Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-11-18
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The late Congressional election In this
State has convinced the radical leaders
that with all their eunnlngly devised
schemes Ia the way II legislation, orders,
proelamaliOns, bribery, corruption aud
force, they eau not maintain their rule In
Texas II the people can have mn oPporinni'
~ Of voting and deciding who shall be
their public servants, The democracy are
too powerful in numbers and too ineorrnp'
tihle To he contro.el by all The means hith-
erto contriyei to keep them down. An
election now for Governor, State officers,
Legislature aud District and county OFF,
cials woull make n clean sweep Of radical
ism in Texas with all It's namclcss enormi-
ties, This they know perfectly well, aud,
further, that the rapid i'm migration going
on is constantly increasing the democrat
ic strength. There remains only one
chance for the radicals To prolong their
power, aud they now seem disposed to Try
it. II is to get the whole State put under
military rule again by Grant and prevent
any more elections. which they are unable
to control. This design is plainly shall
owed forth by the ]uttcrances Of the Austin
journal, the Houston Union, and the other
small concerns, scattered here and there
aud suhsisting on government pap. They
ARE all beginning to howl about ku klnx
al ,ha I,yis,l1a Eu, NINA md tbn rphel.
lious violence of the democracy. OF course,
they know they are lying-therc is no
other word for il and We use it%--they
know they are lying about this matter and
they do it with deliberation to effect the
object they have in view. They have not
hesitated to express the determination to
hold on to place and power by any means
and in spite Of the people of Texas. They
have told us in SO many words, that II ala
not matter how we voted. that they inten-
ded to bold their positions, and to govern
us with n rod of IRON until We would be
submissive 10 their will. Now this can
only be accomplished by outward force,
and these lies are told to be the basis of
Government action at Washington. And
there nrc radicals in Texas who are will
ing to swear to these lies and peril their
eternal souls to effect their ends. Such is
the human depravity of these demoralized
times. 1t is not n1 all impossibl that
they NAV succeed in their Internal designs
it is quite probable they may. Grant
has already put a large portion Of South
Carolina under Martial Law, and his Myr-
midons are committing untold atrocities
upon the people of that poor, prosecuted
State. This will likely be extended TO
other states soon, and we may be the next
victims. The late Northern and Western
elections have embroidered the military
Chief. lie now imagines that n majority
of the people Of the United States have los
all love or care for civil liberty, and tina
he can do what no pleases, and, indeed, il
looks so. AS long MS the so called rebeI
States alone sutfer-it is well-it seems q
high qualification TO the Northern masses
they relish it-they roll it rs a sweet
morsel under their lips. They had bette
beware. The end is not yet. The rod o
despotism may in time BE- applied to theii
own backs. They had better stop ant
think a little.