Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-07-31

81 NAAaNN 80 's"tHN-Ht~ p" '-H f' n ~
lho iJrmer, Tho executive and judi
tial aldenar,menis will bs iiilui by OIL
Gers, Who, though they may Hut bg
disqualified under lhs ltih amend.
menl 10 the Constitution, are, and
have been, hostile % lhe National
GoyeTnmcEt aud lho fate al lhe
white aud eul0rel lniunis,s will log
as bad us il MAS during the darkest
days 0l the rcbclllon,
TuE REMEDY,
"Ihe new Constitution should
not, for the foregoing reasons, be
submitted To the people, at such an
early day as tho resolution of tho
Convention oontemplatcs, II Z, is To
be submitted ut all, The State will
not, at that time, (lst Monday in
July nexD, Dc Ia a condition 10 en-
tor Upon "a Important an election,
Our only hope rests with the Con,
gress II the United States, or tie
commander Of tho army, that II
poslplncmcnt of any election will
be ordered, Until, by the strong arm
of tho national power, genuine
peqec is restored to tho State, and
that Congress will, in the mcGntimo,
intervene with adequate legislation
TO secure re,nodclihg OF the Con
stitulion, in consonRnce with the
ncocssilics aud spirit Of the times. "
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Ny fcllow-ci;izcns, after these
formal and solemn declarations, is
il not remarkable that Gen Davis is
willing TO bc Governor under this
hideous Constitution? lie says IL
"iS heartily endorsed ~ the Demo.
cratic or rebel party and \ very few
Csc. callcD Republicans. may be
permitted TO ask TO which of these
classes the General belongs since he
las accepted tho nomination and
the platform rendered by his thirty
four friends, sclfcohstitutcd dele
gates, from fourteen counties out
ofcno hundred and thirty in the
State, in which platform the accept
ancc Of Tie Constitution is recon-
mcndod?
This Sham Convention was not
called by any Committee claiming
to represent any ring Of the party,
but by J. G, Tracy, Esq, the editor
ofa newspaper in Houston now in
its first volume, but with the pub
hcation of which commenced Mr..
Tracy's afliliation with the Repub-
licau party of Texas. Tic thirty
four (so-rallcd) delegates were not
nominated by primary meetings or
Conventions in their respective
counties, but were in nearly every
instance sclfappointed.
The very men who joined Genor-
al Davis in his protest in the Con
stitutional Convention, arc the very
mon who marshaled the immor-
tai thirty four which gave him birth
rs a candidate. This shameless
and unparalleled contradiction OF
his former position, twice expressed
in the most imposing form, will
doubtless delight every political
ti'icks(er and dcmagoguo in the
land; but the candid and intclli-
gent citizen will rot fail to under
stand that the man who is willing
to be Governor under a Constitu
ton which he has condemned, and
to administer q government to
people whom he has dci?cunccd as
unfit for Government, is actuatcd
by desire for Office rather than for
the public good.
1t will be seen that, in tho memo
raj published in Washington from
which have quoted, General Davis
and his associates deprccatc, rs
among the greatest defects Of the
new Constitution, the absence of
any clause disfranchising any oftho
citizens ofthcStatc. Upon this sub
ject | nave to say that ! am the author
of the provision on that subject,
as it appears in the Constitution. l
am opposed to disfrnnchiscmcnt,
both as a matter of principle and OF
policy. 1t is contrary to the spirit |
Of republican government, and can
never be productive Of good, but al
ways of disscnsion and trouble; |
as q measure of policy,
it will surely bring ruin and con-
tempt upon the party that seeks
hat means Of securing power.
The effort is being made to induce
.he colored men of the State TO be-
ieve that their rights can only be
secured by the disfrancisemcnt of
arge portion Of tho white race.
Let tic say to the colored men of
rcxas, that | was among the first of
,he wliito men in theState to demand
heir suffrage, and that, too, when
here were not, so far as ] know,
,ne dozen of my own race who stood
,y me, when 7 was denounced for
% doing. My position then was, |
md still is, that in a republican
the citizen is entitled 10
he ballot. You had boon made
and hence / demanded the
,allot for you. The white man is
Ilso citizen, and ] now demand
he ballot for him. Those who
would induce you to believe that
.ou will profit by denying to the
White man any right which you en-
oy are either fools or knaves. Your
interests are best promoted by eul-
WAITING kindly relations with the
White race and these relations are :
My to be secured by spirit of
nstice and fairness on the part of
ach race, which demands nothing ,
Which it IS not willing TO conccde.
Ibove all, beware Of the dangerous {
nd dishonest men who would in {
uce you TO form a black mans
,arty. You could take no steps / !
which would SO certainly entail {
Ipon you trouble in The future.
The interests Of the two races are,
or the present, at least, SO blended,
lof ff,c o,,r r,4rcf uuffirr nth tTr !