The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-06-24
Texas Correspondence.

To the Editors Of the South Western:
The Radical convention met at Austin on the LIST
instant and elected E. J. Davis president over Judge
Caldwell by majority of ten votes w. '. iuhs'ail
was elected secretary There is no lack of evidences
that this body will enact about such an as
that imposed upon the people of your State. mere
will however be very strong effort made 10 deleat
it. and predict as hope and believe, that the effort
will prove successful. The people already begin TO
express themselves rather freely aud the ant-had'ea
! most of the State. base my belief on the we'll
known fact that in the most populous counties OF the
State the negroes are largely in the minority; and
cannot conceive the possibility of majority OF white
men ratifyng such constitution as Radical conVen
ton would put forth. p,
The Radical press are telling wonderful stories of
Z murder and crime in Texas, but they invariably
ssstretch the banket"-not onetenth Of the killing is
going on that is soemny asserted by the Radical
papers, although the judges appointed by his excellen
cy Green Peas rarely hold session OF their courts
There is statute of the State of Texas which deducts
FIVE hundred dollars from the salary of judge when
he fails to hold regular term of his court without
sufficient cause; but what do the appontees OF Gov
Pcase care for the statute laws OF Texas! II these
immaculate judges were anxious tor law anu oroer
they would hold sessions of their courts and endeavor
to mete out Justice to all and punishment to all per,
petrators of crime. The fact is Radical judges ana
the upprncpled Governor of Texas desire crime to go
on and hold its widest saturnaia in the State hoping
to keep the Northern mind horrfied and the Northern
heart fired with hate against the people OF Texas ana
the South think Texas is now cursed with as sweet
savored set of scoundres as ever missoVerned any
of the satrapes and if the State does not 60 to that
exceedingly hot locality the OF which Is spelled
with one aiteh one e, and two els, it will be no fault
of theirs and they will be disagreeably disappointed
This town of Dallas is growing, notwithstanding the
scarcity of money, and at very distant day VIII,
doubtless attain the proportions of goodszed city
There is considerable wealth in the county and no
lack of intelligence and refinement in society.
A great many of the farmers complain of the poor
prospect for crop of wheat but others say they have
as good wheat they ever saw. 1t seems that the
difficulty is in the yield than in the stand, though
the latter has undoubtedly suffered much from the
millions of grasshoppers which fingered in the coun-
try for several weeks. The YIELD it is believed will
be IS large the after The present. our
farmers attribute their meagre harvests to the use of
deteriorated seed-tha is seed from "suckers." They
have all made arrangements for supplies Of good seed
wheat for the next crop.
The prairie land in this region is very black, very
rich, and wasy. The plowman carries paddle to
clean the mud from his mould board the earth will
adhere to the finest polished steel, such new
sword or bowie-knife. Amy one who may invent a
sefscouring pillow will make bags full of "squidulums,
and hope Black Lawson may be the lucky man.
had the pleasure of an introduction to exGov. D..
W. Throckmorton few days since. No wonder the
RAIDS turned him out of otice-he is an honest man,
| a geneman-and the possessor of more brains than
the whole Radical party of Texas. I expect to hear
him speak political subjects long, when shall
take occasion to allude to him again.
Capt j. II. McGarvey is now in Galveston, for the
purpose of getting good sized boat for the Upper
Trinity and will succeed. boat is being built
here for the understanding business, eighty feet in
length with two wheels at the stern. Ballard, Cross
| ly l. Co., builders. Any amount OF lumber would find
purchasers here, for there is nothing more needed.
L ours BY-JINGo.
The New Orleans Picayune, Of last Saturday, says
The following correspondence, furnished us by the
poteness of the counsel for the relator, Mr.. Heath
shows very distinctly, and think, satisfactorily the
position taken by Gen. Buchanan in the exercise of
his authority, not only with respect to the municipal
election but that for officers under the constitution
| lately submitted to the people.
Gen. Buchanan holds that his authority subject only
to that of his military superors and to Congress- is
supreme much before the adoption so far as
our people can act, of the constitution and that until
the other supplementary acts accomplished it will
remain to be supreme, while all State and municipal
governments will be subject to his control in virtue
of the express requirements of the laws of reconsruc
ton
As a necessary consequence of this he holds that no
writ of quo warrarto, other writ of procedure can
court of the provisional State government, any
other officer body, undertake question bis au-
thority and assuredy they will not be permitted to
defy it.
y,
alton with Others will any undertake to act COL
trary to his ORDERS for the General says any spe
cies of attempt to disregard such powers is nothing
else than setting at defiance the acts of Congress- "
and those who do so become themselves rebels Twill
be subject to exclusion from office under the fourteenth
amendment, and cannot rightly take the oath under
the act of July, 1852.
Who are the loyal men now?
Nav ORLEANS, 81 CAMP STREET.,
June 10, 1868. {
II T., -
ing dispatch from Brevet Major B B Keller of same
date, which dispatch says Your action with refer
ence to munic pal affairs is approved Thy Gen Grant
you say is expected that the contents of this dis
patch will be respected by all concerned"
have the honor request you TO inform me whether
said orders affect the pending proceeding in the Sixth
District Court of New Orleans, entitled 1.-THE State of
louisiana rel. E. Heath vs. John R. Conway, land
if So how far it affects that proceeding? In other
words, will the gao parranto be allowed to take its
course before the court and if the relaor in the case
should be successful therein would he be permitted to
sumo possession of the Mayoralty of this city?
As this matter comes up for trial to morrow, you
would confer favor by replying at your earliest
venence.
have the honor to be, General very respectfully,
your obedient servant,
J. s. whitaker.
Brevet Major Gen. Buchanan Commanding Fifth Mill
tary District, etc., New Orleans La
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH MILITARY DISTRICT,
OFFICE OF SECRETARY FOR CIVIL AFFAIRS ! |
New Orleans, La, June 10, 1865 |
j. S. Whitaker, New Orleans, La.
Su-ln answer to your communication of this date |
am directed to inform you that the writ of o,to acar
ranto in the of E. Heath vs. Conway, before the
Sixth District Court is not proper proceeding and
will not be allowed to take its course Under the au
tbority vested in the Brevet Major General Command
ing by the reconstruction laws the result of such writ
If favorable to the relator, would practically amount
to nothing; for as he military appointee and not
candidate for the Office he has ground upon which
to base his claim. This writ will be allow ed only in
cases where both parties candidates for the same
office. and then only to determine by means of the u.
dietary what he has not the time investigate himself
the correctness of the of legal votes cast
His order announcing the election of person to any
office, was based the idea that the returns showed
the number of legal votes cast Thoye returns being
proven before the court to be erroneous in that par
1cuar the order was based incorrect information.
and will be considered corrected by the decision of
The court The question Of his right to issue the Or
1ers already issued by him in relation to the late cleo
on is so plainly settled by the reconstruction laws
themselves that any species of attempt to disregard
such orders is nothing else than setting at defiance the
'cts of Congress- rs-
This the Breyet Major General Commanding sincerely
1opes will not be attempted by individuals in sirgu
ar or combined capacity.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant.
JOHN B. JOHNSON
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