Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-08-22

enough To gain tho political distine-
ton over his competitor Judge
Bell-Dr Smith will do SO, What
grounds there may be for charges,
or Of what character tho charges
may be no outsider has presoience
enough = know, The opinion that
political Jealousy has something to
DO with such a movement is not
probably without foundation,
Initiating tho example Of these
two WORTHLESS, Long Of Frecstone
county and johnson Of Harrison
had a tilt the other day on the
street and afterwards in the Capitol
building. These mulatto negroes
are about three iourths Anglo Saxon
blood; usually reserved and much
more genteel and modest than many
of their fellow members who claim
to wear the robes of the purcst and
most undetilcd loyalty" Until
these colorcd gentlemen had their
difficulty no notice had particularly
been taken by the v hites in Convcn-
ton of tho differences between
members. As soon however MS the
universal niggor' raised the war
cry, Mr., Armstrong of Lamar, that
delcctablcpiccc Of radical perfection,
introduced the following resolution /;
ReSOired, That Long of Lime.
stone, and johnson of Harrison he
committed TO the Jail of Travis
county, until a committee shall ro.
port upon the oiicnsc charged.
This was indignantly rejected by
the Convention on the motion OF
Hamilton of Travis. The parties
were held in custody some twenty
four hours by the Scrgeant-at.arms
and then released on payment of
his fees amounting to some two or
three dollars against each one. The
difference has up to this time not
been reconcilod though both Long
and johnson, | understand, have
agreed to behave themselves tho re-
maindcr Of the session. These and
like scenes between those connect.
cd with the Convention menagcric
are ofsuch common occurrence that
they create no surprise here. Ever
Mr.. Davis, the President of the Con.
vcntion-the Carbon Crow hero
ho who is said TO have won his
spurs on Carbon Crow bayou-with
whose mighty wrath and fiery in
dignation at the head Of y negro
militia, the people of Texas were
threatened by the Convention organ
here some weeks sinco--issued his
cdict and sent his Scrgcant-at-arms
to execute it, for the suppression of
Mcssrs. LOOMS & Christian 5 steam
whistle and because they doubted
his authority actually called upon
the military for aid to help him
fight their steam engine. Ofcoursc
his demand was treated as it ought
to have been, with silent contempt.
These things are mentioned not be-
cause they Of themselves are worth
mentioning but because they are
indicative Of the disposition as well
rs the mental calibre of some of the
great lights Of Radicalism in the
Convention. They are matters Of
public notoriety here and the people
of Texas ought to know them, SO
they can properly estimate them.
Mullens from Cherokee county
has made long report from the
minority of the Committee on Law
lessness and Crime. For some rea.
son it has not been printed in the
journal. Mr.. Goddin, who is dis.
posed to out Herod Herod himself
in political extremism, who mag.
ines he sees terrible Ku Klux in
every bush and bunch of grass with
hands reeking red with "loya
blood" introduced thereupon this
resolution:
Resolved, That q committee o.
five be appointed by the President
to investigate the truthfulness O.
the minority report from the Com
mittee on Lawlessness and Crime
This was rejected.
The grand republican rally-thC
mongrel mixture of varied castles
took place to-day on the barbecue
grounds near the city. This was Il
demonstration complimentary to
the Republico.radical nominating
State Convention which organized
this morning under the call of the
chairman Of the Executive Com.
mittee, J. L. Haynes. This Con.
vcntion made Judge Bell its Prcsi
dent. heard tile principal part Of
his speech on the occasion. 1t was
to sum it up in few words, an ex.
preston of an entire confidence in
the success permanently Of the Re.
publican party, terminating from
the seed sown in good ground by
the Houston Convention, which as
the Judge expressed it had already
produced an hundred fold. be-
lieve the Judge is slightly mistaken
in his judgement. The gathering
on the barbecue grounds you will
no doubt see in the Republican
Landed as the grandest political
gathering that has ever been seen
in Texas. Well, perhaps in one re-
spect it was. The freedmen took
pretty much all the dish. The
whites many of them who called
themselves radicals left the ground
in disgust before dinner came off,
expressing a sentiment something
like the following-"too black for
me, too dark for white men, &c.
| noticed His Excellency, Governor
Pease, left the ground at an early
hour, and | did hear a member OF
the reconstruction Convention, who
always sneezes when Thad Stevens