Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-01-18
VOL Xy. 80. is....WH0LE Su"gER. ~.

selves, although the arrest and con,
ilncmcnt were unpleasant to them,
believe that ho simply discharged
his duty, But il is equally just To
state, that the testimony elected,
would not have stood the test Of
judicial analysis, That tho mcct-
ing was broken up, nEl pen hlps
violently, il ruo, but rs the parties
allcgo, not with n view of inluring
any one connected with the meeting,
but 10 prevent more serious consc.
Qucnces. There were u largo mum.
Der of persons in town, white and
black, and u fcverish state of excite.
mcnt existed, that threatened vic.
lcncc. 1t was easier 10 arrest the
threatened danger in its incipicncy,
than to quell tumult after it had
commenced.
Now while we may not approve
the course pursued by tho parties
engaged in this affair, IL may, Under
the circumstances, have resulted for
the best. Tho negroes in this conn
ty outnumbcr the whites three to
one, and the crops having turned
ont badly, the farmers all seriously
injured and many of them ruined
the blacks impoverished, aud hun.
drcds out Of employment, and con
sequently reckless, such speeches as
Judge Caldwell and his associates
are making over the country, are
calculated to engendcr bad passions,
and to lead to unfortunate results.
This season of the year has always
been considered a critical period,
where there are large bodies OF ne
groes. 1t is doubly so now, growing
Immediately out Of the facts we have
stated.
Our community is q peaceabIe one,
good order and a strict observance
of law is as marked here as in any
population of equal extent in the
United States. There is no danger
of the negroes, or OF any il!-rec!ing
between the whites and blacks, if
the bad passions Of the latter are
mot aroused by incendlary speeches.
These facts are as well known TO
Fdge Caldwell rs any one else
"nd why il is, that man Of his
appearance, address, and talents,
(for he is Il man, in our Judgment,
of no ordinary ahility,) will persist
in the reckless course he is pursuing,
is to us incomrrehcnsiblc a Judge
of the Supreme Court Of the State,
dofling the judicial crminc, and
traversing the State, hand shaking
with negroes, and with orc as Il
companion, presents revolving
spectacle
We we're not present at the meet
ing to which we have alluded, as we
were in Junerson at the time. If we
had been ut home, we should have
used our personal influence, for it to
have gono on peaccably. These rad
ical leaders do all they can to excite
difficulties, with q view to political
capital, and if they can, by their in
sulting bearing and Incorporate
language, disturb the peace Of soci-
ETY., nothing is to them, more graft,
flying. They are doing unqucstion,
ably great deal of mischicfi but
they will do less to let them alone.
If everybody felt as we do, they
might hold their negro meetings six
days in the week, and talk to the
negroes until the blacks themselves
felt for them the contempt which
they merit. The reaction which
has commenced in the North is pro-
crossing. 1t will culminate in the
approaching Presidential election,
after which such men as Caldwell
and his associates will never be
known or recognized, except in the
remembrance of their evil designs
upon society and government:
On Thursday night, the military
arrested Mr.. W. II. Poland, and
were in search of Capt. II. Mckay,
but failed to find him. On Friday
morning, we were informed, he re
ported at camps. We do not know
the grounds of these arrests, but
presume they are connected with
the disturbance at the late radical
meeting.-MarShQU Republican.