Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-02-20
The Malrontents, address.

A ducumeni has recently made its APP
pearause addressed to the people Of Texas
and sisnci hy few mslcou,snis, sena-
tors, II mcubers of the House, aud seyen
Delegates 10 the State Convention, Oul Of
the whole number that represents The State
in our Legislature, only rs are found UhO
openly sci Al defiance the will of the people
an who openly advocate the doctrines Of
Submission, Oul ~ lS1 members If the
Stale Convention, only ar voted against
the independence Of Texas aud the right Of
Secession, This alone is sufficient 10 brand
lLrir address vilh suspcion, If hundred.
of"lh'ls acted in diamelrie opposition I,
the 'Wenly-nur, lie question willnalurally
occur A'' all the rest unsound .sni these
u al"nr In Possession ~ an ,heriruue aud
patriotism ia the eountry'
The Address IL constructed upon the "a
rnrlle dulge Of tie Submission party, a
seml-fre' soil huD,hug, appealing to The pas
s,"ns aLd Prciuliees Of a class Of people,
which We believe, doos not exist In any ex-
tent in Texas We mean = class ~ men op-
passed. Ia shareholders because hey urs STARE
AsiieyE MS class is mol numerous IN Tex-
ass far onr Observation-Disclosures are as true
10 the institution Of slavery as the largest
Shareholders themselves, This appeal OF
Tie ma'conicn,s was conceived IN ignorance
of this fact AMI was promulgated upon the
false issue they have themselves raised, The
address Is an Insult tn the Intelligence and
loyalty Of Southern people, ghis 10 the
main feature VI this uncalcd for production,
hut there are others equally inconsistent
with uuh aul practice, These men COM
/ IN that tie Convention represented a
minority Of the people Of Texas; yet il is
well known, that some oc them who sliced
the address, actually tshorled the pcople by
entrcatic', by letter aud every mean, nos.
Sihlc, to stay away from the polls aud not
Vote at all for Delegates! This is easily
established, and one Of them was RECENTLY
charged with 1t in public discussion.
Again This precious document is signed
by those members who are non-rs,iieui,
and 40 not represent any constituency
whatever. Such being the case, Whist are
their individual opinions worth? The for
mcr constituency Of one OF these pcrtina-
eionS, pay-lcying non-rcsiienls have in
yi'cd him to resign another is known -.
be so utterly odions to the people Eat elcc.
ted him, that he has never i,ncn boct
give an account Of his a.dariship; end Ina,
county is not F"' hm5rsa miles from Ans.
uh' IRE representative from Harrison
county, "hitmorc, has been denounced in
MASS moe rs in his own county, and invited
10 res IN his seat. These are some OF the
'hec'able con;rivcrs Of pntcni-addrcssc to
the people of TcSa4 denying, indirectly, the
great truth in our Bill of Rights, "that all
power is inherent in the people," this
grave denial of constitutional, inherent
right is showcrcd upon the country, at ey-
cry stage stand, where one of the Faithful
may happen to be passing.
Al some future day and in another issue,
"eSiil prrpetuatc AS far as pen, ink and
paper can do ii, the names of the Twenty
Four Legislators, and the seven trembling
patriots, who issued the Document.