Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-02-20

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w. privately iold him n be ~ noi
pfuhueo the Consultation. be fllsm.
iIionl would cot bic ears On The
papers we're produced aud The See.
fetary released
A COMMITTEES ~ ffleen Was then
appointed N prepare and iurn over
a. den Candy, all the appurienan-
cos, and they aijourned iill Monday
morning . o'clock late In the
evening Gen. Davis went n the
Hall, and directed Il prepared, for
an evening session. About s0elock
lao marched Ia, took the stand called
a. order, aud directed the Hall clear
ed OF visitors. Then tho Assistant
Secretary called the roll, when hrff
members, answered presume il
Was the lOReSOmssi looking Conven-
y0u ever saw, The President then
directed To be read a e0mmunlca-
ton from Gen, Candy, 10 him, dated
Feb. lsl, in which, the General says
he will finish up any portion they
failed To complete, such as making
provision for printing, Ac,, aud the
President then directed the Secre-
laries To turn over 10 the A \, Gen
eral, who was present, all tho pa
pers and declared the Constitutional
CoarentloR adjourned,
But 10, this time, the Secretary
is absent, aud your correspondent
len, and has not learned what the
fnai was, nor does know whether
the othe party will meet on Mon
day. or what they will do, IL they
do meet, You will say this is an
unfortunate tormination-True, but
better this, than none ut all,
And now that II constitution has
been framed, by convention Of
non representative men-by, 10
use n common phrase) carpctbag-
gers, its bohoovcs every registered
voter to consider well OF his duty
in the premises. The document
may be Objectionable to many, very
many, indeed a majority, and many
will say, will not support ii, be,
cause, mo good can come out Of
Nazareth" To all such, | would
say, be not hasty, pause, reflect,
weigh well all the surroundings. Is
it not better TO adopt this than to
bear the taxation TO dciray the cx'
pcnses ofanothcr Convention, which
might make one more Objectionable,
and to remain for II year or more in
our present anomalous condition?
Is it not better to bear the ills we
have, than fly to those we know not
OFF" Then | would say, reflect
well before you condemn. We
want settled government, and we
must have il before we can prosper
us n State. With it comes capital
and enterprise, and our railroads
will be built, our mineral resources
developed, and towns and cities will
rise, as if by magic, and prosperity
and happiness fill our present dis
tracted State.
For the last two weeks the scs-
sions of the Convention have been
rather stormy. The negro from
Houston, got into trouble, and his
case caused difficulty in the Con
vention. He was charged with Il
heinous crimes and brought before
the District Judge under writ of
hdbeaS corpus, and the evidence of
his guilt was sufficient for the Dis
trict Judge to bind him over tor APP.
pearancc at the next term of his
Court. A resolution was offered by
Bryant of Grayson, for his eXpul-
sion; this brought Revenue Smith
to his feet in defence of the negro,
and in bitter denunciation of Bry.
ant of Grayson, for which, the next
Bryant knocked Smith |
down. The same trouble caused a
little unpled,dntnesS between Ruby |
and Scipio Mckee, door keeper, and
on the Avenue, Scipio tum-
blcd the Ruby into the gutter. Sew
cral days elapsed before Mr.. Bry-
ant could got q vote on his rcs2i1- !
ton, but finally he was expelled by
a majority of three votes. | learn
that Lippard lodged the question,
and did not vote at all. What a
commentary on Flanagan and 9th
crs, who voted against expulsion,
when such man as Lippard could
not do so.
Now that the Convention is over
the city will be quiet. 1t is quite
and improving rapidly.
| do not know that your corrcspon-
dent will attempt to write you again
soon, which by the way, may be n
relief, to you and your readers, if
50, have the solace that | meant
,ceH.
Yours, &C.,