 Chambers 's political opinions after the war were at first concerned with government debt . In an 1868 article in the Cleburne Chronicle , Chambers argued against all interest @-@ bearing national debts , and for a general policy of inflationism . Running as a Democrat , he was elected an alderman of Cleburne and was a delegate to Texas 's constitutional convention of 1875 . The proposed constitution that emerged was primarily an attempt to reverse the changes made by Republicans during Reconstruction . Chambers opposed its adoption , not for that reason , but because " while taxation was unequally thrown upon property alone , unqualified suffrage was given to every man " . He also opposed the homestead exemption , " which protect [ s ] the debtor class from the just demands of the creditor class . " Nevertheless , the constitution was adopted by a two @-@ to @-@ one majority . 
