Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-07-06

DR.. Suits, Isaac Elan, Rccs Jones,
y. G. White.
DALLAS, July 8, 1879.
To Mess. w. B. Miller, w. H. lIord,
John IIulliincs, John IL. Cole, A..
S. Jackson, j. II. Wilson, ID, il.
Britain, DIR. Suits, Rccs Jones,
and others
GENTLEMEN - have received
your call upon mo to bccom acan-
didate for tho Legislature, subject,
rs matter of course, to the nomi-
nation of tho Democratic County
Convention, to assemble in Dallas
on tho 9th of July, and respond
without unnecessary delay.
| have also received various vor-
bal requests of the Same kind from
divers respected citizens of the
county, since my acknowledgements
were removed n short time since
and, in the mean time, most flat
tering solicitation from influential
gentlemen of Collin county, who
supposed that " District Convention
would DO called to nominate throo
candidates for tho three counties of
Collin, Dallas and Tarrant, compo-
sing the district, to which | verbal
ly replied that / could not consent,
Gf otherwise willingO to DO can
didate unless / wore the FREQ choice
of my democratic follow citizons Of
Dallas county. With this explana-
ton, in perfect frankness and with
out mental reservation, respectful
ly reply to your kind and iattoring
call.
First That situated as / am, if our
State were in the peaceful enjoy
mcnt of constitutional liberty, no Or
binary occasion could induce mo to
accept any political position what
ever, having long since overcome
every aspiration in that direction,
and greatly prcfcring, aftcv all that
VIC have undergone in the last elcv.
en- years, to pursue tho even tcnor
of domestic and private life. But
80 long us our chains clank and wo
are permitted to march to the polls
only through files of mcrconary
soldiers or undor the espionage and
at the mercy of an armed State Po-
lice, liberty is crushed and wc are
but political helots.
Second, That looking, on tho 9TH
or hand, at the unhappy and dcplo-
radio condition of our State, can
still only consent to become n can
didate on condition that l shall
prove tho free choice Of my fellow
democrats of Dallas county, in con-
vontion assembled, without any
management or clectioneering on
my part. On that condition, am
willing, situated as We arc, to be a
candidate; and, if elected. to devote
all my energies in the councils of
tho State, in behalf of wiso reform
of abuses and our restoration to tho
condition of FREQ American citizens,
III fact, as we'll as in namo. Should
tho choice fall on anothcr-of our
democratic brethren, shall support
him with opon hand and jealous
hoart.
The noxt Legislature, for mani
fost reasons, will be the most i'm
portant ever assembled in Tcxas.-.
It's acts will be watched by nearly
million of anxious citizens. 1t fol-
lows one whose acts stink in tho
nostrils of the peoplo-whoso work,
in large scnse, must be undone-
in other senses modified, 10 pull
down is easy But to pull down in
part, reform and modify in part, and
to supplement now measures for the
general peace and welfare, demands
wisdom in council, tho spirit of JUS
tice tempered with mercy and I'M
tinged by malice or rovongo for tho
past. 1t demands craftsmanship in
its true sense. Tho man who seeks
or consents to accept seat in such
q Legislature, without realizing the
perils around and before us,--with-
ont having woll matured in his own
mind tho means Of escape and of
our redemption from misrulo and
political degradation, falls short of
true craftsmanship. Lilo who de-
sires such a seat at this momontous
crisis in tho spirit of ordinary Office
seeking in times of peaceful tran
guilty, without having carefully
scanned the situation--its complica-
tions and dangers--unwittingly tri-
fles with the dearest rights of our
long suffering, down-.roddon and
outraged people. So feeling and be-
lieying, gentlemen, without viola
ting my own conscience and sense
of imporfection, l cannot-daro not
occupy the attitude of one volun-
tarily SEEKING trust SO freightcd
with tho future veal or WOO of our
beloved State. Only with solids
trust and painful concern, with an
aiding trust in the God of our ia
thcrs, and at the summons of my
fellow citize ms, would l accept the
grave responsibility.
l trust gentlemen, that our coun-
ty convention may be composed of
ton good and truo men, fairly chosen
from each Notwithstanding body