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CHARLES DeMORSE,
EDITOR & PROPRIETOR
CLARK8YILLE.
FRIDAY, JULY 4,1884
The best smoking tobacco is "Little
Joker."
Florida is for Tilden first, and for Cleve-
land second.
The Arkansas Democratic Convention
aominated S. P. Hughes, formerly Secreta-
ry of State, for Governor, which is of
course, equivalent to election.
Mexico will make a grand exhibition
of its native products, including its beau-
tiful shrubs, flowers, fruit, and manu-
factures, at the World's Exposition in
New Orleans.
The Waco Day has enlarged. Its pro-
portions are not of the mammoth order, but
large enough to give a summary of the
news, and probably quite as large as will
pay in a place the size of Waco.
These may be several candidates for At-
torney-General, and several for Superinten-
dent of Public Instruction. There will be the
better ehance to make a good selection. Botli
offices are important, and should be filled by
the most capable men who can be found will-
ing to do the duties.
"There are some thorns among the roses
now blooming on the pathway of his excel-
lency John Ireland, governor of the mighty
State of Texas."—Statesman.
The poetic sentiment is. that there was
never a rose without accompanying thorns.
T his is not literally true, but John Ireland
is a sort of a burr rose anywav; he is not
one of those roses of Cashmere, that Tom
Moore wrote about. The thorns are his
natural accompaniment; he delights in feel-
ing the points, and fattens on them as a
mule does on thistles.
CompUmenbi to .Tudge Bates.
[ n Tite state University. we always face the issue unflinchingly,
j What ails the great University that The University,as at present organized,
| was to he,that the most intellectual of its can^ers 110 ei e<^ upon the State, but
i Professors want to get away from it? rather conveys the idea that there is not
I Great effort was made to get Prof, intellect enough in the State to compre-
i Mallet to "stick." He was given two hend what a University should be. Is
| salaries, and made virtual President,but this the fact? we think not.
he seemed uneasy until he secured a re- i"ne jvsricuitorai couege.
lease, and went back to Virginia. Then .
„ , T t> 1 1 The semi-annual advertisement of tins
Prof. LeKoy Broun, who was spoken „ , ^ . ... , , , •
...... 1 excellent State institution will be fonntl in
of as the leading intellect, was made ,, ... .
0 ' tins issue of the Standard, i rom personal
president; and now he gets away, and knowledge 0f the capacities of the institu-
retirestohis agricultual college presi- tion, and the zealous work of the professors
dency in Alabama, which is not a first- we have no hesitancy in recommending to all
class position itself. If there is any- parents who have well advanced sons to ed-
body of very high intellectual rank con- ucate, to send them to this college, where
nected with the University now, we the best practical as well as classical educa-
fail to recollect him. We have not the ilion be at('uired at the least cost" TLe
. - „ . . . ... j tuition is free; the clothing which is uni-
honor of personal acquaintance with the . . f ....
„ , ,1 _ „ , form is contracted for in large quantities
Professors, save and except Prof. Rob- j ^ afc ^ amUlieboardof g00tl
quality, is furnished at the dining hall at
cost. The expenses are far less than at
The Jefferson bar has passed resolutions
expressive of its high appreciation of
him as a sound and incorruptible jurist, as
well as a gentleman of marked amenity.
The resolutions are very complimentary,
and their true value, consists in their appli-
cability.
JE*resident of Mexico.
On the 17h ult., Gen. Porrflio Diaz
was elected President of our sister Re-
public. Virtually he had no opposition,
which was well enough, as Mexico has
probably no other citizen commanding
the same universal confidence for exec-
utive ability and integrity. Under his
discreet yet enterprising administration
the country will advance to 11 higher po-
sition than it has ever heretofore occu-
pied.
What Alls It!
erts, but men of high intellectual rank j
are likely to get up a corresponding rcp-
tation. Perhaps it may be assumed
that Prof. Roberts has such a reputa-
tion as an author; but even that docs
not give him high rank as a law profes-
sor. We fear that the University is to
a large extent a failure, and has neither
the proper faculty nor the grade of stu-
dents which should properly attach to
such an institution. We have thought
from the first, that the full equipment
of such an institution was premature
and the selection of the faculty to a
large extent injudicious. We think it
was well enough to erect the wing now
O • O
built and occupied, and that Professors
of geology and chemistry and of En-
glish language and literature, should
have been appointed, and the standard
works for a library of English literature
procured,*and a liberal appropriation
made for getting up a geological cabi-
net, increased by sending out practical
professors or assistants over such por-
tions of the State as would have devel-
oped its mineral resources. And in
conjunction with this, we thought the
any other institute of equal merit, and with
our knowledge of it, if we had a boy to ed-
ucate, who had advanced beyond the rudi-
ments of education, we should send him to
Bryan, where he would have other Texas
boys as associates, in preference to sending
him anywhere abroad. He could pursue
strictly literary studies if desired,or have the
advantage if he has either a mechanical or
agricultural tendency, to perfect himself in
either direction. There are workshops with
ample machinery, and qualified instructors,
and there is a competent agricultural pro-
fessor who takes his pupils into the field;
and there is a considerable area of land,
The Second Battle ol'Bamet.
