Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-08-26
.ftfFi'a standard,
Political.

the Ho2erhCr, Ihroekmorl0h
made a sEeeo,. at tho Court lious'
this everlug, giving a history o
the organisation, and tendency o.
party i6rmstions since the war
and setting forth the present eOndi
tion OF tho stale from unwiso leg,
islation; and trglhg all the people
10 come To Tic tEAcue. lie espe
cially exhorted ~! his old whig
. friends TO join in tbs effort To relieve
tho country; also tho honest and
moderate Republicans, who had
been disappointed in their just ex'
| rcctations by the course Of legisla.
ton in this State. He also nd.
dressed briefly the blacl; men pres.
ent, and eounselled thei:. that theft
real interests were thb Same ae
those Of The great mass az the white
men, AMI that the Legislation which
oppresstd the whites mus. ,hcccsSa-
rily ortrcas them. lIo tod them
that .kc patty with which he acted
had been opposed to their .litfan.
chisemcnt because il did not belie7c
tho were prepared 10 exercise the
privilege but that all chargfs that
the Democratic party would 70 en-.
slafe them, il in power, or dcTsive
them o. tho ballot, were false. Tor
@lii!e y has BEEN opposed to grant
Ing IL t6 them, the history of polit.
ica! eveSts showed that the ballot
cnye gra-,ed was very rarely with
drawn. For Himself, ho had On.
dcavof6a to have ongraited in the
State Constitution, n provision that
no thrn el;oild &5te who did not
pay tax, aid he believed such II
provision was just; and would result
in forcing tho general paymen: of
taxes, and greatly tthofL Che State,
After the Govcri!cr ccrtltocd, we
remarked to him that We lad hoEea
he would urge support of the Tal-
las nomination, and he told us Till.
he intended to do it, but had for
'totten it, not expecting to speak,
hHr feeling much in the humor for
speaking, but remarked that we
could % il for him, and say that he
should Sc!g for the nominee of the
Dallas contention, and had every
where urged lilo friends to do so;
for although thef5 wits no personal
good feeling bctweca HIN and the
nominee, that every ni6!hbcr OF q
party could not expect his l'ctsonal
friends to control, and tho CdnTen-
tion having determined tho choitb
of the majority, it is the duty of
all those having interest in the COM
mon cause to support the nominee.
This is manly and to the point
and is precisely what we expected
of Governor Throckmorton, because
he is man of srnsc, and knows,
that upon no otler principle of &C
tion can any great caust be carried
through TO II triumph. IF every
man who is oppressed bJ' Radical
robbery, is to strike for his choice
of representative Agents, and say
he will only vote TO put down The
opprcssors prorided his favorltGs
can fill all the representative Offices,
of course the RAIDS can 60 on to
eternity: or ut least until they have
filchad all the little we have left,
and sold us out by action of the
Sheriffs as tax collectors which will
not require much more time, at the
rate of progression for the past two
sessions of the Legislature.
When Gov. Throckmorton, who
has good reason to believe that he
has serious grounds for personal OBJ
lection to Captain Conhet, tlitowc
these objections aside, and weighing
his action by tho ncals Of pati'lut.
ism, tnerges all other considerations,
in the superior consideration Of pa
triotic duty, there is very iittlU rea-
son for the class Of persens whb
profess to desire the overthrow Of
the RAIDS, but having no private
grievance, have merely as u matter
Of taste, insuperablo objections to
Conner to continue this mummery
any longer.
If they are hrL fer us they are
against us; and having no present
able reasons, ncytna their selfish
devotion tc their cWh preferences,
they ar6 virtually attihg rs friends
to this Hads, ard nro really enemies
of diifs, in the iiitst dangerous
gaise, and should be treated as en-
isaries of the enemy. For if they
are really sincere, ahd really think
the Importance Of ths 5bjccts we
have In view dcss hUt overweight
Of Personal prefer
ence; and rather tl!an vote for Con-
her against whom they can alIcgc
nothing of a ntot's substantial char
tactcr than that he was Born in In
diana, and fought fct the section
of his nativity, and that because
he did this, which fiitiit his stand
point was a patriotic duty, and be.
cause he was both Ii Indiana,
which he could not very well cor
troll, therefore, for such weighty
reasons as these, the RAIDS should
be allowed to continue their plum
der of our people ind we dts to be
ruined. rather liidr be sav6p by the
agency OF n nan horn !. Indiana,
who Tough. ntt hie 5wh region, pre- !
cisclv as W.T. dit-wc say if these |
peobIc really believe in the tof''s IF
these arguments, :hey have not |
sense enough to be healthl mem
hers of the State. But the tfhth is
thew do not believe in the force Of
tho reasoning, but have astlfish de- /
sire for self importance % be at
taincd BIZ holding himself aloof, |
and expressing Dissatisfaction with |
H. obc;f.g Of tffh proat nasOritV.