Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-08-31

aI appfove aoia ~ Violence Wy evil
diagnosed persons. They IN moi "fear
~ hold meetings and oSprosa loyal
w." Tho best possible answer 10
this falao charge, IN the proceedings
of the meeting hold here on the 10Th,
whom tho mnsa NJ The population
through n largo number Of rcprcHon-
lntivo men, Expressed their dctcrn.
ingtiOn ~ do whatever tl'o Recon-.
struction Meta, point out and urged
their fellow citizens elsewhere Ia do
tho same, and chcorlully work to in,
augurnte u now era, in which we
should have order, civil law, and
general prosperity. II is not true
that colorcd citizens dare not accept
appointments as Registrars. The in
correctness Of the statement IL dai-
ly verified. They have not bcon in
the slightest degree intcriercd with,
or disrospectfuIly treated in this
county, or in any other in Northern
Texas that we have heard FROM
That 'thc flames of the rebellion arc
smothcrcd only, and ready To break
forth on the least occasion " is such
an expression as only IN excited i'm
aginaton would warrant 1t IL
wholly imaginary. 1t require d
much persuasion by moderate men,
to induce these people to vote for SO,
cession, when the country was full
of resources, and when all apprc-
hcnsion of tho power of tho Fcdc
raj Government excited a scornful
reply. Now it would require moro
pcrs uasiveness than all tho orators
In the South have, to marshal fifty
men in arms, in this region, to com
mcnce II now rebellion. All such
statements as these if intended to
be truthful, as wo suppose they were
arc made by persons whose knowl
edge is too imperfect to warrant au'
thOritativc expression.
Tho following paragraph is sun
ply wholly untrue, so far as VIC
know.
"Murdcrcrs, against whom the
Sheriff holds indictments for the
foulcst fclonies, ride freely into town.
He calls upon tho people to help him
mako arrests, and they refuse-he
reports them to Judge Mabry, who
fines them ono hundred dollars and
then romits the fine. The criminal
rides off in triumph, and is the he
70 of the occasion"
Tho Sheriff had indictmcn is
against Guest, and called on persons
to 20 with him and seek him-a
rather doubtful chase; as it is not
! easy to find him. They declined to
20, and wcro fined, and upon some
showing to Judge Mabry tho fines
wore remittedn
Guest, however, was arrested, by
persons, who, living near him, could
occasionally hear his whereabouts /;
and watching long and faithfully,
they arrested him. Then the mill
tary aid was not given to his reten-
ton, and he was lot out ofjail. The
citizens guarded him faithfully, I'M
til they wore out in the SERVICE
People from the country would not
come in to guard him.
But it is not true that he is ire
gardod as a hero,' by one rcspccta-
Bic man in the county, or any 9th
erwise than with the utmost dctcs-
tation, by all respectable citizens. 1t
is not true that he "rides freely into
town and has troops Of admirers. "
He dare not set his foot in this town,
otherwise than stealthily; and cit
izen force could at any day be OBJ
tanned to arrest him, if they knew
where to find him.
| There are not "dozcns ofsuch men
in this region" There is no other
one who has committed such out
ragcs and those who have COM
mittcd less, have boon arrested and
tried.
1t is not true that "the colorcd
people are afraid to mako COM
plants" They mako them daily,
and have had them adjudicatcd, both
in the military and civil courts, with
a full measure of justice; and as to
registration, they have had it with
out molestation, and have gono
through it with promptncss which
the whites would have done we'll to
emulate.
Still there are cases arising here,
which require occasionally prompt
administration of justice, and we
hope to see it impartially admins
tered by the military tribunals, un-
til civil tribunals are invested with
the proper power, and backed by the
necessary support, to insure prompt
and vigorous action.
But the Red River country has
been grossly misreprescnted, in what
purpOrts to be a representation OF
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