The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-02-12
TO our PATRONS.


= eeaAaiih.sohlh, liit bAIi'As HtisAih.
was established 10y James wellington
Lallmer young man ~ rare hhd pul'
ilyaled abilities, "Wake' LAllmef ~
lac Wac iamlllarly called, belonged 70 q
family now historical IN Texas Tie
family residence was 30 near the nnde'
fined line VI demaTcallon between The
United States nng MeNlcO, That ~ Tue
memorable year of lNiB, u mllet WIS
elected 20 The Legislature ~ AfkaiHaF
aud hln son, living Ia the same house,
Was elected 10 the legislative BODY OF
Texas, Albert III, LatlIner an older
Cbruthcr OF the founder Of TnE DALLAS
HERALD, was the youngest maIi who
signed the declaration Of Texan indie
pendence IN 1880, lie and another
cbrotleG Henry H. Latlmer were mem
beers OF the lrht legislature OF The state
OF Texas after our annexation To the
United States Both afterwards served
In our state legislature,
These facts nre mentioned here only
10 show that 1T lls birth THE DALLAS
IlRRALn eprang from Que Of race OF
snien who, IN their day ana generation,
were patriots patriots In the sense
that our revolutionary fathers were
patriots ~ Marion, Moultrle, sumter
Wayne, Putnam, lace aud others were.
TnE HERALD WIS thus conceived aud
issued from a mere hamlet In the nd
vance post Of civilization, ~ Dallas
then was. Judge lniimer lta founder,
was n noble sou Of the great southwest
Ia cultivated gentleman, In full SYM
pathy with the bold and frank pioneers
Of the country In which he was reared.
He had high and exalted conception
of determination of the press. lie re-
earded its mission ~ second only to
that of those who, from the cruciRxlon
of the Saviour of the world, have gone
forth 10 preach plad tldugs of great
10y 10 tho sons Of men. Under such
inspirations, he conducted The HER
AID. A little later-in lS5l--the pres
ont publisher became associated with
Mr.. Lntimer, as one Of the publishers,
and has ever since remained In the
position of associate and Publisher of
the paper.
In the ovontlul DAVIS since inter.
yened, the survivor hns seen Texas
emerge from her almost inlnutile to
her present magnificent proportions.
He has seen our state government pass
through the administrative hands Of
Bell, pense, Runnels, Houston, Clark,
Lubbock, Nlurrah - the military OF
ls65-66- Throckmolton In lS57--then
again the military, with Pease w cher,
till, IN 1870, Davis assumed control,
and ruled Till January, 1874, when the
public will again prevailed, with Rich
ard Coke us governor.
ale saw the rising storm, based on
sectional antipaihy, eliminate in the
secession of lS6l-the union of the
state with the confederacy-four wears
of bloody civil war-the final surren-
der of the soutb - the reconstruction
measured of President ,Johnson-their
abropatjon bv the federal congress-.
the rebatemeut of the southern states
to- military rule-the subsequent re-
admission Of the excluded states under
harsh restrictions--the gradual res
torotion of a norton of the states to
the right of self-povernment. and the
withholding II from others nnder a
misullided neprophoIisn,. draining its
lile-blood from the Impressed white
people of the states involved
Two wears ago to.day under al,
these disadvantoees rur HppArn-
tho n,onoer ,,ress of this norton of tha
state--was issued as n doilv naner
Our town wao rapidly deyeloninp into
n city. mud Il was thouoht 81 daily Manor
would he literally sustained We
have never missed AN issue --sava one
since. Under great disadvantages
and nj Iextraordinarv eynense wa have
continued orr issues The times
have been remarkable. Our editor has
been several times changed ppt in
all the mutations Of time. we have
sonoht IN ;ss,e - panar which shonl3
unhold the right and protact fhe weak
However feeble may have been our
efforts. we have sought. in pooa faitb
to subserye the best interests of onr
confitrrv This wa rurpose to do !, tho
future We have no cop,nromiss 70
make ,,yi,I, fv;ca i, anv If q. so,.,,,a ~