Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-04-27

aud integrity has sufficiently no
qurcd the confidence Of hia fcllow
citizens boiorc the war ~ hc mpd,
Governor, secretary, auditor. 0i
treasurer Of State attorney gcnct
al, judge, clerk, or reporter NJ The
su rene court sulerinlcrdcnl u
pei lie instruction, member ~ eth
or branch Of COugi css, or Of IT,.
Legislature 0fhi State clerk her.
IN, treasurer, auditor, or recorder
If his county; Judge Ofa probate
court, whose jurisdiction tLllUws
The inevitable iOpt>tcps oi death,
and whose Functions are those IT
Icnovolcnce toward tho orphans
and the widows Of the human race :;
justice OF The peace, or constable of
his township, or notary public,
Every man who bad been called im
former days to fl' amy one Of these
stations, and many more that might
be enumerated, and who, during
the conflict between the sections,
was clothed with the slightest re
spons,bility " charged with tho
smallest official duty hy those with
whom his destiny and his home had
fallen, was marked By the blight Of
Of incligibility, prd like the lupor
Of Old il was made crime for tho
! people to again reach forth to him
the hand of friendship, confidence,
and support. Even the sacred in
stincts Of human nature became dis.
qualifications for office The ties OF
kindred were made criminal under
this new and reyoltingsy yssam. L.
wao gave cup of cold wat6r and
Il crust of bread to his thirsty and
iamished son, under arms for Il
cause which he believed tobe right,
and for which he was willing to
die, was branded with dishonor and
driven out from the councils Of his
countrymen. The loving mother
who sheltered her weary and woun-
ded boy, laid him in his own f;l-
miliar bed at home once more, kiss
ed his feverioh lips, wipednawav the
gathering dews Of death, an. with
II broken heart closed his dear eyes
forever, was condemned for these
acts of angelic mlnistcring, and in
Cured the penalties of conliscation.
He who dismounted and gave his
horse to II brother in tho moment
Of danger and in close pursu t tho
sister who wrought and sent cloth
ing to him on the toilSome march
the maiden who prayed for her low
er rs he lay dying in the wider
ness or at Stone river, all fell under
Il common curse. Even the white
haired grandmother Of lourscorc
years, whose youthful husband
perhaps was at the Cowpons, Eu-
taw Springs, and Yorktown, or,
may be, fought under Jackson nc
New Orleans in the war OF 1872,
was deprived Of her pension, that
small morscl Of bounty IRON an an
generous Government, il her heart
ycarncd or her aged hand was cX-
tended in sympathy to her children
and her children's children on the
''"'.s " ',aG ,,I '3"u'' I,,;, ~ i,o; '"GV f.n
LIZ III ,n I'"U hanf, ""'t '. ,,nta ,n,', % ho',
ors, cnioymcnts, liberties, and con-
troll of Government was never en-
acted against Il whole people, with
-. -, l,n
"u, 'eSPuc' " 'So VI ''N' ~ ~, t"' I ~"
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\ ''.i'' c''''''''',' ~ l0.
t''e yoN' 'or "T'. 'yd. = ~ i.T"is''e9igotett
nations Of the earth were never
more complete or appalling. who
denies II single statement | makef
b! challenge and defy contradiction.
Every fact that here proclaim 10
contained in the laws and III The re-
corded transactions OF tins Govern
cnt.and will constitute, alter sonlo
time be past and the passions OF
the present have subsidcd, tho most
trighttul and crushing arra'gh
mcnL which history ever summed
up against ruling political party
Sir, shall II people thus berctt OF
every attribute Of scIi-govcrnmcnt
be held responsible ut the par OF
public opinion, or at the judgment
seat Of God, for the consequences
which have ovcrlakcn thcm ii
50, then the doctrine OF irec agency
in measuring the accountability OF
man is snare and Il dc'ilsIot. AS
well might you go TO The galley
slave and accuse him OF The mlSrulo
and the tyranny which chained
him to the oar. As well mighty
denouncc the banlshcd eNiIc IN tho
SHOWS Of Siberia for the deSpollsm
Of the Russian Car. Nlth tho
same propl'icty you may visit The
prisons Of all lands and raii at thelf
inmates through their iroh-Sratet
windows on account OF the owl ad-
ministration Of the governments to
which thcV belong. The tlGrCe ana