Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-04-13

were our cltcti1u lnWf just hhi lhtlr
decentralization hlr, there would he far
lees hazard IL lhe Issue aud The people
could costly evcflhfpw corruption. But
MlrpIed by laws framed forbnd party pur.
poeea-4 oomnelled 10 vote alone NJ county
seats, under Tic mtlhgemont Of heu ap.
poinled by an iinfrisndly power, because
iley are themselves believed 10 be I'M.
.fIlendly the door Il wide open now, Ms II
was last year, for the honest voice Of The
people TO be sllhed aud iramped under
foot We must 10 calm, united and rca
sonnblc, and yet fin IN the right, In order,
Ms far as possible, 10 render our voice po-
tent over evil, by It's unlly and force.
Hence We should not cnt up, divide and
tlissipalc ogr strength by petty, personal
scrambles for The multitude OF small Offices
to be filled. live do--and | implore my
citizens TO bear the fact in mind
the great moral force Of our abstract unity
on general principles will be broken into
fragments. The oppmasor would rejoice
! at our folly; aud, restnsaured, all you who
may desire official positions, that his myr-
midons, here and elsewhere, will spare no
pains to slyly pat you on the shoulder and
| endeavor, if possible, TO have you and q
/ dozen Of your friends become candidates
for every little Office to be filled. Divide
and conquer is mn old adage. Divide the
honest people and slip In u servile party
tool, would be the prompting of those who
hold place and grow fat on the calamities
Of our people. you want Office and Mt
the Same time wish well to the people who
bear all the burthensl of, government-in-
| tending ON your pmtit0aet in good faith
then beware of these shoulder patting gen.
try who are identiiedrvitlr our oppressors.
Their bread depends On our continued OPP
preston and welldolhey know il, Seven
years of bayonet, minogiiJ aud oppressive
rule over our once free State ought to make
us "wse as serpents, liafrn ess as the ma
ture Of wronged people viii allow. To-
wards each other, may we not exercise the
largest charity, as n people having COM
mon principles and Objects common
4 wrongs to redressandlriglts to secure
yet ever liable to difitr in minor details
| and precise odes of action If not, then
\ in all conscience, what have We learned
v by seven years. Of sore atlliction!
FIRST, OVER ALE AND ABOVE ALL, let our
|, united efforts be to select rs candidates
\ and elect to every Office, however small,
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as men al home, are above suspicion, and
whose capacity is sufficient 70 "a proper
discharge OF theldutics involyed.ar
Secondly, let us endeayor, by kind and
friendly means, to.Baye but one such can
didate for each Office, rutbat-Our ispfrages
nay be harmonious ssnd powerful for
gpod. am not aHd never Have been an
advocate Of caucus n9minationslfo for Office.
Ii ordinary times, with liberty and law
Justice and public honor, established
throughout the land, IN multiplicity of
candidates may lead to no evil. But now
it is sadly, painfully"~the reverse. The
first great duty of patriotism is TO re-
store the State government and every
office to honest hands. Every per: onal
aspiration should willingly yield to that
one grent and noble object. r..
1t is now six and a half months till that
unprecedented election of November is to
take places Ills Unprecedented in the
number, Variety aspl Gas things are) i'm.
porlpnce' Qf the offices to be filled. These
thoughts are offered thus early,jyunder a
, deep sense OF their Importance t6'Our vel
fare. Wholly wi hout political aspiration,
they spring from a heart ready 10 practice
their precepts.i 9fH 1t urs i3l4JH
May we be spared the spPciasse Of rseqr
ing selGannounoad o dozen capqidates,
, among our own friends, for every little
county or rnunicipal Office. II is ntbrtify
ing to men who re,lizelthat we to day llivt
in perilous times. tits giving to Ithe iqp
pressor cudgel with which to beat the
: last manly hope out Of us. But rather
felow-citizens, let our motto be; ~ '''
"Union, han mony, selfdenial, conces
sion--every thing for the cause nothing
for men, II .BY ~ HOPE.