Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-08-15
ItilstI.an An.iln.


.lnrF "a has lHcfn here, bat thor au
81 isolated ~ srarrrly o. o. sfrn
amune che many m0aio. uhith hay,
hcrn made ia ihr Interest ~ part,
d. ihe exclusion 81 thr white U,npI,
~ the State, Niihuul ihr all oi 4
powerful microscopic power hay,
lern hat a locker 0n Ia Vienna
since that body IT variei complex
ions has been in session and al.
though | cannot Say that | have
foli a great deal Of interest ia what
they might DO 90 ia what they
might not do, Yet a W0manish curl
0sily, Il you please, has prompted a
close observance Of what they
might attempt a. do, Up Ia this
time my opinion III the truth ~ the
old saying have been confirmed aud
the indications are strong that the
people OF Texas arc on the eve Of
that day when honest men will get
their dues, Tho two wings of the
Republican Parly-lhe enlreme all
inill0 men-maRy Ut whom believe
that the birth, eruciIiNion aud res
direction Of the Savior was null
aud void ab inili0, and tho COnser,
yaIive Republicans as they are
known here have been snarling and
swapping at each other, both in and
out of the Hall almost daily ever
since the second week oftho session.
Ia several instances, blows have
been exchanged in and out Of tho
Hall. The eolored delegates have
shown more parliamentary eonr-
tesy and more dignity, better breed.
ing and certainly much more hon.
esly of purpose than many of their
white associates, Day before Yes,
tcrday your own delegate whom
every body in your country knows,
or they do not, they ought to, just
out of curiosity il nothing elsc) and
who in the early part Of the session
was permitted 10 take the iron clad
oath upon his own voluntary sug.
gcstion so far forgot himself MS to
strike with his fist old man Wright
the delegate from Ellis county, who
is now lettering for the grave, and
who is said to be, by his associate
boarding house companion, almost
if not quite, in his second dotagc.
Bravo Blcdsoc 4! Bully Blcdsocl!
For the first two or three weeks
Of the session some of the colorcd
brethren were disposed to take con.
siderable dish. Ruby to whom !
alluded in my first communication
to tho Herald had set his coulter so
deep that he excited the very jeal
ousy of the men of respectable,
nay ever commanding talent in the
Convention. The first snub he 70.
ccivcd was from a. j. Hamilton.
With this distinguished leader,
many Of the smaller fry, pcrhaps
being bigger borcs carrying much
less ammunition began pitching in,
until now among one and another
the Ruby has had very much of the
gloss taken OIL. lie still maintains
his dignity however, and retaliatcs
us often as his sense of justice or
proprioty dictates, feeling confident
Of his power as the leading light Of
the radical party. His victory over
Judge j. IL. Bell for the highest po-
sition in the party-the Presidency
Of tho Loyal Lcague-has given
him n confidence in his strength
which would in all probability
tickle the esteem of one less self
reliant than no.
In tho Conservative wing of the
party in Convention there are quite
Il number of members who on many
questions of State policy are not
disposed to 60 the full length of
some of those who act with them
but whenever they are appealed to
in the spirit Of party, and the Radi-
cal good is exhibited, it seems they
have as great fear as if some Ku
Klux were present, and they immc-
diately fix their eye on the Ameri-
can Eagle, and 60 the whole figure
as instructed. TO mention names
in this connection would be draw
ing invidious comparisons, | may
say that Northern Texas is not en-
tirely exempt.
| give it as my opinion and /
think it has been formed with due
consideration of all the surround
ing, that the Convention will ad-
journ or take recess probably un-
Til after the Presidential election
without passing upon a constitution
for tho State. They now have the
party power and they know very
well, for all of them are not fools
by good deal, that whenever they
give the white people of the State
negro's chance they and their
party will have to hang their harps
upon the willows. There are many
things that convince any one who
is not blinded entirely by party
zeal and prejudice of this. The
Congress of the United States are
weakening in their extreme meas
ures of oppression. When the Sen
ate laid the bill on the table which
was originated no doubt by Morgan
Hamilton and Judge Caldwell for
the further oppression and humili-
alton of Texas, Virginia and Mis-
sissippi, the hopes of the radical
party in Texas received shock
from which they never can recover,
mark the prediction. The ball has
begun to roll and whenever they do
give the people of Texas a chance
at the ballot box the sceptre of rad
ical party power will depart, and
be known no more forever in Texas.
The Democracy of the country too
are awakening from their lethargy.
The majority of the people, the in
telligence of the country, will never