TheO-rent Contest between the Barons
and their Retainers, and t!ie
Common Peoplp.
At Houston on the 19th of August, will
be arrayed again, the typical forces, which
on the 14th of April, 1471, met on a hill
top in Hertfordshire, and made one of the
grandest fights recorded in the pages of his-
tory. Again, in Texas, in our day, will .
colne the representatives of the same inter- , I "Wishing Co., 36 Bromlield St., Boston,
ests, the interests of the many then repre- 50 per annum.
resented by a King, (this time by the plain To Senator Maxey for Mr. Nituinos report
delegates ofthe common people,) and oppos- in favor of Galveston harbor, whichcertain-
ed to the Barons who represented feudal aud . Iy contains an erroneous statement, viz:
aristocratic interests. Upon this occasion j "That the harbor of Galveston is the best
the Barons are the Noveau Riehissime, aud ■ 011 the Gulf coast, and the most sus-
their opponents the plain Bourgeoise, who j ceptible of improvement. Galveston city is
advocate the inculcation of that learning so j the most important locality on the Gulf
objectionable to Cade; the knowledge of | coast with reference to population aud com-
nouns and verbs. For these immaterial j merce, and should be improved." There
substantives, these disembodied elements j are at least three better natural harbors
which have neither hides nor horns, the Ba- j 011 the Gulf coast susceptible of improve-
rons have no use, and oppose determinedly j ment at much less cost than that of Galves-
ourTable. paupers who are unable to pay certain (
Wo i ..j. ,, T, .. ; taxes, 144,f>tH) persons are disfranchised!
* e are indebted to Hon. I). B. ^>'^- who ;.ollltule';llknve(l to vote if they
son for May report of foreign Consuls. 1 resided in Virginia. They are disfran- j
The American Journalist for June, is in- chised for both ignorance and poverty, j
teresting to the publishing fraternitv. and ! as well as for crime.
, 0 ' it., t .1 1 *1
as usual elegautiy printed.
Our Little Ones, for July, is charming as
usual. The little folks long for its coming
and go wild over it when it comes. Russell j11 111010 than 40, certainly less than 50, j
per cent, of adult males being entitled j
In Khode Island the restriction upon j
suffrage is still worse. In fact, the ■
government is absolutely in the hands j
their propagation among the common peo-
ple ; who might thereby become inflated with
their self consequence, and embodied in op-
position to the interests of the Barons. So,
on the new field of contest between haughty
privilege, and humble rights—the rights of
the many, there will be a field day,memora-
ble in Texas history. The Barons will come
down in all the pomp of feudal array.
Their banners will glisten in the sun, rich
with heraldic devices. Their Oriflamme
will show on a field Argentr a
sable Taurus Rampant; its tail
and forefeet high in the air: around it
appearing an enclosure of barbed wire,
with a narrow outlet; in the distance
better than this. Give a boy a knowledge
of something by which he can make a living
under adversity, wherever his lot may be
cast.
An Outrage on Poetic Inspiration, mid.
upon the Queen's Kngiish.
medical branch should have been estab- connived at, and consented to,by the editor
lished at Galveston, because little ex-
penditure was needed, and that branch
could have been made self-sustaining,
and could have had ample subjects for
practical illustrations. But as a sine
qua non to the successful establishment
Everybody admitted that the Fort
Worth Gazette was entitled to claim
for itself unequalled "cheek." It was
a proposition that conld not be doubted,
of any part of it, to be worthy the ex- J ,)e allowed°a ccrtaiu latitudeof irregularity,
alted name of a University, it was te-; there is an outside limit to this, beyond
quisite that professors of the highest • which it becomes outrageous, and this limit
grade of accomplishment known to the Fort Worth Gazette passed, when it ad-
Europe and America, should have been mitted the excruciating versification below,
selected, and awarded such salaries as
would have been necessary to secure
the services of that class of men
This course, and ODly this course
comported with the establishment of a
great State University, to carry with its
own name a dignity consistent with the
resources and the present attitude of desperate in the l ne of poetic attempts,com-
under varied cultivation. ^ Nothing can be the spires of a citv. Abovc is the mot_
to "When this animal gets through the
gap there is danger." There is a bunch
of free grass rerdant, just beyond the
mouth of the gap. Two stocky-looking
men, with official robes, Gules, resem-
bling in appearance and form, the Duke
of Albany, and tin; Earl of Petcrsmith,
each with a rope attached to the horns,
are endeavoring to hold the animal to
the ground; while in the left hand of
each is a bull-whip, to be used in case of
necessity. The heraldic device is veiy
striking in its general features, and
there is great determination in the ap-
pearance of the animal regnant, and some-
what of terror and apprehension ex-
pressed by the countenances of its hold-
ers.
