Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-03-25
The "ouirass" Csnmiiies


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II concludes that q number Oi
these Oalages are deIeslable aud
wicked, Ihey are nevertheless
grossly and wildly exaggerated and
this no one can doubt, who will eS'
anime the teslimohy aLd has any
knowledge of crrdulily aud inacu-
raoy Of statements characteristic oi
our well meaning enlurel people,
North Carolina il one oflhe lar
Eo.l States. lsrriInrially, ia the Cn'
Ion, aud !. divided into eighty
sn cnunlivs. and contains nearly anv
and q half million OI penple, Ma
atl 0f Ia ~lessnvss II actually proven
o. have been committed. excepting
in one or the either OF Fix, perhai'.
eight al these counties, and IL il
proposed TO emplny violent aud
stringent measures uf cUcrci"n aud
REPRESSION 10 tho remaining nine
ienlhs Uf "a State against which nn
breath OF evidence ar pro1fnf law
lesrness have ever been nddnccd
but which, an tho contrary. cShib'
its "a condition al quiet almost sug'
costing the insensIbility 1i despair.
What can be alleged what graiitica.
ton % the American people can
bu urged iUr this renewed and wan
ton invasion. ufa peaceful cumnu
nityY The statement that anarchy
there exists absnrjiy untrue, and
the testimony now laid bci''re the
Senate overwhelmingly establishes
it, un,rulh. II aggressive laws are
TO 10 enacted, let all disguise bp cast
of aud tho trnu reason avUw,d. IL
will not be less violent ar wrong.
but IL will be less hypocri;Ical, and
more maily tU any fair minded man.
W. confidently commit the proofs
contained IN the tcstlmnny now
presented by the committee, and
aver that in the face ot such wrongs
us have been inflicted upon our un'
fortunate aud crushed people by
the rulers placed over them, MT by
their own consent, but by the excr-
tiso ofdespotIc powers by tho Con
grrss of the United States. No en-
ample Of equal submisSivencss and
patient endurance can be found IN
history as now presented by the
people ofthe State Of North CARROLL
nn This is the truth in nutshell
that Ho den and his official sup
porters have failed to maintain
themselves by any means, foul ns
wei! No fair, in their State; they
have appealed to popular elections
and have been rejected with some
thing near to unaniniity by every
tax payer in the State, and now
Congress is asked to etep in and
force North Carolina down again
under the feet ot her radical mas
ters, and we fear that Congress- will
attempt to do this unwi>t and wick
ed thing. Will the people of the
North, free ~ yet, sce this thing
duue and sustain its promoters ?
We hope not-we pray not. When
will tile men in puwur learn the
truth Of what the great statesman
Of our century said S" wisely and
well when similar attempts were
made to govern British India: at
is the nature Of tyranny and rapac'
iLy never to learn moderation from
the i'll successes Of first expressions;
on the contrary, all men thinking
highly of the methods dictated by
thcir nature, all retIute the trlistra'
tion of their desires to u want of
sufficient vigor." Then they re-
double the efforts of their impatient
cruelty, which, producing ~ they
m,iSt I,rnduce, new disappontmen's.
the, iibw, irritated against the OBJ
jtcts Of their rupacily, and their
vasiio fury and malice implacab'e
hecliise unprovoked. recruiting and
RENT, rting their avarice. tncir vi
rcs ai'y no longer human. From
cruel men they are transferred into
saviteU beasts with no other veSt.
gcs Ut reason ItIl bit What serves
to furnish lIig incrhtivrs hiid refine
merits ofierocious snbtlutt for pur
posts of which beasts ai'a incapable
and ut which fvnds would blush.