Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-03-30
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uhdef Tho Imposing hehdlhe of"faoia-s
Sot ranlssnfhip," Planes ioilsiln u The
2isi inst, undertakes 10 defend iis course
In eseulpalion Of Davis nnd Nowoombi aud
In condemnation " the srminal indlei.
msnts agains, thru. II amounts to bm
Ibis, IN argument IA irllcration Of the as.
seriion that Davis aud Newcomb are not
rgally guilty, because the last was not nj
Aasiip 10 issue the certificate, and lh,re.
fore The hrs, could not he an accessory TO
u crime, which the last did not and could
not commit. Yet the Bulletin still ac-
knowlcdgcs that "lhe confirming Of Clark
rs Representative In Congress from This
(ihe Si) District would be fraud upon
the people" Now II Clark should be con-
frlued In his seat, II will be on the strength
Of TIE certificate of election, given to him
by the decision If the Board OF Canvass
ers in this State, consisting Of Gov. Davis,
Secretary Newcomb and Attorney General
Alexander. There can not be fraud
without somebody to commit ii. Who has
committed the fraud by which Clark Is
now holding his seat in Congress- Not
the people of the 3D. district, for they
elected Gidjings. Not the Congress OF tho
United States, ior tho Congress has not
yet determined the question. II has only
acted in the usual way Of giving the
claimant u temporary seat on the PrIn'a
tdcie evidence Of the certificate he presents.
If Davis and Newcomb are not guilty
who on earth or in hell isl We should
like to know. We hope not to be told again
that all this "fraud" and crying wrong
has been done by n knavish clerk in def
ance of those honest patriots, Davis and
Newcomb. With all our "lamentable ig-
norance," as the Bulletin calls it, we don't
want to be insulted W it'll such twaddle as
this. We know not what wonderful legal
profundity has COTTON hold Of the editorial
pen of the Bulletin, but we doubt whether
he will ever reach tie elevation Of the SUI
preme Bench of the United States. With
the exhibition made In the cases of the
| u. S. VS.. Davis aud Newcomb, we would
not trust him to preside rs Justice of the
Peace in the most out of the way county OF
northern Texas. In our "lamentable ig
norance,n we believe great crime has
been perpetrated against the people OF
Texas. The plain law Of the United States
has been violated, and lift cannot he en-.
forced and the vioators punished, it is n
farce or fraud itself, intended to apply
to democrats and not to IA licals. We hold
Davis and Newcomb both MS principles in
this crime. The form Of the indictments
against them we are no, advised OF, but the
Board of Canvassers are the principals
and the real doors Of the wrong, and no.
BODY else could do it. If Alexander did
not participate in it--if, as alledged, he
protested against it, be may he permitted
to slow thl. in exculpation of himself, but
thus far he has given no public denial OF
his completely We have never expected
the guilty parties in This great outrage
would be punished, as they so richly merit
they have been setting law and common
Justice at defiance q long time with impu-
| nity-but we were glad to see IT, s.
Grand Jury do is duty in the premises,
| and we did not expect to see C respect
able journal, which had, up to that
time, denounced the crime and the Grim
inals without stint, turn promptly to the
, right about face and attack the Court aud
its officials f,r attempting to give prac-
tical turn to its own repeated charges. A
newspaper that does this lays itself open
to more serious charge than "lamentablc
ignorance, and we arc sorry to see the
Bulletin m this predicament. For onrself,
we make no charges against ii, elmer of
ignorance or anything else-we only re-
pc at our astonishment. IT, as admitted by
the Bulletin, fraud has been committed,
will it please tell us plainly who has com
mitted it, if not Davis and Newcomb, and
who ought to be punished2 So profound
jurist as its editor should he able to I'M
ravel this and instruct the "la mentable ig
norance' of the country press.