The plain standards of the common peo-
ple will be pure white, indicative of purity
and humble condition, and upon them will
appear no heraldic device, 110 blazonry of
pomp, but only simple sentences like these:
"EQUAL RIGHTS."
There are some aets that it is not allow-
able for a christian gentleman to do or per-
mit to be done, without loss of caste. One
of these unnatural attempts to murder the
leading language of the world, and cut the
throat of the poetic sentiment, has been
of the Fort Worth Gazette. Many acts he
has permitted, which could only be consid-
ered allowable upon the erratic quality
which so distinguishes one of the representa-
tive of Texas at Washington,and upon which
our eotemporary seemingly prides himself.
| But although a man of idiosyncraries may
intending to exalt itself by murdering the
English language. Few other such barbar-
ities have ever been inflicted on Texas, and
for this the Gazette deserves universal exe-
cration. There has been one precedent in
style and melody, which horrified all Texas,
many years ago, and still lingers upon the
memories of the older sort, as something
ineneinff-
the great State of Texas. This has not
been afforded, and the attempt to make "Galveston island long and low"
a grand literary institution out of inade- and running on to an interminable length,
quate materials has been a failure. The ^ e remember only the opening line, but we
_,_.r . people of Texas had as well look the presume our old friend of the News'State
Yet every week it claims anew that it | fact squarely in the face, for facts will * rcss co,umn> has ifc heart, and we re-
was the first to raise a row abouc lots of t et out of the way whether we look er * *"m f°r !t" ^Production, ;f anJ'
a.? 1 _i j .1 J wants to make t.iip minivin^n nf f in twn
questions, and has already moved the
entire public thought of Texas, Well I
nobody questions this, unless it is the ob-
stinate Sterrett. We all let it go for
what it's worth, just as we do that other
loose and liberal proposition that more
people get on and off the cars at Fort
Worth, than at all the other villages in
Texas.
huchrymoitc.
The Statesman draws a picture and then
weeps over it. Tender heart! that not on-
ly pours out it9 sympathies over real suf-
fering, but over that it anticipates, which
may never come. It reminds us of the
tender sensibilities of a Texas Judge, now
deceased, who shed tears profusely at his
dinner table, and made explanation to the
shocked friends who witnessed his sorrow,
by asking "my friends did you ever have a
mother-in-law, and did she die?" So im-
pressible a heart as that of the editor of the
Statesman, could without material effort go
into an ecstacy of grief over a dead mule.
The Statesman says:
"The stockmen were in session and called
upon his excellency for advice, and the
best this chief of the law of Texas could of-
fer, was the barbarous recommendation to
bang the fence cutters,—turn the wild mob
of irritated men with their inflamed passion
at white heat, loose to dispense justice and
restore order where the entire civil estab-
lishment of the State had failed—and worse
than all this the chief executive of the law,in
language as plain as Anglo-Saxon tongue
ever uttered, and well nigh as rugged,
promised immunity to the murderers. Low-
ering his own crest thus before the lawless-
ness of the State, he would inspire another
set of lawless men to act, to do murder.and
in advance grant absolution for the crime.
• •••*« •
It stretches human credulity to its ut-
most tension to receive and believe this
shocking statement. And yet it is true.
We dare not deny it because the blood of
the victims' cries from the ground. The
widows and the orphans' moan will be still-
ed because of this inhuman clemency prom
ised in advance to those who would mur-
der."
We dislike to shade this beautiful pic-
ture of tender sensibilities,but would it not
bc'well to wait until these widowsand orpans
have existence, before they are set to let
ting out their lachrymal floods upon the
parched earth.
. . wants to make the comparison of the two.
at them directly or turn our vision ob- But thc Gazette,s isamore horrible slashing
liqucly Thc L(ni versity of Texas must y,e vitality of our mother tongue, and is
take its character from thc intellectual wholly indefensible, unless it be conceded,
rank of thc persons whose names are that anything and everything must be ex-
most prominent in connection with it,and disable to the self-esteem of the great or-
it is iinneccsssaiy to define what grade gan of the great city, at which numberless
these occupy. The infant has been af- PeoP'e Sot 011 and off the ears, daily, many
llicted with hydrocephalus from its of wll0,n eommit suickl° after looking
. . , , • , e around them, and getting desperate; and
birth, and it must be born again before '
. ., ... ', ,. nearly all of whom might be excused for
it can have any vitality worth mention, . .
