Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-10-13
Communicated.

EDITOR DALLAS III liERALD-SW &C.
Many of your readers have seen,
with great satisfaction, that you
have placed tho name of Col. b, III,
Epperson ut your masthead as q
candidate for Congress, All truly
! conservative men in the country
will Justify and thank you. Although
there are many gentlemen in the
District who would make good rep
resontativcs, yet, at this juncture,
no other man can serve us so well.
His known conservative sentiments,
ut home and in the North, his ar
dent support Of the policy Of tho
President and our own State admin
istration, his intimate and personal
acquaintance with many ofthe lead
ing northern statesmen, his high
qualifications and unquestioncd abil-
ity, his industry and courteous man
ners all point him out as the proper
man for the people to support. His
election will secure our friends thous-
ands of votes in the November cleo
tions in the Northern States. Ham
ilton is proclaiming it at the North
that the people of Texas are rebel
lious and disloyal. Just as soon as
the telegraph wires can flash the
news throughout the northern towns
and cities, that B. II. Epperson is
elected to Congress from Texas, it
will be proclaimed by the Presidents
friends in every town, village and
city, and county, that the people of
Texas support the President and his
policy, and are electing men to Con
gress who desire to see the Union
restored, the Constitution maintain
ed and peace and harmony prevail
in every section of the Government.
For the information Of those who
are not acquainted with the facts, it
should be made known, that Mr.. Ep-
persona although opposed to secession
yielded his opposition when war
came, and during the war his purse
was opened without stint. He aid
ed the soldiers, gave money and
means freely to equip companies,
assisted their wives and children in.
their absence, and aided the govern
ment to the full extent Of his ability
contributing perhaps more than
any other man of his section in pro-
portion to his means-and they were
ample.
Your ignoring, Mr.. Editor, of the
past, and coming square up to the
work before us bespeaks an apprec-
iation of our tGue situation. The.
greatest political contest ever fought
is now prepering in the United
States.
This government is now going
through an ordeal more trying than
that during the war. The war was
prosecuted so said Mr.. Lincoln and
his cabinet, to perpetuate the Union.
The radicals now openly proclaim
it at their purpose to prevent the
restoration of the Union, and their
determination to disfranchise the
white people ofthe South, confscate
their property and divide it with
the blacks, and give the latter class
the right of suffrage.
President johnson and his North
crn friends are fighting our battles.
They are throwing themselves in
the breach to save us from destruc-
ton. Will we do nothing to help
them? Is it not sacred and i'm
perative duty for us to contribute
all in our power to their success 2
Surely it is. How can this be best
accomplished? The answer is ready
to any prudent man. The most ma
terial assistance we can gve is to
elect known conservative and pru-
dent men to Congress. Not only
known to us, but known to the ma
tion. When this is done, or while
we are accomplishing it, we should
be prudent in. our language and in
our conduct. We should see to it
that the laws are observed. If we
wish to keep awaynegro troops and
the Freedmen's Bureau Agents, we
must protect the freedmen in the full
enjoyment of their rights of person
and property, and put down every.
species of lawlessness.
Let us do these things. 1t isjust,
proper and right. 1t will aid our
friends North in this momentous
struggle for constitutional liberty. n
q % OID TEYTAN