Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-08-06
Gov. iIamii,ou's speech.

rlas az = lA' MeiAfh = At@Hl
ArsuN, July aS ls1o,
GA Saturday night GOV, llamihan al
dressed large audience AZ ihs eaPii0,, =
large peTiion lring ladies. lie vas iniTe-
tutel t. ihs sulisRee At halrPssg eight
OclOck hy seRaioF Wehb Flanagan, and
splkelUa aud = half h'Vs, he was ire-
0aeRily greriel Ui,h aPTlause ihieTmipg'
led in some cases HiIh slieai hSsgs, the
latter coming fTnm tu oEe iaaiyilual
drew the speakers si,sE.ion % him, ari
sneh uRpalaiahle tFrihs Nere,a administered
"a that Raneless iniiyiiual as " keep him
quissesht thereafter, la the Republican
Of to-day appears a very fail synor sis cI
the speech, aud FROM IL will extract,
GOV, Hamilton 0penel his speech by say
ing lhs, he neel not make any apology for
Nhst he should say iN,nighl, or sny De,
fanes against the charge Of being se'nAlei
" defeated ambition, The occasion was
TOO grave for such a consideration, snl The
condition Of the eouAlTy WAS such as O. de-
mand ofeyery citizen an open xIressioh
OF his opinions on public affairs, lie dis,
seeled the Militia, Pallee, Enabling aud
ncCisIlA'isn bills, thoroughly showing how
directly they eanilleiei with the feleral
aud STATE Constitutions. The speaker had
been accused 0f advising forclble resist
Asce 10 these measures. Those who oiTeu'
ts,el this report had been paid At least FOR
~ thousand dollars during the existence Of
the present State administration TO dc all
the necessary amount ef lyirt, aud 20
could not deny, In detail. .liese' llel. lie
had never in his. liis advised foreihlo re-
sis,anee 10 Ge execution OF the laws orlhe
authorities placed over the people. lie had
never advised sodiiion, tumult or rebellion
rgEinsL Llks,gevernmeut. Eut the Consti-
10, len ofthe. UnlteiS States had made Il tho
sCler;n iulycf the United, States to guar
anlee TO every Slate In ihis., union q re-
publican form OF 'Jirpnsli-
can government In Texas had tcsm over
thrown by their iniquiious laws. He hsd
owed allegiance and fidelity to the govern
| ment OF the United States, anl he had paid
! il loyalty and faithfully, and no intended
to appeal to the protecting power of that
Gag TO which he had ever been truo To re-
store republican government TO this
State, and give him and the people that
protcciidh 10 which they were entitled by
! The Constitution and the laws OF the coun-
try.
One portion of his speech elected np.
probation aud overwhelming applause, that
which questioned that the present cxccu-
tive Of the State occupied that position, By
The votes of the people, Mgr was hc alone
IN Tia, belief; Thousands CT Republicans,
MS we'll ms others, doubted his receiving L
majority Of votes cast.
Another act had been passed. declaring
| that the first session Of this Legislature
should be begun on the first Tuesday oil
| January, 1871. Is not the present assem-.
blngc a Legisturc? Is it not in session
If not, what is it doing? How can il pass
laws? II this is not the first session, then
| il is some othar session, and what session
is.Lt 2 The Constitution fixes your. term OF
Office, and il begun On tic. Cd Monday pJ
December, lsIi..a Gtis same project waa
| tried III tie Georgia case, Int il wns de-
clnrci in the Senate Of the United States
by Trumbull, Conklin, Carl Schnrz and
other leading Republicans, as uuconsiitn'
tiona aud disgrnceiul, and the uierior do
signs Of this usurpation will be defeated
Presidential elections cannot be controlled
or carried by such open frauds md thcii
oply effect will be I'd damage the party
they arc Intended ID help. let the people
! everywhere peaceaby assemble and send
their petitions to the Legislature for re-
peal Of the laws.,n Petition Congress to in
crease its Constitutional powers to restore
a republican government TO the people; or,
ganizc in every county in the State and
work until this is accomplished. Person.
ally he cared nothing for party names OF
party organizations. If these laws he re.
publican, then outside Of the Legislature
and its dependents and the Governor and
his office holders, there will be found nc
Rublicans in the State.
Tho General spoke upon other, r!ia tiers
the International Railrjdd dik5ngst then,
but have tic room for further extracts