Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-03-05
The state Colnplroiier-iion.
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ing the anleeedents and tbs exact
status of those who aro called 10
take part ia the management oi
State affairs. 10 crafty this desire
ia part, as well as 10 give our read
ers a knowledge oflhoss into whose
hands the republican voters OF Tex
us have placed the conduct and con
,ipi Of our financial business, we
have had some of our State officials
interviewed, and shall, through our
columns, give brlefsketohes Of their
characters and personal history.
During the canvass through
which we have recently passed, tho
people have been informed rs TO
our worthy Gov, Y. j. Davis, and
our Lieutenant Gov, J. ". rlana-
gan. At this timc, We shall speak
moro nj length about one who has
been elected, without any effort mp
on his part, Comptroller ofthe State,
and who is not 80 fully known rs he
should be by tho people OF Texas,
Hon. A. Bledsoc, Of Dallas county,
is the son of William Miller Bledsoc,
and was burn in Garrard county,
Ky, on the Slh of January, a. ID.
1901. Garrard, in tho days of tho
Wing party, was the banner coun'
ty in that State, giving but eleven
Democratic votes out of eleven hun
dred votes cast. Born ut time
when our forciathers had but lately
thrown of the yoke of tho British
lion, a. Bledsoc was reared under
the meridian blaze of liberty, and
nurturcd in the very school Of free
dom, every wish, feeling and inter
est of his heart is identified with
the honor, prosperity and welfare
of the country. His political and
religious creed till forty years of age
was short-viz: Truth and honesty.
He then added tho bible, and bible
alone, as his rule Of faith and prac.
ticc, and neither of these have fail.
cd him as 4 true friend. Sixty-ninc
years Of his life have passed; they
have been faithful counsclors. lie
has no regrets for their advice. The
base of this platform is as firm lis
the eternal hills, and circumference
rs wide as creation. IIc says there
is not one unsound plank in the
whole supcrstructurc. | have tried
them in Kentucky, Missouri and
Texas, without any variation. ! min,
therefore, Il Kcntnckiuh by birth, II
Missourian by adoption, Texan
! by choice, and an American in heart
and feeling"
III entering upon the duties of
the office to which he has been call
ed, he is not unmindful Of the va
ricd and multiform duties that will
dcvolve upon him, and fears that
sometimes the weight ofyears and
amount of business will be too labo-
rious and severe, but his ohtife
time and talents will be devoted to
the duties of The position. lie will
employ the Host faithful and best
qualified men that can be prochi'cd,
and there seems to be no lack of
thoih. Thus situated, he will ask
the kind indulgence Of all li6crsil-
minded men. His guide VIII be tho
law; his aim to do right; and his
motto strict and impartial justice to
all.
The acts of all public officers are
matters of the scvcrest criticism,
and not unfrequently Of tho most
angry and malcvolent character
Hc says, 81 have no fears of success
equal to any other man Of equal ca
pacity. Ihavo tie hope that when
my term of service is ended the
people will award to me tho richest
of all blessings, that of a good and
faithful servant. l have no home
but Texas; no country but the Uni
ted States of America; my children,
my family and friends and relations
are scattered over the vast territory
of these mighty States, and their
name is dear to me. The fich est
legacy man can leave to his kin
dred and friends is an honest name.
The sun of my life is fast fastening
to the western horizon; q few more
summers and, in the course of hu-
man events, it will have to go down
to rise in a brighter and better
morn"
"When here as member of the
Convention, I often INDUCED my
fancy in picturing my countty's fu
ture greatness. How often did my
mind roam over the vast territory
from the Atlantic to the Pacific-its
mighty rivers, our lakes, our seas,
the Ohio and Mississippi rolling
their proud waves, their bosoms
.ploughed by thosands of keels, their
surface whitened by thousands Of
sails, bearing the produce Of mil
lions Of industrious citizens to their
destined mart; a continent bound by
iron bars, the iron horse training TO
do the bidding of his master--man,
and the lightning made the messen-
ger of his will" No &oidei. his
mind should be directed to Mount
Bonnel or some lofty pinacle of the
Allegheny, and picture in the fu-
ture some mighty genius of Ameri-
can liberty pointing his sccptre to
our vast resources and progressive
territory and government, exclaim-
ing, "here have | erected an empire;
here have / fixed my home beyond
the reach of despots, which shall en-
dure when the stream of time shall
have drained into the next ocean of
eternity" A few wholesome les
sons in political economy, and this
dream Of our country's greatness
may be realized to the letter.
Another of the Harper Brothers
is dead. This time it is Joseph