The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-06-01
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10 tho hdiior 0f lhp Dallas Herald
There are At times aud places dis
Gplriesirs shown which reflect dis
credit on the city, town Or village, anl
on tho persons showing them, TIL
was done IN our city 0n the OCCASION o
Do, Cnskey's lecture,
II persons knew AZ all times thl
character aud position OF partieI
against whom these mproprloliea o
society arc perpelraled, perhaps thel
would be- Tower ~ number, aud no
quite 80 Extensively done,
Some OF the clergy OF this city re-
fused ~ announce the lecture from TN
pulpll Others in manner moro often
Alyo than M abrupt refusal. Not on
of them extended tho poor courtesy o
their presence, which cost him time
money, aud thought having returned
from Appointments hOmeward 10 com
ply WITH the request Dr, &, laa bold
aud pro'emIdenlly an independent anC
original thinker, u s0ll-made man
the lcNrless advocate Of what no be
lieVeA 10 loo true aud the unGOmprOmls
Ing enemy OF lulsehO0d and humhuga
u lover of his race, over rondy 10 rpa
pond 10 the wants of the widow aud on
phan- 10 the appeals Of his Huilorlnl
tollOw-mgn-tO the call of hil
country, aud In all the relations nm,
responsibilities Of life, has ever borne
himself with mnnllneas aud dignity
AZ u preacher aud dcbaler Ia III,
church of which he N II member, hll
reputation lsnall0nNl, having preached
In twenty'lhree states, receiving com
pllmcntnry notices from the pres
wherever he has spoken.
In hls adopted state where he In,
lived for forty years, no has had u,
high honOIN conferred, ~ could loo OK
tended outside the "pollllcul arena,
having lllled the highest offices AnOnl
his masonic brethren, both suhordlnnl,
and state, lie was the confidential adj
visor of tho governor of Mississippi In
those dark days and ycNrs, "thNt trlct
mcE's sOul's,N lie returned from The
bntllololdsand hospitals of the "OlC
Dominion 10 plead for the sick ant
dying, for the want Of proper care
addressed both houses Of the lcglsld
turo Of Mississippi, They passed n bill
approprlnliug SlOO,0OO state aid. lie
was appointed 10y Governor pctlus n,
agent 10 carry out thoprovisions of The
net, and for two years, day and night
devoted himself Ia the caro- of the sicl
and wounded. Many Of the gallant
SONS of the clone STAR owe thcil
lives TO his wutchful oversight nurses
aud wnrd-maslcrs. They viii rcmem
Der "OSford University Hospital" ano
Dr. Cnsliey, even though preachers die
not extend to him the common courte-
slcs of the pulpit,
Through the warm, personal friend
ship of the peerless Davis, he was ena
blcd TO overcome the opposition Of the
medical director of the lamented A
sydney Johnson, tlion commanding
obtained mn order over his head TO or.
ganlze and control hosptals--succeed
ing where other agents failed saving
the lives OF thousands of his fellow
soldiers
lie Is the venerable gentleman al.
luded To In an article entitled "Whal
Aunt Susan Said" and, perhaps, re-
Ilecting too severely on certain oil.
cinl.
He wNs reminding Mr.. Davis of the
dark aud dreary night, after the first
Manassas battle, that Mr.. Davis spent
In going from hospital TO hospital
through darkness, mud and rain, when
their tears together mingled with the
tears the clouds were shedding DER the
slain-saying to the grand old man,
while both their eyes were filled, "Mr.
Davis, our hearts were bound together
by tears shed over our dead.n
This Is the man, whose lecture
against the common enemylof our com
mon christianity could not be an
nounced.
Such is the man who has left the
home, place and birthright of his chill
dren to seek "lresh watersN and "green
pastures" in this younggiant common
wealth. So much in behalf of "a stran-
ger in n strange land"
To the doubling Thomas, il you
would know more of this man, ask of
the pure, lovable and good Bishop
Green of Mississippi--ot that Irish
christian gentleman, DR., John Hunter,
pastor Presbyterian church of Jackson,
Mississippi of DIR. Walker, pastor
Methodist Episcopal church south, at
Galveston; Of Rev. John G. Carpenter,
recently of New Orleans, now pastor
Baptist church of Sherman; last and
not least, Of the learned and talented
bar of Mississippi rs well as of the old
solid and staunch bankers, J.
and T. Green, and his audience
will not be surprised to know and feel
that he labored under peculiar weight,
from the petty previous incivilities at
tending the occasion of his lecture at
the court house.
With the utmost respect, and in the
full sense of the "3lom de DLtt,lle,n