipuwer of the
Government into Radical Hands. For
this purpose they have violated solemn
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nit4d States House of Representatives.
resolution: I V
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• •^5h186^ Tbichmull^b, Jerry Hamilton(do-
gro) and fipother, whose name we
do not like to tee in our paper, for
Representative* !!!
The hackneyed expression of “ a
choice between evils/’ we had hoped
wm well nigh obsolete with us, but,
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The Weatherford Timos is res
in the possession of twa
five-pound sweet potatoes. Saj’1
a Mr. Joyce raised 274 bushcil
of them on a patch of less than aT
acre.
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Ignorance, is the parent bf m.any |
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of all thinking men, with an energy
and directness never, perhaps,
we judge that
Judge Lattimer has resigned his seat on
i,he Supremo bench. Judge Caldwell has
been removed, leaving but two Judges in
i;hie Court, Morrill and Lindsay.—Austin
Record.
From the above — * --J—
Major Joseph D. Sayers of Bastrop has
been called upojn by many of the citizens
of Fayette and Bastrop counties to be-
come a candidate fur the State Senate in
that District and we trust he will give his
consent. This is the time to bring out the
best and. most popular men for the'Legis-
lature. We are told Major Sayers can be
elected easily if be runs. Let him run by
all meftns.—Austin Gazette.
From the Brownsville Ranchero.]
Effrontery.
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Radical party is to force theipowie
Government into Radical hand*.
pledges, and the sucred provisions, of the
Constitution a They have violated
pledges in this: Julv 22d| 1«*51,
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among other thing* passed tbit following
resolution: , V
"That this war w.»s not raised
“part in any spirit of oppression'
“the purpose of <
“nor purpose of overthrowing or irfterfere-
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‘lions of those States, but to defend and
“maintain the supremacy of the COnstitu-
“tion and to preserye t$o Union With all
“the dignity, equality and right* of the
“several States unimpared;” etc. h.
It is plain to every observing mind that
the laws of reconstruction comprehir
complete abrogation of every pledge
in the abovesextraet from the resoluti
bundles, all day,
you’re a boy.
such a load gi
’carry, and a
more than he can walk under. Ask
A Frightful Picture.
WHO cAm look UP0H IT WITH FATIKKC1 ?
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vouhearof it at homo.
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that pretty little fellow in L
coats that every body stuffed with
Octobw 28,
Hox. E. W. Cavk, Harris county, Tex-
2_ J. . Igr letter addressed to m«, of
>9, under thtf sign-manuals of
J. D. Giddings and others, requesting me
to canvass my District in the interest of A.
ir
of the State, of Texas, has been received,
and, bat for thb request that you would be
pleased to have my views respecting the
political situation, would have remained
i unanswered.
If I understand your position correctly,
it is for the ^Democratic party of Texas to
surrender all the political principles Tor
which they have ever contended, and go
over horse, foot, and dragoons to the Rad-
ical faction, headed by A. J. Hamilton.
Always open to convicton, I have look-
ed oyer the list of names appended to this
circular letter, with a view to, ascertain
who it is that advises that the Democratic
party shall pursue such a suicylal course.
It has been my misfortune, perhaps, |o
know the most of them, and 1 recognfee
only a single name, (Geo. M. Flournor,)
who has ever pcted with the State Rights
Democracy ilTevery contest tn this State
with the Federal Government Evcfry
other name as far as I know (yourself es-
pecially) has in every contest between the
Statdand Federal Government sided with
the central power. To you and those, here-
tofore named, is the country indebted for
tho calamity which the war
upon us. If you, Gidding, Smoky Hai-
derson and your party, had presented with
.ps an undivided front to the North, there
would have been no war, and the Uniom
would'have been preserved.
I look upon this effort of yours as a sur-
render of evert' principle of State Rights,
itfid as a conspiracy on your part and up-
on tho part of the so-called Democratic
Central Coimmlttoe, to betray the Demo-
cratic party into the hands of the Radicals.
]For the sake of peace and harmony in tha
contest *(‘t ’66, we squatted, a little, and
that only emboldened you and thesubmis*
! sion faction; to still further attempt to inj
j veigle u* in your efforts for consolidation^
To defeat this movement of yours and the
consolidation party, it Is only necessary
t is not ;
i now, nor Cver has been, within the last ten
I years, the slightest degree of difference, in.
| a political point of view, between you and
the ipajority of those who signed that cir-
cular letter and Jack Hamilton, Aba Lin-
coln, Charles Sumner and Ben Butler.
