The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-09-22
Railr0ad .Meatina

ing proceedings were had, wit "e hA5ss
On motion, Capt A. J. Hardin wss ~,
elected Chairman and 7 W. Clark, secretarr11n 'aa
The chairman called upon Capt sannas.
plain the object Of the meeting, who in ae; to
address of an hours length, did So After .aaaapses.
on motion of Capt. Stanley, committee of @a,S s#a
ssting of j. T. Stanley, W. O. Michaux TAI, Y, 81
James Brown, Il. P. league and Green CIR clsi. ia
appointed to draft and report resolutions
the sense of the meeting. 'sRe&
While the committee were preparing the ro,,
Col John G. Robertson, Capt R. E, House ana
J. j. Good addressed the meeting in behalf If sads
date action the part of the people in favor ~ ae
two great railroads pointing In this direction aR
The committee reported the following resoIu.;oa 2
Resolved, 1st. That we pledge ourselves toaa
honorable and legitimate means in our power tosaa,
by the vote Of the citizens of this county a snb9
ton of $500 600 in the bonds of the county AZ IN N
in the Southern Pacific railroad, and the like a,s s
ID the Central road The bonds to be issued r. I I
companies whenever such roads reach the Limits ~
county. The money, however, to be expended m W N
roads within the county.
Cd. That we recommend to the police court ofE,s H
man county to take the necessary steps and To n
the necessary orders to the issuance Of s
bonds and to submit the question, in due form ,,S q
qualified voters of the county for ratification %
3d. That we hereby enion upon the menbs N
the next Legislature, to be elected from this Senss
district to use all their influence in the next Gene,
Assembly to secure the most liberal aid from the S
to these roads, And among other things we recon VI
mend and hereby enjoin upon them to use all reason
BILE means to procure the passage OF law to Issue
bonds of the State in favor of said roads, for mi
cient amount to pay for the necessary iron whene,
twenty-five continuous miles OF road shall have Ias
graded and made ready for the tracks, and further ia
they secure the location of the Southern Pacific rail-
road so as to pass through Tyler, Canton, Kaufman
and Dallas in Dallas county.
j. 7. STANLEY, Chaiman
After some discussion these resolutions were adopPa
| On motion of Rev A B. johnson, it was resolved
that these resolutions be furnished the Kaufman Star
for publication, and that the Dallas Herald, Waxa.
hackie Argus Corsicana Observer, Houston Tunes and
| Telegraph, TYLER Reporter and Index and the South
Western, La. be requested to copy.
On motion, the chairman appointed Green j. CaE
Dr. Bond Dashie and C. G. Nash committee in be
half of Kaufman county, to correspond with the Pres
dents OF those roads and with others interese
| therein.
/ On motion the following named gentlemen werese.
| lected to attend, in behalf of Kaufman county TIE
railroad barbecue to be given at Dallas, in Ocobe
next and also the barbecue 10 be given at Tyler, 10
| wit: Rev A B. Johnson DR.. Bond Dashiell, Capt J.
| t. Stanley DR.. FL. j. Snow, Green J. Clark, Capt
| F. Slaughter, R. A. Bnford, r. A Terrell, DR.. J. D.
Parsons, Gen. James s. Rains, Bay Daueherty, Joh1
F. Gray, R. O. Watkins, J. NJ. Noble R. B. Shaw, and
on motion A. ]. Hardin was added to the committee.
| A. J. HARDIN Chairman
T. w CLARK, Secretary.
NoRrHERS AND SOUTHERN DEMOCRACY. We have
rarely n our editorial career given extracts from the
New York Herald for the that however ably 1t
handles all questions there danger that before thu
extracts would reach readers, another articl
equally able but taking the exactly opposite side o
the question, would appear and thus produce sort o
confusion of ideas. Not long since it very sever
on Grant Now it says that his administration is gel
ting on extremely WE'LL and expresses the opinion thai
he will make good report of his stewardship in hi.
first annual message to Congress. In article with
the above caption, after censuring the Northern
Democracy fop warning &gains negro suffrage which
it says the Southern Democracy is willing to accept
it thus continues:
1t will not be long, we dare say, before the South
with its expectant revenue of three hundred millions
this year from its great staples, will be in condition
to dictate terms the Democracy and all other partle
in the North. And vixen the Southern Democrat
say they in favor of negro suffrage now that the
cannot well get rid of it-and from experience thu
far, they are more disposed to like it than dislike
E believing that it will in the end become an element
strength to themselves rather than to their enemies
when the Southern Democracy say this, it is mamie
that any attempt on the part of the Northern Demo
racy to make them change their purpose, or to int
fere with their plans both mschievous and DANCE
GUS 1t is even insinuated in political circles that I'll
:. Radicals begin to apprehend that they have caught
Tartar in this question of negro suffrage, and that
stead of the enfranchised negroes in the South cn
. ing to them like wax, they are likely to drop the
' like hot potatoes and return with their old afectio
to their old homes and adhere to the interests OF the
old masters. Therefore the rampant Northern Demo
Il e., tharap
borne upon their genial breezeS of the Southern cf
II beseeching them not to disturb the South nits pFese
career towards unexampled physical and pecunla
prosperity and eventually to reunion with TIN
Northern brethren that will reestablish the power
the Democracy upon a national foundation that "
endure for half a century. Meanwhile let the G
q. Democratic locomotives keep whirling until
proper time for recoupng arrives when, again unit
in bonds of steel, they can fly along once more mp
the same broad guage track to victory and glory.
AS matters row stand the game for the succession
lie in the hand of General Grant, and the only hope
,e the Northern Democracy lies in reunion with TIL
a. 4, advanced brethren of the South.
i'd RADICAL RULE IN ST. MARY--ln the Planters b
ner of the sth, we find the details Of an outraged
"a attack on the family Of Mr. Evins, manager OF
John Smith plantation, in that parish, by John fle
es negro Justice Of the Peace, at the head of TIVE
ID armed negroes OF the rule of the Radicals, the
n ners says:
tie The Judge of our District Court, the District
he torpev. Parish Judge, Sheriff aud members Vi
te Legislature of ST. Mary are all Radicals, and ne
have we seen criminal law 50 utterly disregarded
the parish as at the time We write. There s
Young negro running at large who killed an old ne
Mt at Mrs. Porers by beating his brains out with a b
with the slightest imaginable provocaton. The So
II negro lately stabbed hand that was chopping VI
I'D above this place. The wound is thought to be d
by gerous.
ed Another negro is running at large, who stabbed
res mothern-law to the heart the Palo Alto plantat
e.. Another is at large who killed negro in the 10
rat part of the parish.
rid Another who killed jim Williams, at MrssGar
en- plantation, last Thursday morning, shooting him
oa as he was standing working at his vice in the hi
smith shop.
Ter There are other negro murderers al large and
ng Radical officers pay no attention to them. Menz
rht believe attempts to arrest anybody, biaei
de- white
One year of Radical rule in St. Mary has prod
ent more lawessness among the black population
ever existed among them before. They shoos
ter kill each other for the most triing insults and ~
cations. And when one negro kills another, not
,o do the civil authorities pay little oEo attention
ola but the Radical editors shut their eyes TO the aet
of help smother it up. Radiealism inse stary Is CT
I'M outrage and awessness. It studies to papdnce
,ia for political purposes and when the object atta
fi- the Radical officers take pains to bring crnina
Justice. They do not even attempt to punish TIN e
the of the Rebels" they love to call the whepe6
being satisfied with the fruits Of those crimes, and