The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-01-23

need nnl upW add 10 y0nr gulll w de-
nyiup the same, II gannpt avail you
hnyihing, You must have known me
consequences Ut your act aud the
dreadful punishment prescribed bY
slaluln Tor It's commission, You lll
the deed after full premedllnllQn aud
due deliberili1n, YOU must not hope
for any rellel rom punishment Your
lriRl d had your gllll lully established
by legal and competent eYllennb 7
ymr doom il liXedi yOurtlme on EARN
- bat short, Prepare 20 meet my GOD,
plyuu, The freed people VINO have
attended Tile trial with 20 much ~
teresl, the proceedings being had on
this day arc not without u lessOn aud
lot II siuk deep into your hearts, fOu
nave the sympathy OF those VINO were
once your masters aud now witness
your changed condition, 10 many Of
YOU freedom has proven a poor boon,
while 10 most OF you II developed u
positive curse, You lave been lut le
tools and victims Ol evil, designing
men, Emmihsnrles, prompted ny per-
6Onal aud political purposes, nave been
among you, Installing Into your lgn0'
rant minds sentiments perniplOua and
pernlolOus 10 your welfare, You have
been appealed ~ by those protesting
tp be your friends aud Efforts made
10 array you against the people who
have ever known you and with whom
you have lived, You must, after oil,
have realized by this time that your
old friends nre your best lrlends, The
trials and other proceedings had AT
this term must show 10 you that even,
handed ana blind Justice VIII be metGd
out To YOU ~ 20 all others,
but II Il sud 10 note the rapid ANA
constant Increase OF crime among YOU
and that after n lapse Of ten years,
since your emancipation ana elevation
10 all the rights aud privileges OF man.
hood 40 few have Improved their con-
dltlOn aud showed themselves worthy
Of civilization. With but few eXccp'
lions sou are still but the "hewers
VI wood and drawers Of water Tor your
old task masters Not only this
The dOckGls Of the courts are crowded
with indictments against your people,
and n large proportion Of the convlcta
Of our pcniteulurles are Of your color,
In this state you have peculiar ndvan.
tagea, There 10 an unlimited demand
for your labors, and at very rcmuner'
tive wages, Lands Nro rlchand cheap,
and the accessories Of life easily aud
cheaply obtained, The road 20 pros
perity aud 10 success ~ open alike to
you as 10 the other rice, and while
from your previous condition you
should not hope now TO attain TO
distinction and elevated position,
there Is mn humble, middle and
unpreiending path, along whose
course arr finger brands marked
with "honesty" "lndustry,n "ec0no'
N.Y. "sobrielyn and "virtuc," and all
pointing to true and substantial happl-
ness, and which, alas! but few Of you
have found, II you would be happy
you must cultivate these virtues. Take
warning from the fate Of this poor cul-
prit---a victim TO evil counsel and his
own wicked passions. Your liberty
docs not bestow upon you free and IN.
brldled license, and whlleyour freedom
has elevated you to all the rights and
privileges OF citizenship under the law,
you will DO held equally responsible
for It's violation, Ii sou act properly,
the law is ever ready to protect you; ii
you violate It's statutes, you will he
surely punished, Show yourselves ms
worthy Of your new and elevated con-
dition.
But, Riley White, by your terrible
deed yon have not only violated the
statute law Of this state, and must sat
lsfy It's penalty, but you have also bro
ken that higher and divine statute of
the Most High, which declares In plain
terms, thou shalt not kill,N When
this divine code was handed down on
the mountain, certain cities of refuge
were provided and appointed, TO which
the man'slayer might flee aud be safe
from arrest, and If perchance he reach
ed the temple, and clung hold to the
horns OF the altar, his ollense was for
given him.
In your case there is no such city on
earth provided for your relief, and if
you desire to escape the horrors of that
second death which awaits you, you
must take hold of the promises rs. re-
vealed in His statute book; you must
obtain pardon through prayer and sup
plicatlon from your offended Maker
You need have no hopes of pardon
from the powers of the state, and your
only hope is to obtain mercy and for
giveDess foryour grievous sin from that
Good Being who will temper justice
with mercy. ] can only commend you
to Him as your last hope for mercy.
And now, Riley White, il only re-
mains for me to pronounce ON you the
solemn sentence of the law. 1t is
this:
That you be taken in custody by the
sheriff of this county aud safely kept
in the county Jail until the morning of
Friday, the 22d of January, 1875, when
you will be taken 10y the HIM to some
suitable place, at which gallows shall
be erected for that purpose, and, be-
tween the hours of eleven o'clock in
the morning and four o'clock in the
evening, you shall hang by the neck
on the same day until you are dead,
dead, dead. And may the Good Be
ing have mercy on your soul.
After his trial, he was placed in the
new Jail here, which was finished some
time in November in which he has
been confined till to-day. Since his
conviction he has been hopeful of a
new trial or reprieve. He has been
constantly attended by the Reverends
Young and Bishop, who have been UNI
firing in their efforts to give him spir-
itual consolation, and prepare him for
his awful end. He stated to the taller
yesterday that he did not think his
religious convictions were SO firm as to
assure him of hlessftd enternity, shut
If they want to kill me, / suppose l
must submit
IL has been rumored here for the
past ten days that an attempt would
be made to liberatc the prisoner 10y
some of his c0lored friends, but there
have been no demonstrations for that
purpose. Since his confinement he
has eaten heartily and been i'm excel