Notwithstanding dtiring tho war; for tho
sake of interest, you appeared to be on.the
■ j , . ride of the South—yet in adversity the hog.
envy and the State moi^e at heart than wilJ ^turn to its willow, and the dog to his
vomit. In conclusion, permit me to sayl
that I decline to plow with the Radical,
heifer, and shall vote, (no, not vote, for that
privilege la not accorded mo.) but my in4
fluence, small as it is, shall be east in fa-
vpr (objectionable as be is.) of Hamilton
Stuart. > ■ . j M
These are my-principles, and so you are'
authorized to announce them. J
D. M. Short.
From the Bastrop Advertiser.]
Maj. Joseph D j Sayers.
In to-day’s issue we hoist at our mast
lead the name of Major Joseph D. Sayers
of Bastrop, as tho Conservative candidate
for the Senate from this Senatorial District.
Major Sayers is tho unanimous choice of
the entire anti-Radical party in this coun-
ty, and as such, he will poll th< full
strength of tho Conservatives at the com-
ing election. Ho is no (factions opponent
of reconstruction, nor will ho make any
opposition to the adoption cf the Consti-
tution npr the election of Gen. Hamilton.
The candidacy has been forced upon him.
For a long time, he resisted the calls from
the two counties composing this District,
but has, though unwillingly, yielded to
the demands of his friends. We urge up-
on the Conservative element of Fayette
county,’Democrats and moderate Republic
cans, to join with us in hi* support—as-
suring all such that a more honest, capable,
worthy and popular man cannot be found
in the District. He has not sought the
office, but, if elected, the office will have
sought him. Major layers is the man,
and the only man, with! whom the Radi-
cals of the District can be beaten.’ Let
the name of Mr. Ledbetter bo withdrawn
from the canvass and tho contest be be-
tween Alford of LaGrange, and Sayers,
.of Bastrop.
Toil swing* tire ax and forest* bow;
The seed* break uut in rttdianf bloom;
Rich harvests smllef^eyond the plow,
And cities cluster round the loom. *
Where towering domes and tapcri- .
spiro* j
Adbrn the vale and crown tha hill,—-
Stout labor lights b'Aco'n fire*
And plume* with smoke Live fenwe ar
milt.
The monarch oak, the woodland’* prido.
Whose trunk i* seamed with lightnii
•cart, ,
Toil launches on the.rcstles* tide
And there unroll* the flagof sty-*;
The engine, with it- lyng* offiame,
And ribs*of bras* ind joints of steel,
From labor’s plastic fingers came;—
With sobbing val and'1
Jlere *un-bruwn toil with a
Links lake to -with ■
Strung thick with palama ci
And temples lower ing'to
'Tia labor works the magic ]
And turn* the crank)
Industrious hand* ’<tt
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as:—A circular letter addressed to m<
Sept. 28, 1869, under the rign-manua
J. D. Giddings and others, requesting
f - ... .. .
J. Hamilton for the Gubernatorial C
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greater force than ever before, and
Gen. RcynoldsTbaa recommended
to the Government the- construe-
tiop of a frontier telegraph line to
connect the military posts from the
Red River to the Rio Grande, and
connect with the main lines at
Waco or Austin.
ed to pay ; bat thea they
by his ready acqiiescenc
might be gold. 1
to pay for gold.
is evil, and only evil, who dare as-
sert a preference I Hamilton as
Governor, to nominate for tbo Su^ ■
promo £opch that modern Jeffries,
Colbert Caldwell, and Mr. Led.
better in the Senate to confirm the
nominntionr would, indeed, seem a
culnqiD^Q^n fQ^diorror* sufficient in
itself, tp mijke the hair- upon the
Head of ew?ry friend of humanity,
rjfp “quills upon the frot-
AI pqrcopine ” !
Wbat i Colbert Caldwell to
be placed again in that elevated po^
sition which he, with others, has
disgraced and degraded, by moral
coiTaptidn and mental imbecility;
that elevated position which, for
years previous to bis advent; was
magnified and made honorable, by
men of heroic virtue, of oxaltpd pa-
triotism, and of eminent ability!
