The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-06-26
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LIGlHTIN TiIE EAsT-A VOICE FROM
CONNECTICUT.

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The following letter from the newly
elected senator from Connecticut was
written TO u citizen of Texas, ana
sounds like tho cheering shouts Of re-
lnforcements In the hour of battle
t3 HARTFORD, CoNNEcrIcnT !
ef e june ~, 1871 !
MY DEAR SIN You place me under
obligations for your kind note ol 3lhlI
of May. You may bo assured lhht
feel a dcep interest IN the welfare OF
tho abused people of your section ofo''r
common country, ald no ellortol mime
viii bo wanting ~ place you In the pc.
sillon belonging 10 you ~ u matter OF
constitutional right. Ofall the thou.
sand aud ono things which VIII meet
YOU In your coming canvass, ] 0rcOurse
know nothing, aud therefore could moi
speak, but generally ! can say, what
would be only patent TO every thinking,
rejecting man, that your duty would
he 10 harmonlze MI conflicting opln.
ions, presenting thus u firm, serted
front To tho common adversary. Place
in nomination for your various offices,
especially national offices, only men of
prudence and caution, ut the same
time bold, firm and outspoken.
Tho near future, the coming four
years Will measurably determine the
condition Of the south, and she should
have In all public positions, especially
IN congress, her best, her truest, bold
est and most sagaelous mon.
The state rlghtsmen of the north see
aud feel profoundly your true situa-
ton. ! believe the republicans of my
section are becoming alarmed at the
rapid strides that Capitalization has
made In the past ten years, and thus
the victory In my own state, to he fell
lowed, | trust, In New York, In No
vembor. Should we succeed in New
York in the fail, shall regard the pres
identlal election of 1876 M half won TO
our hands. t.....r..t.t-
am not II sanguinc man, and am
fully aware Of the vast corruptng
power thatis arrayed against the dem
ocratic party, yet do not permit my
self TO fear the result. There are ten
southern states which will be certain
for the democratic candidate in 1876,
The granger feud in the west must
be favorable to us, anil the very large
western German vote, heretofore nj
most solid republican, will, Tam quite
certain, be In the future nearly solid
with us. Now this is my opinion OF
the outlook at the present moment,
Texas we regard, of course, rs one of
the certain states. You VIII be soon
fhn Lnt Al pa ufnfn az fhA gnnih, ihnpn-
fore see to IL that all your power Is
given to proper men, who in the future
will place the destinies of your state
with the states rights men of the
north, aud all shall be well; we will
stand by you shoulder TO shoulder
and meet the foe manlulIy.
1t will give me great pleasure to hear
from you ut any time relating to your
political matters, ms shall take earn
est interest In all that relates to you in
Texas. intend, If my life and health
are spared, to visit your state within
the coming two years.
In great haste, very sincerely, etc.,
WILLIAM W. EATON.
In II recent address Senator Eaton
gave utterance TO the following noble
sentiments. Speaking to his own peo-
pie he said:
shall try with other honest sena-
tors to take away the federal bayonets
from our brothers in the south, that
every state In this land shall have the
same right of local government
and the same exercise of II rs Our own
state that Arkansas, South Carolina
and Louisiana may elect their repre-
sentatives rs you elected yours. am
now, as I'always have been and al-
ways shall be, state rights democrat
of the old JeflersOnian school. That's
my creed.
Yet some people profess to think the
democratic party is dead. 1t will never
die until liberty dies on the American
continent.