Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-11-25
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Texas, Arkansas, lauisiaHs, Mississippi
Alabama, Florida, Gsorsia. s0uih and
Nonh Canl.nas arc iuly represented 10
heir si,is gorrramsnis ani lssisla'nrssl
Every haiy kRaWs they are not, hssry
body knaws that minority governments
have hsrn forced ga ihem anl are nos
railing lhrm 10 their Ereai oppression aud
iJury, ARi this has been doAs by the
party in peSer at Washington unlsr The
psirRse Of furnishing these States with
I republican farms of eaVsTHmeni' Ia do
ing this they knsw they have violated the
hrs, principle Of every republican form
they have discarded self government aud
usri force and the bayoueI Nth lhs gross
est Of flies Ia their mouths, Perhaps, IL
may be said, that some 0fihese States have
negro msjoriiles, ani that the negroes all
desire the esnlinuanes Of radical rule
This is not 70, A large humhsr Of them,
Ia The States where they prPonieraie,
would 20 with The white people, who have
the property ahd The education huiag them
10 take the lead in public affairs, II they
were let alone by the Washington govern
men, and corrupt outsiders, who have no
right Ani no business 10 in,ermeddle with
rs. There l. not Moderately Intelligent
NorlherU radical, who does not know that,
IL len 10 themselves, every Southern State
would b sure TO vote against Grant or
any other radic j candidate for the Prcsi.
dcncy. There fare the object Is 10 prevent
them. They are TO be forced, insome way,
or other 10 vote for him, or they are TO he
prevented from voting at all. This Is the
plain yaiement OF the matter. Who will
have The harlihooi to deny III
Now, We ask, how much longer are we
to be deprived OF self-goyernment2 Are
We never sgain TO be free? Are we never
to be left 10 manage our " affairs In our
own way, subject only to the restrictions
OF the Constitution OF the United States Ms
interpreted by the Supreme Court? We
never attempt TO interfere with the 'ocal
we ncv,r did attempt i, or had any de.
sire for il. Do they insist upon the right
Of governing us and shaping all our laws
and regulating all our local interests? II
so, where do they get the right? Not in
tho Declaration Of Independence, to which
Simmer and others look for powers of leg.
islation-not in the constitution of The
United States, which contains alone the
powers granted to the General Govern
ment-not in any decisions of The Supreme
Court, even since it has been packed and
manipulated by the radical usurp'rs-they
get il no where it has no existence, and
they know it. Itis mere brute force, ap-
piled without right, without reason, with
out the shadow of justice and in defiance
Of all. What would they think, il we were
suprrior in numbcrs and wealth and re.
sources, and undertook to deprive them OF
loca! self government? What if we should
force n majority of the Northern States to
live under the rule of n minority, not TO
say, ignorant brutal negroes, but civilized
white men ? What if we should compel
them 10 vote as me pleased md not allow
them to vote as they pleased? Would they
submit to this? Not for a week, n day, an
hour longer than they could prevent it.
They would fly to arms. They would fight
to the last for the inestimnble liberty OF
sclt-govcrnment. The Connecticut, the
Hudson, the Delaware, the Ohio and Miss.
issippi would flow red with the blood OF
their enemies and their own before they
would yield up the rights Of freemen.-
Why, thea, do they desire to keep us in
subsection, to make us slaves to do their
bidding? Will they think of this? Is
there never to be an end Of the war? Ii
so, be frank, let us know it and act accor-
dinghy.
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