Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-09-18
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nAffAs Tft sept 70 1869
GFsTs ALIASES DAILY Dulleiin,
of the sih inst appears an editorial
headed A lad Account" Tho cause
az this i 20 private letter seen ~
the editor giving an account ~ ~
fairs ia Till. Johnson, Fills, kauf
man and nsighboring counties, that
10 iar from pleasant.
The charges are lst. The courts
are without a District Attorney.
The State was ably aud zealoaaly
represented by Capt, j, En-, law
kihs, OF Ellis county, and criminals
covered and trombled before bis
sealhing elOqnenee until bis remov-
al hy military edict, None but Gen.
Reynolds has authority to I'LL this
vacancy, and he alone is response
bio for failure 10 supply a successor
I'd, mo provision is made Ia
have the State represented before
tho courts" Tho law and the voice
of tho people made ample provision,
but n military tariff wns laid on In
tegrily and brains, for tho especial
benefit of those whose only qualiii-
cation was that they 90 I'D or W0ahI
take the tost oath.
This, aud tho fact that 'iho prose
cution is not represented in tho
Ross aud Sandiier eases pending in
Hill county," are matters for the
consideration Of Gen. Reynolds aud
not the people. ..
ID. "Oaih.taking officials are not
popular.in that section" This was
once II free government and we
were instructed by lis founders that
none but The people had The right 10
choose their rulers. Rulers forced
upon us cannot be popular. But in
justice to the people, i will say that
honest Contributing officials" arc
respected, hut tho scum and trash
arc regarded with merited contempt.
4th. "Ellis county has but one or
two county officers, and the people
rather like the embarrassment that
is the result" This is q vile Sian.
der upon that county. To my GER
tain knowledge, the people are quiet,
pcacablo and law-abiding and have
used every cxcrtion to supply the
places vacated by military Orders,
and the author of any letter to the
contrary, whether public or private,
if seen by Flake or not, is a base
falsifer. ...-.5 's.I'.
9th. "Hc complains that the Dali
las HERALD made no mention of the
murder of James Loving, by HAYS,
alias Parker, but seeks rather to
hide and cover up murders" This
is utterly false, the HERALD Of Aug,
21st, mentions Loving's murder, and
Mr.. Flake had no doubt seen it be-
fore his editorial.
This community are satisfied with
tho course of the HERALD in rela-
ton to "lawlessness and crime" and
Mr.. Flake must have known before
printing this article that the charge
against this paper was without the
shadow of foundation, in fact.
9th. "The District Judge has APP
piled for an escort and will travel
his district thus protected" The
conduct ofJudge A. B, Norton since
his appointment to the bench of this
District, has been dignificd, courtc-
GUS and impartial. 1t has given
him hold upon the affections OF
the people of which any officer may
Justly feel proud. He has nothing
to fear from them, and knows this,
since the close of the spring terms
ofthe courts in this District, he trav-
eled to Austin and back without es-
cort. He has Travelled to and from
: Kaufman and Ellis counties with.
out escort Since the above issue
of the Bulletin he started from this
city to hold the Hill District Court
and his sole escort was Mrs. Norton
and his little son.
7th. awe are sorry to hear this
bad account, which cannot but in.
iurc that rich section of the coun.
\ try" The sensation editorials with
which the Bulletin has teemed for
the last two years fllsify this ex'
preston of sympathy. Tho editor
seems to gloat over such ISLANDERS
upon the people of his State. If he
would give less attention and prom
inence to the productions of ifres-
T ponsible scriblers, whose names he
seems to fear publishing, and direct
his zeal and energy to the same ex'
tent in developing the resources OF
the country, there would be no dan
ger Of injury to any section of the
, State, rich or poor, but the whole
, would be materially advanced. Out
upon the bird that defilcs his owr
nest. .Ilf 21 u.