Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-09-26
For mr own Part, / don't believe a

present day la Ameficaf seymour
-C Chase-fossondon. A noble trio
inferior only 10 the glorious trio
that was at the zenith Of its glory
in ls30-'i0, aud in some points ri
yalling them in tho splendor OF
their craftsmanship, Ii our great
est men had ever in the present
generation attained TO the Presi-
deney, there would be hope that
these men might reach that high
station. Bnt since Jackson : day
| had almost said since Jefferson
was presidont-nOthing better than
sec0nd-ralo men have been avail
able. If Seymour breaks the charm
lel us re,eslablish our hopes of the
country,
OF course, in speaking of the
greatest men of America, wo arc
obliged TO count out all the coniod-
crates. Unfortunately for our his
tory, precious fow of the survivors
Of them, amer Davis and Lee, are
entitled to DO ranked In that cate
CORY. Was there ever n civil war
of such magnitude that produced
SO few men of acknowledged ability2
The racing park near this city
gives promise Of being one of the
attractions Of the place, Ii is stu
atcd about three miles from the
courthouse, in westerly direction.
II is fenced in by n high plank
fence, and the track is laid of and
made up in a style of excellence
never before attained on race
course in Texas. 1t is expected that
the best stock in the State will be
brought hero for exhibition, and
that the attractions TO lovers of the
turf will be unusually good. The
Jockey Club owning the park is
made up of men of ample means.
II seems the distinguished indi-
viduals who represented Galveston
in the Convention at Austin lost no
time on getting home in falling by
the ears, motaphorically speaking,
and giving each other n severe
tongue. flashing. DIR. Smith, some.
times called Taxy, affirmed that
Ruby the "gemman oh color" had
sold himself for six hundred dollars,
which made him too cheap n niggcr
for his uses; upon which Ruby re-
sponded in somewhat violent style
to the effect that Smith had told n
"cusscd TO such thing, only he eX-
pressed himself in fewer words
All this occurred in church and
vindictive threats followed the vio
lent vitupcration. Upon going out
Of the sacred cdilice, the parties
seeing enough people aboutto make
it safe, made passes at each other
and got themselves arrested. 1t is
to he hoped that their distinguished
compocr Judge Faylc, may ere long
have an opportunity Of sitting upon
their cases. Meanwhile the first
city in the State is Obliged to bear
the shame of the publication of
such nonsense, and Of being misrep
resented by Il par Mobile tratrum, a
pair of beautiful birds, who could |
not get n respectable vote ofrespect-
able people for the mcancst office
men are ever elected to. Smith u
Ruby-Ruby & Smith-are to make
constitution for white men and
decent negroes to live under! What
q burlesque upon so-called republi-
canism! That / may not be misun
derstood, | derive the above facts
from the Bulletin, paper which
certainly tries to treat both the
above individuals with impartiality
and whatever consideration is in
any aspect of the case possible
Ny old friend Mundine, of Burlc-
son, a Legislator during the war and
Republican member of the Con
vention now, was in town yesterday.
He says the Convention must not
be abused. There were good
many decent people in 1t, himself
among thenumber, and though the
prospect was not favorable at first,
it was something that in every tight
place they got into, the decent peo-
plo had the majority. TO consid-
erable extent Mundine is right, and
though he went TO the Convention
against his wishes, he did about the
fair thing while lie was there, and
cast his weight on the side of hon
est dealing. His weight is no trihc,
| assure you, not much less than
three hundred avoirdupoise. He
did not succeed, however, in his IA
vorite measure, which was to en-
franchise the women. But he does
not give it up, and is determined
to be heard on the question again in
the winter He came. i understand,
to meet Judge Bell, Gen. Hamilton
and other distinguished patriots
with reference to settling the street
railroad imbroglio in0Houston or
something else. There was some
excitement manifested among the
strect-railroad princes, and offers
were made for. stock at 90 cents, in
lots of five to ten dollarsl / heard
of no transactions. | trust the in
terest of Mundine If he has any
in this enterprise will be protected
also that of all other gentlemen
who are engaged in it. For little
one-horse concern that scarcely
earns money to buy feed for its
horses, and that owes more than its
whole property and franchise would
bring, is put up at Gov. Lubbock's
auction, it has been the bone OF
contention enough. If Mundine's
interest is made up Of free tickets,
| am sure he will ruin the Company
&c he undertakes to ride in its cars.
He would be the feather TO break
that Or any other camels back
The Times made its appearance
this morning, as sparkling as veure
cliquof. Every line is full Of life, |
and calculatedto wake up the some
what sleepy journalism Of the day
10 renewed activity. had expected