Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-03-31
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United state. Array have been doing somr
pretty ,,ll swearing 10 regard to the psopl,
OF Texas, greatly TO lhe delight ~ the rad
icnls, aud discCmhtury ur rrcsiden, john
son sad General Grant according 10 the
testimony OF these Generals, affairs are In
u most wrctehci condition in Texas, aud
3 require tle strong avn OF the military 10
put ,ings ,orlghls, They have doubtless
convinced the radicals that President john
son and General Grant are both grossly ig'
uorant oc the condition of things down
South, auI ,astl they, the witnesses, are full
IL pupled and know AL the thoughts and
I feelings u the people Of Texas, These wit
ucsscs evidently dontliks the white men OF
ryy.s, neither do they Ike the white wo"
mcn OF Texas, IN rGlh they don't seem 10
have \ partlUlar fancy for anything they
saw IN Texas, except the "solid money OF
the abundance Of which the witness, Cen.
Stauly notified the committee, in order, we
yupposeJ that the committee might be fully
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future field for the exhibition of the mil
itary talents Of such men as Beast Butler.
one Of the witnesses, Gen. SIanly, who
spent II few weeks in Western Texas on the
Rio Grandc, in h,2 testimony says that "ths
"Gorm7ns arc loyal people, and go be-
"yond the Americans in Union sentiment,
"sas'ly. Tho witness said that besides
"thcsc the only Union men whom he knew
lin Texas--mcn Of influence, would be
comprised in ten persons" Now this may
all be very true, as we suppose the General
only associated in Texas with army officers,
| from the North, he may have found the most
/ of them like Thad. Stevens, Sumner & Co.,
rank uniouis,s. But # General stnniy
| pretends to convey the idea that he made
the acquaintance of any portion of the peo
pie o. Texas, and Gmoug them only founc
ten Union mon, then he must allow us t'
believe that he was pulling the wool ofel
the cyes OF the committee, just to see wha
big stories he could palm off on that very
select and very gullible body Of poli,ica
doctors.
We rather suspect that the only peopl
with whom the General consented whilst il
Texas, out side of the army officers, wa
that very numerous class of persons VIII
inhab, the Rio Graude country, and wer
known in Texas during the war as "bats,
that is, men who were neither pignorpup
nv, "neither for or against the mill-dam.
This, however, is a mere suppostion o
ours, we don't know who the General hon
ored with his society, during his brief so
iourn in our State. But what will ou
Union friends say Of this witness, Wit
would pronounce deep dainnation on thu
land, but for the ten Lni0n mem, who, LIKE
the ten righteous mentioned in scripture
may peradventure save us from his wrath
what will they say Of man who claims Il
understand public sentiment in Texas, 81
thoroughly as to bet able to prescribe tn
proper remedies for the disorders Of tn
body polite; and yet with all his knowl
edge Of the country, no could find but ter
Union men who were not Germans; won
they conclude as we do, that Gen. Stanly
really knows nothing at ell about the peo-
! pie of Texas, or the amount Of solid money
they have. ...
Gen. Stanly is very ungGilant towards the
/: dies of Texas, and in this he differs from
| MI the other officers of the United States
| Army; they have always been noted for
their gallautry towards the fair sex; the
General certainly is q crusty old bachelor
or he would not have ''cussed' SO hard in
rcgard to the women Of our State; God
bless them, they will alwaysbe able to find
admirers notwithstanding the efforts Of
Gen. StSnly to taruish their fair fame, keer
"sercne, girls he is only joking in at he
says about you" "rhe women Of Texas
"werc universally rebels, contemptuous, and
"disposed to be HSoisnt to American officers
when they could Naughty girls, why
did you trea. this American officer in such
an unfeminine manner, you had no right
to give the "mittens" to an American officer
Of the rank and grade of Gen eral Stanley,
and Won should lie ashamed Of your con-
duct.
The most important discovery made by
Gen. stanly during his stay IN Texas is
disclosed in that portion of his testimony
l.. hot la nf %
State assert that the State had not been
surrendered by General Lee" This will
be news to our people first brought to light
by this "workman from the ruins with dis
covcries.' and who considers Texas in a
"worse condition than sny other State, for
"the reason that they were never whipped"
SO the General considers that people who
have been whipped are in much better
condition than those who have never been
whipped THIS may be SO, but somehow or
other most people will be inclined to differ
slightly with General Stanly on the whip
ping question; but as he received several
sound furnishings during the late war, he is
thereforea good judge Of the condition of a
man after being whipped, nevertheless, We
rather prefer to have our condition i'm
proved" without the whipping VIC we're SO
thoroughly clicked during the war, that
we now prefer shaking hands and making
friends. General Stanly lays 6attery on q
little too thick, the people Of Texas have
been most efectuslly whippeu, and fwhip-
ping would better the condition Of any peo-
pie, theirs then should be most enviable, for
they were certainly most sOundly thrashed,
and would have "hollered huff before they
did, if they had only known how TO say the
word.