J . . ' suicide, if they had to readoften, such dog-
or command the admiration or decided
gerel as the annexed, which we copy from
approbation of scholarly persons,whose ' the fairly printeti columns of the great or-
ininds revert to Jena, Bologna and
gan:
"Hurrah for the Fort Worth Gazette,
The leading newspaper of Texas,
Whose match has never been met
As favorite of both of the sexes.
George Hall, a quack doctor, has
been arrested in London, Ont., for
manslaughter in killing a deaf and dumb
child. He undertook to effect a cure
by administering hypodermic injections
and splitting open thc child's tongue.
The child died eight hours after the op-
pe ration.
Salamanca, when reference is made]
to a University; and inevitably connect
thc title with something intellectually
grand, imposing and reverential. Is,
there any attribute of thc high school j
on College hill5which commands or de-j
mands reverence? We hope that ade-j
quate meatal capacity may be employ-:
ed if the untimely infant is to be still
further nursed from thc bottle ; but we
believe it would be better to abate its j
general nourishment until the advance- j
ment of the scholarship of thc State de- j
mands such an institution. We say this
, ., „ , , such doses as this and survive, thev have a
rather with sorrow, for we have a groat. . ,. .
\ itaatj that tire-damp nor anv other nause-
Let 'em call it the bull "billionaire"
_ Or anything else they may choose,
'Tis ever so full, so fresh and so fair
I11 its grand distribution ot uews.
Yea, this is the Lone Star machine
That must run our State cratt machinery,
And its future grand serry is now seen
While its success is above all chicanery.
* * * * * * *
Oh! continue the fight to the handle,
Until they consent to "fieo grass,"
From the gulf to the great Panhandle,'
Let the vcrdict of the rteeir people pass."
If the Gazette and Free Grass can stand
"The Education of thc People."
"The Dissemination of Intelligence; quali-
fying the voter of a Republic
to Intelligently perform his Duties."
"We are the Many, and shall sustain our
Rights, under all circumstances,
and to thc last Extremity."
When the opposing forces come together,
the Barons led by their chieftains, will
charge, with a dash anil determination that
will seem to promise victory; but against
the firm squares of the common people, sol-
id as the rock-bound shores of the Irish
coast, their ranks will break and dissipate
into frothy particles ; and broken and dis-
comfited, they will sullenty retire, swearing
an impotent vengeance, which they will be
powerless to carry out, even with the dis-
graceful alliances which they will be ready
to make. Their power will have been bro-
ken forever, and the most intelligent, per-
ceptive of duty, will come to the ranks of
the commoners, and make permanent alli-
ance with their natural associates. The ar-
rogant, purse-proud and vain, will go to
the common enemy of popular rights, and
endeavor to avenge their fancied wrongs;
but it will be useless, and unproductive of
personal satisfaction, and they will fret
away their little lives, and die, unhonored,
unsuiiir and unsuccessful.
A Free Grass JE^icture.
regard for the President of the I>oanl of
ous gas could extinguish, and are only pre-
Regcnts,who is himself a scholar in the; serveij for the domain of Pluto in the here-
fullest sense, and who has desired to after.
connect his name with the establishment
of a great institution of learning.
( "If the public lands are leased, sub-
^ c, ject to actual settlement, and if thc set-
also have a high respect for others of j tier will go inside the pasture on leased
the Regents—scholarlv gentlemen. But I html, why does Senator Gihbs think it
the effort was premature, and there! ^ise °T *«****? Jo reserve any por-
... , .. • tion of the public lamls from the opera-
were great mistakes made in putting tions of the* ^ and for alctua|
second-class men, intellectually, into settlement?"—Fort Worth Gazette.
exalted positions. W e iiicndy reiterate, Probably, because some doubt if the
editorially now,and after awaiting a trial J settler will feel inclined to go within
the opinions we have repeatedly and t]lc pastmes, and for the
freely expressed to individuals for a
year past. But if a journalist has not
manliness enough to express himself
upon great occasions, in which the in-
terests of the whole State are involved,
from fear that he may step upon some-
body's corns, or even upon the corns of
hundreds or thousands, he is derelict to
his high calling. e aiiu to be dere-
lict in nothing: and therefore, regard-
less of animadversion, we say that
this University of Texas, so called—-is a
failure. If our freedom of speech ex-
cites enmity, we can not help that:
truth demands some sacrifices from its
votaries, and whatever these may be,
purpose of
giving him choice of situation. While
the cattle or sheep raisers, who make
either of these their main business,should
be compelled to pay for thc land they oc
eupy, and stay on it; it is proper that
the farmer to whom tillage is the main
pursuit, and the raising of a few cattle
or sheep only the incident, should have
the right ot the commons ; but this right
Washington, June 2G.—Our preemption
laws aim to aid the citizen of the United
States to acquire ICO acres of the public
land, and the Homestead law enables him to
take up 160 acres more. But cither under
these laws or in defiance of them prodigious
tracts, reckoned in square miles, are fenced
in by people who have 110 right to one foot
of them, and millions of acres are occupied
by foreign companies.
