Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-11-25

utht hhu MI Tue Npuh hhh fAtliuho WNh ih
thenorlhwlll ratify aud sustain their action
IN denying the negro the right 10 vote,
Sit In tho jury box, aud hold oifcOi We will
do him no wrong, We take from him no
rights, natural or acquired. In his native
country, where le Is found In tho full and
undlsturbod possession Of all his natural
rights, ho neither votes nor exercises any
political rights. and in denying him the
right to vote, we but protect ourselves In
the rights and privileges that,wc have in
herlied from our ancestors rights, in the
propernse Of which, We have been thorough
ly sohoo cd, and have heretofore been found
fully competent to discharge In such man
ner as to rebound, not only to our credit,
but 10 thecrcdit and good Of the negro.
The negro has been tried as n voter leg
islator and administrator of tho law in ia
mOica and other countries, and his whole
career in these capacities have fully estab-
lishcd his uniitncss for their exercises when
in power or left to net for himself he has
Invariably dcgenerated into barbarism, and
to the practice of those heathcnish rites
and brutaliles INDUCED in from time i'm
memorial by his ancestors in Africa, God
never intended that the negro should live
with the white man on terms Of social and
political equality, and those who attempt to
force upon the people an equality not sane
toned by bcaycn, assumes a most fearful
responsibility.
We aro the friend of The negro, 10 Us he
is (now that no has been made rrsc,) an OBJ
jcot of pity We feel that the negro now
should have The sympathy and commisera-
lion of all good men; he has been cursed
with freedom without his consent or desire;
and most dearly has he paid the penalty of
being free; when in slavery, llo was in tha t
condition of life, for which his God had
created him. working out the problem of
life in the manner indicai cd by inspiration,
then he was happy and contented, knowing
nothing Of trouble and care, the envy of NIL
who sighed for real happiness on earth
Owned, controlled and cared for by the hui
mainly and intelligence of the white man;
his life from the cradle to the grave was
one continued dream, in which trouble and
care were wholly unknown.
But the negro is now free; and as We
said, most dearly has he paid for his free
dom; il has cost him happiness, home and
country and what has his freedom conferred
on him in lieu of these great blessings p
Nothing buthunger, nakedness, discomfort,
sickness and death. The negro has heen
most grossly wrongcd, in this change of
condition from slavery to freedom, and for
this great wrong to the poor negro, some
people will be held to answer for at the day
of final reckoning.
There are many other grave questions,
that will require action at the hands of the
convention. The State debt must either be
disposed of by the convention, or RENTED
to the Legislature for its final action. What
shall be done with the debt created by our
Legislature, is question of great import
ance TO the people of Texas. On principle
we are opposed to any species of repudia-
ton, by which persons who have honestly
trusted The State for payment for their Ia
Dor, or property, shall be denied the right to
demand payment. If the State has issued
evidences of indebtedness for which she
received no just consideration, o refusal TO
pay such claims is not Reputation, and
whilst we hope the State will not repudiate
her honest debts, we should seriously OBJ
ject to the payment of those that were not
honestly made, and for which the State new
er received fair equivalent
We believe that all are agreed that the
Constitution should be so changed as to
leave the election of Judges, District At
torneys, Commissioner of the Land Office,
Treasurer and Comptroller, as they were
provided for in our Constitution as adopted
by The people, when we were admitted as q
State into the Federal Union.