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

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ssniailfss haze n0 provided fan WIN am
bic pfaitoiion ag1insf indIan dfrftifnohf
iwili insWef w siyihF ihai ho ~ o.
men ever Umked more faithfully anl 20 J.
ously Than hey hAte, N accomplish that
grs1t purtdse. hui failed hfotuse N The op'
position w part. OF those who knew 10 bsi
lev perhaps dld not want 70 knovl snd In
naft Nv the opposition NJ those, whoi from
ihelr locality nusi. and dia know betier
never would hu,e believed that Legislators
would have hesliaiod moment IN gl'lnr
the frontier full protection, " had Dot
witnessed II, Some would say, "the state
Is In Debt, not able 10 pay for protection
Some treated the subject lightly and con
tempsuous,y, saying that there 10 always
great hue aud cry for frontier pro,ee'lon'
aud that the numerous appeals ana pen-
lions from that quarter was Tor eleehoheel.
ing purposes, or 10 enable some man TO sell
his 6eeyes, So, Sc, aud that sensible men
should not involve the State IN large debt
because a savage yell had been heard out
West
Some who lived hundreds of miles away
from the border would say, land VITA trulh
TOO no doubt they were not afraid OF In
dians numbering their families, This class
of men have, lost siget Of the fnet that
these outside settlers, are, and have been
for years, acting as yidettes for tho state ~
large.
Al bill passed The House providing for
fifteen companies, say 1000 men al $50 per
month, each man 10 furnish his own horse
and outfit, only about halfprice ev'ryihing
everything considered, but IL was the hest
that could be done, and have no doubt but
this bill would have passed the Senate, in
the shape il left the House, but for the OPP
position of Mr.. Bumpns Of Collin, who
claimed to be frontier man. said the num-
Der of men provided for in the House was
much too great, aud finally whitfield down
TO q point, aud give lecture upon the H.
nanees Of the State, aud the expensiveness
Of frontier protection.
What think you frontiersmen Of a man
G Senator livingas near you as Collin coun.
", weighing and counting money against
the blood of your wives and chi dren, who
nre being killed daily, or carried into that
degredatipg captivity worse than death
And then the grave Mr.. Bumpass in his
substitute bill proposes TO pay the noble
men who would volunteer to protect you
the large amount of $40 per month in
.'green backs isr their services, use oil
horse, arms, &c. Think of this and you
may form some notion of the opposition
your legislators had to contend with.
It's hoped that the old Texans. the From
tiersmen, aud all who sympathize with the
helpless, bleeding border, will recollect Mr..
Bumpass, and give him good lecture be-
fore sending him back to Austin as Legis-
lator. s.a.
You can never be loo grateful 10 Capts.
Jordan of Parker Barrett of WISE. Ken
dali of Denton, Evans of Tarrant, and Sen
ators Shannon, Record and Blount, for
their untiring energy and zeal in your be-
half. The burthen rested mostly on Shan
non and Record in debate, and they did
their duty nobly. Say ye unto them 'well
done, thou good and faithful servants you
are now engaged in good work, and we
will give you larg r job in the future, d
A FROM rlERSMAN.
Oct, LIST. 1866.