The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-02-20
ruR CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
4 Bugle Note From Dallas County
Interesting Reading 10 legislator

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10 The Editor u the Dallas Herald
Your uhle advocacy ul u call for u
constitutional convention c0mnehls
itself 10 the approval Of tho houesl aud
patriotic citizens everywhere, aud We
trust lhal IL II 40 Intrusion II We ask
Hlnre lur d lpw thoughts upon TINT SUB
Irot. There " being rvhehrsod ~ Aus
lin u little comedy by our Legislators,
which would he hughable Indeed, u
some Of the consequences thereof were
not extremely disastrous lO Us all ~
ctlcna vitality Interested In the
present welfare mud future pros
prrily of our slate, The extraordinary
submiesiyeneHs aud hhJect terror Of our
assembled Solons before the upllIted
apnurg0 of the Galena CicSur, IN u very
refreshing spectacle IN this age Of
brass,
lflhelr action In this crisis has any
Significance, any meaning whatever,
II h TINT the security Of the people,
their liberties aud their lives depend
not upon constitutions and laws, hut,
like Turkish slaves, they hold such
priceless blessings at the nod of u des'
not and the breath Of u drunken prcsl'
dent can topple over government,
established hy the beet blood Of our
fathers, aud sustained by the hopes
aud wishes of million Of honest pa
lrIOts. II such be the lncl, Mr.. Editor
the issue might IN well he made now
~ ever. II the people are prepared 10
thus surrender thcIrlibertIes, We had ~
well surrender them now ~ at any
time hereafter for II viii end our sus-
pense, and when tyranny comes We
eau meet II with either the courage of
brave men or with the unColnplalnIng
ucqulescenCe Of slaves. Bat such shall
low prcleXts deceive 10 one, aud such
miserable suhlerlugcs cannot avail to
ho0dWink the people into the belief
that the hesllancy Of our Legislators In
this matter N not Inspired 10y inter
esied and selfish motives. IL II known
by all that oursonat0rs and representa-
tiyps were elected upon a platform
plcdging them TO an immediate call
Of a constitutional convention, They
were all, before their election, loud IN
the Proclamation of their extreme
anxiety 10 hU"c one called, The pcO-
pie Of the whole state know that our
present constitution is the infamous
result OF q still more infamous con-
epgacy, entered into 10y ba ded adj
veiliurcrs, scalnwngs aud scOuudreis,
TO rob, Cypress and ruin the people.
Ii " full OF ialsehood, folly and cor
ruption, devouring itself by its iucon-
sistencles, and is disgrace to great
people and proud state like ours.
At the dem ocratic state c0nyen-
ton held ut Corsicana, the delegates
there assem- hled gave forth no uncer-
tain sound. They demanded /. the
call of N convention to frame II new
constitution for our state ut the earliest
practicable day by the legislature then
about to be elected. At the Austin
state convention, when Governor
Coke was nominated, the democracy
of the state, by their delegates, made
the calling of this constitutional con-
vention cardinal plank in the pat
form Of the patty, and all of our pres
ent officers, executive and Legislative,
then aud there promised the people to
give them new constitution. Yet
the legislators elected upon this plat
form had no sooner seated themselves
in power and tnsted the weets of state
notrriety and eight dollars day, than
they began TO waver, hesitate and CON
jure up imaginary difficulties aud
finally postponed the calling of this
nnnNf,htin,a nnttl
IN the meantime 10y every demo
cratic convention held in this state,
congressional or otherwise, their doubts
aud scruples in this matter were mos,
emphatically and deeisively repudia-
ted. notwithstanding these cuntinu-
Gus and uninterrupted demands Of the
people our legislators are again enjoy
ing seruples at the rate OF eight dollars
u day, and for such gross dereliction
OF duty they have the miserable excuse
that should convention be called
Grant would declare il Illegal, issue his
uksse and remand US back to our for
mer government. Suppose that he
should. Would not Governor Coke
and Il democratic legislature still have
control of that government? Such was
the proposition of Grant in his Arkan-
sas message and such action on his
part would only place us back where
We now stand and we would lose
nothing by this usurpation should it
| occur.
a bull has already passed the senate,
referring the call of constitutional
convention to the people, anu strange
to say, this bill hangs fire in the house.
Do they distrust the people, or are they
afraid Of their verdict? Are they oul
masters, or cur servants Do they
represent us or themselves
Mr.. Editor, such DISCUSSES are trans
parent, and an insult to the honesty
and Intelligence of their constituents
BY passing the senate bill, the vote
upon this matter would not be taken
till the first of August next, which
would give the people ample time tc
fully discuss and understand theil
wants, II they are not az the fourteenth
legislature would have US believe, Too
stupid to understand anything.
A CITIZEN.