The ba.rc idea tbat such a thing
should be thought of, is sufficient
- to make civilization stand aghast,
and every firan1 who dare contribute
to its' accomplishment, should bang
his head in she an ft I
Are we asked who is this Cql-
bert Caldwell ? Let tho Jeffer-
son prisoners answer; let suffering
innccenee Answer; let outraged hu-
manity answer; let the blofld of bis
ilea ven for vengeance upon his
head, answer; and their ghosts,
still walking abroad unavenged, rise
edtbef Would net open the.chg
They first insisted on the dwtl
Pay every, debt, said she;
snffer through us, and
happy. ■
a neat cottage and a
If there is an abyss ot political,
not to say moral degradation and
infamy, which has no discovered
bottom, ft must be that, into which
tho mind of man is prepared to
plunge, tho moment tho re*trajn|s
of shame are broken through.
Wo often speak of enthusiasm in
religion, in politics, in military
aebievments, and even in gallantry
and love; and, perhaps, those aro
all necessary to a healthy moral
and social life; theqjp is, however,
a species of enthusiasm which wcu
think no less laudable or honorable,
but which, m those days of policy
and expediency appears to bo lest
sight of. ^he time is not in the
distant past, when no subject could
be suggested that would more
readily, or more thoroughly on-
thuso the entire mah |han love of
country. But,
M Now that love is thaw'd which, like a
waxen image ’gainst a fire,
Wear* no impreaaion of the thing it was.’’
From the Bastrop Advertiser.]
Judge B. Lyman.,
As will be seen, we place befdre our
readers tha nam i of Jud "e B. Lyman as
Conservative candidate for the Legislature I frtr people to know that there
from this county and Fayette. Jiidge ' - —- •_ u.. i----
Lyman has for many years oeen a citizen
of Bastrop, and (s decidodl.5 the oc4t and
strongest man that the Conservatives can
bring in the field fur this ofiice. While
Judge of this county ha won the respect
and confidence of the entire community.
No one is better qualified for the position,
and no one has the interest* of his constitu-
Judge Lyman. We feel assured that his
decision to run will meet the hearty ap-
proval of all Conservative* and moderate
Republicans. He will poll the entire Cor.7
servativeand moderate Republican vote of
this county, Besides the petition publish-
ed to-day, two other* have been circulated
each one containingas mifny’ names as the
one to be found irranotlsef column.
We call upon our brethren of Fayette
county to come tot he rescue, to unite with
the voters of.Bastrop, and *cnd Judge Ly-
man to tho\yegi*lature.
at him, who would so far forgot
himself, and bo so regardless of the
inejpories of the persecuted dead,.as
to contribute to hi# elevation I
Aro wo asked how this great eyil
can bo averted ? Instead of olocting
that modern Typhon, A. J. Ham-
ilton, to tho governatorial chair,
place therein that old, honest, capa
ble and well-tried patriot, Hamil-| Sot'have any" now things bought
ton Stuart; and, instead of Mr. H.
Lidbetter for tbo Senate, give us
that young, brave and coble soldier,
Major J. D. Sayers. In him we
have youth, talent and sterling in**
tegrity. Fortunately, he is not so
old as to be blind to every interest
but party ; he is not old enough to
have imbued sentiments of bigotry
and sell-importauce, which places
him out of the rouch of, and unap-
proachable by arguments, sufficient
to convince- men of ordinary intel-
lect. In him there is, to his coifn *
great hope of usefulness.
. Will tho people take them? We
shall sec.
Of the rest, wo shall none of
them, and regard the balance of this
picture, io. this connection, as
scarcely entitled to comment.—
Even if any of them should bo elecs
ted, (of which we trust there is nd;
danger,) they have neither tho
force of character or intellect to ac-
complish any great degree of harm.
However, we may refer to them
again elsewhere.
, who cares?
