The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-09-13
LET TIE PEOPLE OF TEXAS DE-
ADMONIsHED.

If there Is any pngc in the political
history Of this republic that should
kipdle the Democratic heart and nerve
the Democratic arm to do battle for
the domination of It's sacred principles,
i. IL that bloody and damnable record
of the Republican administration in
the State of Mississippi. Below We
give report of the political riot al
Grenada, by \ correspondent OF the
Memphis Appeal, and If the people Of
Texas desire to keep such stains from
her political cscutchcon, let them see
that ut the next election in this state
the last modicum of Rajicalism il
swept from places OF power and tina.
by the justice of Democratic policy, the
wisdom of its measures and the lirm-
ness of Its administration, it places
this burdencd and misgoverencd State
beyond the reach Of the striplings and
knayes whose present control is IL dis
aster and shame:
"A train filled with blackscame into
Grenada this morning ut O'clock.
inquired as to the occasion of this con-
vocation, but none could tell. The
conductor said some secret benevolent
(?) black body was gathering it's forces
for some purposes unknown 10 the
public"
This correspondent gives Il terrible
picture of the pending canvass.
There are secret associations OF
blacks everywhere. They dress aud
are drilled rs soldiers Every negro is
armed cdp-d-pic. In every cabin there
are guns, and pistols and knives.
They are solilIy, compactly organized
IN outright declared partisan hostility
to whites. In politics their single
guiding principle OF ae.ion is oppusi-
ton To the white race. The alarm 1T
Grenada this afternoon grew out OF
this simple fact, which the people full
~ comprehend. And this is the be-
ginning. mark you, of political cam
paign--the insignificant preface, the
,ritling prelude. Ii Alcorn came forth
as he must, or he is forever 0uttlonc
deeds of violence will be numberless
and greater degree of excitement will
characterize the contest than has been
known for years, Each ncishborhood
has It's leader, and SO Of each county
and district, and IL these autocrats pro-
nounce against Alcorn or Ames, rea,
son and interest and common sense
will interpose objections in valn.r
or the temper of the whites he says
1.-THE older people whom 1 encoun,
tered have lost both partisan and self
confidence. Their spirits are broken
They are disposed to regard each evi
that threatens them as inevitable, and
bow thsir necks meekly to the negro
yoke. Such shameful paralysis ha,
seized many aged Mississippiins, ant
the younger are so victimized by pre
JUDGES and so resolved to do what /.
unwise, because wise policy does moi
comport with lofty, exaggerated
sense of honor, and that desirable so
luton Of pending questions can not b,
anticipated. Ames and Ben Butlel
will seize and plumber the State. Their,
Is no present help for it. The onl,
recourse the people have is in Alcori
and the politicians.
"The only recourse left this peopl,
consists, am grived to say, in In
election, rs Acorn proposes, by IN,
whites aud negroes of an unadulter
atcd negro ticket. Let it be black n
Erehus, from stem to stern, from alph,
to omega, blacker than the neither ex
tremity OF midnight, and Amcs vii
20 down In darkness so profound TIM
Butler will cock his eye In vain to dis
cover the bottom of the fathomlcs
abyss of black oblivion into which IN
prim son-in-law will have disappeared
The black ticket coal black = ca,
alone restore the fortunes Of the State
and save 1t from the clutches of a bod
Of thieves as depraved as the wors
pro-consul that ever robbed and dc
stroyed Roman province or gave tel
r0rs to the agent Of the Shah.b