The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-10-24

IWU NIiiINV INI IW'W'''" w WV [
ness tntts piroe IN thirteen days non
late, llinl n, 80 nest Tuesday week.
he0d dny NOyembet AZ llicclcctlon
ifllmi, i. ". Tlrockmorion has been
uokcd Upon tsu lOfcRotic conclusion
since his nomination nj Fort worm,
there hns apparently grown up M IN
difference TO the matter In the minus
Of the people. This Indifference OF
apathy IL only seeming; 1t Is notreni
lfto-day the word was passed along the
line from Kaufman TO Parker, ana
from Cooke to Hill, that any serious
to the invoritc Of north
Texas had developed itself and was III
the field, there would he simultaneous
and enthusiastic arousing of the true
and tried democracy of the third dis
trict that would sweep away the hopes
of the opposition rs the mists OF the
morning are made to disappear before
the rising sun. We almost regret that
a race of some interest could not he
gotten up that would call forth the en-
ergies and powers of north Texas DEM
ocracy, so that it might be demonstra-
ted to the world how much our nomi-
nee is loved by those who have known
him longest and best. But there Is no
chance for such race; the election OF
Throcllmorton is rs certain as the hap
pening of any other future event about
which no doubt is entertained.
Knowing this to be so, and feeling
that the voters of the third district
know il to be 50, we propose to give
briefly some reasons why we think
every democrat in the district should
nevertheless feel it his bounden duty
to come forth OH the third of Novem-
Der and cast his vote for the nominee
of the party.
First, then, it is duty he owes to
the party. Figuratively, political
party is represented as an army in the
field, arrayed against its opponents
The members Of the party are the sol
diers of the army. Election days ore
the days of conflict, when every mans
place is around the colors of his COM
mand. 1t may be said, and the busy
and the Indifferent alike may seek to
Justify their staying away from the
polls OH the plea, that the 81 OF NO
vember is not to be q day OF battle
that il will be rather like TeyieW Of
the forces. Grant that it is only re;
view--the object OF q review is thai
the commander may determine the
force and efficiency of his army, hho
the orders to attend are just as per-
emptory and binding as the orders tt
!, move to the field of combat. The party
orders all who march under its colors
to form around the ballet lGSes on the
morning of the third of next month
and it is the duty of all who are ell
listed under its banners to obey the or
der without stopping to inquire the ne
; cessity for or utility Of it.
Second, it is a duty we owe 70 oul
candidate. We have selected him and
entered him in the race. He has made
} the campaign at our command. we
implicitly pledged ourselves when we
placed our standard in his hands, that
we would be with him till he furledit in
i victory. The election is the time thai
We are called upon to redeem tll9'
pledge. This would be our simplex
, no matter who our candidate might be
Good faith in the members Of II party
would require them to stand up unfal
teringly for him whom they had place.
in their van as leader. But when We
: recall who our standard bearer in thi:
contest is, and remember all that he
has done for Texas, and for the thiro
congressional district particularly, OBJ
legations of a much higher ma
ture than those based simply
upon party fealty render it imper'
alive upon us that we should come
, forth on the day of election and testify
at once our appreciation of the demo
crat and our attachment to the man
> We do not propose to go into any ex
tended eulogy of Governor ThrOckmor
ton. The old Texans know of theil
own knowledge what his services tt
, Texas have been. The later Texan!
/, knew before they. came here that hi
had won a reputation that could not bt
confined within state lines, but which
had run throughout the limits of thu
union, co-eXtensive with that of any
, other statesman of the Lone Star state
: The party in the third district in pay
ing what it owes to Governor ThrUck
morton will be honoring itself NOR,
than it will honor him.
Third, 1t is n duty we owe to thu
state. In the present posture of politi
cal parties, with the effort being made
to possess the northern mind with thu
idea of q ''new rebellion" in the south
and with the evident disintegration o
, the republican party, as manifested by
| lllt ItSulI vi tIC CiCttiohS III tiiS NV VIZ
west, it is impossible to forecast wha
the party in power may not attempt
to do next winter in congress in ordel
to maintain their hold upon the gov
: eminent. We are bound hand and foot
and at the mercy of the north. Oul
f only hope is in an intelligent and
, honest public opinion there. In or
der that that public opinion may
be intelligently informed of the true
condition of affairs, ii is essentially inn
portant that no opportunity should be
lost by us TO give expression to our
sentiments at the ballot box. A radi.
cal is in the field against our candidate,
one who endorses all the rninous and
lisorganiZing measures of that party,
tt is due to our own manhood TO come
forward and register our adherence OF
such political principles as lie at the
basis of radicalism; and it is sacred
duty that we owe to Texas to come for