Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-12-30
4 Voice from Missouri,
TuErsrE R,sG.


We would e,ll special aI'shIi0h to ihl
following strong, manly letter, which y,
have isksR tbs liberty TO Publish. Il 1.
from one .of the Ablssl lawysrs shi Pnrs.l
dsnSsrA's ~ Mis.aurl, from shsnee comes
lie "nssslyeTTJdHusi'lbR' 10 the ismssr.'
~ 10 lay down their srns snl trust y ih'
msrey ~ dissatisfied republicans to saw,
ih,m snd the country, Il has the Iru'
spirit sui the true ring Of the old dsmoe
rAey, Thl. is tho lims Tor leading men Il
speak out 10 plainn,ss anil bo.dness, Bat
We will not longer deiain our readers froa,
. psru,al ofihe letter ine'f
R0RFRr lossELYS ESQ
My bear si.-I am fra'iihed at Tia pts
ilion YOU have taken against the dishOn
est aud eowarlly doef,hr of'PasslTeism.
Il Is not eSiraVcgant TO state the Demo
cratic vote Of the nation At a,SO0,O0O IL
Nov, 1872. TIL. anli,GIhRi IElieal vote II
probably not 100 600. No one eau toll any
Thing hSo.t Il. Their weak. ess is shown
by their limlaiiy. Thoy have not organ
iIcd aud yet they CHAIN To be party. IL
Missouri we have an anii.Grant organirs
ton. But this organization hsN lately Ill
yided aud a large port ion OF IL has gone e
the regular radical faction. IN no oher
StaoH there Gny anti Grant organizations
I,et Il he observed further, thai the Nilsson
ri GaSi Grant faction Is only opposed iS
Grant "a 'beLdy Of i'se1. af IL chn't gain
'ctiice by opposing Grant 1t rs neuirsl-in
DO eyenj-E.sIah support q Democrat.
Til, is its miserable and confemP I,Jf'rtt.
ifude. Yet this is the concern" which
proposes to dictate to Democrats who their
candidate shall be These men are sim
ply anti Grant ami nothing more. They
Grants placc-nothing more. They say
they have contempt only for Democrats
They would have their votes-but that is
all. What shall We ghih by putting $500,
900 votes in the hands OF these men? Chi
bono? No one seems TO consider this vital
point Let us look att. S'ipD6sc We take Gov.
Brown, say nothing Of his Continually swer.
wing off IKE ttme other old Republicans
what Is no? Isl. lie is y Cuba annexat ZIONIST,
wants all free negro adjoining territory
added-2d. lie is lnnatic.. howler for wo-
mans rights. 3D.. lie was an impeacher OF
President johnson. 4th. lie is believer
IN the power Of Congress TO pass all sorts
OF miffpnsy bills and test oa' his.
This is his past history aTa he never has
retracted n particle of this arbitrary creed
Now IL you shall consider Greeley, Sumner,
Logan, Cox or Fenton, you will find the
same offensive odor proceeding from all
Of them. Every one claims to be better
republican than Grant. Greeley said re
Gently the Ku Klux bill is good law
Sumner v,ted for it, Trumbull considered it
insxpedicnt-votei for oil the other mill.
tary bills since the war. Not one Of thsst
men is opposed to radical principles.-
They personally oppose Grant-not Grants
PRINCIPLES. Now the question i, just this
The Ieoatc are growing Disguised with rad.
ical principles. These men see it. They
wish to retain office and use the Democrats
to do it. we hold the Democrats togelh.
err, nominatca tl0Toagh war Democrat we
shall gather all the dissatisfied radical
people and 60 intopower with party which
car make reform in the government II
we disband- that il, make no Nomination,
we shall probably fail. As for rSself,
can vote for none OF this crew Of nnar
chists. But if we succeed, we shall have
no fruits-no real victory-no tefSrm. lf
we nominate, we are cure of the 1900 900,
democrats and all tie disaGecled mdssss.-
The common people, the prirdt,S, who are
offended with Grant will vote for the dem
tic candidate if he lisa Union man.
gh,Y wiH not r"fe for Grant,
If, then, we are not the biggest fools in
The world, we will move along in the reg
nlar way-the odium attaching to radi
calls, and radical policy and radical princi
Piles, is due to democrats and democratic
eaching and Democratic principie,, the
Democratic party can appropriate il, as
no new party can do it. Nomi-
nate test oath, military, usurping, i'm
suffrage radical, and ruin
'olows. The Democratic party is gone
md reform is hopeless. We may fail any
way, but we can not succeed by the COW
'rdly policy,
| am sir, very truly, your frishd,,,
s. I. 3.