Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-10-26

pie should avail themselves of the
chances, instead of aiding to make
their bondage certain2 Without n
convention we are to be kept out of
tho benefits of the Union, and will
be denied representation in Con-
grcss. Suppose II is so, will you
suffer any more than you have since
the close of the WARP But suppose
YOU vote for the convention, and are
received back into tho fold in full
fellowship, with representation,
what is the price you pay? Lot us
look at tho Consideration you give
and the return you receive therefor,
LIST. You, the people, give the Radi-
cal party the power and right to
disfranchisc you, and 10 impose dis
disabilities upon you. 2nd. You
yield to them the State government
in every branch and department.
thereof. 3rd You grant them the
exclusive right to so legislate as to
secure tho entire control Of your
county, town and city affairs. 4th.
You give them all the members of
Congress and two Senators. 9th.
You make this binding by relin-
qnshment of any and every thing
they may demand.
In return for these liberal oonces-
slons your best and most esteemed
fellow citizens arc disqualified from
holding office. and many Of the peo-
pie disfranchised, while suffrage is
conferred upon the negro; and, in
lieu of those disqualified, he is Gle
waited to the privilege of holding Of
flee, and sitting in the jury box, to
determine upon the'rights, lives and
liberties of those of the white race
who are politically his equals, and
those who are not. You also receive
Radical Governor and State otfi-
GERS; Radical Legislature to make
your laws; a Radical Judiciary, to
expound them, with juries of white
and black Radicals to enforce them /;
and, for representation in Congress,
you get men who will aid to subvert
the constitution and centralize all
the powers of the government.
Such is the price you are to pay
for restoration and representation
under the present Radical program
me; and such is the equivalent you
are to receive. 1t is nominated in
the bond. Vote for convention,
and the penalty will be exacted.-
When you hesitate and offer other
inducement to evade the forfeited
security, rest assured the the pound
of flesh will be required, though
your life's blood flow from the
wound.
Again, it is said, if we fail to hold
a convention and yield all that is
demanded Of us, that more onerous
terms will be imposed and our prop
erty will be confiscated. 1t is hard
to conceive what worse terms can
be imposed. We already suffer from
illegal exactions, and unwarranted
arrests our laws are set aside; our
officers are removed, and persons
odious to the people are appointed
in their place our property is used
without compensation; negroes vote
and sit in the jury box; our for
tunes arc laid waste, and our women
and children groan in captivity; and
many are disqualified from all pub
| lie trusts and voting. What worse
can befall us? Certainly still fur
4 4 .t,nSx-disabilities will make our con-
dition no less bcaras !.ee.--lf negroes,
ignorance, impudenco and maiico
!. are to become the power whore
y white people, intelligence, virtues
and patriotism once ruled, to be do
MED voice will be no great hard
ship. !,
But. il is said, our property will
be contiscated This is ths threat
that is to intimidate Southern hearts.
This is the lash that is to quiver in
the flesh, and fay the victim, until
he Yields up his manhood and cries
out in agony of spirit: Oh, take
away my freedom, destroy my birth
right as an American citizen de-
grade me below the level Of serf-
dom, elevate my former slaves and
make them my masters and supo-
riors Spit upon and spurn me-
fetter me with manac!es of igno-
my more Calling than iron chains
: let it be docrced by your laws that
the blood of my children shall be
forced to mingle with that of the
African, and that the sanctity ofcv'
: ery household in the land shall be
: subject to his impertinencel Dc
!, these things, but oh, my masters
: spare mel spare my property,
:, humbly implore you Is there il
S Texas a heart SO craven? Arc We
| to forget that our fathers fought OF
4 every field of the revolution, from
: Quebec to Moultrie, that this was e
f be a government for white people
4 and that we were to be freemen?-
d AIe we to desecrate their memories
v and disgrace their blood, by weigh
ing filthy lucrc in the scale agains
e liberty2 For the enjoyment ofprop
n erty are we to aid in the overthrow O
IS that constitution and governmen
r which cost so much sacrifice an
V blood? Are men who have such a
It ancestry, and who have offered bot
J. life and property in a cause the,
e believed just, to bethus intimidatec
d and forced TO do that which is dis
d graceful to their manhood, revolt
le ing to their sense of right, and Dc
10 structive to the best and deare:
" interests Of the State aud nation
v Are we to do that which snferin
5, Hungary refused to do. through ger
L erations of bondage, and which i
al people of spirit have ever don'
n though conquered and in slavery
m become the willing instrunents
v their own iBfsmy and Disgrace
r. Sure Southern sentimsnt aud TirtI
il has not become 80 del,ased. Nhs
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