But by fencing and by armed herdsmen,
men succeed in holding vast tracts until
their value for mineral or agricultural pur-
poses has been tested, and while their fa-
cilities for pasturage are used: and mean-
while these lands are not open for unhinder-
ed examination and inspection by those who
wish to select homesteads."
There is nothing unusual about this, in a
free grass country. We only copy it to
show the actual fact, to persons who have
no personal knowledge of what the cattle
Kings are accustomed to do, where they
have sway, by the use of capital, and the
command of cow-boys, in a comparatively
unoccTipied country. As the unoccupied
,fand-^of Texas now belong to the school
fund, the day for this sort of baronial as- frage and free speech: and tl
sumption has passed. Neither the unceas-I shows eoiicUi^ve]•/ t lio grosses
ton. Wc would not say a word to detract
from the commercial importance of im-
proving Galveston harbor; but in urging
this, there should be 110 necessity for mis-
statements.
The Scientific American of the 28th has
views of the work 011 the Panama canal, at
the commencement where the huge elevators
work in marsh, aud on the elevations where
the cuts are from Kio to 333 feet deep. It
seems a herculean undertaking, and must
require many years and immense expendi-
ture to complete. Its 'future influence
should be offset by the Nicaragua route
under the auspices of the United States,
with less cutting to be done.
To Mr. Culberson, for summary state-
ment of imports and exports for March,
showing value of each class, looking over
which we find: horses, $l,3fi4,;>56; crude
tartar, $2,0l](5,325: cinchona and other
barks, §4,058,202; dye woods, §1,401,025;
gums, arabic, shellac, etc., 65,428,940; eo-
coa, $911,400; indigo §1,478.01)3; soda,
§,515,359 ; sulphur, Si,888,819 ; vanilla and
otlwr perfumes, §545,402 ; coffee §30,534,-
917; eggs, §1,904,705; lish, §3,153,974;
flax, jute and sisal grass, §8,528,750: fruits,
including nuts, $15,020,492 ; manufactures
of flax, hemp and jute, §19,325,220; furs,
§4,201,470; silvered glass, §2,667,557; tin
plate §13,040,932; cotton ties,hooks, bands,
wire rods, chains, etc., §13,521,448; jewel-
ry and precious stones,§0,913,724; leather,
§0,819,043; gloves, §4,020,190; bronze
man, §1,504,764musical instruments,
$1,348,033; oils and paints, §1,798,593,
paper and man., §1,071,073; rice, §1.411,-
947; salt, §1,252,419 ; silks, §31,770,577;
molasses, §3,817,515; sugar aud confec-
tionery, §51,751,990; tobacco and cigars:
§7,019,913; beans and peas, §1,244,920;
potatoes, S594,G29; wines, §5,880,982:
wood and man., $7,785,095 : wool,goat hair,
etc., $8,385,475; carpeting, §930,400;
clothing §11,555,852 : dress goods, women's
and children's, §15,500,194; shawls, §1,-
054,454: yarns, §6,237,350.
These are the leading importations for one
month, of which the total value, including
items that we have not stated, constitute a
total value of §61,205,079,from which some
itlea can be formed of the vast trade of the
United States. The exports of domestic
merchandise during the same period were
of the value of §51,814,501. This included
animals, meats, fruits, fish, iron and steel
and all manufactures. The exportation of
our cotton goods, §10,.s32,:'.37, and of wool
only §293,851.
Our readers can '-**e from this how little of
our manufactures are exported, because un-
der the injurious action of the tariff which
taxes raw materials, we cannot compete
with foreign manufactures.
Indebted to lion. Z. B. Vance of North
Carolina, for report of the views of the mi-
nority of the Senate committee on the Dan-
ville riot, from which we extract thc follow-
ing—speaking of the disposition of the ra-
ces to interfere with the elections—it says:
"Contrast their disposition toward
the whites with the conduct of the
whites toward them, as proven by the
witnesses examined in this investigation.
Out of the one hundred and sixty sworn
and examined, white and black, old and
young, learned and ignorant, male and
female, not a single one could be found
to swear that any interference, legal or
illegal, had ever been known with the
black man's right of suffrage in the
State of Virginia from the time when
the right was first conferred upon him
to this day. Not one.
