Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-10-10
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lag article ia the NsW ORLEANS Timss Of
September "a
4 very general conviction begins
Ia possess aud peryado our mast
conservative citizens, that the policy
heretofore pursued hy our people 0i
lIrbrarancc, submission and guie,
tudc under the most CALLING opprcs
rions aud insults, pcrpelraicd npon
us by small gang ofprcdntory nd
vcnturcrs, who imagine that they
are supported in their vilhinicS by
the polilicnl majority of tho North.
crn people, has reached ils ultimate
poinl, and demonstrated its inutiliiy
and inci.cclivcncss. II is evident
that this course has gained us 40
respect or consideration from friend
or foe. Tho vindictivencss of our
enemies has increased with our
moderation and patience under
their insults. When We resisted
with force VIC were denounced as
bloody rebels, now that We only
murmur and protest, NC are subject.
cd to lannts, which are only offered
TO those who are regarded rs inca
pable ofcvcn such resistance us may
be made by words and votes.
Not content with series of the
most infamous legislative opprcs'
sions, insults, and spolia;ions--oi'
laws in which all the rights of per.
sons and property which were re.
garded MS the birthright Of every
citizen, have been trampled upon
laws enacted by a set Of corrupt,
plundering adventnrcrs, aided by u
few negroes recently elevated from
slavery to the position of Legislators,
over half n million Of the most in
tclligcnt white people in the world
it is now proposed to add to these
still farther wrongs and indignities,
to deprive our people even of such
small rights as have been given to
them by the constitution and laws
adopted by themselves.
The New Orleans Bee, always a truly
conscientious and conservative sheet, in a
late issue says:
1t would be very childish, were
we to ignore the fact that n war Of
races is in progress in tho once
peaceful States. We should rccog-
nize it, and set ourselves to the
work of keeping the conflict within
reasonable bounds, if it be possible
to do so.
The war of races is begun, but il is not
Jct BtHcihi' icb no uupC ~ uub bcCOmS
so. But, frccmcn, beware! We claim that
every white man of the South, disfran-
chiscd or not, is freeman, for the Cons'i
tuition declares him so, and no party can
righlfully deprive him of an inalienable
right guaranteed to him no less by the God
who made him than by the Constitution of
his country. We would advise no strife
for the negro, per SC, brutal and degraded
by nature, but If he is used as Gcslcr's
cap, we would refuse to bow, and bravo! for
the Tell who might strike it down. If the
Northern masses find it necessary TO fight
for their Constitutional, inalienable and
God-given rights, they will hear no word
of Encouragement or blame from the peo-
pie of the South. The South batlled as n
people never before battlcd for her rights
will the North see the Constitution and
Republic destroyed without q struggle for
the salvation Of those grandest devices and
most perfect structures of human wisdom?
| AS to n nj war of races, it can only
be caused by blind fanatics and wide
awake demagogucs leading blind negroes.
If the negroes as a unit should rise with
arms in their hands against the Caucasian
race Of the South, who would, in his sober
sensrs, blame the whites if they should
give the woody -paics the worst of it? Who
can blame the trojden worm for squirming
from under the foot that tries to crush il?
May the great Arbiter falsify our fears,
and ere long, in the plenitude of His mercy
aud power, reconcile all antngonisms and
enable every man to exclaim:
"Greai Godl we thank thee for this home,
This bounteous kirkland Of the free,
Where wanderers from afar may come
And breathe the air of liberty
Sill may her flowers untrampled spring,
Her florists wave, her cities rise,
An. yet till Time shall fold his wing
Remain earth's loveliest paradise"
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