Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-02-15
Why do We fear Nerg0 Suprem-
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Tho letter of Judge Dell, publish
ed in Yesterdays paper, shows that
he realizes fully the issue presented
to the country by the Conservative
Convention. Ho says, without war
rant OF fact, that "the pret nee Is
that four millions of negroes (or
less are going to domineer over
thirty millions of whites Not so !
The declaration is that in Texas
there is danger that the political
dcstinies of the white race shall be
committed to their keeping, Thank
God, no such danger is before the
great American people. The North
has already proclaimed the suprem,
acy of the white man there, and
that hv will not divide the unit Of
power; and bitter rs have been the
davs o: war aud, desolation, there
has been no hour in which the
Southern people would not have
sprung rs the man to the rescue OF
their own race North, in case such
fate was impending. The danger
is here. and to show how and where
ior,, shall now be our purpose.
We need but turn to the speech OF
Gen. A. J. Hamilton, made at Aus
tin, on the 9th of December last,
To find the grounds for this appre-
homsion. When great party leaders
make declarations of such moment
when the majority comprising
that party arc deemed Of such char
actcr as to warrant advice like that
given below, those who are not per-
mittcd to enter the secret councils
where the pretcnsions condemned
are advanced, may well believe
there is danger ahead. Read what
Gen. Hamilton says;
"The great Republican party Of
the country is contending for the
equality Of all men before the law,
without any distinction of color.
/ If pu should act upon this distinc-
tioH. and form a black mans party, 1t
,c0uia result in your o~n ru'a, 1t
wonld bring about a struggle bet~een
, Tie races, and in such a contest you
,r0vM lose all that you haze thus far
GdireI: because y0u are only tOW
millions, and the ,chites are thTty-t'oo
millions, and four millions cannot con
tend successfully against thirty-two
mHlions. I an told there are some
persons here who are adcisiag you to
sue your old master for cagcs from the
time Mr.. Lincoln's Emancipation
Proclamation was issued until you
were actually set free, Now | claim
TO be your friend, and | have given
somo proof of it and | expect to
contend for your rights until. they
are ultimately secured to you; but
| tell you that if you act upon this
advice, to sue your old masters for
wages from 1868 to 1868, | will not
sustain you in it. The best friends
you have here will not sustain you
in it. The Republican party Of the
North will not sustain you, nor Will
six men be found in Congress to
sustain you. And I say more. The
man uho giues you such ddrise IS no
true friend to the country; and # you
should attempt to do this thing, and
ind any respectable support IN It, al
the military commanders IN the South
qaLlaat and energetic as / kno,o them
TO be. mould not be able to keep the
,,oono X X 4: i: X
The Democrats try to predjudice
the Northern people against you by
telling them that you are proud and
arrogant, and that you will soon
want to take all the Offices away
from white men, You have the
right to run for office against any
body. You have right to run
against me and to beat me, if you
can. But there are questions OF
pre- priety and policy connected with
this thing of running for office, ana
I do not think 1t uould be Dise or po-
litic in you to push yourselves tor'edra
at this time for office. You must rus'
yow white friends" :
x x X
Why this advice? Why these
notes of alarm? Why these decla-
rations of results so terrible, follow.
ing an effort for negro supremacy
II is because there is already dis.
position developed to "act upon thi'
instruction and form black mans
partv." 1t is because "there are men
tcho are not true friends to them (the
black man0 or the country" who
"GIvE SUCH ADVICE" as will ensure
the result
Why is it necessary TO declare tc
! these iorty seven thousond freed peo
ple that it is ''neither aoiSe or potIti'
,, in you to push yourselves fOrrdrd a
This time for ofice? Because it is al
!, ready apparent that relying upor
theimmense ascendency ofnumbers
the thousand have determined OF
demanding the rights of majorities
Why this stirring appeal in bceal
( of the white mans prerogatlve
: Because their scanty numbers show
t hew hopeless is.to be their effort T.
= maintain the ascendency over thci
: black followers Why the earnes
/ declaration YoI must trust you
: ,chite friends" Because the blacl
man. true TO the instincts of race
e caste and color, has shown adisposl
: tion to trust himself
: What race occupying this posi-
I ton of numbers towards the hand
r ful of white men associated wit
: them. would long rest under yok
: so CALLING as that which these whit
o men propose? 1t is but natural tha
S as the power at their command loom
/ M before their sight, they should
It first be startled, and hesitate t
grasp it, but urged onward by me ne
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