For not only was the last election in
Virginia perfectly free and fair, as
shown by the largely increased vote ev-
erywhere, except where it was disturb-
ed by thc violence of the blacks them-
selves, but even in the city of Danville,
as was admitted by the leading Republi-
can witnesses themselves, white and <•■>1-
ored, not the slightest disturbance was
made or the smallest hinderanee thrown
in the way of any man's right to vote.
On the other hand, as a sample of the
desire of this Coalition Republican par-
ty of \ irgiiiia to have peaceable and
pure elections, consult the testimony of
lion. Eustace Gibson, page U^i, of Wk copv the following from the Fort
what was uoiw by Hie negroes in Cul- ... .. ..
peper, Ya., .:s last election day; of (\ j " orth Gazette :
P. Armstead, page 1120, et seq.": and of ] "The. Old Alcalde has raised his voice
George I). Wise. From the testimony j and said be never was a politician, in a
of the first two will be seen interference', speech before the Tw.uheiw" association
j by open violence with the right of suf-1 at San Antoaio. Of course everybody
to vote. Not only are they disfranchis- i
ed for crime, but for ignorance, pover-1
ty, and foreign birth if not land-own- -
ers. It is not a Republican form of
government. Of course a large number
of colored men are disfranchised in
both States. Yet, in the face of ail
this, a Senator from Massachusetts
signs this report, threatening to reduce
thc representation of thc State of Vir-
ginia, whose laws allow all to vote with-
out any condition except age and citi-
zenship, and where black men have cx-
efcised this right without thc slightest
interference, to the extent of the num-
ber of negroes deprived of the right.
This looks much like the temerity of a
man, armed with a clod of dirt, chal-
lenging an exchange of missiles with a
man who has a gun. Virginia might
well indeed challenge Massachusetts to
such a contest as this.
In the District of Columbia, con-
taining a population of 177,000, the Re-
publican party has abolished the right
of suffrage altogether, and these people
are governed as a satrapy of the empire.
Under the very shadow of the dome of
the Capitol of a great republic, the cor-
nerstone of which is the suffrage of the
governed, that great, first principle is
denied and spit upon for no other rea-
son than because 33 per cent, of the
population of this district is composed
of negroes who could wield the balance
of power in popular elections. Whilst
it is deemed the right thing to do to
force negro-supremacy, even by the use
of the baj'onet and all kinds of illegal
congressional interference, in States
where they constitute 40, i>0, and 60 per
cent of the population, it is not deemed
proper, safe, or pleasant for thc great
apostles of this doctrine to live under
this rule themselves. Therefore, a peo-
ple, greater in numbers than the States
of Delaware, Oregon or Nevada are de-
prived of the right of suffrage absolute-
ly. No man within the shadow of this
capitol can vote for any ruler, from
ward constable upwards.
The committee also accuse the Dem-
ocracy of Virginia of exciting the race
issue in thc last canvass, and quote many
inflammatory appeals of speakers and
newspapers to prove it, ignoring, of
course, all the proof which placed the
boot upon thc other leg. No charge is
more commonly made in southern poli-
tics, nor is there one more utterly ab-
surd and contemptible. It is the old
cry of "Stop Thief!" Not only was it
proven by almost every witness who
came before the committee and was ex-
amined on the point, but it is a fact no-
torious in the history of the negro States,
since reconstruction, that the race issue
was begun and has been continued in
them all by the rigid bantling of the
black race everywhere for thc support
of the Republican party in open and
flagrant hostility to the white race,
which is Democratic. No evasions, sub-
terfuges. or explanations can avoid this
obvious fact. From the very first the
utmost care was taken to see that a col-
ored man was rendered odious and de-
nounced as a traitor to his race if he
dared vote the Democratic ticket. In
many of their societies they were sworn
to stand by the Republican party. Their
preachers exhorted ami denounced from
the pulpit, and the general rule was ex-
pulsion from church membership for
any failure to support the Republican
party. The ostracism practiced by
them, both as proven before this com-
mittee and as historically known to exist
all overthe South, is fearful, and often re-
sults in the barbaric cruelties which
character a half-civilised race. *U1 this
for the purjjose of keeping the black
race solid against the white, and for all
the instances of the kind proven before
this committee, the majority have not
one word of rebuke. They know too
well that but for such moans the color-
ed Republican ranks could not be held
solid, but would yield to the intelligence,
wealth, and superior acquaintance with
the management of affairs possessed by
the whites in whose midst they live."
The report is signed by Z. B. Vance, B.
F. Jonas, Jas. L. Pugh, Eli Saulsbury, who
constituted the democratic minority of the
committee.