Now, a horse has
ivsn to him as he can
man won’t take any
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boys what grown folks think they
can carry. There ain’t no limit to
it. Who dosen’t know a boy who
does man’s work and does it well,
for a tenth of what a man would get
for it? Who hasn’t read an adver*
tisement for a boy who can '‘write
a good hand understand accounts,
—is willing to make himself useful;
—boards with his parents; is trust-
worthy;—no objection to sitting up
all night;—not anxious for meals at
regular times; no impudence about
him. The best recommendations
required, and two dollars a week
wages.” Ask 4
fellows don’t make as much fuse,
about just such^places as if they
were doingfyou a favor ths t set
you up forllife. Who want’s a boy
anywhere? Your sisters don’t in
the parlor. Your father'don’t; he
always asks you whether you are
not wanted to do something some-'
where. You make your mother’s
head ache, whenever you come near
her. Old ladies snap you. Young la-
dies “hate boys.”’ Young mps*tease
you, and. give it to you if you tease
back. Oth^r fellows—it’s because
they are aggravated so, we know
—always want to fight if they,
don’t know you; and when you
get a'black eye, and a torn jacket,
You look
petti**- forfriture of every benefit of pardon,* and
candy * and you wonder whether
you ever will be a man, and be liked
by the girls, and treated politely,
by the other fellows, aqd paid for
your wo¥k, and allowed to do,
you choose. And you make up
your mind every day, not to be a
boy any longer than you can helpin
and hear your grandfather, or some-
body, complaining that there “are
no boys now,” and wonder if he ro-l
members the life they led, that be
don’t consider it a subject of rejoice
ing. There’s only one comfort in!
it all; boys will grow up, and' |
when they do they generally forget
all that they went through in their
youth, and make tho boys of their
day suffer just as they did.
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Maid tha children,
q. Wo will help'you
got a living, j j '
, What can you do, poor young
thing*? said he. [ f
You shall See! You shall see!
answered several voices. It is a
pity if we have been to school tor
nothing. How can the father of
eight childr^i be poor? We shall
work and make you rich again./
I shall help, said the younger
girl, hardly foqr years old. I will
’ school four month* in every
Ledbbtteb or Alfosd, for tho
State Senate!!
Robert^Zapp, Jno. L. Smith, H.
’If*
going to bo rich again ; lor then we
little ORgs were shut up in the nur*
sery^gffa dj^<.
and mother.^ rC 1
gotherj. an<
toachesf Us, and we learn to be indus-
trious and useful. /We were none of
us I
did not work.' i
not be a rich man any more.
From tho Houtton Times.)
Mixed Sellouts. •
It would really appear that there are
two aides to all question*. It is a mattar
ot surprise to ns that tho English lan-
guage is so defective tbat no clause of a
Constitution can be made plain enough
to prevent eyerlaeting disputation and dis-
cussion about it. In reply to our position
that the proposed Constitution requires the
Riekes Woise tiur* Poverty, establishment of a syst^n of mixed school*
• J. / - .. -i ■ throughout the State, Flake’s Bulletin,
positively affirms and attempts to prove
that we are wrong throughout. W o can
hardly believe tbq editor of the Bulletin
sincere, yet he may be. He closes his
lengthy answer with a dismissal of the
subject, Net so; Flake, we cannot let you
off so.— Briefly we have to say :
The Constitation provides for perfect
equality between the races in all things.
Tha Constitution provides for the es-
tablishment of a uniform system of pub-
lic schools throughout the ^State, and for
but one system. * I ’.
The Constitution declares that tho scho-
lastic population of Texas aro ail persons,
black and white, between the ages six
and eighteen year*? 1
The Constitution declares that the
whole scholastic population shall attend
the public free schools four .months in
each and every year, except such as can
produce a certificate from a competent
teacher that they have so attended school.
Now, we propuse to inquire, if it i*
intended that the white people of Texas
shall be taxed to establish n vniform sys-
tem of public BcbooteApr nvgro children—
build school houses and hire teachers ?
And,' further/ito be taxed to establish an-
other uniform system of public schools for
the white children—build separate school
.houses and hire teachers ?
_ Tn ~.r^ny‘i*hTTinniiiiMUft uo
tiling as two sepetate and distinct system*
of public free schools. It declares that
there shall bo no distinction between the
races by law. But suppose the white peo-
ple could stand the taxation.necessary to
establish two systems of public free schools
throughout the State ; suppose the State
to be ready enough’ to 'build two school
houses and hire two teachers for every
neighborhood.in the State, who is going
to say to which school house the blacks
shall go, and to which the whites? Cer-
tainly the State cannot legislate'upon the
subject without violating the Constitution ;
for the Constitution declares equality
before tho law.- Then, who is there having
a right to exclude Colored children from
this or that public free school? No one.
