The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-01-09

lANhi Wlilpll nave Deen 30 ReVOIely and
~ some respects, 80 Justly animal,
verified upon ny lhspublio press through.
OUT the o0untry,
NY These measures the republican
party had vested Ia tho governor of
the state degree OF power scarcely
exercised by any sovereign la Tie
world yet the passage NJ these laws
was Iusllllablei Ia degree nj least, hy
the necessity 0f aiiurding protection Ia
lhe weak and uututorei blarks, whose
pplllleAl rights were constantly threat
ehrd by The powcrful elias us-lhr
larger portion vi the whites, The pny-
tiilur elected under the frrOn ,luIctlrn
laws continued 10 heunlli his drhuiin
20 trusted ca 'rr uf lhu republican
pa y, rs represented IN the general ~,
heUuNly, Up ~ the tlnie lhu lac nlnn,
lnll,d his ulllila Ion ice continued To
nave tile universal authority lu which
! rave hdVerlcd, therefore when hc de-
ternlned % unite his pullirhl lorlunes
WIN the OPP slliOn hp took 10 them
hhl winch made his accession Vnlun
DC ~ III IN almost absolute executive
pOwcTs,
The republican lpadcls IN this state,
ana ! AN among them, sincerely md
truly believe tint our party had d large
majority In 1872, and lhnt Governor
kellogg nld Ibis associates ON our state
ticket would have been elected ly such
majority, had the election been fair
ANA honest, hut that they were actual
| ~ chosen 10y Tie votes actually east by
u reduced majority, We charged then
llnd have ever slncc continued %
charge, aud We have c0nclusvely
shown 10 the senate committee that
Governor Warmoth, In alliance with
the democracy, used his unusual eXecu-
i've power In tho appointment OF OIL
GERS who manipulated the registration
ana the election No NJ 10 change and
alter the results. TO crown all, when
the election had closed he attempted
70 pack the returning board, aud % ef-
feet this end he overthrow the local IN.
dietary by violence. These first meas
ures and subsequent acts were beyond
the constitution aud beyond the law.
They were revolutionary In the fullest
sense Of the term.
IL was during this period that snid
from the bench, while examining an is-
sue which arose out Of the disturbed
condition OF affairs, that the coup d'etnt
~ not All American institution. Since
that time, surrounded as | have been
by 80 much violence and wrong doing
] have sometimes lost faith In my
generalization, but now, when calmly
and hopefully look to the future aud
contemplate the time when the Louis
lana troubles shall be remembered by
the American people only IN horrible
dream, stll believe that truly COM
prehend the spirit Of our republican
government.
[Signed. HENRY o. DIDBLE.
The Price Current says: AT the sug.
gesti0n of several western produce
merchants and dealers, we would state
for the information OF their constitu-
ents that the disturbance In our state
government, and the excitement in
political circles here during the past
week, have not interrupted the course
Of trade. The sales, receipts and ship
meits Of merchandise have gone on
M usual and orders and produce for
this point meet with the customary
prompt attention and dispatch.
NEW York, January S.--The Herald
has dOublc.leaded editorial calling
attention TO the call for II meeting here
on Monday evening, and the iniluen-
tial names attacked thereto, 1t says:
The president can not affect to ignore
or undervalue such n demonstration,
supported by such eminent names.
The president is bound to pay some re.
gard to the public opinion Of the coun-
try. He ought not to be confident that
he is right when the best sentiment
of the best classes condemns him.
1t Is at least his duty to pause
and reflect and to re.eXamine the re-
suit Of his unprecedented action, The
president will soon see that he is not
supported by the sentiment Of the
country, and that his unparalleled
course arouses the apprehension of the
people rs no other public event has
done since the firing on Fort Sumter.
This respectable and Influential call
ought to convince the president that
there is limit beyond which no pub
lie officer in this republican govern
ment can go with impunity.
The Times says: We learn from
our correspondent at Washington that
the president will send u message to
congress, to-day or Tomorrow, on the
Louisiana difficulty, and that 1t will he
unusually pointed. We hope it will
not be pointed with bayonets like Gen
eral Sheridan's dispatch, which seems
TO have produced an outbreak of indig-
nation from one end of the country to
the other. Some of the people in Wash
iugton must be curiously incompetent
to guage public feeling, or they never
would have allowed that mad dis
patch to have seen light, 1t is
much to be desired that some MEM
hers of the government would
take pains to acquaint themselves
with the tone and temper Of the coun-
try. If the cabinet had been prudent,
it would have put General Sheridans
ferocious message on or under the
table or into the fire and said nothing
about it. Instead of that Belknap tel
egraphed back to Sheridan and said
the "president and all of usthOrOughly |
approve your course" which was one
of the most unnecessary aud foolish |
blunders eyer committed by the pres
ent government. We hope the presi-
dents forthcoming message will be a
little more creditable to him, his Gabi-
net, his party and to the people of the
United States who, II they also thor