Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-02-24
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TIE Houston uaion ia,ecomlng agilnlsd /.
p,sr tho lndIolmeWuf Goy batIs First
II plead to the jerl.dltliun, II We under
slasd ", taking lh- groin d,t the u. 4
Courts and Grand iuriss had nothing 10
do With the natter fflhs Governor htd
cohnitioi crime 'llc State Courts aud
Jurics should atc.d io II. In that case
NJ His ESocllOncy nppoiEls all the judges
MD other cili,ials, there would he snail
chance Of any conviction, Our understand.
ing IT, that the Governor hns been proper
ly indicted under III. law Of Congress, ex.
pressly enacted 10 take these matters away
from the State Courts, on the supposIlion
that they might not do Justice TO 'The man
ard brother ms II respects political rights.
Now ic hc''a~ wrS intended TO protect the
hlcks, should It Tot protect HE whites al.
50! The offence, alleged 10 have been con
miled hy Governor Davis, Is nm offence
against the United States aud must be nt
tended to in tllcir Courts. II is no new
lhing, inliclng n Governor. In 1862, Gen.
'Qnitman, then Governor of Mississippi,
vas indicted for violation Of the Neutra
| ity laws by aiding the Cuha1 patriots
/ What di II he del lie surrendered TO the
/ Marshal but he fIls' resigned his Govern,
orship, tint sovereign State might not
he hurt in It's diGni y ly having i,s CHIEF
Executive arrested ~ II criminal. Their,
was an example for Gur. tp,sis, but il was
not to be expected ,lal.he couldI.e aclllaie
ny the ,obic spirit that prompted the nc
ton Of the galhul 4uirmau.r tow We svt
told, that the L. :. Marshall has telegraph
ed TO Washington 20 Grtw if he must mr.
rest the mighty radical Governor I'll,
attempt Of the Union, as last resort, {,
defame the Grand Jury for doing its duty
will not aRswer-it can rot be suslane d
: We have no doubt the Jury was an homes
one MS the times 60. Every body know
HAT Gov. Davis gave false certificate o
election 0 C'a'k, AMI lie ought TO be pun
ished for it, but we doubt if re ever will
be under the present indictment But, i
ihe Grand Juiy was bad onc--whose faul
: vas ii? Did not Grants officials selec
them? Whether minority of them wer
republicans or democrats is nothing to tn
purpose we know the Foreman was for
loHg tine the radical appointcc of Mayo,
Of the city Of Austin, and he was radica
enorgh then, as We can ,esti!y-ifthe Gov
ernor Ind violated The law it was lhei
sworn duy to indict him. Let him b
tried by his peers, if tlcy can Ie found
and if gully, as charged, Get linn be pun
ished. lie and liis associates were wnrne
over and over again before, during an
after the election, not to violate the law;
and there is no excuse for him or Il IN
They sinned knosinely ard wilfu!ly. VIVA
did we hear during the canvass from Da
Wis papers? That no matter how the ps G
!, pie voted, Clark and his set should be re
turned-ihat was the plain substance q
it, We were shocked at the time. W
asked, what il meant. When the electio
9 was over, VIC saw what it meant. Their
| was partial backing down, bat in tn
case of Clark, it was bold carrying on
of the threat. We say bold, though it wn
IT evidently accomplished with "tear an
e trembling" And now, who shall complai
5 if jnslice is me, ted ont to The chief trars
!, grtssors! Not we if they suffer the fu
] penalty Of their crimes. They were warn
Q and needed it not.