Now, what proportion of the peoplo.of
Texas are able to send their children to
/'l vear? Not
one in five. All those not able are re-
quired to send to the public free school,
just where every negro brat by law has a
right to go. The editors of the Bulletin
and Telegraph know these statements to
be true just a* well as we do. The only
hope therefore, if the Constitution should
be adopted, is to whip the devil round
the black and damnable Constitution,
Can this be done? Congress is a party
to the contract, and, more likely than not,
the Legislature will be Radical.! Would
Congress and a Radical Legislature let u*
off? Beside* th% Courts could not do
otherwise than decide as we have decided,
if governed by the law that governs all
Courts—the Constitution.
We are astonished at Flake and brother
Webb; and, h«re, once again inform them
that when the blatent and bold proposition
x> openly declare for mixed schools was
voted down, Gov. Hamilton said the Con-
stitution already provided for mixed
schools. And that, be it understood, was
why the mixed school clause was defeated
in Convention. 1 J < j
Flake, is black white and white black,,
or arc they both black and both white ?
It is the datM .of mothers to 6iis~
tain the reverses of fortune. Fre-
quent and sadden as they have been
in our own country, it is important
tbat young females should possess
some employment by which they
can obtain a livelihood in case they
should be reduced to the necffBsity
of supporting themselves. When
families are suddenly reduced from
affluence to poverty, how pitifully
contemptible it is to see the mother
desponding and helpless,’and per-
mitting her daughters to embar-
rass th ose whom it is their duty to
assist and cheerl,- . ’
I have lost my. whole fortune,
said a mercbant,as he returned one
evening to his homo. We can no
longer keep our carriage. We must
leave this large house. The chil-
dren can no longer go to expensive
schools. Yesterday, 1 was a rich
man! to-day there is nothing I can
call ray own!
Dear husband, said the wife, we
are still rich in each other a^d our
ui H*jlf Money
but God has gtvGiusabeiter treas-
ure in these active hands and lov-
ing hearts. '
1 . . 1 .... f^ear father,
up and “ shake their gory locks ” do not loak 80 8a,
at him, who would so far forgot got a living*
things? said he.
Hemo Court is rapidly improving,
with two more fine opportuni-
ties of making it a success. By
the way, wo understand, tbat
“Judge” Lindsay is deciding his
own cases. To what depths of lo-
amy will ilads. not descend ?
Rabbi.iral Stories. *
|Abraham is said to have beet
jealous of his wires, and built «
enchanted eUy fuEUken. He buiL
an iron city and pul them ia. Th<
walls were so. higk and dark,
sun could not be. seen in it. H<
gave them a bowl full of pearis aoii
jewels which sent forth a light B
this dark city equal to tbe ImX
Noah, it seems, when in thMftdk,
had no other ligb^U*
peaYls. Abraham/ in
Egypt, brought with 1
, i house the
exacted the duties,
would have
The “Mrorry Wnes11 acJ^Rurc*
kss” basoyballists of Calvert are
having practice games every few
days.
L. P. AWbrd, Geo. and Oscar
Gray, are the three “Jefferson pris-
oners,” who were sentenced to tho
Penitentiary for life.
Richardson, Pitcher and Taylor
ppon a charge of attempting to kill
Cvlbert Caldwell, at Jefferson, Tex-
as, were sentenced to four years in
the State Penitentiary,
Benjamin Breeding, a civilian of
Fsyette couirty^BtrbeW*WrtW.ced
by a Mil 1 taryX^ommission to three
years confieniment at Huntsville
for shooting at Johft H.. Meyer
with intent to kill. ;
"3x1^1511^ tl,H num iuu uui 1
L|e disaster of the burning of the
steamai Stonewall, are kfiss Hyn-
eon of Jefferson, and W. S. Cook, of
Toxas ; and among those known to
be missing, is tbo pame of Mrs.
Gregg, of Texas.
The total registration in Missis-
sippi io 139,937; of whom 59,175
are white and 80,761 negroes.
> Therv wore 76,016 votes cast at
the Convention election, of which
63,822 were negroes and 69,737
were for the Convention.
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Jlie Voraerls a German paper
published at New Braunfels has
suspended, on account of different
ces between the printers and edi-
tors. The printers didn’t want to
run a Radical sheet, and the editors
did.
the Constitution of the
defined by the.* Su-
latioa we
l«k.
