Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-08-10
DALLAS DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, AUGUST 10, 1872

he felt in looking over tho entire
tieIL OF his affairs, that even with
tho 81, 900, he was still greatly in
debt, and IN fact, insolvent. II"
felt it his duty as it was his right
to avail himself Of tho bankrupt
law of tho United States and star,
afrcsh, after giving up all he pos
sesscd, which consisted chiefly OF
tho farm and ho.nestcad which
sheltered his family He therefore
wrote aguir- to Boston telling him
these facts, and declining HIS prof
fered loan uuder the circumstances
The mail soon brought request to
know the precise condition ofatfairs.
He made it out in detail, end his
statement disclosed debts soveral
thousand dollars in excess vf his as.
sets. In prompt return Of mail o
letter reached him with check
for the amount of his needs in full.
His debts paid, his energy restored
and his family retained in their
home, the day Of his adversely had
passed and prosperity met him with
pleasant smiles and open hands
The money 30 lent by u Bosto"
merchant TO Il total stranger in u
Southern State, ono whose face he
had never seen, whose opinions, So
cial and political, he had ever op-
posed, has been returned, but this
il the least of the transaction
There is a debt which will never
be paid so long as life-blood warns
that S0uthcrner's heart-the debt
Of love, of gratitude. of friendship,
which binds him and his kindred
with ties stronger than iron to that
Boston merchant, and all who bear
his name or are of his kindred
The name of tho Northern man is
borne by the son Of the Southern
man. 1t will be household name
that shall couple those two fami ies
in true ties of friendship while
their name shall last. Should dan
yer OF trouble isail the man Of the
North Or his kindred, he can court
upon the ready hand of his South
ern brother to detond him-a dc.
fence rendered without money and
without price; the cheap defence
that human love gives without
reckoning, never so glad as when
giving it. Why should not these
two families of Massachusetts and
Georgia bo allowed to typify the
relations of Northern and Southern
people? You may be sure, Sena,
rors, that like causes will produce
like effects. 1t is in your power
Shall it be done? In justice to his
State and the people Of all Amcr-
CT ] am called upon to state the
name of tho Bpst IN man who set
this wise aud noble example to his
fellow countrymen, 1t was Daniel
Denny, the Bosom merchant, whose
wisdom of the heart know how to
conquer men more etfectually than
ho who has won tho buodiest gar
land gained in battle. He over.
came enmity by kindness-the
great law of love, whose divine OK
posilor was born on earth eighteen
hundred and seventy,two years
ago, but whose teachings seem SO
little needed IN these latter days -
Within fow weeks Mr.. Denny has
gone to his honered grave, but his
good name shall not bo forgotten.
"Only the actions of the just,
Smell sweet and blossom in the dust
I saw and felt in my personal in,
Lcrcourse in Georgia the kindly
influence which his trust in human
nature had created. l remember
well that gentleman telling me of
q meeting Of those who had been
confederate officers shortly after the
occurrence which have related -
Thew were impoverished they
were sore with many things that
had visited them in the way of do
mestic and polical afliction. They
had much to condemn and little to
prals-' and little apparently. to
thank the government fol-. While
they were relating instances of
their bardships, this gentlemen
arose and told this story in sim
plicity and truth; ; and he told mo
that among these angry and soro
men who had breasted battle ma.
ny a time, and bore upon their per
sors the scars Of conflict, there
were tears soft as woman's shed at
this ono touch Of human kind
ness
what can war but endless wars still
breed"
The law now proposed is an act
of assault; it breathes of violence.
1t causes hatreds. it will produce
no good will either between citizens
or toward the government. 1t il,
as I have tried to show. a plain vio
lation of the limits of our written
charter Of power, and oven if il
were not 40, it is unwise and unjust
Cease, then, l beg of you, this male.
ficient, odious system. 40 foreign to
the genius of American govern
ment, called Reconstruction. and
adopt now and from this time forth
the true, the wise, the Christian
policy of reconciliation" between
the States of this Union.
The largest and Oldest orange
tree in this State is on the old Pen.
niston plantation, on tho Bayou