The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-06-19
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which his long and faithful service
cnlnentIy cnlillc him.
GOyERNOR john II. CROCKETT.
The following letter. written by
Governor Crockett 10 the Waco lNam
incr ii one of The finest and purcst cvi
dcncc1 Of time honorcd and timctc3tcC
friendship We have ever seen, and com
ing from the man II does ought to h,
appreciated one who Is not given I,
vain batteries, but who deals altogether
in substantial facts. The letter WW
written before Governor Crockett knew
that we had placed Captain $, JAdama
name at the head Of our columns u.
our choice for Governor, and without
rc,mctng one word contained in his
letter complimentary Of Judge Coke
he authorizes Us TO say that he will sup
port Captain Adams for Governor DAY
hy day we are gathering evidences oI
the growing strength Of our friend unc
choice, and ns the people know him
better they support more earnestly
Captain Adams is II good man, and il
worthy Of public confidence, and il
elected Governor Of this state, we pre-
diet that his administration will he APP
pauded hy every honest man in WcXas
DALLAS, May 81, 1878.
I1p. ENAMINER:-lt affords me grcia
pleasure to read the following remarks
taken from your pnpcE
1--WE think that under existing cir
cumstauces, the question Of geographic
cal positions, or sectional preferences,
should not govern the selection Of Il
candidate for Governor. This time Wo
hope to soc n candidate chosen solely
upon his qualifications, ability, homes.
ly, and uuswcrVing devotion TO Demo.
cratic principles, and when we say
Democratic principles, we mean it II,
more of the Custom compromise, -
sort-shcll or New Jerusalem mdcpoud-
cncc in "ourn,' If YOU please, Who
ever comes up to our standard in thi,
respect, and we can get the nomlnN.
ton, we will support with IcrNency auo
zeal, and SO will "Justicc," for We
know him well enough to answer tol
him."
If you really mean what you say, il
is truly gratifying to know that thcr,
isat least one editor in the State Wh,
has faith enough in the Democrat,
party to believe that there are Demo.
Gratis in II capable Of making Il Gov
ernOr
Ever since the war our Democrat,
friends have been prone to run after
strange gods, and will have no one e
rule over them but some mongrcl OF
some man of doubtful political ailini,
ties. They call them Democrats, they
run for Office and are elected under th,
c0gnomcn Of Democrats, and when
troubles arise in the camp we close on
eyes to the real source of the misfOr.
tune. We have not the moral courage
to declare the truth, and those profess.
ing to be Democrats, but having nc
sympathy with the Democratic party,
and no respect for the name or prlnci,
pies of the party, only acting with il
for the present, against Radicaism, are
using position and the influence II
gives them to undermine and break
down the pnrty,
The Democratic party Is the only
party that has defended principles, up
ON which this governmentwas founded,
and SO long as there is the least hope
of rescuing our institutions from their
perlous situation, ! think we should
preserve our party and its principles in
tact. We should elect men to office
who are true and tried Democrats; not
those who are dumped in for the
present emergency All honor to those
who have mieigncdly attached thom-
selves to the Democratic party; they
will be known and have their reward
in due season, for truth carries her own
light. But the past Presidential elec-
zion, and the course of some of the
Democratic members of the present
Legislature should warn us to beware.
There are Democrats in the State,
firm, sensible, true and trusty, we'll
qualified for the Govcrnorship, and |
hope that, for one time, the Demo-
cratic party will select n man for Gov
ernor that we can vote for. There are
Democrats not few who will not vote
for any man in whom they have no
confidence, morally or practically, not
even as n choice of evils. There are
those who will vote for no man who Is
not n Democrat-a consistent, reliable
Democrat.
think, on this occasion, the DEM
ocratic party should run man for
Governor who IL not only II Democrat,
but man of high moral standing, n
man whose integrity Is superior, with
To every other consideration.
| ann sure that there are many gentle
men in the State who would come up
to the standard, and, perhaps, none
more fully than Judge Coke, of your
place. JOHN NJ. CROCKETT.
THE New York Tribute discovers a
significant coincidence in the fact that
the prevailing idea in the oratons de-
livcred on Decoration Day was that the
peril which besets the nation from the
corruption Of politics and the low and
debased standard of public morals, is
full as great rs that through which we
passed in the four years war. This
idea, saith the Tribune, burst forth in
IAN tundertonc of sadness profounder
than that which flowed out of all our
bereavements-a feeling that somehow
struggled for expression, but chohed in
the utterance, that possibly, after all
after all-those dead heroes died In
vain. that the shock of war had been
sae-1,, ,,aeoad otllv In rive tho worn,