The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-04-04
a tho Ed,tor of tho DALLAS Herald


Citizens of Texas who survive here
or elsewhere, the grinding tyranny of
"radical' rule, established by chican-
cry and and maintained by brute force
brutally applied, but paid for by forced
lcvies upon legitimate capital, honest
~ earned by them, should have
learned how to value political eniran-
chisement. A large and valuable pro-
portion of the immigrants into Texas
during the last two years have been at
tracted more, perhaps, by the rising
star of her political hope than any
other consideration. Remembering
our universal denunciations, at home
and abroad, of the iniquities and per-
secutions of our "radical" political
enemy; remembering our terrors, suf-
ferings and personal AFFECTION under
their rule, of which we have SO long
and so ardently prayed to be
delivered; remembering the patience,
fortitude and unanimity which have
wrought, and which, only can
preserve our almost total redemp-
ton; remembering the common
bond of union between all sections,
localities and conditions of our re-
Gently down trodden state, shall cit
liens of Dallas be deluded into falterinS
in the fight by the devices and machin-
ations of our vanquished, but unre-
lenting foe? Follow the trail of the
radicals through the campaign for city
officers, fellow citizens! The tracks
are neither obscure nor new to you;
they all radiate from the "loyal
league" that inquisition, unparalleled
in the history of civilization, born OF
the devil and administered by political
demons, and like the paths of the
cayote, though devious and far-rang-
ing, all lead back to the lair; they
hold, at night, in unknown and
unfrequented places, the same old
secret caucuses which so recently
struck terror into the breasts of your
families; their organizations are COM
plete, and still classified as to race and
color; their emissaries are now, as of
yore, hedging against the moral tell
denotes of our party and of our candi-
dates, by crying persecution against
the former and by traducing the latter.
They have the audacity, so familiar
and so,lisgusting to you, to carricature
our gravest open councils, and they
practice the indecency of covertly SLAM
dering our expressed 1enets. They lay
seige to our national legislature with
partisan petitions for our re enslave-
ment, and to cap the climax of their
pampered impudence, they even dare
to openly avow that they will ca
jole our judgement and divide
our strength. My fellow-citizens,
who would bury the dead carcass of
radicalism, with every trophy of its
infamous dynasty and every thread of
its polluted vestments, who would
shun both political fatricide and polit-
ical suicide, Iimplore that you will not
contribute, by indiscretion, to fill again
the cup of bitterness, which we have
already drank to the very dregs, but
that you will every one contribute by
your vote and active cooperation to
elect our chosen candidates, and to
answer the wall and supplication from
the widows and orphans of the martyrs
with the unanimous and joyful re-
Spouse, Dallas is redeemed with re-
demption well defined, indestructible
and full of rest.
srr REENFRANCHIsED CITIZEN.