Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-11-18
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.aRns 1T eases C"u'd h. proved At 'i"lalloh
Of the ku-hlgN Ian, y'i Ho no bollcr has
hrrn lak a VI any ui iLem ~ lhl''I
ATS officials, Hat very len lnii'i
states Commissioners have been apI"'hl-
ed under is provisions, Il u c'aimr
81 that lhrlv aIe .lunh acre wales
nat will be recorded %. lhs H~rPubllcah
side, after the srhopl system argins 10 de-
lrHd is,li, aud Tie rniuIcrmvni OF law
brings safety ~ we'll A. peace,
lriIrT, irum IrNas give tuTlher details
1T the mahn.r N which the Democracy
rnrrird that STATE The Republican, vote
Ia The more lhiuly populated counties has
L,ra dtelra,r,l, aud one ri the ways Of
hiIgiug ahoul hi, result was for b,ho'
cratic canyHsseIs Ia call NJ the c.hlus aud
dwellings OF the pooier people with a list
uT The registered voters, aLd demand iIom
each one an account of how hr was going
10 yuie-NheiHer Tor the prnner rats ~
.~scouudrrlly Radicals Thrss eaHVasssrs
w,ubI tell III. white voters what fearful
consequences I" them aud their families
would follow the last named N"lr; how
they woutl he scurn,d 10y all Ihclr race
their children would BE- iusullci and their
wives usiruclscd, II merchant or other
person dependent an patronage, II was
suggested that loss d custom weuld he the
consequence, The co'ored people were
threatened with loss II work aud consc'
Qucut starvation, TIL, sort Of thing was
skillfully done, sn ms 10 avoid the law, nnd
was very rficctual in iIs resulIs.-AtS
iork Tribune.
The foregoing extracts from the Trih-
une show TO what means the radicals Of
Texas resort to cover up lhrir own ras'
%calities, aud maintain their usurpcd rule
over our suffering people. In the plain
emphatic language of Mr.. Greeley, when
he nlludes to similar statements, they nre
II batch Of lies IRON beginning TO end.
What can we do with such depraved
wrelchcs? How nre we TO obtain relief?
They hesitate nj nothing. They steal and
murder under the forms of law aud the
prtcnce Of loyalty, and then lie anil lie ant
lie to deceive the Northern people, 10 oh
tain their sympathy and 10 excite their
hostility to us MS rebels aud reprobales.
And the worst of il is that these LES are
believed by respectable, intelligent, reading
Northern mon. We deny them-we show
how absurd and unreasonable they are !
We prove them to he inventions, false ms
hell itself; Tint they IRE gotten up with
malice II foreihough, and prepcnse, instiga-
ted by the devil of rndicalism for political
effect, and yet all this does no good-ge
nre not credited and the liars are. 1t is
said we are interested in denying these
things, md that even the sworn testimony
of tie most reputable of cur citizens is the
product of perjury This is what we get
for our efforts to set things right beforethe
Northern mind. The result is that we are
not only believed to be guilty of outrs ges
against law, justice and humanity, but
further guilty of adding perjury to our
souls in order TO hide them. Again we ask
what can we do? We have shown that
these linrs have no private or public
chnrac,er--that many Of them had been
guilty of cri mes before they came TO the
South to plumber US through official posi-
tions, obtained by the bnyonet-that they
were f~ugitives from Justice or convicted
f%elons, escaped from jnils mud penitcn-
%tiaries, and still they are believed and wt
discrediira.
Now we know it will do no good for rs
to deny the statements, made in the ex
tracts We hive given from the Tribune, OIL
aitem, 10 controvcrt them, nnd yet We
shall do it, somewhat in brief, as it hn'
often hcen done before without avnil. l
is not true that the democracy were bette
organized than the radicals, or used mort
money. The radicals had the State gov
eminent and all the officials everywhere
~unscrupulous and rendy 10 carry ont order
from Headquarters. They had been or
panizing from the beginning Of their rule
and ha the Loyal Leagues to work thrO
and control the negroes. They had thu
= handling of the public money, and tn
= Legislature to create offices and the Gov
ernor TO appoint officers to use that money
and they did use the public money TO bril-
md buy up and influence whenever the,
could. They had the power of the Genera
Government TO bnck them. The charge o
intimidation on our part is the height
md depth of absurdiiy. How could it be
Think of it, you Northern men, who eve
do think about politics, just think of it on
q moment. The radicals, rs we have said
had the whole government, the Legislature
the Governor, and all the officers through
out the State. The Legislature, at the com
nencement, authorized The Governor TO d.
what lie pleased, and he did. lie had n,
: scruples of conscience, and be did ever.
thing he could do md deemed necessary Il
SCENE success. lie had an armed Polio,
and State Guard, mostly negroes, to sup
port him and carry out his orders. Til
g. citizens were disarmed and arrested ant
= heavily hned ifthey were caught with arm
= about them, and they were searched, j
! Suspected. All the holders and judges nnC
E counters of lie election we're appointed b.
. or through the Governor, and we've hi
ciesturts. lie Issued his orders and proc
lamations, forbidding gatherings anc
speeches and no Sc, and even "%sneers,
Wien the election was going on, and com
pelling the people to go home and go Il
work ga coon as they had voted. The bal
LOT boXes we've surl funded and guarded bl