The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-07-17
STUPID DEVICE OF THE ENEMY.

Tor amy Ofrlcciasli, pnynhloinynrinhly wloh
the announcement Is lnaottod'
STUPID DEVICE OF THE ENEMY.
Several prominent Democrats Of
this city and of Mckinney, have re-
ccivcd copies Of n confidential
circular. purporting to be issued by
n select committee" for the guidance
oftho Innor Circle of tho Democratic
party of Tcxas.' 1t is needless TO
say that il is forgery and n fraud,
conceived in sin and brought forth
in iniquity, by the Radical leaders
about Austin. Tho plan of the
conspirators who got up these
documents, evidently, was to scat
tor them through the country
havo it beloved that they are
what they purport to he, and ut
tho proper time for II copy to fall
into tho hands of some Radical cdi.
tor, who "oxposcs tho matchina-
tions of tho" Rebel Democracy -
Tho literary execution of tho fraud
is on par with it's basoncss and vii
liany, and it is hardly possible that
any, oven tho most unsnspicious
and crcdulous, could bo deceived.
Tho chief purpose Of the docu-
mont, apparently, is to prejudice the
Grangcrs against tho Democratic
party, as will be socn by the follow
ing extract:
TIE GRANGERs.
AS to the Changers, they are such n
stupid, One-sided set that, If left to
themselves, we should not have much
to fear from them. They fondly inn
agine they can be farmers, and ut the
same time their own carriers, mer-
chants and factors. No doubt they
can-try. 1t is quite certain that we
shall not permit them to be their own
politicians. Through our people,
who have worked into their
organization, we ought easily to con-
trOl taem. At all events we must Hat
ter and cajole them Us Gov. Coke and
Judge Ireland, the chairmen of our
State committee have done, so us, II
possible, to prevent them from asser-
ting themselves as distinct political
power. So far as may be prudent and
circumstances may warrant, they
should be treated as our young men-
Us being in n state Of pnpilnge. The
impenetrable dullness of their leaders
impels them to hang on to the skirts
of our public men and to take on pride
in being permitted to associate with
them. So long rs they continue to do
SO we are safe. BY appearing to
defer to them and giving n
few crumbs of office to
some of their number (taking care, at
the same time to have it widely
known we can scarcely fail to con-
tinue to manage them, as we have
done heretofore. Still they must he
manipulated gently, with the most
practiced skill, and watched closely
for they will bear watching. The fact
that our friend ThrOckm0rtOn got the
Grangers OF Northern Texas to petit
tion Congress to subsldise his railroad,
has demonstrated that the Organiza-
tiOn can be made to do whatever is de-
sired. Besides our railroad friends can
be relied on too, and are bound to aid
us as occasion may require in keeping
the Changers in their proper places
in the field"
Wo give tho above long extract,
because it is the gist of tho whole
thing, although but a small portion
of this extraordinary document.
Wo regret that our space does not
permit us to give it entiro. We
,annot refrain however, from adding
some choice morccaux, such as the
following:
"Great caution, as well rs profound
secrecy must be used, in giving effect
to the foregoing suggestions. We re-
peat: Our young men must be occu-
pied, fiattered and to some extent (if
need be) rewarded, in order to keep
them contented in that suggestion
WIuIch WI, 10 theIr Prope, p.uEe. D.,,.,.
Ihe circumstance tnat .he i'icMs
haxe ueser'iineu io. W no,'''Ia.e maat;,,, ,
uiua.es .,t loi .nv upP,oaois ,''i oo .ns,, "r
amn .,"nai C11;e''o, 1;,s ,his '"u ;,n'.,mro .m W
very delicate. They will have
,ooro ~ orTs iisnso,,on @ nnd % sarHeor " tb""
their wont. II the RAIDS. poke fun ut
us, II VIII never r 90 lor our , enl.ors,
controvert their jokes. =
our regular elcctionecring funds, raised
by assessment, are sometimes used
without due regard to economy, by i'll
,rnis TIIshs y 'me mistaka An inferi"r ar,icI,.
which might easily he passed of us
rst ra.s, Is ad ane so,r T,S Smdn s%n Jur G"p
be wasted in buying anything better.
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good. The visit Of Ex-Presidcnt
} Jefferson Davis has prod,lded better
daemed dam i host that hc should hc onlv
supplied with money, and should not
IN in that ] event n, he would ret elected 70
the United States Senate, and that
wou,u S,sm' .ne a,'t "sp'",,s '',,b,i'. vi on ~
7, or,,or % ,;ro III. s,u,;d rr,ud
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