Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-05-05

dealing ~ ihe ith paragraph NJ lho plat
form adopted by the reaso Radical ticket,
We showed conolu'iyely ihe incompatible
" Of endorsing both the President aud
'prestnl Congress assembled at tho same
time, giving the Presidents own views up
on the subject In the last number Of tie
Mckinney Messenger VIZ find an allcHpt-
Ell criticism upon tho article which IL so
feeble aud lame, II needs only to be read, to
be rejected, and we would not now notice
It, but to call attention to one Of the most
potent reasons Of the Messenger, why the
position Of the Herald could not be main
tanned, to.wit The Herald in lsGO-Gl, was
most violent secession sheet The Mes
senger did not intend the charge as an an
swer to the article, but studied effort TO
harangue the people upon issues that are
past aud dead, aud from tho agitation of
which no good can ever result to our coun-
try. It Is the earnest feeling Of every true
patriot, TO let the past sad and sorrowful be
buried in the past, enough evil has already
grown out Of our differences and dlsscn-
sions, our country is PROSTATE aud bleed,
ing at every pore, and the iron heel OF OPP
preston is planted uron hcr neck, the
chains Of eterna, seryitule are being forged
for our haads and those Of our children
Every true lover of Constitutional liberty
should now unite, and with their voices
/ and votes resist this element that like be-
som will sweep over our land, and destroy
the country of our fathers.
Whatever position We may have main
tanned heretofore it was from an honest
conviction of what was right, equally with
the Messenger, though differing widely in
our views.
Another argument he uses to expose the
fallacy of the Herald, We give in substance,
to-wit: "That Congress is component
part Of the government, and the law maxi
ing power, it has its functions as well as
| the President. And man that is for the
government must endorse both the Presi-
dent and Congress" This is the iiimsiesi,
the weakest, the most miserable tissue that
wo have seen attempted to be urged upon
an intelligent people. Who ever doubted
; that Congress was component part of the
government and the law making power /?
Who ever doubted that il is very essential
part of the government when its functions
are exercised in Constitutional manner?
We had no reference to the article in the
United States Constitution which provides
that, "there shall be President and Con-
gress." We had reference to the Radical
majority comprising the "present Congress
assembled" as is enunciated by your plat
form. We had reference to the restoration
policy recommended by Andrew Johnson,
President, md the reconstruction policy
that is attempted to DO forced upon the
South by Thad. Stevens, Sumner, CT al, COM
posing the "present Congress assembled"
We say tho views of the President, and that
of the "present Congress assembled" are
Numerically opposite, one in favor of the
Freedmen's Bureau, the other opposing it,
one in favor of the Civil Rights Bill, the
other opposing it, one in favor of unquali-
fed negro suffrage, the other opposing it,
one in favor of excluding from office and
the ballot box, every man who sympathized
with the South in the war, the other oppos-
ing it. These are the great and the only
questions affecting the South. These are
the only questions with which we are ma
terially concerned at this time, and we find
them bitterly opposing each other upon
them all. The success of the "present
Congress assembled" is the death knell to
our liberties, we will be vassals and sorfs,
will be taxed without representation, and
those that were heretofore our slaves, will
take our places at the ballot box. The sue
cess of the President will secure to us all
our rights in the government, given to us
we'll known and understood by all, it is the
veriest double-dealing, to proclaim that
you endorse the President, and the "Con-
gress assembled" We will give you the
words of the President again, that you may
not misunderstood his views. "No man can
approve my policy and that of Congress
at the same time. That is impossible" and
conperSo, no man can approve his policy
and that of Congress at the same time.
Now crack that nut. Don't get off on Rb-
stractions and dead issues; come to the
Il o,,t bo1
take your position. Tell the people that
your party endorses, heart and soul, the
Radical Congress, headed by Thad. Stevens,
Sumner, ct al, and that you only use the
name Of the President in your platform to
delude them and get their votes. Tell them
that your party has passed the Civil Rights
Bill over the Presidents veto, and that is
only the beginning of a series Of Bills
which you intend to pass, and force upon
the people of the South, among the most
important Of which is negro suffrage. Tell
the people of the South, after you have fas-
tened the manacles of slavery upon them,
and taken from them every Constitutional
right, and fixed the government securely in
your own hands, that you will then perhaps
admit their representatives in Congress.
And until that is accomplished you never
will, unless the President with his strong
arm and the support of the true lovers of
the Constitution and the Union, break you
down.
B05~ Mr.. Downing of Bosque County, Col
lector of the U. S. Direct Tax, for Dallas, Col
lin, Grayson, Cook, Denton and Tarront
arrived at this place on Thursday
md v-;lI ~ oncn conmanca tho oqaess-