"The Fort Worth Gazette is a power
in the land, but we don't believe it will
be successful in its free-grass fight."—
[Orange Tribune,
"Thc tight will be won. The lease
will be opposed till August. If the
Democratic convention approve it, the
fight will be transferred to the election
of members of the Legislature. Failing
there, the tight will be continued until
until it does end in victory. Time will
strengthen free grass, because time will
disclose the manifest evils of the lease
system. The Gazette has enlisted for
ninety-nine years or the war, and time
will bring recruits and victory."—[Fort
Worth Gazette,
This is oracular enough, but there are
many false prophets in the land, whose
predictions accord not with the proba-
ble results, but with thc hopes of the
inspired (?) oracles.
1 bis Time.
ing advocacy of its press, nor thc threats of
what it will do in destroying parties, to
maintain its own domination, will have anv
effect. The rights of the small farmers and
the small stock raisers cannot be over-rid-
den by arrogance or party coercion.
The following is an item from the Stock
country, which the larger cattle men hold to
be only fit for free srra>s:
i Some very fine peaches, plums and apri-
should not be allowable in excess of : <*ots, were sent to ns to day from Judge D. J.
the amount of stock- th-it such -i firmer ' R^d s ^ol¥"is iu tmvl1- Red has quite
J :mumm or stock tDat sucn a l.umei j a lot of fruit trees set out ami they are suc.-eed-
usji-dly raises as an incident of his pur- \ 'J'S finely. Thespecimeus sent us were indeed
suit
Allows the O. A. is not a politician; he
is an author."
In further illustration of thc propose-,
tion, thc Gazette says:
"To those ladies \ylu are preparing
for publication ••gems from tne Texas
we would suggest that thcy
to pay soivse Jam mm- t-rotn Gov. Roberts' book the chmv
the simple pro- ter on the jack rabbit." 1
tine, and we would advise all who own a
the latter
st frauds
upon the purity of the ballot-box. It
seems that an illegal tax-collector was
appointed in Richmond for the special,
dirty work of issuing fraudulent tax-re-'
ceipts; and under the system carried
out.§1 was made to pay some fam hun- '
dred men's iaj.es, by
cess of the first man handing it to" the.
bogus tax-collector in a guarded room,' -... (... .
who gave tiie tax-payer a bogus receipt ' 1': . , : l'«och,
and the dollar, which he in turn handed a,u' laces in old and new-
back to tin- <!
who in liir
next fr
came in
ed even by a cross-examination
Contrast this likewise v,"ith the condj -'
tion of affahs in many parts of the t'l.ii-
Vegetable Sicilian
TTATR RENEWER
vas thc first prejuuratiou perfectly adapted to
cure diseases ot tbo scalp, and the tot wo-
cessful restorer of faded or gray hair to its
natural color, growtli, and youthful beaut},
it has had many imitators, but none have so
fully met all the requirements needful for
the proper treatment of the hair and scalp.
Hall's IIaib Kexeweb has steadily grown
in favor, ami spread its fame and usefulness
to every quarter of the globe. Its unparal-
leled success can be attributed to but ona
cause: the t utin? julHlwtttt
The proprietors have often been surprised
at the receipt of orders from remote coun-
tries, where they had never made an effort for
its introduction.
The use for a short time of Hall's Haib
Kexewuk wonderfully improves the per-
sonal appearance. It cleanses the scalp from
all impurities, cures all humors, fever, and
dryness, and thus prevents baldness. It
stimulates the weakened glands, and enables
them to push forward a new and vigorous
growth. The effects of this article are not
transient, like those of alcoholic prepara-
tions, but remain a long time, which makes
Its use a matter of economy.
BUCKINGHAM'S DTE
FOR THE
WHISKERS
Will change the beard to a natural brown,
or black, as desired. It produces a permanent
color that will not wash away. Consisting of
a single preparation, it is applied without
trouble.
PREPARED BY
K. P. HALL i CO., Xailua, I.e.
Sold by all Dealers iu Medicine*.
FOR ALL THE FORMS
OF
Scrofblons, Mercurial, and
Blood Disorders.
the best remedy, because the
moot searching and thorough
blood-purifier, is
Ayer's Sarsaparilla.
Sold bj all DragglM*; bottlw,**.
English
designs
THE STATE OF TEXAS-
To whom it may concern.
Whereas, on Ae 121 h «lay of May, I8K4, W. 11.
Buanl, and nuire than twenty other fiwholikn*
witliin the territorial limits hereinafter set ont,
filed in the oftice of the County Clerk of Red Rs\—
er county, their petition, praying the Honorable
County Commissioners' eourt for an order lor an
election, iu order to enable them to determine
whether hogs, sheep and goatx Khali tie permit-
ted to run at large within the unb-divisicm of said
county embraced within tli« territorial limitH
thereof, before refered to and hereinafter defined.
