Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-11-23

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When the dolIafh hnm Ansiin .
that over I've hbmlfri removals.
nom anloo had lHttn place, was
puhllshed in the tialtcstu lnpofs
he Houston 'ft'tgfnph very nalu
rally WIS d0spnsrd lu doubt Ne ar
cnraey aud sail, "i'uth wholesale
ro,novals nru not likyly a. occur
under any circumstances, The
Telegraph WIS not aware Of tho
feelings at revenge, tho thirst i"r
Office, the disregard NJ private aud
public interests, which mark, with
an ineiIaeeable stain, the character
az the Texas radicals. II WAS do,
termined that, before the arrival OF
Gen. Hancock, who might not sane
tion so uncallcd for proceeding
every conservative officer, no mat.
ter what his qualifications and
faithmlness, should be removed, and
radicals, the plant instruments OF
jacobin loyal leagues, should DO In
stalled in their places.
The work has been done, In six
ty.fyc counties, we are informed,
the Conservative officials have been
removed, and by this time no doubt,
the remainder have shared the same
fate. OF course the new appointees
have been dictated by the radical
clique at Austin, or by the secret
radical clubs In the respective coun'
tics. Gen. Reynolds has been as
sured, that all these Conservative
office.holdcrs, deliberately elected
by the people since the war was over
in accorance with tho writs of elec,
ton, issued by radical Provisional
Governor and his Secretary OF State,
were "hostile to the Government
and "impediments to rcconstrnc'
ton !" and has taken their word for
II. and recommended these remo walls
TO Gen. Mower, and the work has
been done; and, from what we can
hear, done thoroughly. We have
not word to say against the mill
tary authoritcs-thcy have, it is TO
DO presumed, acted conscientiously
and according to their view of duty;
il is the unconstitutional system,
under which these things are work
ing, the reconstruction acts OF Con-
gress, and the advantage that the
unscrupulos radicals of Texas are
taking of them, which wo condemn
and dcnounce. On the real authors
of these iniquitics should rest the
blame and the rcsponsibility-not
on the military agents, who, like
Gen. Ord, feel themselves bound to
carry them into execution. The
military officials have been imposed
upon. Many of the new appointees
arc wholly unfit for the duties do
voving upon them. Some Of them
are negroes, and others without even
common education. Ed. Wilker-.
son may be a good barbcr-we be-
lieve he is equal to any in the city
but will any unprejudiced person
say that he is qualified to act as a
notary public, and better qualified
than Mr.. Haines, a lawyer, and
gentleman of Northern birth and
Unexccptionable character, who was
removed to make the colored barber
a place? Will Talliaferro Bostick,
Esq, supply the loss of Hutchens ?
We cannot Judge of appointments
elsewhere, but taking Travis county
as sample for the remainder, we
are bound to come to the conclusion
that the military commanders have
been deceived, and that much I'M u
nv to the public service will be the
result, The Houston Telegraph
and others at a distance, who may
have doubted, have found out before
this time of what the radicals OF
Texas are capablc.-Stdte Gazette