Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-12-14
The Presidents Message,

Gen. dinni hns promulgated his fourth
annual message 10 Congress. Amer q
careful investigation NJ The main features
contained, We can find nothing 10 eneonr,
nge the people Of our own peculiar section
lie opens with n strain Of profound regret
n, the recent disaster Detailing the city OF
Boston, and tho snme paragraph makes
him say Tint "oihcrwise we have been free
from pcpiilence, war an eolomife'," which
Ia true from the generals standpoint. Then
follows n series Of felicitons congr atnla-
tons to the Nation as TO the result OF tho
Geneva Arbitration, the San Juan Boun-
Diary and other matters Of international
importance, the operations Of several COM
mi,iioni and recommendations for the
creation Of others. r.,..
These, however, are OF minor impor-
lance and we propose 10 touch only those
Of especial gravity ms applied TO the pso- |
pie Of Texap and the South The question
of our frontier defences, the Indian qucs.
ton, the Postal Telegraph, and tho Kuklux
and Enforcement nets, these are questions
unsolved, and of tho gravest nature to our
people. ... r.. ..... l....
MEXICO.
The President regrets the death ofJau-
rez, con graduates the people Of the two
Republics upon the election Of his tempo
rary legal successor, and deplores the re-
cen state Of fairs in TINT country, while
he becomes the apologist for her outrageous
nd high-handed acis Of murder and rob
berry committed upon the defenceless peo-
pie Of Texas. He recommends, however,
an additional appropriation that the CON-
mission appointed in this year may fur
Their prosecute their labors, but while
making this recommen dalton, the style
and texture ofthe cloak prepared to hide
the de formities made bare by this investi-
CATION, is clearly forshndowed. The
.'.. POSTAL TELEGRAPH
Is next in or Ter, scheme to purchase the
wires Of the whole country, and place
them in the hands Of government officials,
as a part Of the Postal system, our people
can readily understand who those officials
will be, md can imagine to what uses they
will be made to apply this then tremend-
Gus political vehicle, an instrument in the
hands of inscriptions partizans capable
Of workiug more real harm to the country
than tina. of any other. We should GER
tainly regard the adoption Of this recon-
mendation in the hands Of any party rs
an irremediable calamity to the country,
and must fain indulge the hope that the
small leven Of patriotism in congress will
triumph over mad desire for prefermenf,
and wicked party fealty. @
s ENFORCEMENT ACTS.
The military president is made to say
under this head that disbursements thro'
the De partment of Justice have been large,
by reason of the operation Of the nforce-
me Mt acts, but that he "cannot question
the necessity and salutary effects of those
enactments upon reckless and lawless
men," therefore the expenditure ofthe
thousands upon thousands Of the peoples
money (money accredited to the Depart
ment of Justice) TO carry the election Of
North Carolina for the Radical party was
necessity uDquestioned Of Ills Majesty,
and that this is true no man will doubt,
for the disgraceful transaction stands to
day as much q matter of correct history
as any other act or thing connected with
the Nation, following this remarkably
cool statements, we have a dish Of virtu-
Gus regrets that the necessity for these
enactments end their endorsements exists,
and INDUCES in fervcnt appeals TO good
citizens that their aid be given, the censti-
tuted authorities for the suppression OF
So nguinnry acts uncommitted only in the
devlish Imagination of unprincipled parti-
Fans. lie then grows lenient and merci-
full, so far as he deems it consistent with
justice" TO so.called offenders against the
peace and dignity Of the country, he,pro-
poses TO test the virtue Of policy of elem
ENJOY 80 far as TO give the subject OF par
don TO parties convicted by means of fraud,
party conspiracy and judicial corruption
"a favorable consideration" Now what part
genuine mercy and decent regard to right
will play, His Excellency's 'iden Of justice,
or how long the matter will likely remain
under constellation, is not set forth. Not
one word is uttered as to tnr..-. r'
| .. h AMNESTY. ss..
Not one particle of official influence or
power is directed in behalf ola class Of
citizens wholly deprived Of every cheri sh-
ed privilege of an American freeman, not
one drop of the oil Of generosity to fall
len foe, is poured upon the troubled wa
tiers he claims to exist, to the end Of bring
ing order out Of chaos wrought by the
party Of which he is the acknowledged
head. fot one kindly invocation falls up
on the impoverished South and her people.
o section and a people part and parcel Of
the land he governs. We now pass to that
most interesting subject .-......
| INDIANS, .-
And give the exact reading of that portion
Of the message bearing upon this most in
teresting subject. s.. ga, Il .1
"The policy which was adopted at the be-
ginning Of this administration, In regard
to the mana cement Of the Indians, has been
as successful as its most ardent friends
anticipated within SO short time. 1t has
reduced the expenses Of the management,
decreased their forsys noon the white set
Elements, tended 10 give tie largest oppor-
tunity for the extension OF the great rail-
ways through the,public dom ain, and push
ing Of settlements into the remote districts
Of the country, and at the Same time i'm
prove the condition Of the Indians. 1.s
The policy will be maintained without
any change, excepting such as further ex-
perience m az show to be necessary to rem
der II more efficient" sA- e"t
There exists in the beginning Of the
above paragraph the most reckless disre-
gard 10 truth ever promulgated, officially
or otherwise, else o most glaring and cul.