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

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very interesting cluss in any Of the
frontier counties, from the ihct, that
the people of those counties were
exempted from Confederate service.
Sir, | live in ono of the counties re-
ierred to by the Senator, one Of the
counties, sir, which were exempted
by State legislation from Confeder-
ate conscription, and tho bones of
the soldiery of that county whiten.
almost every battlefield from the
Potomac to the Rio Grande. Not
withstanding the fact, that Johnson
county was exempted from Conied-
crate conscription, it did, with n
voting population Of only seven
hundred, send eleven full companies
to battle for the Confederate cause.
Five hundred men from that county,
sir, followed tho fortunes of n brig
ade with the history of which more
than one Senator ron this floor il
familiar; n abrigade led by a Deshler,
n Smith, q Cranberry one, sir,
whose lines were never broken, the
irresistible impetuosity of whose
charge was never successfully resis-
ted. whose backs were never turned
upon foe. OF that five hundred
mon, less than forty now remain'-
There are widows in johnson coun-
ty, sir, and orphans. T..
Twill not weary the patience OF
the committee, by referring to any
of the other remarkable features of
the substitute, the object Of which
is, evidently, to defeat the efficiency
of the very bill Of which they form
q part, MS has, | think, been conclu-
sively shown by Senators who have
preceded me-. sa,
Now sir, in conclusion, = ] repeat
that war is being waged upon the
people of our border, by a bold,
treacherous and vindictive foe. Our
mon are being butchered, their
wives and daughters violated, their
children captured, and their proper
ty stolen, and they are calling loud
'ly and piteously for help; and can
we, will we, dare we, as Senators,
refuse to respond to such appeals?
Will Texans, as proud as they arc
of the prestige of the Lone Star
State, won by their sires at San ia.
cinto, and more recently sustained
by themselves on five hundred we'll
fought fields, with State popula-
ton of near a million, with their
ninety millions of acres Of unappro-
priated lands, and with resources
varied and inexhaustible, say, sir,
will all their wealth and chivalry
longer permit this war to go on un-
resisted, permit their people to be
murdered, their property stolen,
their frontier driven in, and the
area of their civilization contracted,
and all, sir, because to defend the
lives, the property and the honor OF
their people, money must be eX.
pended, 'the Treasury depleted"
"the people taxed p
This discussion has, in my opinion,
lasted long enough. IfSenators are
determined to resist every appeal
made in behalf Of those people, if
they have made up their minds to
withhold the protection which is so
earnestly sought, if, sir, it is the
sense Of a Texas Senate, that it
would be better for them to abandon
the homes upon which they have
raised their families, and which are,
dear to them by years of association,
as the last resort, to save their lives,
than for the people of the whole
State to be taxed for their detense,
why. sir, it is well that we should
let them know their fate.
But if, on the other hand, it is
our purpose to make provision for
their defense, cost what it may, let
us say so at once, and act accor-
dinghy, and let the glad tidings go
out and carry with them Joy and
consolation to desponding hearts.