Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-01-22
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Tom the LaekLsri i'lsshsy,

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Messrs, RditOrs-lfy0u think ia
following worthy Ola place in you
valuable Journal you arc Weleom
10 Il, know rs native American
il will hurt a llllis-bal truth is al
! ways palhhl,
About sixteen years ag0, one 0
the most formidable, most popular
and best suslaiRed parties in poli
ties arose in these United States
and with a strength and rapiiitJ
unparalleled in the history OF ans
other oouhtry, Il spread lFom Maine
to Texas from Florida 10 Calii6r
mia, North and South, Last and
West, Il threatened TO fix its stand
ard, and by secret 0slhs, private
eauouses, eloquence, bribery and co
ercion, to'eni6re It's doctrines. II
had but one defect, il Was too late
in lis operation, | need scarcity
say | allude to the Know Nothing
party. But 80 numerous, even
then, were tho foreigners 40 init,
malely connected by marriage and
self.ihterest 10 native Americans,
who wcro so blinded and infatuated
with the name democracy" that
amor a brief but glittering course oi
scarce six years, tho party completes
ly collapsed, aud was killed "as
dead as n mackerel," 10y the count
lcss herds of German aud Irish and
other Foreigners, who had omicrated
to these shores, aided by their nj.
lies, the American Democrats.
Now, being myself zone of the
herd" il is not likely that should
have voted X. n. ticket. Nor
would ! even now advocate their
sweeping doctrines /; but us sure as
fate, unless some steps are taken 10
amend your downward pfogfess, in
less than ten years Americans will
cease TO rule America !" And why?
Because you have not only invited
the Germans and Irish TO out.vote
you at the polls, but with a blinded
latuty are arming the negroes with
that dangerous weapon universal
Suffrage" and TO complete your
downfall are preparing 10 flood the
whole country with heathens from
China.
How long do you Americans in
tend this folly 10 last? To what
length do you mean to carry this
blind infatuation i? Till, the for
eigncrs out;number at the polls !?
Why, We and the negroes do that
already, and in ten gears mare pin
out-rote you two to one at lcdS!!
Are the Americans unanimous, or
if you choose TO call it, q clanish
people at elections? Let their his
tory at every election, from Prcsi-
dent down 10 town Constable,
from the election of Andrew jack
son TO that of Abraham Lincoln an
swer this question. Dare the
Americans hope that the NEGRO
will prove a panacea in their case
by voting as they bid them? Let
their secret societies in Virginia for
the election to Office Of colored per-
sons only. Let the darkios in San
Domingo, Jamaica, Porto Rico, and
every other nlaco where they have
the numerical ascendency proclaim
their appreciation of the white man
and their modest diffidence as to
their own qualifications for Govern
ors, Magistrates and lawmakers !
On what then do you Americans
rely on at elections n few years
hence? Is it on the natural in
crease of American children now
growing up and shortly to take the
places of their sires in the councils
of the nation? Vanity Of vanltics !
Why there is scarcely q German or
Irish mother whose progeny do not
out.number yours as three to one
at least. In which the arietocratic
Americans Cir your medical reports
are truc) resort to unnatural meth
ods'to limit their families to two at
most-thc unsophisticatcd German
or Irish woman cxults in the extent
of her family and finds wealth in
their numbers.
Cast your eyes around, Mossrs,
Editors, and visit the towns of
Western Texas from the seaboard
to Frcdericksburgh. How many
merchants are there in
Indianola ? Some four or five at
most. How many foreign mer-
chants? Why their name is Legion.
The foreigners at Indiunula are 30
to / at least, at Lavaeca you will
find pretty much the samo result,
and pretty much tie same at Vic
tori,. Gonzales and Scguin at least
to /. San Antonio nine-t -tenths at
least, New Braunfels and Frede-
are Germans to a unit
almost. Do you know why it is
Messrs. Editors that the American
and forwarding mer-
chants of the present day, residing
ut the sea port towns of Texas, can
not successfully compete with the
Germans and foreign mcrchantsa
Do not for moment suppose that
the foreigners are more competent,
or bettor adapted to the
business than the native Americans,
FAR from it assure you, for the
Americans have more energy and
more pluck in business than the
foreigners. DO you give it up?
Then will tell you. The Ameri-
IAN tealnsters almost TO unit are
20 perfectly unreliable and trihing
md pay so little attention 10 their
promises to haul, that the whole
business of wagon transportation
o almost entirely in the hands Of
he Germans, Irish an8 Mexieans-
Dy far the best Of which are the
5ermans-hence the same result