Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1860-03-07

The same SHEETS are laadisg the prOdigiOus efforts
Of the Governor In raising kTss companies OF minute
men, vi fussHiy RsR q each, to range on the iFOn-
tier. These minute men-sO minute that the magni-
Sing optics VI the Governors seaasags can make no
more less Of them than 90 men all loli-aTs MOI
" drop in the buckle" u What the Ilohller heeis
scarcely sTeUk on the horizon VI frontier that
extends from Red river TO the e0uHiy ehaPpAral ~
CorIinas oaiss JaItuTisai,aus ridieaius HaseiiHT,
-DaIias Herald, Fss, Eva.
In the name u truth aud eandor, what respect can
or should the people have for paper which thus de-
liberaely seeks 10 deceive them Is true that There
are but sixty men on the fG0nier from kei river 10
the Rio Grandei What is the faeti senator fhTOek-
morton informs US that there are two hundred aud
forty, inclusive OF the minute men and the companies
VI Darympe, Conner aud BuTleson, and exclusive Of
the companies Of Ford, lomlinson and Iobin' How
many there are in the last named companies Ne have
besn unable 10 ascertain accurately but presume the
numher does not fall much sholt Of two hundred and
hy making in all, Instead Of sixty, nearly i've hun
lTed men
Now NE challenge the Herald to point to single
instance, in the past history Of our State, OF more
prompt aud efficient aid 10 the frontier, than has heen
extended by Governor Houston! when, before, were
half so many troops eale out by the authority OF the
statel Was A during the administration Of tunnels,
wuIy ruE EXECUTIVE WAS pEAF TO InR UNIVERSAL
wall wnIcm AROSE ALOSO ouR nLEfpISd bohhER-
VIVIAN fuE HERALD, Win OfnER rAhflEAN shtkfs,
IGNORED TIE NECESSITY of PROTECTION, hisehthiitl
TnR SWORN sTAIENLNrs ~ 1hk SUFFERERS AM
| MoCRED AT THEIR CALAMITY II not, when was y
And If Runnes failed 10 protect the frontier, why dl
moi The Herald denounee him, Was life lees sacred
then than now or did the rod OF the convention
have more terrors than the tomahawk OF the saNage
Me Kinney .NssseRgr
We do not often consider the Messenger Of quoiabls
value, except in those in which II can be used
agains itself For once, IL our friend will pardon u.s.
we will use his own language, "In the name oil
truth and canior what respect can or should the peo
ple have for paper which thus deliberately seeks te
deceive thcmr" No man, unless knaye or a TOOL
can read the remarks Of the Herald and gather there
from any other conclusion, than that those remarks
perained alone to the three companies OF minute men,
of twenty men each, which amount to just 10 men,
and by no means enough for their sphere OF opera
tons The Messenger is as deficient IN arithmetic a.
in other essential qualifications In order to give re-
specabiliiy to his paper, he introduces the name oil
Throckmorton, who Informed us, on his way home
that the appropriations had been made, necessary
for frontier defence. The same issue OF the Messeh-
ger that harangues mpress,eiy, contains the bill
that passed the Legislature, appropria'ing sSOoooV
Tor frontier pro'echoh'
This enthusiastic admirer Of Gen. Houston, speaks
of the prompt and efficient " aid rendered by him
when in fact, there have been more murders and
depredations committed on our immediate frontier,
within the last month alone than there were during
the whole administration Of Mr. Runnels
Dalrymple's company of 60 men is the only one
perhaps, that ranges on our northwestern border,
and we have heard Of nothing very efficient from them
yet Indeed, serious apprehensions were entertained
at Jacksboro, that they lost. Capt. Dalrymple
is heightened gentleman, and we do not make these
remarks to detract from him or his company. The
memory of the Messenger man seems to have failed
him entirely, and has recollection of Capts. Ford
and Bourland, and their services on the frontier
They were out during the administration Of Governor
Runnels and were no special friends of the "pet or
feeding policy of Gen. Houston but fed the sava-
ges with bullets whenever they had IN opportunity,
to their hearts content.
That portion of the Messengers article in italics,
referring to the Herald is untrue, and the creation of
an exubcrant fancy that finds itself the advocate of
man and policy at with the true interests OF
the frontier. We wish the editor much happiness in
the enjoyment of his scheme, which has miscarried
We leave him with this remark, which he will read
ily understand that if offense be rank, let not
his be rancour.