Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-12-23
GOV Thr. .smarion's Trsdu'
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s.qssdsiiss II The isn n,illisa Of Dollar,
,sssl stll irsn The uniiei States Tor 'h'
NrsMstRan rsrr,isry ~ tho period
annexation, Amer b. hsi gsllss lhr"ns,
Nth hi. doll aud disjOiLle'i uitrsne's, b.
vas prinPly corrected o. this roin, b.
snr,ss rsSss frisnl, John llshry hroSH
.nl nc Ih.ughI no EoIe Of The msiisr,-
lui il ssria- radical Of 'anal andseii!
aud moEe, brains, one rho undertook l.
m.ke,Ihe canvas hr the feeble bryan
viii the Hon. Iohn G, Conner, erIiaii
Judge. Scott, vas guilty 81 the sane grOs'
sussip 1t deception aud iIJusliss, shosihI
conc :,siyeiy that hi, vas u coGesrls'
planot attack, devised by the Mr. Ieh'1
I,lundtsws a; Austin Ivr their own Jnslih
cation, aud that the who's sti OF Islander
log ESShlsrs were Ia, acting frcm the eu'
giver-thsm at Head Quarters.
We learn from the hest authority, thai
Judge Scott, IN a speech NJ Linden Oh tm
yih OF September lat, in reply 10 an ani
madye tlon OF The Hon, John {. Come
upon the Radical Party for high taxes, Sc
charged that when 1hrcekmorlor went In
10 office as Governor u Texas, there wer
In the State Treasury ten million OF doll,r
,monry received hy Texas from the U, :
Government for New Mexico Trrriiory.) y
That money, he snid, had been fqunniered
during Throekmorrou n administration, be
sides large public State debt had b,e,
incuftel, the burden of which, the radi
cal pkriy had now To bear. liz wound ~
10y saying that il was not strange III
democrNlic party could nppare illy admin
lister The SIaIe Government with such Ell
iremly low taxes, only about fiiiSsn cent
ON the hundred dollars worth OF properly
when, in truth, there was II greater es
pendiiitre, taking into consideration tn
ten Millions -,sqmundered and the publ
debt incurred, Than coald be charged to Tho
radical party. lie then INDUCED in an il
nuendo. "Ah! Jimmy Throckmoron
willy fox--he knew what he was about
to run til. Government on CT edit aud no
TAX the cool people,
NoF, we have no personal knowledge o
Tins map Scott, never having heard OF hin
until lately, nor can wo shy that we hav'
any desire ior ii, il this is TO be taken MS
fir indicai :on Of his character. The Oh
ly excuse for these reckless assertions
that we can imagine, is ihathe may be on
Of the new carpet.bng imrortations, an
was merely repeating, pnrrot-like, the les.
son he Lad been taught, without KNOWN.
OF caring erhaps, what he was saying
II our friend, tie lion. John Z. Conner,
id not, on that occasion, fully expose til,
m .ndas4y'If this charge, and tie cover
attempt 10 injure the character OF one
the most poi uiar and valued of our pubn,
men, it must have been owing simply It
the fact lha, Ire was new conner himscl
and m t,stt'nyt, as yet, have been wholly
posted in the past history OF our tate and
ready at all points 10 repel it, calupnia
tors. y, gEEszs
What are the facts? The ten millions,
referred to, were Allotted under the compro-
mise Acts Of 1850, as compensation fo'
that portion OF Texas, which va: by tina,
settlement attached to New Mexico. Oi
this, five millions went to pay its.revolu
tiolary debt, Three millions more wen,
Public buildings and TO the support Of the
State Government, during the years when
the,taxes were released TO the counties
and for other purposes, not necessary here
10 enumerats. The remaining two mill
ions were SET ssidc as school fund. 0,
these two milliopr, Thus set aside for this
purpose, $l,755,3l7, we're afterwards loan,
ed to various iaili onis in tEeStntc, to aid
in their construction, deemed then, as now,
OF vast importance 10 the people, and the
interest bearing pbords Of these railroad
Companies were in the State Treasury
All this was done before the war and,
, neither wiserrl pnwise, Gov. Throckmor-
ton is not Responsible for il any more than
he is for stcessscp, whieh lie voted against
and labored 10 prevent. Turing this sad
civil warfnv<; flie< Legislature. ~ the Act
,f Jar. llth, 1862. transferred the remain
Ter Of the S2,00o,000 school fund, amopnt-
ng-io S5S0,G09, with nccruing interest Of
s37 900 of na,hrcd cupons, to the ordinary
: tate Revenue fund. This was used and
disposed of %rslie exiperces Of the war
Except $4,000 ofEu. S. ronds with the in
crest thereon. Wien the war was ended,
Zen. IInmilsSrs lien Provisional Cover
ior by sAlisefy appointment, sent to The
Government at Warrington these U. s
Texas InlesssitslBonds, remaining in ih'
state Treasury Tor collection. and he also
made nm effort az recover those which had
zen used during the war. This cfEorr
VA. continual ~ Coy. ThrockmOrion.
rhen be spcctedei him in Office by an over
' he lining vote Of the people under ih,
Johnson reconstruction, and by the suit,
i washingidAsiHsiitu by him. q larg'
mount va.' fecovereJ,-som ihonsspat |
.f5re be wu expelled from Office by mill
AIRY orders, ashsa FSnlr-larger amount b.
be deisrtn7nsiion o. the suii since Davis |
~ been Go-srDOr. 4 The amount, retain
by Paschai, Gov Davis attorney a
Tashipgton, Cor fer. is said TO be forty o.
50.O0Ol Il issaid that there are $500
. or more Bonds in England that Ough
, b. reoo-sreeians, IL they have not been
!. the fault Of The present radical Stat