The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-09-18
MEETING Ar TIN COURT HOUSE,.
Dallas Pormalizes IN Words OF Fire
Her sympathy for The Oppressed

IN accordance with call largely
signed by our most prominent ellllens,
q Tremendous onlponrIngQf HE people
Of this city assembled ut the court
house on "Wednesday evening lo'giye
expression 10 their sympathies with
tho llon-hearled efforts Of the people
Of Louisiana, 10 llberhie Themselves
from the bondage Of mlsgoyernment,
on motion Of Judge Good, the meet.
Ing was called 10 order aud organized
by lhp selection OF General William
l., Cahell ~ chairman aud. Major Jas.
", liarkley, IN seDfelhry, -
In explaining the Objects Of the
meeting, GrneruL Cppoll made plost
telling aid thrlllipg hpfeNi, jn Which
le rOse 10 the full llolght of hh fine
abilities IN I'M ofnt0 'hnll Concluded
amid laundering applause
ON motion, ~ committce Of Ave was
appointed 10 draft aud report resolu-
tluna expressive Of thebense OF the
meeting, u. McCaleb, H. II. Burks,
q. Fred, Tucker, l., pePoorter aud a.
Harw0od were appointed said commit
tee.
During the absence Of sald commit
tee, able aud powerful addresses we've
delivered by Judge Good, Captain
Bower, Captain BROOKS, Mnlor Stevens,
Captain Fred. Tucker aud others.
The committee, through its chair
man, u. McCuleb, reported the follow.
Inn preamble aud ros0lutloiis,l which
were unanimously adoptcdi
Whereas, We, citizena Of tho city
aud county OF Dallas, lully apprecla-
ting The dire plllloll0ns 10 which the
good and true people Of our sister state,
Louisiana, have been subjected by re-
suits growing out Of the late war, In
which corrupt cnrpctbnggers and ieno-
rnnt negroes have risen 10 AN unmer-
tied aud unwarrnnted position OF pow
er, which they have violated no less In
their own personal interests than In
the overthrow aud destruction OF those
rights that characterize the happiness
and prosperity of u free people; and,
Whereas, The burdens imposed by
corrupt legislation, tho insults offered
by officials who owe their position To
every conceivable mnchinutlon of
fraud, and the practice Of ceascess In
| dlgnitles under which brave men, who
knowing their rights dare maintain
them, have Mt last met their doom In u
lorclblc resistance by Our fcll0w-citi-
Zens of that state, who have exhausted
over virtue Of forbenrance In patient
endurance of their Ills, and who have
been necessiiated to appeal TO the God
of battle. for u vlndication Of their
wrongs; and, 2 Cr
Whereas, Sympathlsing rs we do in
every thr0b Of pain, In every emotion
of regret, and In every impulse Of true
manhood that have accustomed the
causes as well as the results of the con-
ilIct In Louisiana, now we, citizens of
Dallas city and county, do, in mass
meeting assembled,
Resolve, That we hail with delight
the success that has crowned the bold
resistance made by the true men of
New Orleans, before whose prowess
public plunderers, designing dema-
gogues and corrupt officials have
melted away like mlsts before IL morn
ing's sun, and left to the people of
Louisiana a.full and free enjoyment of
their sovereign rights.
That we pledge our support and most
hearty cooperation In any and all
measures that may be devised by the
representative men of our sister state
that may be calculated to preserve and
protect the liberties they have 40 nobly
wrested from the hungry hordes that
for six long, weary years have been
feasting and fatteuing upon those in
terests nearest and dearest to the heart
of every freeman.E "a Il
That in the flight of the carpet bag
gers, the exodus of scalawags, and the
consequent departure of vice from the
administration of the public affairs of
Louisiana, we recognize the advent of
new light that Will soon dispel the
deep gloom, objectionable Ignorance
andnpparent corruption from the gov
ernments of other states of the south,
where the vulture Of radicalism stin
feasts undisturbedIupon the liberties of
the people.
That we regard the proclamation of
President Grant AS the result of a false
and malicious Misrepresentation of the
true stale Of affairs rs they exist in
Louisiana; that we believe he has
given his ear to guilty syrens who can
sing no. songs that donot sound in ruin,
and that should he perpetuate theplun-
derers In power that anarchy worse
than n military despotism will ensue (;
that, in our opinion, the entire south
should make one last appeal to him
and to congress to save Louisiana, and
to send the strong hand of the. federal
government on the vlrtuous side of
this contest.
That copy of these resolutions, to-
gether with the congratulations of this
meeting, be forwarded by the chair
main to acting Governor Penn, at
New Orleans.