The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-10-04
CIRCULAR.
To the Voters of Dallas County;

FELLOW CITIZENS In justice to myself, ms
n man, and uS Il candidate lor NE once oi
Treasurer of Dallas county, ma u hec s,I'.
nv to correct The errors aud expos" the false,
hoods contained In y certain circular issued
ana signed by NJ. V. Cole, wherein ne en-
denyors to excite the prcjudiccs of my
felluw-citizans against me.
hov, always underworld 10 live with my
fpIlow-mrn IN peace and harmony, and to
treat my ncshhor rs wish to be treated by
him, and in this respect was always very
iIIs hSenh. st daniidats ipr olicS, learned
tnnt there nry some WHOSE minds are 50 pois.
nned with envy and JralopSy ,na!, Wy as we
may tn avoid nj difficulties and unplfnsant=
ness, they viii thrust themselves upon u.s.
1 have lived among yuu for ucnliy twenty
years auu dare any trrlhlul man 70 point
10 any action of mine or show anything IN
the records of our county that would be II
diShonOr to my name. ,r
My opponent is NJ. V. Cole, who leads on
in his circul r with some reasonable excuses
Inr not visiting the people OF this county
hi ncg2iun and n order 10 JUSTIFY nm
n addp;s, as the molt advisable taalSe' thSi
slanielotis charges against His opponent;
In The canvass last year he tried TO trauuce
my name by tell ng the people that ! had
specialized in the county FUNDS. raining 70
substantiate this chargc, and being CONVINCED
of It's fnisily, he now tries oeXcitc the polltl-
cal prriudices of the people "S'lnst me ny
chuil,rs which have no f1uhuatiun except
IN Ills OVID lthhEiiHli'ii' ~ ~ I..,','. 49,
tflai4cs j.sg On iho eye 81 the primary elpf"
lion. In g,Tdt I that | night hot have az OPP
porlunity of exposing to the public thelr ut
lie PROPOSES to exhibit his books to public
Investigation, and feels confident that he
has discharged his duties to periertlni. re
forgclS that some persons had receipts Tor
ana Vet were indicted by the Grand Jury for
failing 10 pay ~ same, upon Information 10!
fii'hiSned ~ n: Y, Cole, So much for Ills
He SAWS he is no politician, hut has dcvo-
ted "his atfen ion 10 his farm" He killstwo
birds with on ston1-attcndS ms once ana
his farn, In person Ut the same time ask
! tliat he be credited ny the people aecoFaihs
I'm IN he he darkest days of our country,'s
gloom, when Democrats. for their party zeal
I.ty, were hunted down ny RNdlc'l hlre IilaS
firmly by" Hnd--SAw n and DID NOTHING. 1
ask that he De credited according I" ms mer'
its.
stn(l IL purty FIR q home OF pOlitlGn, tIeeNnm
from the land o! GpIresslnn.7 Forhaps he
knows not from what land came, o" per.
haps he thinks there Is no Demoefa'ie p%pr r
flectng little upon this, verify believe
that notwithstanding he processes to nave
even been Il firm believer in the eternal
truths of the principles Of the, Democratic
party" lie does not really know WHAT True
bamooraiip urlnuirleg nrn,
| Il ahl q hutiyt ol'the oldes~ existing Repunz
lie in the world. 1t has retained its rerubli,
can form of government Through times OF
dang I, not surpassed in history upon dem,
ocrat!c psinciplcs TO the present day, a period
OF 500 years. And no more liberal govern
ment exists in the world than the little
Republic of Switzerland, of when was once
Il citizen. do not know how iar ms pedi-
gree MS u Democrat may extend, hNi ! was
e enits and have adhered to those principles
better, have no doubt, than he has.
IL says that |, "whether9 member or not
acted III concert with the loyal league, ana
for his (myl loyalty TO the Radical party, ne
IN was appointed Treasurer by the infamous
h. j. DAVIS" The first palt OF this charge Is
an infamous talsehood. AS 10 my appoint
ine yid lit was obtainod to the satisfaction
Of eyelV one but himself ard the party who
wrote lis circular for him. " hen thF once o,
County Treasurer became vacant, petiii,o on
was presented % Governor Davis, signed by
several hundred citizens OF DnllaS county,
of whom twO-tllilds or more were us eoou II
not better Democrats than my opponent, m
GLIDING nearly every merchant, physician
and lawyer iii Dallas AT that time, ana u
large number of farmers from the country
In .yus carried TO Austin by Major John l.
Aut, together Win w petil'Un, , i"r aiu ~
and in this way the appointments was CD
tanned. Not by my own so!lcltalioh, put ny
The solicitation of my, democratic lriehuS.
In the last election / acted according TO the
advice of my friends and my own expert
HnoS wnirh' TAUGHT me that conventions
uiihlder the present infringement, were FRAUDS
md ,nfiir and therefore became an indie
unndcnt candidate. Under these circum
stances | could not refuse the vote Oh any
nerSon who chose 10 vote for me. Iue hiul'
| rni unrty having no nominations Tor county
officers mad to choose between the nominee
of the Democratic party and the 1ndepcn'
dent candidates, and many of them tlilhk-
ing that myself for Treasurer, ana w IN. II
Thomas for Surveyor, were the NEST capable
candIdatps for the respective offices OF Iren'
sqrer and surveyor ,Reliei t,l'i rorH YplWTf
" Cole was glad to receive all The votes
lie could get whether Radical or Demo-
cratic. Now who would brand Wiiltam u
Thpmns- one Of our oldest fliiaeps ana q net
fer known Democrat than NJ. V. Cole or ms
CONFIDENTIAL udyisor--as d RadicalY surely
that will never do. Then why does he hurl
his faisehoods at me? Simply because am
| his opponent and he hopes thereby To defeat
me- But / trust that the people OF Dallas
county KNOW me too well TO be deceived by
such sianderous falsehoods Qslill his circular
NJ v. Cole IL rather unfortunate IN hoi
being able to write his own circular, but
must select ''kindred spirit" TO assist him
| In Ills dirty work, | hope tho two Will be
appfcciattd according totheir merits:
| In combustion wpnld say that the prom
Uses made Ey VI. V, Cole suund very fair, but
| the means made use of to attain the office
are low and vile. | submit my claims 10 you
fellow -citiZtns, and promise, If elected, to dc
my best, as have ever done, 10 serve your
| hest interest by the faithful discharge of all
my duties Respectfully your ohedlent serV-
ant, liENh1 BULL