Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-10-20


A frontier district. defending The sulfiiiuie
instead al tie House bill f0r ihs protection
Of the frontier. ! kn,H the dangerous
ground upan which q representative q
reading when he raises biz voice Ia ilis
hall 10 save the credit o. bis State aud The
treasury when The lives Of men helpless
women and children are at stake. Heaven
forbid that should weigh the blood ul the
people Of our frontier against gold anl 'l'-
YER But while would protect the mon
tier 10 the utmost ability OF the ola''' !
will remind Senators, that as blood Il the
lie Of an individual, 80 Is gold and sl''rl
~ life OF a State. II is foolish 10 talk Of
agriculture, manufacture, commerce. oI
frontier protection without Il, and the bill
that proposes TO DO 80 Is moekcry anu
bumbug' Intend that the people shall see
both bills-l intend TO stand before TIE
people Of the frontier In true liSll' !
say, sir, | am In favor OF Protection mol
red tape aud steel pen protection, but renl'
paid for protection, II is strange that
whenever u Senator proposes o ? Ian not IN
accordance with other Senators views, they
are told, you are no friend to the measure
Who made these gentlemen SO wise, Hon
whence this spirit of arrogance protest
against this way Senators have, that he,
cause my watch does not tick with theirs !
nm an enemy TO tho whole thing. ! claim
TO act from honest convictions OF duty TO
my whole State, and Senators will bear ne
out that since my seat has been In thls MAJ
all my acts prove my assertions Bul 10
the two bills,
The House Bill proposes 1900 men, with
one Colonel. one 1t, Colonel, three Majors
one Adiutant General, three adjutOnis, ami
three Quartcrmasters and Comai;sarleT,
with salaries from S20g to 1925 per month.
Here is more staff than Stonewall Jackson
would have taken along to have marched
entirely around the U. S. Army command
ed by Gen'l. Grant. Aud these officers are
to be paid by taxation on suffering and
oppressed people. The substitute only al
lows one Colonel, one It, Colonel, one Ma
jor, one Adiutant, and one Quartermosicr
clear saving of four thousand dollars.
Again, sir, the Sth section Of this House
Bill turns loose three Quartcrmasters upon
the honest taxpayers of Texas, without any
legal restraint, mark me, they are allowed
to contract for everything, at any price
they may see proper 10 pay. Judging from
the past, who can imagine the probable cost
of such a measure? The friends of the bill
saw a million of dollars will pay it. Sir,
this has not been my experience. But ad-
nit it will; where, gentlemen, is this amount
to come from? Will you say to the Ranger
20 and fight and we will pay you, when
YOU know you cannot For four years this
was practiced during the revolution. The
Young men on the frontier will not de de-
ceiyed; no, sir, they must be paid some
thing and patriotism must prompt the re-
mainder. | have figured the cost of the
substitute. 1t is six hundred thousand dol
lars, this is all, or at least it is as much as
see any means of paying. The substitute
directs how much transportation, what
kind, and how, supplies are TO be pur-
chosed. At this, these liberal minded gen.
tlemen open their eyes and say, who ever
heard Of Qurterl4aster being restricted by
legislation 1t is fact that in our late
struggle for independence, Quartermasters
and Commssarics were turned loose, and
o the result was the Confederate States was
bankrupt before it was born. Ii is true the
House Bill proposes 10 raise 1900 men in
the State; but assert without fear of sue
cessful contradiction that 1000 men raised
entirely on the frontier is actually more
defence than the 1900 raised as prescribed
in the House Bill. Their fathers, their farms
their families, their all is there; it is their
homes and their country. The young men
of the West can defend that section better
thany any one else. AS to pay, | admit
even S25 per month is not sufficient, but it
is all the State is able TO pay. Say to this
1000 men, go to the 'front.' we are poor, we
have done all we can now, when the state
can, it will do more; we will see to 1t that
YOU are paid your full wagcs-then the
frontier will be safe, the State SAFE and all
will be well. But adoptthis loose careless
iegislat, ON that has disgraced Texas for
fifteen wears, and all is lost. Gentlemen,
ON close calculation, find that just such
legislation as this House Bill proposes, has
cost the State over thirty-fve thousand dol
lars for each Indian scalp taken, Go TO
your own offices and make the calculation
Up to 1860 the amount expended was
about five hundred thousand dollars, the
amount expended or appropriated since can
hardly be calculated but | stand here to
make the assertion good according to the
record of this State.
| do not use this argument to disparage
the rights of the poor suffering people OF
the frontier, but to show how disgracefully
the public the public money has been e.
pended without giving proper protection
Nor do include the Indians killed by min
ute men and froutiersmen who have raised
companies of their ncighbors and Killed
Indians on their own hook, and assert
. that notwithstanding you have approprial-
ed large amounts, yet most OF the INDIANS
killed were killed by such parties. ! knaw
sir, of company of Rangers who went
from the interior to protect the frontier who
actua " laid in camp and let the Indians
steal their horses, and they had to walk IN
home, now sir, do you tell me that 1000 men
ON the frontier is not worth 1000 such RAM
gers as these we're? But, Mr.. President,
WHY should it be said by Senators who fa-
yor the House Bill, thatl am opposed to
prstecting the frontier because intend TO
vote for the substitute. The Senate Will
recolect that when this legislature met, the
frontier bleeding the President appointed
q committee on Indian affairs, consisting
of frontier members fresh from the people.
That committee reported a bill asking only
for 1000 men. and paying privates so per
month, this was all we ask, then the Sen
ate passed the bill, no one opposed it, every
one was pleased to grant them and us, flor
7 / represent in part the frontierl all that
was asked. Now, sir ask IL am OPP
pdSed to all protection because vote for
the substitute. According to the gentle
mems logic they stand before these bleed
ing constituents opposed 10 llfronlicr pro-
lection, twist as yoa may gentlemen, you
must stand in this position not by my rea-
soning but by your own. know, TO men
who think the more enormous the expendi-
b inre the greater the protection, my course
ulay seem strange, bnt time, the mysterious
uprayeller Of all human events will prove
who i. the friend 10 the frontier and the
State.
Again, does your House Bill propose to
make single appropriat on, when you
have passed IL is it worth cent until you
get your appropriation, no sir, how do you
know that when you have passed the House
Bill the members from the east will make
thai great aspiration Of a million Of dol
lars, If not, your hopes fall to the ground
but in the substitute, he who votes 10 pass
IL. votes to legislate 80 as TO enable the
Governor TO carry into effect every part and
parcel Of the bill, [see section 10 Of the sub
efifute7 II does seem 10 methat merlin their