Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-02-16


NJ J. " Lrii~ers
FiH'--rueiass'l AL too dollar ani fhy ossi., ahs
ihe ssriion " rh n, plstss ilssanitns my ptns
dn 90 sish o. teiii aich f,lsfhois 10 O vi ,n.
s'so Request, that ysu will never fsnd ne sntihs
~ AUur diihy shtfis, as do not Nish a. zeal an,
paper ihh wili dehHl lnins n their ~ ey,i,hu,-.
~ preferences 10 the h,ry fisnse Of the frontiers
fexaF, sc.
The Preeeelnf note Vas resolved by Us resently
nom s'li4fn u rals P.no eouniy-a gentleman Who
hrm,rly resided In hi. sonnty, an one kr phom ",
have ever entertained the warmrs, sentiments VI
friendship We will not suffer our feelings to he
arm'el ly the ll'-t'mpeI anl eoNr.sness which the
mlssi'e displays, because, WeAre satisfied that the
Wrlitr Was aclualel f,m prejudice and misunler-
standing. We sre satisfied, from our knowledge Of
the man. that In a mere dispnssicnaie moment, he
will regret the ntempent, haste into which ,rs lu-
dice has betrayed him, We cannot think that he Is
capable Of doing or any one else deliberate, ma
lielous wrong,
sio the "igl. hoods" which 'ur paper 'ccnra'ns,"
W. have only io say, that IN al that wehtye publish
el in relation TO the dll ulies with the reserve In.
dians We have sought the hest a,i,nahle information
AMI have s,rlVcn TO "n1h'n; cy,enut,e, nor nusht
set ,!"wn In malice" II any Of the statements pub
lishcl by rs, lNctd lon facts, W. regret H. and
Are really NJ Any tlme.tS CORES, thcm, according to
the truth.
As to the "llthlnCss" Of our "shcst," that Is
matter about which the writer Of the courteous mis-
s!vc, and ourself must be permitted to differ In opn
len, We must ak, that he permit 10 exercise our
own taste In that rcg,rl. The sheet srits us, and,
f,,,. Il =
A. any rate We believe Il has not uaasssre the som
nchS oc maay.
We have never knowingly defended indians in their
"the'elshncss we dnnot defend Inlians Sin pref
crence To the hardy pioneers ofthe frontier Of Texas"
II the Ia Inns on The reserves have done wrong va
say let them he punished snmmarily. Bat We say,
let not the sims of the guilty be visited the heads
of tie innocent Let not good Indians he masssrrci
because there ave bad In sns OWe believe that an
Iniinn is human being, has a SOU, aud onght not
10 lie she; down Ike de-, unless he hal done soac
wrong,
Wcbcg say to the writer Of the elegant note above,
that we were "ponecr ct the frontier Of Texas"
long cl1rc he WAS in the country. We have hccn on
the "fonter of Texas" since We were eight years
OF the oh r'ly Ponoer," because We knew from oh /
seryat and experience, the trails aud ha 'lships to
wheh III 1t noble class 81 citizens Elected,
in reckoning he w'ern "s fir IN savage rule md .
c,n'rrt'rg it INTO the rh,1,s of ci i';2aticn. We
can erter fu'' into MI The feelings sympotbiCs and
ASPIRATIONS Of pioneer. no'lcr class 4 men do not
i'c. th'n those htrly, c"nornus-hcar'el, hr,ye and
ndom tah'e aynurt crs of c Ii nti' n, tn set.
tie the frontiers Of the country, AMI with rifle on
'houdcr, axe IL hand, with tout hsarts and willing
souls convert our w.llcrnes.e i into glrlens. Col
orhid that we should wrong, by word deed, such
ncn-men among whom our III. has been spent. If
here is character in this western world that we al
nre and appreciate more h.n any other, il is the :
lardy, fearless, adventurous pioneer.