Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-11-13

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booomo a candidate, anL lmasinr
they were iuincncc'l bY laudah'r
motives, lat inaV No nat, wiiA1ui
amy ravylion whatever ulinn ihriT
m"liyes, inquire Il they Woro Hul
hasiy Ia their aViiuH.
Have We mons among as, resident
ciiiNcns al tho Stale, Nhn il 0I IA,
that has the capacity and nlcsrilN
~ serve uS ia Cungnss. Ii slcA
I.cr-nn ran bc found, i il nnl more
rrv'lilahlo 10 ~, IN "a po'plc, ani
moro likely Ia bo prnmulivo at nur
interest L. take snvh persons In pro-
i,r,nro H. those who ara entire
strangers, aud who are nul vili1cns,
laN payers ar vniersg
Mr.. JOsnUA +, J0nNsoN Il gen
oman at the inst rospcvlabiliiy as
Ia capacity, or large Interest ani
entirely identified with rs. What
"vcr may bo said Ia the contrary by
the uIlhinking and blalhoskillns
ribhlc, mono eau doubt the integrity
al his political principles who are
acquainted with his record.
lie was hy no means alone ia
ISL ia "pposing secession, yet
when the measure WAS carried 10y
the people, hc did not leave lhr
country ms his ample means would
have enabled him Ia d., but remain
al with us, obcycd the laws, and
contributed literally of his sub
stance, in the finest spirit oil hu
manity, 10 tho needy women aud
children of his ncighborhoOd dur
aug the progress oil the war, aud
then and since shared or fortunes
A member of the reconstruction
convention in 1866, hc acted with
the most liberia! and conservative
uncn of the State, and has himself
the most consistent, liberal aud con.
scrvabiyc record Of amy man in the
State.
No objection has been urged
against him, so far us have heard.
except that he is II Southern man
and can take the test oath. II il
not known that wo have hundreds
of men who can take the test oath,
yet who never approved of the CO.
cIvion policy of the general govern
mont? There arc numbers of our
fellow citizens who conscicntiously
opposed tho war, who did not be-
'icvc the government was right in
invading and cocrcing the South
Some Of this class went North dur
ing the war, but even while there,
in public speeches and in the news
papers, deprecated and opposed the
war. Now ask is it not plain,
common-scnsc proposition, that this
class Of men are thousand times |
moro entitled t. our respect and
support than strangers who fought
against us and denounced us as
rebels and traitors and aided in our
ruin?
But, again, suppose Mr.. Johnson
had even gone North and bocn in
the Federal army, but since the
war had acted with the conscrva-
tive party and been an unyielding
advocate of the policy'of President
Johnson, is that not sufficient to
ontitle kim to our support in pref
erence to an utter stranger?
The question with rejecting and
,yntrotic men is, not as to what a
man has been heretofore, but what
il he now? How has he stood upon
the great issues before the country
since the war? and what is his policy
now? These are the grave questions
for AS to determine.
IL should be remembered that
among the most prominent and
highly honorcd members of the
democratic and conservative party
of tho State, are number of gen
tlemen who adhered to the general
government during the war-men
whom as democrats we are proud Of
mon who have labored to serve
tho State and people at a time when
the people were helpless. These
men chose to stand by the people of
Texas in their hour of greatest peril
and have themselves been de-
nouncod, in common with the, mass
of us, as being disloyal and traitor
ous. The people of Texas honor
them for their course since the war,
and will cherish the highest regard
for thcm.- No partisan howl will
keen tho bone and sincw Of the
country from remembering this class
Of men whenever it is in their pow
or to do them honor.
ask you, Mcssrs. Editors, in all
candor. if it is not a source of deep
est humiliation that we shall be con-
strained to draft an officer of the
United States army to serve us in
tho National Legislature. 1t is
said it has been done in other Sou
,horn States rcconstructing. IL has /