. The Southern states of North America: a record of journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian territory, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland . st at oncesprang up. The Republicans renominated Governor Davis, and the Democrats,who had been powerfully reinforced by thousands of immigrants from Alabama,Georgia, and other cotton States, put forward Judge Richard Coke as their can-didate. In the election which followed, the Democrats elected Judge Coke asgovernor by more than 40,000 majo
. The Southern states of North America: a record of journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian territory, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland . st at oncesprang up. The Republicans renominated Governor Davis, and the Democrats,who had been powerfully reinforced by thousands of immigrants from Alabama,Georgia, and other cotton States, put forward Judge Richard Coke as their can-didate. In the election which followed, the Democrats elected Judge Coke asgovernor by more than 40,000 majority; and the State was completely givenover to the Conservative element. This election caused great excitement among the Republicans. GovernorDavis, backed up by the declaration of the Supreme Court of the State thatthe recent election was unconstitutional, at first refused to yield his power,and called on the President for troops to maintain him in office. But the UnitedStates declined to interfere; the Democrats took possession of the Capitol; andGovernor Davis finally withdrew his opposition. The Democrats propose in duetime to hold another Constitutional Convention, and threaten to undo much of THE ALAMO MONUMENT—AUSTIN IN BY-GONE DAYS. 131. the legislation which, under reconstruction and the regime of the Radicals, hadproved salutary to the State. On the steps of the Capitol stands the small and unambitious monumentbuilt of stone brought from the Alamo. It is but a feeble memorial of one of themost tragic events in American history, to whichthe State would do well to give lasting commem-oration by some stately work in bronze ormarble on Alamo plaza, in San Antonio. In the office of the Secretary of State atAustin, one may still see the treaties madewith France, England, and other nations, whenTexas was a republic, when Louis Phillippe wasKing of the French, and Victoria was years after Texas had declared her inde-pendence of Mexico, the commissioners ap-poin
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