The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-10-15
HANCOCK.


GALVESTON, October n, Hon John
Hancock addressed u very large as.
semblOge of people last night In al.
luding 10 the recent letter Of T.. j,
Davis he said
II was infamous In its character,
and designed alone for political capital
at the north. Ho regretted It's appear.
anco as coming from II man who had
made his residence among us. He
(Mr, Hancock was notuated by no
malice toward any one differing In po-
litlcal Views, but why a man could per-
petrate such fearful Islander 0n peo-
pie among whom he had lived, and
at whose hands he had at least
received respectable treatment he
could not understand. He Davis
passed about At will goes from one
part Of the state TO another without II
guard, and Is not modest ed. For such
man to devounce the people of Texas
in the manner he did, representing
them to be MS ruthless ~ Indians on
the border, was perlidious, aud only
could have emanated from black, bad
and vilainous heart. ] claim to know
The people of Texas fully AS well as
Davis does, and | know the character
of their oiienses. | shall not attempt
to deny hat acts of violence have been
committed, but ii we estimate the
number Of the population by the num-
Der of ollenses, they are no more than
have transpired in Massachusetts or
other model northern states. They are
not even ag numerous, although their
character may be different, which is
attributable to the custom of carrying
concealed weapons here, practice to
be reprobated and frowned down.
Davis statement about political
murders was false in every particular,
with the exception of one oilense---
that of the whipping of Washburne
and his assistant, by masked men in
Guadalupe county. | know of not a
single otIense for political causes, with
in the past twelve months. The men
that committed this oilense should be
punished to the full extent Of the law,
and | trust Governor Coke will see
tn it.
The truth is, that f.. j. Davis has
yilainously misrepresented the people
of Texas, His letter was the emnna-
ton of a vile heart II was prepared
as "A campaign document, to carry cleo
tons aud to give the republican party
a preteXt to overthrow the state gov
ernments at the south, under the stig-
ma that they do not afford protection
to certain classes and fail to carry ont
the laws of congress, and, forsooth,
that he may again become ruler in
the land of Israel.
Ifthc people Of the north could be
brought into contact with the people
of the south il would he u great bless
ing. If they could but know the re.
cord of Davis, they would feel only
contempt and scorn for him. His on
IL purpose in this letter was to impose
upon the pIhlic mind. 1t will be used
everywhere to our detriment In the
belief that through such distored medl'
ums, the republican party will he JuSii-
fled in throttling our home govern
ments and in passing other laws to
give them additional power.
When man, because he il nm cH-
governor, assumes to speak authorlla'
lively concerning the state of affairs in
Texas, and in doing 50 presumea that
his word is entitled to preference at
the tribunal of public opinion, he is
not worthy of respect morally, socially
or politically, aud the case is aggra'
waited when truth is distorted in his
efforts TO attain his own grand AIM
The election is near ut hand, ana
urge voters to beware Of any man VINO
takes all undue advantage under the
profession of running rs All independ-
ent candidate. At the last moment
there may he an attempt on the part OF
some man to place himself before the
people. Vote In accordance with your
own best judgment, rs this will neces-
state thorough and studious interest
In the questions at issue