Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-10-10
10y arc likely to get during lhl.

The city Of New Orleans seems t.
be agilaled with riots, Ii is th'
natural consequence Of the negr'
} equality doctrines of the sealawas
; aud earpetbng seoundrols who, 81
, they htten upon negro eredullty
: aud Southern helplessness, car'
/ nothing for the consequences, How
, long shall thi. people DO called oT
, TO sniier this inhictiong When viii
, our civil affairs bo permitted to be
como quiet ngaing Not while re-
, publican form Of government is lhs
dependence of the peaee'loylng cit
} iEens. Mark my word. Through
more or less Of anarchy, a stronger
style OF government will sometime
bc brought out that shall restore
public tranquility. Can the ali
initio clique ut Austin ov@ have u
feeling in common with tln domoo.
racy of Texas2 Can these parties
ever live in harmony undor any
government beholden 10 either for
its officials? Nt
/ notice in the Telegraph q lead
ing article which points TO other
parties besides Mcssrs. Caudry &
James us being Mt the bottom Of tho
late action of tho Convention re-
garding tho sale of the railroads.
The names of Governor Flanders of
Louisiana and General Longstrcet
are given in this connection. What.
ever truth there may bo in these
suggestions, il is quite certain that
there is general interest felt in the
great Pacific Railroad through
Houston and San Antonio, and es-
pecially the link from New Orleans
to Houston, and i am greatly mis-
taken If it all ends in gas. With
this road the Central Road and the
road to Eastern Texas, and lot us
add boldly tho Ship Channel. Texas
will show what "come out" there is
in her. Tho Ship Channel is for the
State one of tho greatest enterprises
of the day. Let it be opened, and
not a pound of freight will there
after pay n cent Of tribute to any
middle man from the time it leaves
New York or New Orleans till it
strikes within easy reach of its
ov ncr. 1t will all be turned over
from one carrier to the other at this
point with neither costs or COM
missions, and will save largely over
II million of dollars to the people
As much as it will cost to make II
thirteen foot channel to tie deep
water of the Gulf By rights such
work should be built by the State
and not by u corporation. 1t is for
the benefit of tho whole peoyle. 1t
Is a feasible undertaking, and needs
but tho requisite amount Of money
to pay the cost. to mako Houston
acce ssble to the best vessels that
lighter in Bolivar channel before
reaching the Galveston wharves.
l notice the Houston and Texas
Central Railway Company have
advertised for bids for contract to |
build their Western branch. from
Bonham to Austin. The road is
surveyed, and the line laid off. 1t
is presumed that contractors will be
on hond with their propositions. 1t
is understood that the Company is
ready to receive proposals for fifty
miles more road from the end oftho
present Scoggin & Saltcr contract
on the main line. The great trouble
is scarcity of hands, and contractors
hesitate to make engagements which
from this cause they may not be
able to carry out. If there are any
enterprising men in Dallas who arc
willing TO undertake II large job for
good pay thcreis certainly a chance
now on the Central Railroad. The
season of the year is apI roaching
when the labor Of the country will
be idle and seeking new engage
and it would seem favor
able time for undertaking such a
only tho so called col
ored citizens can be induced to
handle the spade, which as citizens
is doubtful, though as chattcls they
did so to some purpose before and
during the late war.
The prospect of Scymour's clcc-
ton does not improve as the voting
day draws near 1t is sad to reflect
that as things now look the opprcs-
sions of the last four years are to
be continued and intensified bv q ]
union of all the departments of the
government on that idea. To what
will IL icad9 Certainly to NO con-
1ition in which while this lasts
citizenship can be inviting to
Vac Uictis has been
the experience of all ages and ma
lions. 1t is no less the experience
Of all ages and nations. 1t is no
ess the experience of the Southern
people of to-day than it is of the
lwellers in ireland and Poland. 1t
is for the conquered to submit to be
governed. And so long as they
'esist il, viii the Northern majority
manifest itself in the voice of the
Order no doubt be made
o reign in Warsaw. But citizen
hip, participation in government,
he content of freedom, is a long
way off while present policies pre- ,
fail. Harmony cannot be more ,
han skin-decp when it is enforced
" power on the one side, upon a ,
hating spirit on the other. And
outrage. more or less extensive,
nay always be looked for when the /
principles Of republicanism are SO i
Utterly ignored. !
tIt Yo1rs, truly, !
CAPTAIN JOHN. $