Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-08-12

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,aid every man do NJ he pleaiyt on thesnb
iecL Arc you mai with tho ncgIp' For
what? Hni he anything 10 do with AL
this trouble? Solhing Whatever, All mat
has been done IN this country viii have 10
be nccounte. for some day. The midnieh'
conc'nyes, for M grJer. viii be Laown, aud
The names hnpg Oh high. You chplgeu
that Lincoln would take your lands and III.
y.de them among the negroes nnd you clu
not believe word OF it. But every negro
believed in his heart, from tho moinen, o'
Lincolns election, that lie would some day
be free. You said that 3eggi)e insGrrcci2h
would be Stirred up. ilqT have tho negroes
behaved 9u, ,ns the war; Never Nas here
among people 80 situated, anl having aoep
hopcs, such order, such good behavior, such
God-lilc raticncc. Nlht d. you gay 10 It Z
ITO tho negroes, "irue, true" tl0y erlcdD
! Make TIE best Of the condition oI th'ngs'
Will you GO to the black man with your su-
perior intelligence, and talk as one chriS-
iian to another, or will you strive to have
your predictions OF him tulhlledf The
black man has enough to attend to to let
the question Of vGling alone for the pres.
ent. Dream not OF gradual emancipation
graduating what doca not exist. Until
your State recognizes this, her consrcss-
men and senator's will never bc admitted.
"But We must control the labor oil the ne
gro How control il? "Wel he wont
work. Well the laws suppress vagrancy,
and we shall take up ana punish both whlle
man and negro equally for it. They will
be treated precisciy alike.
1t is painful to tear you from the idol OF
slavery. 1t is Ike drawing cat by the
tuil But it has gone glimmering." "But
We want law to make the negroes fulf,Il
their contracts" Well, pass any law on
that subject you please, so it acts equally
on both white and black men, and treats
them both alike. Rid yourselves of the
idea of treating the negro differently from
the white man in any particular. The &c
tion of any Convention whici compels n
negro 10 do what white man ID not COM
PEELED TO do, will not be received. Can
YOU expect better thingsH You have been
told by your Journals and leaders that II
you were conquered You would be the most
abject people, and the most thoroughly ru-
iued upon eartli--tbat your property would
be taken, your families mistreated, etc.
The conquoror is here tonight, the repre-
seniativcs of tic GoTerbmcnt which has
conquered the reh"'l'cn. low has ho de-
nor, d lmselfi liza. lie dS,nandcd the dc.
livery, OH hended knee, the keys OF your
city, or had your chief cl,zens dragged at
h S chariot wheels? Has any mar life
been taken? Representations, dclibc-
rate ralsehoodS, have led you to believe
thcse things. No man suffered for opinion s
sake in the loyal States. But with you no
man dared TO say "ihis is u military despo-
tisin." Many Of your wives and daughters
found homes in New York, while you were
fighting here. They we're not driven out
You did not SO treat the wives and dangli-
ters Of your enrm cs. ! mention these
things that You may understand the mag
nenimi,y of the United States. The Presi-
dent does not desire to humiinte you, and
you know it; otherwise ne would not have
sent me here to grant amnesty to oil, ex-
ccpt a few, who will receive it also if meri-
/ tor.ous.
|: your minds are rSt fixed sin the
eternal rut Of falsehood, you will be just
to the President If you refuse to restore
civil government on the plan proposed, n
government WIN be established for You,
whether you like it or not. Every effort OF
my life win be devoted to tho reatoraiion
: of the State to the Union. invite your
help. If rhen you have done with me re-
member this ls all | demand. You have
been spared and blest, in comparison with
other States, especially South Carolina.-
You will live 10 thank God that slavery
does not exist. thank God fer it now
1t made You arrogant to all the world, and
it was rightly taken away. Wo' can now
talk about all our institutions without dam
ger of being hung. Whatve fools your
leaders were to cay the United States would
not struggle for life! We shail now be
stronger than ever,
Love is not the only motive 10 ioyatty--
force must also be used. Some will yet say
you are ruined. If you do rs much to
build Up the country as You have done to
pull II down, you will flourish. Let those
who minister in high AMI holy places cease
10 persccute those who differed from them,
aud learn the sentiment uttered IN The hear-
ing OF the waitirr shepherds. "On earth
peace, good will m ng men" Let all cx-
ercise christian foroearancc, enI Yc shall
see the progress Of republican freedom, the
United States leading in the grand march
OF tho nationalities toward the perfecti-
billy OF mankind.