Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-10-21

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/. mcnls, ihr gool peop.s ihsr.oi, an
lhRs forge a repulalion itr HAT ppl
pie II being a .aWlcss sni cr,liHs
, po0plo,
These ,hiRgs have gru1R int
/, Z history, aUl sro Uuw rcrogpiIul
, authentic uoclrrsnrts Ui lhc times
lG- fhe ENeraliyo is n1w cni0no
lpr tho cNrrul'nn oia npeale,l law
ani lhrrrhy greatly Increasing lh,
taxes demanded ul lhe people, a.,
gaining lho pcs,iun aud control d
an enormous sum oI money, Ihe dis
lrlhution whereof is suljccl O. hl'
will IN connection with these about
hi", who bold position by his ap,
poin,mcnl, uni whose terms OIOI.lce
lspeai on h!s pleasure,
/. Tho act entitled IAN act 10 or
gauile aud msintHin . SYSTEM Ol
public free schools IN the State OF
1 Texas" DAVIS oI 1871, =, 80 was
presented to the Governor tor his
approval On the l2gh of April, ISL,
Senate Journal, i, Iis,
>. la the absence oI approval, tho
hill so presented would become a
law ia live days, iinpt vetoed. Con-
slituIion section 18th, General Pro-
\ visions.
,. The bill so presented was not
approved nor was il vetoed ~ on
the 18th OF April, 1871, it became n
law.
/. The ihh section of said act
provides that "rhc directors OF
each school district shall have tho
authority to levy II tax of not OK
cccding one per cent, for tho pur'
poso OF building school houses aud
main,aing schools in their respect
i've districts.
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|. The act entitled "An net 20
give effect to the several provisions
OF the Constitution concerning taxes
| claws 1871, p. 5G,) was presented
to the Governor for his approved
on the 2Oth day OF April, ISL. Sen
ate Jounal, p. SIT.
.. Said bill was approved the 22d
day of April, 1871 and from that
day became II law, i've days after
the act first name had become u law
under section XIV Of the COntitu-
ton before 1itcd.
3. The eighth section OF the last
act named, provides that "a direct
ad rdior,m tax for the year ISL OF
one fourth the amount Of the direct
dd rdl0rcm State Tx on all real
property situated and all personal
property owned in each school dis
trict in this State 4 = (shaIl be lev
led and collected and) "to provide
the necessary school houses in each
district, anGingure the education
of all tho scholastic. Inhabitants OF
the several districts"
t. The thirty.sc@0nd. section or
this act rcpcals "all laws and parts
of laws in conflict herewith, cx-
ccpt such as authorize special coun-
ty taxes, and other special taxes"
). Section five Of the first law,
and section eight Of the last law,
ere in conflict, crat least the one sup
plies the other, both being intended
to raise alund, by taxation, for one
and the same identical purpose
6. The repeating clause repcals
section five of the act first named,
and thereby reduced taxation for
school house purposes from one per
cent. to on3,cight Of one per cent.
But Notwithstanding tho record
shows the foregoing facts, yet the
Governor appended his approval to
the law first named on the 9th day
of April 1871, seven days after it
had become Il law, and thus, OF his
own will, sought TO change the
dates of laws, and TO give them
force and in u reversed order, and
by his signature, to revive q law
which had been repeated.
This repealed law is now being
enforced. and under its provisions
q tax Of scven-eights of one per cent
on all the property in the State OF
Texas, real or personal, sought to be
collected.
10. The people have been disarm,
ed throughout the State, notw'th-
standing their Constitutional rights
to keep and bear arms. Constltu,
ton, section -, article /. Laws OF
1871, p. %.
The police and State guard are
armed, and lord it over the land,
while the citizen dare not under
heavy pains and penalties, bear
arms to defend himself unless he
has reasonable grounds for fearing
an unlawful attack on his person,
and that such grounds of attack
shall be Immediate and pressing
The citizen is at the mercy OF the
policeman ard the men of the State
guard. and that too, when these
bodies of men embrace in them the
most lawless and abandoned men
in the State, many of whom are ad-
venturers-strangers to theeoll, dis
charged or pardoned criminals, for
getfrl of law, unrestraiaed by the
customs of society, and without in-
terest in or tics to the State.
IS. The election order, under the
operation of which the near APP
preaching election will he holden, 1
is a monstrosity, and could only |
emanate from mind deliberately
determined to insult and humiIiate
the people to the last extreme on
the one hand, while on the other it
willfully orders the violation of the
Constitution, by the agents who are
10 carry said order into execution.
II forbids the assembling ofthc peo-
pie on the days of election it pro-
hibits free speech it forsids the
free and lawful movement Of the
citizens in person; it forbids the
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