The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-11-08
TIL, APEAKING

vi 'f'H "utcS lOT tHe Lcbisiu-
tvrp q A.l,oti .sie courthouse on
ThursdA lar.Sit. The crowd was about
two lnyadred, and would have been u
thousand but for the inclomency of
the weather. IT was strictly n Demo'
cratic appointment but Captain Brad
shaw, our candidate for the Senate, in
keeping with the generosity Of his ma
ture, agreed to divide time with his
Radical opponent, the late Radical Dis
triet Attorney, by appointments Gov
ernor Davis, who was dismissed from
office lust fall by the sovereign voice of
the people of this DISTRICT. Having,
however, tasted the sweets of fat
and potential office for three years
against the will of the people, he APP
pears like q child once spoiled with
sweetmeats and cannot rest without
sucking sugar plums This individual,
the friend and companion of State
policemen, Freedmen's Bureau Agents,
DeGress, and his understrappers, and
the apologist and defender of all the
Radical monstrositiss of the last four
years--this gentleman, with such II
record, was the first to mount the stand
and, and - proved to the people,
that he was suffering with the same
malady that has carried many Il weak
minded man to his grave-political
hydrophobia. Only once before, since
old John Nicely Bryan first mpacked
his ponies on Dallas Bluff in lS4l, have
the people of this town seen such II
manifestation of little, small
potato, dog-fennel arrangement of
the ordinary instincts bestowed by
nature upon human beings-that was
the day, in 1871, when little Eddie
Quirk addressed the darkies OH the
rocks around the courthouse, and
homeless Joe affectionately inquired
after the health, well-being and pres
ent avoirdupois of General Magruders
stirrup holder. Really we have too
much humanity in our composition to
treat his discourse as the emanations
ola sound and responsible intellect.
We would not kick drowning dom
key when he was sinking in the bog
and and only his ears visible. Rather
would we seize his ears and pull him
OH dry ground. The intelligent, the
free born men present, we feel assured,
experienced no other feeling than the
emotions of pity for the manifestations
Of this deluded man, who hopes, rs
many think, by suffering martyrdom
now, to receive crumb from the
Mecca of all broken down Radicals of
the government at Washington.
In stately contrast was the open,
manly speech of Captain Amzi Brad
shaw, of Ellis, Democratic candidate
for Senator. 1t was q thorough and
searching exposition of historical facts
and political principles-the out-pour-
ings of an enlightened, conscientious
and unpurchaseable heart.
DR.. Middleton, of Tarrant, modest,
well-informed gentleman, was too
unwell to speak.
Mr.. Joseph w. Kemble, of Ellis, a
plain old farmer, sharp as briar, hon.
est as honesty itself, made a telling
speech by an appeal to facts and figures
which proved him las we well knew
before), to be man well fitted for
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS searching,
laborious, intelligent, honest and indie
pendent
John H. Cochran, of Dallas county,
closed with an excellent. speech, in
which many saw they had moderated
his abilities. The whole was happy
reunion, and well calculated to bind
freemen closer than ever to Democ-
racy.