Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-06-27
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siew ~ I-,liiie-. The I'Fr-sni ',,n,li
lion ~ the greai IFssi,lsHiisi par
lies Woald ~ ell suflieiunl Tims
vas when the Old liepHhlieah anal
old Federal ideas were the great
aniagonisns Of the eountry. These
aniagOnisms ran lhrongh all namss
and divisions down Ia 1851, the
Federals meanwhile robbing the
Republicans Of their name and sink
ing their distractions into the one
I great concrete idea ~ anti slavery,
ism. From ballots the inham,sl
passions II parties brought them Ia
blows, and four bloody years Of war
gave the Federal idea the ascend
aney. The first presidential election
comes 0n, and We tind on tho one
side a former anti-slavery Democrat
the chosen leader al the radical RE
publioans of the present day, the
exponent OF the most concentrated
renlalism, the champion at the
EXTREMIST antagonism OF his former
views, while upon the other the
most prominent candidate for the
leadership al the nnterrifled ncm0c-
raey, at this moment, seems 10 b.
Mr., Chase. who, down 10 1861, was
the most devoted Of all men to the
Federal idea, and rode into the
highest hOnors upon the anti slavery
hobby, II Is all a snarl, such MS l
cannot undertake TO get mixed uP
with.
II ! como down Ia State politics,
find here in Texas confusion worse
COMPOUNDED. Mr.. Pease, who, twelve
years ago, swept the State us n
State. Rights Democrat, is now the
appointed representative ofthc fun.
tain of ccntralism, while half the
Old.Linc Wings and martial men of
tho war are to-day tho most bitter
of all in their dcnnncintions of the
Radical policy, while all the foun.
tains of society are upturncd, and
the lowest Of all classcs-thc lately
freed slaves, of IN inferior race and
Of no education-arc; through the
control of low dcmagogucs, the r,i.
! ling power in tho land, aud thieves
openly gloat on the public treasury
this anomalous state OF things seems
to place in their hands.
In all this hubbub Captain John
desires TO be let alone in his tub,
and that the great tyrant that rules
will not get between him and either
the sun or the ,rind. AS for going
about with lantern in search of an
honest man, rs well look for dia.
mond dust in tho turbid waters of
the Mississippi. The floods arc ru-
ging, Captain John has tied up all
safe and will for the rest be II locker
on in the tunult.
Assertions row occurred in Houston
last Sunday morning which while
it created considerable excitement
proved the sc.f governing powers
Of our people. The particulars of
the affair need not give, as they
arc before the public in the news
paper accounts. | can but heartily
second tho report Of the committee
Of citizens on the subject Of which
Capt. Longcopc was chairman, in
deprccating the practice Of carry
ing arms, and in urging upon the
Convention the necessity of making
the carrying of weapons an offence
against tho written law of the State.
do not think the turbulent element in
the negro popu alton In very great
force in this city. fla few hours time be
had the more sober and intelligent give
shape to any movement and there can
never be any serious outbreak when this
is the case. place far more confidence
in the general good disposition OF the me-
groes than many, and have always had.
never could see in old times any reas On to
dread insurrections and outbreaks and do
not know that ever lost half an. hours
sleep, or loaded even little pistol on &c
count of such threatened disturbance.
The same negroes are now among us that
we had then. They are to be sure in some
degree changed, but no more than was to
have been expected from their changed
condition. As is always the case the with
drawing Of constraint from the lower
stratum of society deyelopes more or less
brutality aud crime that had hitherto been
kept under or ut least exhibited so remote
ly from centres of information that
the public attention had not been
drawn TO them. But as II whole the negro
race is much belied When il is charged
with being wholly and wiliully perverse.
Time Ill doubtless cure The present ills,
Better sense aud more msnagemcht on the
part of the whites will hasten the cure.
My friend Gen. B.. B. Sims, Of Rei Mt Coupee
Parish, La., told me tho oiheEi day that
with 100 negro majority Of registered
voters in that parish they carried the con-
servative ticket by 900 minority III the late
election, and that all tic negroes in his
empty voted his ticket. II has always
seemed to me that this must be the inevita
BILE result of the enfrancbisement Of the
negroes when the momentary passions of
the hour have subsidized, The New Eng
land mill owner votes all his employees.
Why should not the Southern plan ter vote
his +? No force, no intimidation no I'M
lawful means need be employed 10 do this.
Whoever has had command of bodies Of
men has learned that there are many ways
of controlling them. lfthis should fall uh-
der the eye of my friend Gen. j H., of Nc
Lehman; county,lI thing he will bear me
out in saying that the worst ofall ways Of
controlling men is by force, and doubt if
he ever resorted 70 il one time In hun
dred. Itis material that men should look
TO their employer with more or less conf
dence for advice. 1t is natural that those
who have no deeply fixed political, views
should take their course from the man
whom it is their natural and constant eff
fort to please. But few elections can go
by before this natural tendency will have
full sway. As intimated above, prudence
and management will no doubt hasten the
time. The voters VIII not always divide
at the polls on color. u DUE
The drought still continues and as write
there have been itwenty-eightl days in
which no rain has fallen. II there is any
thing in the phases of the moon this will
not last more Than. q week longer. Mean
while people mnst water their gardens,
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