Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-01-20
Drilling the Negroes.
TnE CoNTIsuED ErronT 70 lStirE
TROUBLE.

Ever since tho close Of tho war
there has been protrnctcd and
conslnnt daily effort on the part Of
cortnn dcbascd white mon, through
tho Southern Slntcs. who have m.
fortunately obtnir cd the control of
public affairs 10 incito tho negro
population against tho whites, and
to teach .hc blacks that the whites
aro their natural enemies. That it
has not boon productive OF great
mischief, Of unparalleled atrocities,
involving the loss of life, property,
aud the happir oss Of communities,
is remarkable, aud can he attribu.
ted only to the fact, of the natural
limidity and docility Of the negroes
as race. There have been out.
breaks hero and there over the
Southern States, thcils, robbcrics,
rapcs, and nr'ons, out groupings OF
the vile teachings Of midnight lea
CUES. Tho wonder is there have
not been more acts of atrocity.
For upwards of five years the
negroes have been assembled Sc.
crctly Mt night, in armed bodies,
harnngucd in II manner calculated
to incite all their evil passions. We
do not presume to say that all the
speeches have been of that charac-
ter nor do we pretend to kaow how
far their Ignorance and evil pas
sions have been wrought upon,
What passes in these secret assem-,
blics is known only to the initiated.
But VIC witness enough every day,
in the conduct and bearing of the
black population to satisfy us that
many of them are greatly misled
Ordinary reflection would teach
every sensible man, whether living
in the North or in the South, that
such asscmblages bare no good
either to society or government.
And right here we desire to put
the case plainly to tn, Northern
people. Suppose the Southern
whites would act in the same man
ner, meeting night after night in
secret conclaves by hundreds and
thousands, what would be said of
lit? Would not the Northern press
and even the telegraph groan with
accounts of an anticipated Southern
rebellion? TO hide the foot prints
ofthcse secret associations, and to
prevent any animadvcrsion upon
their tendency. the Southern radi-
cal newspapers are filled with mis-
representations and constant defa-
nations of our people, in which
they endeavor to make at appear
that nothing but The strong arm of
military authority and the power
Of the Federal Government, pre-
vents the entire country from being
the tRuatle Of anarchy and violence
The truth is, us every one knows,
that tho people arc submissive be,
You'd example, and with all the eff
forts of designing men, to ferret
out crime, 4 real live ku Klux has
never been found.
But the action of the Radical
party since the Inauguration of the
Davis government, has assumed q
now and more alarming feature.
The negroes for the last twelve or
eighteen months, have been con-
stantly subjected to military drills,
and they are now armed, ut the ex.
pcnse of the government, with the
finest guns that arc known to mill
tary service. On Christmas and
New Years they paradcd the streets
under full drill nearly the entire
day, on the LIST, they were march
ing and counter-marching, and
going through the manual of arms
What does all this mean? What
significance attaches to it? Is all
this expense and labor intended for
IL mere idle display? The whites
would not dare pursue such . course
~ this, and if. under u Democratic
administration, such II thing was
attempted, the country would be
placed under martha i law, the writ
of habeas corpus suspended, bas
tiles would again frown upon us,
and military commissions be organ
lied. We believe these negroes are
armed for no good purpose, and
that there is a dark plot involved
in this movement, understood alone
by Davis and his satellites. 1t be
hooves our people TO carefully watch
it, quietly, calmly, and consider
ately, to SEQ that no evil conssqucn-
css shall follow Jefferson Times,