Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-08-05
ADDRESS
az the Cemmittee seieesed ss
the Dallas CanS enpSn. Go the
Vsiers OF the second Cossres-
siosai District OF Texas

On the 3lst day OF March los
amer an interruption OF nine year
Texas resumed her practical rel
lions with the general governmeh
4 military despOIism yielded 10
written consultation, bastiles eeal
ed 20 iFown, and the military con
mission which had been '.itlng \
judgement upon tho lives shd lS'
tunes OF tho citizens, passed away
With tho supremacy OF the cav
Law came the inauguration OF u Had
ieai Governor. with part,ran SUI
port Of two,thirds in both branehe
Of tho legislature. Then the sta.
was free from debt, and u half mil
lion ofdollars in the treasury. Now
aiter less than eighteen months 0
Radical misrule, tho contract deb
of Texas Is near fifteen million dol
lars. Then the revenues OF th
State were but "a few thousand, ge
amply sufficient TO meet all homes
or legitimate demands Of govern
ment) and as n consequence scarce
ly felt by the people; now the,
reach millions, with every ihdustr,
/ lnvishing. and every citizen stag
gering under the burden Of mal'ad
ministration.
These are facts patent and noto
rious, and il is time for those uPoi
whom these mighty responsibilities
have been placed, and who mus
bear the burden, to inquire OF thu
causes producing such results. II
cannot be attributed to any nntura
cause, for n just and beniticent Gre
ator has blessed us with abundant
crops. II cannot be charged to in
ternal connections. for the arm oI
the civil law has been equal to every
emergency.
Ii then, no unusual events in the
affairs Of government have occurred
is il not time to hold to account
those who by virtue Of tho creative
power and by authority of rcgu.
isrly organized, systematized and
legalized fraud, styling itself n leg.
islaturc, have 10 grossly imposed
these unnecessary burdens upon us'
Where is tho necessity for the
swarm Of officials quartercd upon
every community to insult the peo-
pic and cat out their substance ?
will the Militia Bill, Police Bill,
and School Bill, and kindred meas.
ures justify the myriad offices crea'
ted, and tho millions paid from the
public Treasury? Is this character
Of legislation SO necessary for the
peace of society, that industry must
be taxed until it is paralyzed p
Shall statues be piled upon statues
at an expense unprecedented, when
the great want Of the people is, to
be let aloneS Shall we continue to
be afflicted with these vampires
who are sucking tho life blood Of
the body polite, and never assert
our perogative through the ballot
box to hurl them from power?-
Shall we endure without nurmur a
constitution, (Radical though it is)
wreakfully and criminally violated
bv II partizan Governor, by filling
offices by appointment, declared
elective by that constitution?
We submit to every candid mind,
if it is not true that tho general
tenor and direction Of the law.mak-
ing and executive power Of the
State, since the Inauguration of civ
il government, has not had u direct
tendency to array ono class OF citi-
zcns against the other that it has
taught tho blnok man that his
white neighbor is his worst enemy.
That it has constantly irritatcd So
ciety, and such irritation has been
aggravated by venal, partizan
and subsidized press, and thus by
we'll concerted schemes the best
elements Of society have been dis
turbcd, for tho purpose Git is be-
lieved) of charging lnwlessness up
on tho peaceful and industrious
Democracy of the State, and thus
affording an excuse for those crown
ing acts of Radical legislation,-the
KI Klux Bill Of Congress, and the
Militin Bill of our Legislature.
1t is deemed futile to complain of
the action Of the general govern
ment. We have pctitioned again
and again for such relief rs is pecu-
liarly within its powers, and we
can only hope for an amclioratlon
of our condition whom the magma.
nimity ofour rulers shall move them
thereunto. 1t is to the unhappy
condition oflocal affairs, the rene
DIV for which is in our own hands,
that we would earnestly speak to
the people and inquire if the people
in whose hands the remedies repoGe,
propose to continue in office that
class of men, who are guilty OF
"bigh crimes and misdemeanors"
in Office; whose record is that OF
trusts betrayed and oaths violated ;
whose history is written in coali-
tions and conspiracies against the
general peace Of society, and the
prosperity of the commonwealth
If you do not, then register, and 60
to the polls and vote the Democrat
ic ticei. We say the Democratic
tice,. because the Demo ratio party
is the only organization which
seeks to restore honesty and econo-
nv TO the administration of public
affairs, and We call upon every vo-
ter to make it his special duty from
now henceforth to see that every
Office from the highest to the lowest
is filed with sound, unquestionable
DEMOCRATS. Every man in Texas
who has the requisite citizenship
and has no. been convicted OF q fel.
ony can register and vote, and il ia
his duty TO do 80. No man has 8
right 70 shin the responsibilities Of
government, and he who stands
idle at this dark hour and fails t.
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