Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-05-23
OUR HOUSTON LETTER.


lis the United States a Consiilu,
tlonal G0vernmentg think not I;
| see little evidence Of il, You lar-
lher ask, "llas Congress the
right 10 trample upon the eonstitu-
li0nal guarantees of the privileges
and immunities Of eight millions OF
American eiliEensg" Why, bless
your simple soul my brother, Con-
gress has trampled all that sort OF
thing clean out Of sight long ago,
and put the nigger on top of il In
such quantities as to keep Il out Of
sight for a long time to come, IL
no moro asks now whether il has a
right TO do what il wants to than
Gen. Hebert did when he declared
martial law, or than the Yankee
provost marshals did IN '65-'G6,
whom ia " filled their pockets with
fines levied upon any man who was
known TO have II dollar in the COM
munity. Andrew Johnson is about
the only man who imngines that the
Constitution is of any force, and the
conceit is being taken out of him so
oifeotually us 10 be n caution 10 us
bystandcrs.
The Houston base ballcrs were
considerably beaten in their late
contest with those of Galveston, for
tile championship of the State. |
must say am glad OF il. Base ball
US an amusement isa most excellent
thing in It's place, but rs u business,
is not productive or profitable. We
read of many match games all over
the North. II has fallen under my
observation in witnessing some of
these matches that professional rlay-
ers command salaries IN their clubs
oil Sl2O0 TO sloOo n year NOW,
when young men are so wrapped
mp in u mere game OF ball MS to pay
these and other enormous expenses,
it stands to reason that they must
be toollng away their ume, talents
and money TO great degree AL.
though no such things are yet
known amongst us, it is quite Ger
tain that these matches for the
championship cannot go on long
before the professional will find en-
ployment. Besides this the games
take valuable time that should be
devoted to other pursuits. When it
is played for exercise and amusc-
ment at homo it is a,good thing;
when it is made tho theatre of am
bition it is an evil and hence l
shall consider it an advantage to
the young men of Houston if they
get whipped in every contest for the
Championship they may undertake.
We have had a momcntary sensa-
tion here couscd bv the arrest of n
mail robber one Patrick tbe Uemp-
stead postmaster. This man is the
head Of the Austin County Loyal
League, and doubts are freely ex-
pressed whether any man surround
ed III tho protcction of that oath.
hound society can be convicted even
thou@h he NAV nlcod entity Pat.
ricL confessed his onilt when ar.
r,ested and naid tbe mail AGENT all
the money he had saving it was
about M All Ie had talsen Like most
Of the ioval leoGuers he was here
durrino q III tbo war and was never
tnnwyS5 % as oItnioni nan He did
not Susnect II msclfnntil tbc lovol
h11 Io,oue pnonad nm tbe wov to Office
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