Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-07-08
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= interesting n all admirers NJ tha
u distinguished soldier, Va Tnblisl
: il ~ the eaTnes, request e. tsyeTa
I esteemed friends
O GENEVA, May n, ISL,
= iian, Joshua RsksF, EI-iagsTnsF II lou
isiAnG, fraRklih, Parish u -, Mary, Ia
, Ne n1IT Sri perceive hy lhe
newspapers oI the United States
that tho political caldron is begin,
|, Ming 10 boil and that many move
| mehts are being made in behalf 0i
various distinguished men al our
party. These evoluIichs are not
devoid Of interest To mo. la 80 far
NJ may bs able 10 assist in any,
thing which can benefit tho whole
country, ani especially chs,irs peace
and prosperity Tor our section there
Of il is my dnty, as well as my
highest pleasure, 20 bend all my
energies thereto, You, rs q dcyo-
ted and energetic citizen oi Louis,
ana, will Rlwrys do the same.
Believing that you have not for,
cotton the noble and patriotic stand
assumed by Gen. Hancock. when,
In command OF the Department OF
the South, he followed tho dictation
ofjustlcc and duty In his attempt
10 ameliorato the condition of the
citizens, and TO mako the military
subservicnt TO tho civil law. |
writc 10 suggest that Hancock is
still alive and will be presented and
urged for the position Of r;ir ntan.
dard bearer, by his numerous warm
and Eealuus friends.
The peculiar considerations, which
ought to make Louisiana, Arkan.
saS, Misrippi, and Texas come
unitcdly TO his support are not
alone tho attempts upon his part
to benefit the people oftl'1se States,
but ALEC the circumstances which
have sIhco occurred. He hns been
ostraci,cd us il were, for his bold |
ness in Drawing the wishes OF Gen.
Grant, Gnd for daring TO have an
opinion ofhis own, in which kind
ness Of heart and fiingnanimuus
sympathy for tho suffering of O!,r
people formed hot tho least portion,
For your sakes, nay one might
say for the whole South. martyrcd
in so far as just and proper nc.
acknowledgements of his great merits
and capacity are concerned, whcn
assignments of military positions
wero made; it is cmincntly proper,
that your State should be the van
guard of the entire South, rnllylhg
in his behalf.
What could be moro proper, than
to have the South solidly demand
ing permission to name II Northern
man, rs tho Democratic candidate,
who could be elected? What could
bc mors fitting, than the selection
by the South ola gallant soldier,
who fought ,ia IN long as VIC could
hold Our wcnrots, and yet, when
we were crurlicd and bleeding, was
tho frnt to step forward like min
istcrirg angel to staunch our wounds
and to nnoint them with balsam,
and 20 false us from mental pros.
tratiut by infusing hopes of just
and generous treatment in the iu-
ture2 What more righteous retr-
button in the compcnsations of liis
could there be, than to pit the wcf.
rior, who believes in tho supremacy
of civil law, against that President, !
who hn1 again unsligathcd his sword
at the bidding Of partsans, and
who, In his willingness to crush
our section Of country, may yet
strive to ride into power by the
complete subversion of the liberties
of all ? There is but one lsadlhg
question in tho choice of tho tcxt
Democratic Convention: TO Htlcct
the strongest candidate. have
not a word to alloge against any Of
the distinguished champions, who ,
seeks the honor Of carrtihg our
colors. But in crisis like this | I
deem it incumbent upon every man,
who has drop of patriotism in his .
veins, to discard all personal con- {
sidcrations, and to have nm eye sin .
gly to the destiny Of tho country, /
and tho consequences which OUT
failure in 1872 may entail and more
especially is this compulsory on {
every Southern man. We abso- :
lutely require rest and peace and {
Of solid prosperity to regain what I
We have lost in the past ten years
IF wur-for we have not yet had
peace-nor is it likely Is be vouch- {
9Afcd to us, so long as the bauble {
Of power Is within tho clutch of
Radical htnbiton, or the rich prizes
of Southern FL Dorados nrc to be
attained by hungry adecnturets.
In 1860 there were hundreds o! -,
thousands like me, who followed ,
such leaders as Alex. Stephens in +
regard to the policy of the South.
Wo believed that the battle for the i
constitution should have been fought i
inside of the Union, where we had ,
the Supreme Court to protect our s
interest, before partisan legislation
had stricken down Our legitimate i
defences and where The thirty
Southern Senators, by the aid of ,
the Northern Democrats, could have {
foilcd the Vaccinations of the Rad :
icals. The majority overuled us {
and said that the proper course was '
the Montgomery Congress and Gov
ernment. Did we, because of that |
falter in our devotion TO Southern {
intcrests7 The battle fields of the
South will attest that the Wings !
and Conservatives, who laid down |
their lives upon the altar of love
for their States and brethren, were
among the bravest and most self
sacrificing of the gallant legions
who faced death so courageously
during that long and dreadful war.
Nor have we, nor do We now pro
u. d .