Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-01-19
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citizens q LrAih county
The 0os,rnsr " a 70 STATE IL viil ts seq hon his
prselsiaaiioa IN sro be- so'umr. has njinsd an
sod elilsns cal ,i,er Of the siaIs 20 ares, the or
isuiir, Ahlda,iis we're subsequently, made b'isrs
Juass Battle, Of the 18th Bfnrri, aFa'u,i such II
the pArlie- ,hWssi, Vh,ss tsuss vers survn, and
Bench va.Jsih Issued by his. a. thslr suesl, 10 BE-
broughi tsi0rs him ~ ssiminati 1 Judge Battle
has appointed jim s Ford, 'lssi. lsPuty, 10 exc
cate the wits, with slthsry 70 summon such Po'sf
As nlsy b DEEMED necessary, Bsush warrants viii
le Issued against he other parties Implicated, a. sson
as ,hsir names sre as,erlaiu.i a. he mean uins
these par es have Published maa,fs,to, aouins
themselves as the persons sho ia the k,llbg, aud
jusilGlns Themselves ty d., SAINT, Il will thus
he seen that the civil authority Las Ten invoked,
backed ~ all the poses a the State to tsss the quss
ton u neither these men we're justified ny the laws
q The country IN Killing the Iudlans. This /, the
proper manner {, ny H. II lhe Indians had commit
TEL acrns Iha, lnsgtsl tho seminary punishment Of
isail o. 20 Inflicted On men, scmen and children,
tie court. of the country to whose forum the laws
leave the matter win say So II on the ether hand
tho testimony shows tLa, The deed was = deliberate
murder without Prov cation, the same courts will
say that the perpetrators ryrs murlsrcFs as much rs
though they wtr, Indian. Happily our laws make
no Distinction of color whoa that eiifie Is committed
by white man or Indian
We learn tina, the company that va being raised
to march into the Reserve I, break il up, and wipe
on, rel and While" have taken sober second
thought, and now propose "a compromise" weap-
prehend That Zoe only compounds that can be made.
will be With the laws Of the country
At last accounts M,lor Palmer, U. S. A., with two
compaaie. IL Cavalry and two pieces of ordinance,
from Fort Belkuap. were at the Bsalos Agency, 10
"sse that the laws were not violated"
We may all as our individual opinion, that there
is at least Immediate prospect of the Texas hdisn
Reserves being broken up by armed bands Of men
acting wthou; authority. We DO not believe that
enough Of such men can DO raised in the frontier
counties to engage in such foolish and reckless en-
terprisc But there In dagger and imminent danger
zoo, tina; the Reserves may he broken up. II the
good citizens Of tie frontier counties do no, rally to
tho support Of the constituted authorities IL they DO
not froWp down MI attempts 10 set ihosc authorities
at deEsDcc-if they do not say by their acts and
sympathios that the appeal that has now been made
TO law to settle this whole difficulty shall be sustain
"a, and that Indian shall be protected in his rights
as well NJ white man, thsfcderal Government viii
remove the Indians to its own territories, where IL
can protect ;hem. The consequences of such a
measure involving the abandonment OF the military
posts Northern frontier, aud tho turning loose
upon our exposed settlements band Of infurate' !
demons srnarting under real or imaginary wrongs,
and seeking only such revenge as an milan knows
how to seek, is fearful to contemplate. We shudder
to think OF the olnseqnen ces that would result
The whole State and moro especially Northern Texas,
Is interested IN the solution Of ,hs matter. The is
sue il made up so that it cannot DO shirked--
L,tit be decided in the manner pointed out by the
laws If the Indians were guilty of offencss that
justified the punishment they have received, they
have Suffered til. penalty. II the white men vine
killed them violated the law, let them be punished