The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-09-18

nroved' In this Instance u is peeu,
liarly uulOriunale, Interfering, ~ "
does with The grnWih ana prosperity |
of This remarkable young Guy
Hesides the notices ln the papers ~
tbls meeting, was specially requested
by several prominent elllsenA W nr
presenl, Ms aympall les were not plilp |
with tho defendants ~ lhlH SUIT ~
viii the people Of the whole Guy Ahd
/ desired very much 10 be praselll'
was unfortunate ia arriving 100
late ia hear The able chairman, who
am sure 10 well posted In The facts %
he always Il, explain Tie 0llGcl ~ the
nloeling, aud belng called On'early ~
address the meeting | was compelled
Ia tleUline until could hear rom h0nie
one that had SOME knowledge ~ the
designs Of tho meeting,
Aner having heard two ~ lhree
speakers, and being called upon
again NJ the request ~ Vlap
good mall aud mOht estlniahle cltl-
zen, Captain JEFF, Peak, ! lelt con-
HIThined "a speak aud dld NO.
am confident, sir that there " no
man who has mare ailtGll0nule regard
lor a good man than myself, and " he
N a noble, whole H0uled gent lemhni
Ioy admiration VI him N beyond meas
IRE. MY earnest desire ~ serve such u
man, on any and every 0eeahloili N
The only thing that could lead me "
disregard my own determined purpose
0fdIsregardlng everything, every person
and every PERSONS feelings for he
the sake Of truth, renaon hnh Justice
have respect for the feel lngs OF my
lellOwmen, and especially Tor we ieel'
I lngs OF those who are my nelghhofs
aud whose general Interest IN hllldlnH
NJ The city aud county are allke my
Interests, | mol only respect Their Iool'
lngs, but respect their passions, ana
AM ever ready N excuse that which
IN No much human nature, Bnt ~ this
respect for their foelIngs aud passions
on this OCCASION involved no feasollll-
bic necessity for any sacrifices Of prlD'
clplo In order 10 serve them truly,
made none, addressed the'w0fdS OF
truth and sObcrlless, With the sincere
hope of leading their minds Into the
proper channels m dellyerallee rom
ihiH misfortune, II II natural for me
10 think that whatever Injuries them "
| the result Of some wrong porpelrhted
by some person and that thnl
wrong wah intended i,nd intended 10
lnjurc, aud hence the party injured be-
came ylndiclivc.
One man may onurso his wrath to
keep II warm,n aud for want OF wind
ID may die ont mud reason resume its
throne when the man IL capable again
of taking care Of his interests, Bul
when u large number Of persons ARE
aulIorIug from the same Injury aud be-
como inccnscd they seek tho wind TO
fan their fire into blaze aud reason
wrlthes and dies amid the flames,
Their ears burn for eloquent vitllpera-
tlon, their souls ycnrll for Electrical IN,
vectives. Error wrcathed In poctlcal
flowers fasclnnto aud enslave their
powers of mind, while truth, Ia bullion
gold IL spurned and trampled under
foot. "Whom The gods intend 10 de-
stroy they first make mad" such
seemed to be the spirit of this meeting
| q did not thrust myself upon the
!. meeting, nor mn In the habit OF oh
trudIng myself amy where. | came In
quietly and took a lar back seat. When
called upon came forward TO make
mn apology, aud took an obscure seat
where could hear | listened atten-
lively and easily discovered Tint that
| which pleased the audience best was
the anileslntions Of vindlctive spirit
by thospeakels. am happy to say
that the speakers We're temperate aud
reasonable. ] spoke Mt considerable
length, gave the best advice !
was capable of giving, and
was honored with most re-
spectful attention from the auditors.
But that some considerable portion of
those present did not approve my
speech could be drawn from the cheer
ing of some contemptuous remarks
made Of me by Mr.. Bower. Mr.. Rover
may tind pleasure and profit In making
such remarks about me, and he may
be proud of the cheering they elected,
I but whether or not the remarks and
the cheering We're calculated to pro-
mote the hest interests Of those most
concerned Is not for me TO say. Or,
whether or not they We're or were not
intended as an important part of that
body In which 80 many hearts beat
with such intense anxiety, IL for the
speaker and those who applauded to
say. Mr.. Bower u II young man, a
very worthy gentleman, Is district at
torney and an able one, presume.
!, He Is "a citizen Of Dallas and, In COM
mon with others, should feel deep
solieitude about the situation of those
who are involved in this distressing
litigation. Truly, he says he is very
confident OF his own security and AS
sures his friends that he will defeat the
action Of the plaintiff by pleading the
statute of limitation. He says there is
really nothing in the suit. l. do truly
and sincerely hope hemaybe correct in
this and wish was n lawyer In posses
sion of the facts that would inspire me
with such confidence. Depend up
on IT., If It were my good
fortune to know that this suit could be
thus certainly defeated, 1t would be the
happiest moment and the proudest act
of my life to turn four hundred hearts,
If there are no more, from sorrow to
joy this night Would keep the JOY
full intelligence one moment from this
distressed community? No, sir,
would unfold the facts and make them
so clear that every one should see and
understand. ] would proclaim it in
the streets and Mt every corner. l
wonld thrust it in the ears of every
body. | would devote myself to 1t day
and night. would neglect every
other business and duty for this noble
work. | would make these people
happy In the knowledge of the fact
They are in no danger-they have no
cause of distress or uneasiness. n
But, Unfortunately, men are unable
to resist the lemptationsto speak to
please. That meeting gave clear in
dication of what IL wanted its speakers
to say, and there are but few men
would rise there, after seeing that indi-
cation, and take an independent course.
could have told these people that
the act of searching the records to dis.
cover the defects In their titles and