The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-01-09

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Tho city IL very quiet to.dny some
oflhc banditti made idle threats last
night Tint they would nssnsslnnit mo
because | dared To- tell the truth. ! am
not afraid, nnd will not he stopped
from Informing the government that
there are localities In this department
where the very air has been lmpregnat-
cd with assassination for some years.
[Signed. i. RI. SHERIDAN,
Lieutenant General Commanding.
At special meeting of the board Of
underwriters, held to-day, the follow
ing report Of their committee, APP
pointed ~ previous meeting, was
unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That this board has read
with feelings of deepest sorrow and
modification, the published insane
dispatch of General p. Ii. Sheridan
to the secretary of war, under date of
the 4th instant, which we esteem n
wanton, gross and unjustiflable wrong
and libel upon the fair fame of every
citizen of our state and city; that this
board, being established for a purely
commercial purpose, no political ques-
ton has ever been discussed or pro-
posed, but in view of this criminal
outrage on the best interests Of our
city, by a stranger in temporary pow
er, not only warrants but demands
from US this expression of our unquali-
fled denial of these vile aspersions up
on our citizens that we give our as
surance to our brother underwriters at
the north and west that we claim to be
still loyal citizens of the United States,
and rs such we are Il law loving and a
law-abiding people, and that life and
property are rs safe with us as with
them, for the truth of which we con-
fidently appeal to the noble army of
Knights Templar from every state In
the United States who recently visited
our city; that we cannot but express
our surprise that any one occupying the
position of General Sheridan should
presume to have such knowledge of his
alleged important facts upon such brief
opportunities rs he possibly could have
during the short time he has been In
the south; the only excuse we find for
such an utterance Is suggestion that
comes to us this morning from New
York, that this dispatch was written in
Washington and sent General Sher-
idan before he left his northern home.
That we earnestly appeal to our north
ern brothers, to the congress of the
United States, to their loye of liberty
and justice, to afford us that protection
from this present violence, and from
the wrong and outrage which may fol-
low, which, as fellow-citizens of this
great country, we have right to de-
mand; that we cordially endorse the
manly and patriotic expressions of our
common exchange, at their last meet
ing.
[signed.] THOMAS A: DAVIS,
President.
To the People of Louisiana: ... .....r-t-.
In the name of all that man holds
dear and sacred, implore my fellow
citizens to avoid by all means the
traps which our enemies and oppres-
sOrs have deliberately set for us. Our
deliverance from plitical bondage de-
ponds upon our prudence and forbear-
ance, and conflict with soldiers or
authorities would be the ruin of our
hopes, riveting our chains. A little
more of the herOism, patience and for
bearance which have already crowned
you with imperishable honor and
arousednthe sympathies of the entire
country in your favor, and the usur-
patton and misrule to which you are
now subject will have ceased, and you
will be once more free, prosperous,
happy people. ..a5
Chairman committee of Seventy.
To the American People: .
Whereas, General Sheridan, now in
command of the department of the
Missouri. has, under date of the 4th in
st,sht, addressed communication to
General Belknap, secretary of war, I'm
which he represents the people of Lou
isiana at large as breeders of defiance
to all lawful authority, and'approving
of murder and crimes; and, III. ri"'s
Whereas, He has given to that com.
munication full publicity, we, the UNI
dersigned, believe it our duty to
to declare and proclaim to the whole
American people that these charges
are unmerited and unfOunded, and
erroneous and can have no other eff
feet than of serving the interests of
corrupt politicians who. are at this mo-
ment making the most extreme efforts
to perpetuate their power over the
state of Louisiana. - =.
New Orleans, January 5. t...'.
n j. Peorche, archbishop of New
Orleans J. b. B. Wilmer, bishop of
Louisiana; James X. Guthein, pastor
of the Temple of Sinia; q. Keener,
bishop of M. Il. church south G. Doll,
rector of st. Joseph's church, and
many others.
New York, January THE Times
says that such dispatch as that which
General Sheridan sent to the secretary
of war OH Monday, is not warranted
BIZ any facts known to the public, and
could scarcely be warranted under any
conceivable circumstances. We have
never published such Il document before
and we must say that nothing like 1t
has ever been seen in a country under
constitutional government. 1t al
most induces one to believe that the
world has gone back two or three hun
dred years in the theory and practice
of government, Cromwell did indeed
serve Ireland pretty much rs General
Sheridan proposes to treat Louisiana,
but the most of us were under the inn
preston that that system OF govern
ment had been definitely abandoned.
We are at loss to make out what
are General Sheridan's ideas Of the
constitution on which are based
the function of congress or the
power of the executive, to say nothing
of the powers which may rightfully-be
exercised by lieutenant general IN
the army. There is a shorter cut still
which Sheridan might have recon-
mended. 1t is for the president to de-
clare the constitution and all Of its
amendments ann,illed, strut up con-
press, put down all newspapers aud
then proclaim himself dictator, with
Sheridan as his sole minister and Chief
executioner. II General Sheridan had
advised this course at once, he would
scarcely have shown greater ighor.
ance or disregard of law than he has
done in his most extraordinary and, to
we must add, disgraceful dispatch of
January 5th. ....
A meeting OF foreign residents at the
st. Charles hotel adopted the follow
ing: - -. 80.
Resolved, That our position as for
eigners. residing and carrying ON BUSH
ness in Louisiana and subject to its
laws, does not permit us as body to
express any opinion upon tile political
o,,asti.,,,af nny unfortunately disturb