The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 55, July 1951 - April, 1952 Page: 445
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What James Stephen Hogg Means to Texas
was expressed in this sentence in his speech of acceptance of the
Democratic nomination for governor in 189o:
Recognizing the principles that "fidelity to the fundamental law is
the one indispensable condition upon which the safety and success
of every free government must depend," and that "public office is a
public trust, that must be administered for the benefit of the people,"
I pledge myself to stay with our Constitution under all circum-
stances .
This pledge was for Governor Hogg a commitment of his
sacred honor; it was not a statement lightly to be disregarded
when political expediency seemed to dictate that it should be
ignored. Two examples may be cited to establish the truth of
this statement. Sixty years ago it was not popular in the South
to support the constitutional rights of the Negro. Nevertheless,
Governor Hogg did so openly and fearlessly. Defending his action
in offering large rewards for the arrest and conviction of members
of a mob guilty of lynching a Negro, Governor Hogg said, in a
speech at Dallas in 1892, in the middle of a hard campaign for
re-election:
This horrible execution violated every guarantee of the constitution.
My duty was plain. I performed it and have no apologies whatever to
make for it. It is a precedent set up on due deliberation which, so
long as I am Governor, will be adhered to. We had about as well
understand this in advance.
Remember that these forthright and courageous words came
from a native Texan, the son of a Confederate general killed in
battle, a man who had witnessed at firsthand the disorders, abuses,
and corruption of Reconstruction, and who was deeply imbued
with the traditions of the South.
Another example equally striking of Governor Hogg's intel-
lectual and moral independence and integrity was the attitude
he took in regard to President Grover Cleveland's action in
sending federal troops to break the Pullman strike in Chicago
in 1894. Stating that he was "not unmindful of the almost
universal sentiment at the back of the President in his martial
law measure against Chicago," he nevertheless denounced the use
of military force by the President over the protest of the governor
of Illinois and in the absence of any actual state of insurrection.
Referring to the President's action, Governor Hogg said:445
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 55, July 1951 - April, 1952, periodical, 1952; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101139/m1/547/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.