And, whereas, at a regular term of mid Commis-
sioner" court, to wit: on the 13th day of Slay,
lt!S4. said court granted said petit iou. and order-
ed that the prayer of petitioners be granted, and
that an election tor the purpose specified be held
on the t<Jtb day of July, lsS4, within said sub-di-
vision. of said county.
Now, therefore, I. W. K. Wootten, Coiiuty
Jartge of Ued River county, under the statute in
such case, made and provided, do hereby order
that such election 1m*. held on the date so ordered
and above named (i. e, 12th day of July, It&4>
by \V. 1". Clatterbuck as manager at Bogota
within tne sub-division refered to, to wit: Com-
mencing at t In- southwest corner of X. 15 IkiwverV
prairie farm thence south to Mustang creek,
thence down said creek to thc Sulphur ft>rk of
Ked River,thence down said Sulphur tork to the
bridge crossing said stream on the road from
Clarksvillc via. Rosalie to Ml. Vernon in Frank-
lin county, thence with said road via. Rosalie to
Cut hand creek where said road crosses, thence
up Cnthand creek to wliei-e the line of a section
of this county already having the same law, i. e.
stock law prohibiting hogs, sheep and goats from
running at large
t Given under my haHd and tli« Seal of
pthe County court o! Ked River county
y 2lith, 1K.-4. w. E. WOOTTEN. '
County J udge.
this Mav
no.V.l -1.
C. W. BXjOSS,
WAGON MAKER AND REPAIRER
all kinds of
Blacksnjithing Done or) short Notice.
CAREY PLOWS ON HAND.
Puts tip a wagon with Bois'd
are wheels, that will outlast
three Northern Wagons. Re-
pairs done in the very best manner. .Shop on
Main Street. East of the Jail. no.10
liER RIVJEIi COUNTY
BANK.
Established 1 HT^t-,
AUTHO R1ZED CAPiTAL $100,000
Oflieers.
*L SIM President
Joa. II. ItCi«Ks vice President
D. W. CHEATHAM, Ca#hiel
J) A. CHAMBERS ..Assistant Castile
Directors.
J. H. BURKS,
R. R. GAINES,
M. L. SIMS.
LEWIS C. STILES,.............. Secretary
Ooi-resDoncients:
Hanover National bank, New York City.
Valley National Bank. St. Louis.
no-50 tf.
LEW*IS STILES.
D. W. CHEATHAM
M- J. E DSTGKEL.
HE.BOOT 1IM SHOE 1MKRR,
Makes the bet-t
BOOTS AND SHOES
Out of the best material, an low aH good work
can he done. Those who know the difference be-
tween * tench Calfskin, hand work, and oil
tanned leather niadeby machinery, are invited to
call.
Rooqiving done v>romi>tIv-
mm mi & U1U111I.
DEAI-KKS IS STAPLE aki> fancy
tiKOCERIES,
( v >n" • kct K>N A j; 11.« , ijj,
LIQUORS
WIMES,-. BBANDIIS
CIGARS, TOBACCO,
Green Fruits, Dried Fruits.
CANNED GOODS of every kimt
and a great variety of goiwl thin/g
<!« «,r-Keepei; a< he went out, stitches tue used to excess, not iuily j not to be found elsew here,
turn would hand it to the a* trimming and hnishiiiijsj l,ut a-s en-
ree-biiilot-aiid-fair-countist who tire ovei-ganneii.ts sad costume* f01
l. ilr. Wise was not contradict- dies, uu -ea and cbikU'cn.
and cotton cloths were
An academy to teach
guajre, has been started
Mexico.
l idat pf gi-oQUil to jilunr some 'rtiit trees upon=^.V. " Jv iY;' . wrau<du Lv the Egyptians, hut, unlike!
„T:\ytoc l-in ' ' Peaches and shall fruits, as there } - , 1 , !m !k:1" the modern work, the warp had general- •
ach the Aztec Ian- can be no further d.ml.t about tl. being an * 1«« tr.ends bear sway > h twice or thrice and not seldom four
rted in the C it\ of excellent tnnt raisin- eomiiry. —Abilene Re- ^Iass:icliuselIs, I'U'W the U> forbidding times the number of thread* in in inch
prter. the fight oi ill.U rale per-ons t«, vote, or that the woof had.
New linck row east Side Square.
Clarksville. Tex.. Jan. 30th.
[•'or Sale.
One Superior Hnggy, without top,
guaranteed to be tirst-class, can be seen
in Col. DeMorse's buggy house. Iu
my absence Col. DeMorse will sell for
*ne- J. T. FLKMINO.
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