The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-07-22
THE DAILY HERALD: WEDNESDAY MORNING, July 92 l874.

yassalage. Here WA the Held for
siRlehnilnshlp,
? A Wise legislation 0ould have rtgu-
lated the neW state uf allnlls 10y grndnl-
ing tie best0Wul Of rights according 10
Tho preparation Of the negro race to re-
Ceiyo them. liut with preolpllhie
haste, lmpelled by malignant passions
and unnatural resentment me replb-
lipnn administration has called 10 me
scnl Of honor dignity and power ana
invested with The precious iullcli' lnrr
Of Anglo.SaX0n republican freedom,
Including franchises AMI privilege
which ages of pallenl Arli'governlnelll
aud prarlcrd virtue alone ~ a people
Ia Gl,lny, a rnce whose barbnll'm hnt
only been mtlgnled rs Tie dcgraltd
conditions Of slavery, ANA THIS pfplnne
inyeslllure has taken place upon the
ruin Of u great section and u great pe0'
plo
Now, the great practical question for
the people of this state, since the power
that could dcal successfully WIN INC
subject lsnrrayed against lenl II now
In the midst Of unequuled dllllcllltleSi
10 save the honor and restore the pros
pcrlly Of the state. Justice 10 the negro
would require but little al our hands
In 1868 the democratic party, represent
Ing the white people, laid aside those
prejudces which rose out of their old
relations and the Indignation which
they felt nj the sweeping amendments
which had 40 altered the conditions ul
things aud solicited the aid Of The
blacks In rescung the state, which Ind
fallen into corrupt hands Every one
viii remember how tGuoe blacks WHO
had actually enlisted In The democratic
clubs betrayed their faith on election
day,
Just before the last campaign the re-
form movement was started by many
of Jur most respectable ana Influential
citiZsns-,a movement which ala not
call for the sacrifice Of national prefer
encc of men or platforms, hut which
|. was nimotlMt the overthrow OF n plum
derlng government, which they had
learned to dcsplse w heartily as the
! whites. This movement, which en-
! bodied the fullest recognition ofall their
constitutional rights, and which ex-
/ pressed the utmost friendship, was de-
| fentcd by eNactions which their neces-
stiles and welfare did not require,
which were purely sentimental aud
cnptiOus, and which involved the deg
I truction OF our civilization and refine
ment,
Again. in thr face of wrong which
their votes has cstablishcd-an lsurpa-
ton which has brought ruin upon all
J decentralization movement originated.
The larger class of the blacks met 1t
with GOODNESS and disirust. A few dis
honest negro pliticianS assembled AZ Il
solemn meeting called for the purpose
of healing difficulties which appeared
80 irreconcilable, and TO them tho Occa-
sion seemed festival 10 celeO rate their
riumph and parade their insulting ar
rogancc. The negro has put in office
lcprous aud diseased whites who have
filed the Whole state with their stink
ing contagion; they have elected from
their own race the most Ignorant ana
depraved, and they have solidly sup
ported the plunderers of the state,
though lnhabltlag the same soil and
supported by white employment.
But the white people are charged
with n moral obligation from which
the basencss OF the negro noes not re-
lleve them. The great instinct of self
preservation and the impulse of kind
ness both REQUIRE that they should b,
controlled in their madness by vigor
Gus measures, and reused from theil
iniatuntion 10y firm and determined op
position. We should announce tC
them that unless they cooperate will
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