Among all the men ot modern
times who labor for the public weal,
and receive the poorest componsi-
tion for their services, are editors
of newspapers. They arc regarded
not as pupils, but the slaves of
science, the pioneers of literature
and public advancements doomed
only to clear away the accumulated
rubbish of ignorance and faniaticistn
which obstruct the path of learn-
ing and the development of genius ;
who by their industry push forward
the private interest ot business
men, in all their various channels ;
and after having done nil within
their power to promote Lhe happi-
ness and prosperity they have facil-
itated. Other authors may aspire ’
to praise and receive liberal com-
pensation forfheir pains, hut editors
of newspapers can only hope to
escape reproach; and even this
negative recompense [iasi been
granted to but very few.—Colum-
bus Timos.
'•
W. THOMPSON,' .
Boy’s Rights as Boys.
Talk about tho women and the
darkies, I and the—the—all the
rest of ’em; none of ’em all are
half so badly used as boys arc.
Ask any boy. We know a lot, and
we can give you all of their names.
Ask ’era all. They’ll tell you, to
be a boy is to be somebody’ without
a right in the world. You are to
take all the sass that’s given to you,
and give nona back—’cause you’re
a boy.,- You are to pay full fare in
the cars and omnibusses, ’cause
you’re a boy and not a child; and
are not never have a seat, ’cause you’re a
boy and not a man. Fat lady gets
in after it’s all lull, and looks about
hci ;—everybody looks at you. Old
gentleman says, “My son,” re-
provingly, Conductor says, “Come
now, you boy,” You’ve paid your
sixpence. No matter—that is noth-
joicing
to pay for gold. They now
pooled i€ might be «UK Abn
was witling to pay ior silk, or
ooatly pearls; and
erou$!y consented’to ]
cheat contained tbjya
of tjpngs. It was the
open and examine tho
behold, as soon
the. grinding oppression . ’ -
urtr. Nx - w uulij; AH I1 1 LLe Cua* gf
beauty broke di
a noise iu the
was Sarah hen
Abraham, to conceal h
had locked her up i^toii
I Entreat Y<m.
BY C. 8. B.
HAMILTON or Davis, for Govonor! Woman with the torquoise eye*,
Where Love asleep and dreaming lies ;
Woman of the impassion’d South ;
With the kiss- provoking mouth—
Listen thou, unto ray soeg,
‘4 Lore me little, loya me long.”
Woman with the hair of gold,
Love in every curl and fold ; 1.
Woman with the form divine,
‘Wrought in Peri-like design—
Echo back to me my song,
44 Love me littlo, love me long.”
Woman of th© rarest grace,
Woman with the «ngel face,
Woman with the violet breath—
Do not put my love to death ;
Duly echo back my song,
f4 Love me little, love me long.” ,
Woman with the dove-like breast,
Where all pure emotions rest;
Woman witlj a woman’* heart,
Can you, dare you bid u* part?
dreamed of, until now. Whqre all Pieaeedo echo back my song,
44 Love me littfle, love me long.”
Woman with the voice *o sweet,
Woman with the twinkling feet,
Woman with the tiny hand,
Dearest woman in the land—
Will you eclw back my song,
“Love me little, love me long.”
Woman I can love but thee,
Give thy hand and heart to me, ’
Lay your fragrant hands in mine,
Say to me, 44 I’m only thine—
Sweet through time shall be my song,
“ Love me little, love me long.’ ”
Lei our People distinctly under-
stand tbat no one can vote unless
he is registered.—In a short time
tha board of Registrars appointed
for Ibis Cdunly will open their
fapoke for registration.
Persons who have heretofore
Received oer|Lii|cato« of registration
will not bl required to register
again, Jiqlpis they have lost tbeir
papers, and if they have t^ey will
be .required to get ne^ papers.
We would advise every white man
to examine and see if he has bis
certificate, and if be has not, as
soon as the books are opened for
registration procure it.
IA number of young men have
become of ago since tbe last elec-
tion and they will be entitled to
vote, provided they register, and
they will bay® t.b° opportunity to
do so 3 £
There are a number of citizens
Tjho have moved iqto the County
since the last election, and all of
these should go before the board
and get their papers. If they do
not do this, they may be deprived
of their right>o vote for all time to
come.
The white men of each neighbor.
' hood should asccr'ian the names of
those entitled to registration and
urge them to seek tb^ first oppor-
tunity of doing so.
