Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-02-08
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ibst aut az those uAl b. fonfrtn % icon
ihf bfsiuniug, aai who lad rousianily, a
every r.yeTsr uf the Goa frlriacy, Irheuel
o. mY ever inrrrasius disgust, iAeir asfer
iilus that there ruuil he na other tui o.
ito var than that Nlirh dii happsn, aut
iha' ihe coLfrlcrairs grIc inlulgiuf lh'
greatest folly iu pushing matters 60 Oh,
extremity aud in rrolousius ihe var
say,
Considering, that oul sg such Tiers Wcr,
bat iWa men in tho State, of esiims .el
judgment aud cool seuse, AMI all lhs re-
mainler had ever hscn rrstule as want
Ing balance OF mini from highest to lhg
lowest aud
Considering that out n tho vast numhel
At "lAsl ditch men who engaged aud diI
yaliant service In the Confederate cause
scarcely more in proportion han the above
took advantage OF coming 10 the last ditch
a. die in II, hat on the contrary, for the most
part, jumped aerOss took the oath, submit
ted 10 the government, aud have continued
10 urge resistance Ia lis Law making power
aud their own manifest destiny ever since
asserting that the government, by ruhhina
the South Of twenty-five hundred millions
Of dollars Of property, aud placing our con,
Qucrel people under oppressive laws and
oppressive military lyraunies, has treated
us very unkindly, which Is guiuIl,-l'ysoi
aud
Considering TIA, the Congre.', with what
seems to me wild aud ungoyerunblc fury,
have upset the Constitution In the war lLcy
have Nasrd against the Executive aud ia
dieinl departments 0G ,Re government, have
In ."yr,, upset themselves, Ia making the
holding OF eerlnir political icnets nn iulia
pensiblc qualification Tor scat In their
midst, aud have upset tho voice of the
people deliberately spoken Ia The last Fall
elections in their fanatic devotion TO n
dogma; ! say,
Considering all these things am led
to ask who the dickens has got sense
enough to be leader aud u guide in these
latter days, To The people!
Has Mr.. Johnson, who fought secession
all through the war on State Rights
grounds, and who only found out that
States had rights, when Gems. Lee aud
Johnston surrendered the last yes,ige OF II
right they claimed, at the point Of hostile
swords Has Mr.. Stevens, WHO, with dew
lish malignancy anticipates only by few
days his occupation of keeping the intern.
al regions in blaze? Has Mr.. Hamilton,
who, like Monsieur Supcryiele's "One uni
versal man holds every Office that offers
and prOclaims on 'eaving each, his utter
unlitness for its duties? Has Mr.. rca3c
who. n supposed statesman, holds the civil
Office of Governor, only to turn civil affairs
more completely into military hands Has
the late Houston Convention, whose mem
bers, with the blindness that more win
learn, still insist on beating their bat.like
heads against blank walls and persist in
pursuing still other "last bitches to the
end of time? Have the sc-called McMahan
who suffered themselves to
be made the tools of politic0 uuventurcr?
Have the News and the Telegraph, and the
other newspaper, all of which have always
been successful only when they followed
md never when they attempted to lead
public opiniOn2 Have the political par
sons who are never SO happy as when
pouring pulpit billingsgate upon each other
their varying views OF The diff
ference between the theological twcedle
ium and tweedlc dee, and who only serve
The Devil more acceptably than in the
above business when they are preaching
md praying the politics Of the majority of
heir audiences?
Who of all these shall lead?
Wherefore, my brethren, bid them all to
he Evil One, and join my party, which
iolds as its main tenet 'Do as you please"
md whose Bill of Rights and Constitution
Ire embraced in the one motto "Every man
ais own leader"
am not voter, If | was | should vote
or convention, and | should vote fo' the
pest man | could find among the candidates
o represent me. Having done that
should be conscious of having, in the most
manner of which was Ca
,able, performed my duty, and as for the
enough to bother about il when |
t comes. Voting for candidates and
against Convention is understood to be |
political maneucer. OF NIL things on earth |
ct me be delivered from maneuvers, polit-
cal, religious, or whatever else they may
&c called.
Now, brother Swindesls, don't ofeu talk
'oltics, in these latter days, and shall not
n all probability say another word of this
ind for year. | wanted to free my
nind to somebody, and you happened to be
he first one thought Of. So you have got
he burthen of my ideas upon these topics.
Regarding certain other matters, | fear
on will not spare me the room to enlarge.
want to call attention, however, to two
wo things, to-wit; that land is cheaper
han ever before in the State, and that
here is an abundance of money in the
ountry. Here are the premises. Now let
$ get up large stock company, with
ash capital, to buy up the lands, and to
induce immigration from the East and from
EUROPE. Such company will be worth
lore to The State than all the politicians
nd conventions and elections that will be
ED in twenty years
/ had something to say not long since
bout hard tines. ! am glad to see that my
Jews have attracted some attention, and
hope they have stirred up the brethren to
o something. Keep that ball rolling
rother Swindclls, and you will do far
lore good than you can ever accomplish
you talk politics all your life. You may
ut hundred men in the way making "A
ompetency, and this will vetuIc to say,
on never will do, through Legitimate poll
cs>
The Cen trail Railroad still works along,
?,
Ia road to Red River than to be Governor
N years, and the holder of the reins of
,rty Conventions. Railroads are worth
i the politics going.
And this induces suggestion. The Re-
instruction Convention is going to be
ED. 1t is going to be in radical hands.
is going TO be controlled by the ideas of
II seeing politicians of that SCHOOL,
zap iariher seeing than any OF us ex-con-
dcrates ever have proved TO be- in that
lint at least. look too see very radical
gislation to popularize that party. | look
see the State committed heavily to the
instruction of leading Railroads, with
ew TO making the completion of enough /
ads to open up tho country, The immedi- {
e and most manifest consequence OF rad {
al supremacy. You mark it down and ]
e if am not prophet. i
Cotton factories, Touring mills, starch !
ctories, iron works, wooden ware facto- I
es, wheat fields, and all the industries {
e worth more in the balances Of the good q
an all the politics Of a thousand years Of
nations like ours.
Leasiways | think so. Either am mis-
ken, however, or all the editors in Texas
n aud this fima I believe am ri0bt