The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-09-11

The campaign is now upon w. Soon
we may expect the sweet-voiced Nes-
tors Of our Lone Star State, in our
midst, TO cheer with their fervid coun-
eel our action in the coming election,
Barbccues, picnics, horse races, beef
shootings and bran dances will all
be made to turn some valuable point
in the political destiny before W.,
aud will also afford sublime occa-
sions for ilcdgling orators to tell the
"dyed in the wool' Democrats what
their duty is and how to perform it.
A political campaign is q big thing
in its way. 1t Is the sensation that
accompanies q shock, tho ceaselcss
day of parade for gaudily dressed
orators, and, like every other enter
prise, brings with it its benefits OF
evils, just as the success of the OPP
posed teachers may be established in
the minds of the people. Such has
been the history Of politics in our coun-
try In the past, aud such it will be in
oil time To come.
Fortunately for Texas at this critical
Juncture of her pOlitc,i destiny, NJ
gala ictcs are necessary to arouse neI
deserving peupo d u.e hearty ac-
lion necess.4. ~ Ng, aonl the
spoilers hands the oJst iAlercat snc
POSSESSES, We have mad TOO much
Of oppression, too many irrespun-
sible men in high places, who
carried the credit of the State in
their pockets, too many lawless rob-
bcrs uniformed as peace officers and
too much Radicalism generally, to con
tend with in the past few years, to re-
quire argument to induce our people to
wake up to the full sense of the oppor-
tunity now presented them TO throw
off the chains that have bound them
and the yoke that has weighed SO heav-
lily upon their necks. 1t will require
no gifted son of oratory to define the
mighty difference that exists between
Judge Coke and his tyrannical oppo-
nent, Ed. Davis The virtues of the
ono and the vices of the other, are
too green in the memory of our whole
people to require in this day any his
torical recitations thereof in order to
excite either the concentrations or
condemnations of the public. We have
had too much of secret service, too
much Of peculation and speculation in
the high places of the government to
admit of any lulewarmness now when
the opportunity is presented to Dust tho
thieves and invite honest men into the
occupancy of the high offices of the
State. Every patriotic and true man,
from the Red to the Rio Grande rivers,
has a duty to perform, and we trust
that none will be found negligent in
discharging it. The camp fires are
ablaze, and under their lights the yeo-
many of Texas are marching from q
reign Of oppression into an existence of
free government. Let no one stand back
now that the column is ready to move
forward but rather let the whole line he
filled out, and every true son of Texas
whether he DO old or young In his res
idence Of Texan soil, step into rank /,
and advance with the phalanx that
moves on to political victory. No
man can vote until h ehas qualified
himself to do so, and registration Is
that qualification. How can men
stand back now, and refuse to prepare
themselves for action In a contest like
the one before us, is something that Il
inexplicable to a reasoning mind. All
over the State we hear the leaders o,
the people warning the masses Of theil
direliction IN this respect, and even 4,
Dallas county, the Gibraltcr OF Dcmoc
racy in Texas, We find good men an,
true who are careless Of this duty, an,
who have put oil, even until this time
their registration as qualified voters /.