There aro at least three hundred
whiles in this County who have
not registered, and we hope that
they will do so at the proper time.
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VOLUME VI.]
T&RMS Of SJORSCRIPTIQN:
O’* one .......—>2
, . “ six month*..
«n<»-
t * RATES Of AHVERTISIKQ :
.One Dr>gar per inch for tbe first insertion.
Oach additional insertion,Fifty-Cents.
MONDAY, yOV ..,,.... ..
.Gipsies in Waco.
Gov. Walker of Virginia is dead.
A large auraber of Mississippians
ar.e coming to Texas to settle.
The man who votes for Mr. Led- Fto our regret, is now revived with
Letter bps no nyAf to call other greater force than ever before, and
Paopla^xXroruj'nts ’' . ^^jf^maAddreeseB it^lf to tho minds
A ton ot Col. W, H. Parsons hate
roeeived a
ternal Re
----
Tba man who votes for Judge
Teiehmulter has no to oom^
pltfh of “mixed juries.”
x f 'T * j iHffl F: ~r~K 'r .
Tho Don ton Monitor learns that
Hard i rr’ HlUrMWSe art*-war shot
by an assass’m, is recovering.
* . .** i i 11 »' ■ ■ '** — | 1
/* Tho man who votes for Capt
John L Sp^iLb, will hereafter have
no to complain Radical
rule.
» ♦
happy-(when wo were rich and You’ve been,on your legs with
So, father please • •• ...
bright sunny scenes of oi
hood, and tbe happy, taM
of our youth, is tbe strong
denco of our immortahCj^BMjri
proving tbat nothing is forgonti
but sleeping, only do&fahLfivI
archi ve^oHhe^ouE^M^^^^M
Individuality of Taste.
To obtain the greatest amouti
pleasure and instructitOtfiK
or pictures, individual taateftogti
than fashion, should be consuhfl
iu their selection,
without interest can hi
peeled to profit tberu^,——.
book which will delight and im«^
prove one person will oftee utterly
fail to interest or instruct another.
Thus, one may find * he humor of
“Pickwick” congenial to bis taste,
while his neighbor pronoai
dry ' or silly. An Hhor
mental food and entertai
in historical or scientific 1
while ono of equal
and intelligence will
same in tho pages ot Bar
weirdly beautiful creatitoi
Both aro entertained and
while the most superior
read without a relish, wouk
I yielded neither ploasuronor
I Still, by judicious effortN
iferary taste of most roaldM j
Approved, and, in lhecaao of
^Allies who find tbeir ch MTS
p) trashy works of fiction,
ouo eminently fit
and shall soil my gre;
The heart of the husband and the
father, which hadl sunk within bis
bosom liko a stone, was lifted up.
The sweet enthusiasm of tho scene
cheered him, and his nightly pray-
er was like a song ofpraise.
They left tbeir stately house. The
servants were dismissed. Pictures
and plates, rich carpets and furni-
ture were sold. She who had been
mistross_of tbe mansion, shed no
tears. .
et no one i
we shall be
Ho rented
pioco of ground a few miles from
tho city. With tbe aid of his sons,
ho cultivated J vegetables for the
market. He viewed with delight
and astonishment the economy of
his wife, nurtured as she has been
in wealth, and tho-efficiency which
his daughters soon acquired under
her training. |
The eldest one assisted in the
household and also instructed the
younger children. Besides, they ex-
ecuted various works, which they
had learned as accomplishments, but
which they found could bo disposed ,
of to advantage. They embroidered tho moral atmosphere of tho Su
with taste some of the ornamental
parts of female apparel, which were
readily sold to a merchant-in tho
city- . 1
They cultivated flowers.; sent
bouquets to market in the cart that
conveyed the vegetables; they
plaited straw; they painted maps;
they executed plain- needlework.
Every one was at her post, busy
and cheerful. ‘The littlo cottage
was liko a beehive.
Yes, replied tho father, and you
make jusp such honey as tho heart
likes to feed on,
Economy, as well as industry,
was strictly observed; nothing
was wasted ; nothing unnecessary
was purchased. »
Tho eldest daughter became As-
sistant teacher in a distinguished
female seminary and the second
took her place as: instructress to
the family. , ;
Tho dwelling, whidh had always
been neat, they were soon able to
beautify.* Its construction was im-
proved, flnd the vinos and flowering
,* trees were replanted around it.
