The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-08-13
The9ailg4erala
Il. @. McLURE, Editor.
For Congress Third district,
HON, JAMES W, THROCKMORTON,
OF Collin.
Cruelty uNJusT.

Tho Waco Advance, says the bren'
ham Banner, thinks that about the
saddest evidence Of ruin In South Cnr'
olInn that has yet been brought 10
light IL the contemplated plan of Gov
ernor Moses to cnrry the next election
by white votes There u soon to bc u
tax sale Of real property all over the
state, aud II Is said that arrangements
are being made 10 enable the owners
TO bid their property In, the considera-
ton expected Of them being their
votes for Moses and his crew. Just
here one becomes incapable Of express
ing the utter degradation Of thatunror-
tunate people.
We do not know from what source
the Advance derived ils information
but this we do know, and that Is that
the above extract Is cruelty unjust TO II
gallant and long suffering people, who
have endured bravoly ndignitles such
M have not been inflicted upon civil
lied people since the creation of the
world. They have been made the slaves
of their own slaves, The devil him
self, II relgnlng on earth IN pr0prid
persona, would not have been guilty
Of such an enormity IA to have sub
jected u brave aud sensitive people TO
such an outrage.
If there were any truth In the above
extract, even them in view of all that
people have suffered, II would be un-
Just and cruel to speak of them as re-
duced to cutter degradation UnIor.
tunnte they may be, and doubtless are,
above all civilized nations on the earth;
but there il no "degradation' in their
misery. They have done all that man
hood could do 10 avert their ruin, but
all without avail In the providence
of God they seem to have been called
TO suffer. That suffering they are bear
ing as bravely rs they did the shock of
arms.
II is true they are being despoled of
their real estate to haveit parcelled out
among their negro rulers. Already an
area larger than the state Of Delaware
has been forfeited to the state for non
payment of the excessive taxes, but
we have yet to learn of the first man
who has been tempted by the hope of
saving his property TO sacrifice his
character by joining the Infamous
crew of negroes and thieves that Is ruI-
ing and robbing the state.
10 give one instance of the length TO
which this spollation is going, we copy
u portion Of letter received by us, on
Monday last, from DIR. A. p Wylie, of
Chester, South Carolina. That ii may
be fully understood, we would state that
Lyman G. Draper is the secretary Of
the State Historical society of Wiscon-
sin; that he has been engaged for years
in procuring material for life of
General Sumpter, "the gamo-cock
of South Carolina and that DR.. Wylie
has been engaged in assisting him in
his researches. DR.. Wylie in his letter
to us copies the following extract from
letter just received from Mr.. Draper
81 feel sad over the miserable condition
of your state. had n letter the other
day from General Sumpters grand
son, Sebastian Sumpter, residing near
Statesburg, in Sumter county, saying
he had just consigned the remaius of
his only brother, Hon Thomas ID.
Sumpter, to the grave on the old Gen
eral Sumpter homestead--with sad
feelings from the fact that the land had
been forfeited for taxes aud he could
not see how he could redeem it. am
in debt several hundred dollars, and
yet ! would gladly contribute fifty dol
lars towards u fund to redeem the
grave and homestead of the gallant
Sumpter and preserve it to his de-
scendants. Cannot such n fund be
raised among some of the descendants
of those who knew Sumpter's love Of
country, and fought under his banner?'
The bare recital of the facts are sulli-
cient without any comment. That the
rapacity of the thieves who have the
state in their hands is SO great as not
to allow them to spare even the graves
OF the revolutionary heroes, should call
forth burst of indignation from evuy
honest man from Texas to Maine.