’lhe merchant was happier under
his woodbine covered porch iu
a summer’s evening’ than ho had
been in bis showy - dressing-room.
Wcarenow thriving and prosper-
ous, said he.
tho city ?
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Life.
Life is varied. To»day we stei
amidst the motley thrMtoUnM
ed by the busy toto
kind, and tosmorroW are left ato
to our solitary contemplation.
Blessed indeed is ho who
within his own soul the sas
of spiritual life, whose hear
ders amidst the realms of d
days and sips anew iba jo*
fled, whoso thoughts liko a
stream meander through the vale
lhe beautiful long ago; and in spit
again a child he sits beside tbo mu
muring brook, gambols o’er tl
flowery plain, climbs tbe woodlat
hill and carols again youth's heari
cherished lays. Aniadividual poi
sessed of this power it never aloe
and lhe capacity to recall tbe M
to return and live again amidol tl
• oh'I
mp-
r
t
Constitution in this:
pardoning power with which tho President
", every man
♦ 1
ot the United States i*ji
has been pardoned for tl
ceiving it the same as though the j)
fined by the Supreme Court of the United
States, the Radical power which rules the
country affect to ignore both the power and
effect altogether and are proceeding to tbe
punishment of rebellion with proscriptions
which are contemplated in the foa
and the proposed fitteentb amendmi
Radical alive and dare him to say t
Congress and
i preme Court. Such was the situatic
• — - . - — . a • e
► to abide.
step in at this late hour and
man 1
solemnly oonterred, constitute* the most
^iece O| effrontery that could
We ask Judge DownSy who
has jpst refused the nomination of Comp-
troller by the Brenham Convention if he is
prepared to support tbe fifteenth
merit and deprive so many of hi* .
citizens of the benefit of a pardon
ed from the hands of the President J ' The
adoption ot the fifteenth atn&dmeni wiii
deprive every man qf such benefits.. We
ask any Radical if ho is prepared toj give
his heart, hand and voice to a n><
calculated to rob a people of r;
solemnly extended and so honestly
ed. 7" ‘
vAnent
glaka so
inly extended and so honestly aocept-
If there are any then we t shall' ever
feel that one important human virtue i*
the wane. t
We favored the adoption of the fow-
teeu'th amendment because we honest
believed it was the best that could be ha
and always f&H that we could Work out
the despotism afterwards? But the adop-
tion of the fifteenth is the worst that could
be offered. It would close the door and
any escape from f"
-ft*»kt t_*\_r i• tl* k/ic.
is the yielding up of the last vestage of
State sovereignty to the Federal Govern-
ment. ■ ;
I nover -enjoyed such health be-
fore, said tho father.
And I was noVor so happy be-
fore, said the mother. ,
VVe never knew how many things
we could do when wo lived in tho
great house, said tho children; and
wo lovo eaph r *L 1 * -----" J1 ■ -
ter here.
Oh no! rwas tho
p]y- ’
Let ui remain, ’ said tho wife,
Wo have found health and contents
raent. ; W ] *
Father Baid the youngest, all
we children hop© that you i
going to bo rich again ; for then
ut see much of you'
_?dw we all live to*
<1* sister, who lovo us,
“tion and tu preserye the Union *
“several Stat©* uniicpared;” etc. j
the laws of reconstruction comprehend th«
complete abrogation of every pledge made
in the abov*extraet from the resolution.
They have violated the provision* of tho
Constitution in this: By virtue of the
L „ - .
ot the United States isJnvested,
has been pardoned for the crime ot rebel- . *
lion; the pardon -operation upon those re-
ceiving it tbe same as though tho offense
had never been committed. Nodi with-
standing the pardon, and its effect as de-
f ' ‘ ‘ ; -
States, the Radical power which
effect altogether and are proceeding to tbe
punishment of rebellion with proscriptions
which are contemplated in the fourteenth
and the proposed fitteentb amendments.
We candidly approach the most candid
Radical alive and dare him to say that we
are wrong in ri«nding by the pledge* of
A~1 th: J"''■*
United States, as
accepted and by it we hope
L7To step in at this late I
I tto- make a dear surrender of right* so I . T'A ’
jvilnmnlv nnntArr^ AnnafifntM flw> I 1110 CUBtOHl
F. RUdacidu* pi
boys whether old* be imagined.
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