The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1876-12-09

A the threatened evtt2 The recoId of thA4
i most important, and In nlEny re-
spects exciting, reriod Of cur leg
1 slAteiye history - before the eouutry.
1 II pain or blame lnust resuIt. the record
of those who uade that history will
! fix the responsi billy where II belongs.
either for fajiins to provide adequate
1 revenues to meet the current appro-
i prjstinns aud past Indebtedness Of the
SfAt~ ,sor in failing to cut down the APP
psopriatiuas To meet the revenues.
We deIJnre as citizens Of q State,
great la power aud unauiiisd In honor,
that her domestic paper should not all
ways Re cashed at the counters Of the
Treasury; aud while her tonds abroad
are eagerly & ughf and command q
premium an the exchange, that our
warrants should be VI Hing even tenn
porarfly on the streets at home at any
,iis.nE;ss, hut We sirr,.td at least be
hopefnl that the State is even now
/ passing through the mnst difficult PEE
ricd Of her financial embarrassments,
! and that faithful collection of the
/ current revenues, and those due for SO
many years, may redee IN, In the near
future, at par, all outstanding warrants
/ on the Treasury. To this end, every
effort and legal power will be invoked
requiring Just aud uuiform assessments
and prompt collections and pay mepts
bf the assessors and collectors OF the
] taxes OF the State. This earnest hope
/ of the citizens of the state may not be
realized, but that hole will be either
realized or broken long before the eud
of the administration now entering
upon It's difficult duties. Enta then,
whether early or remote, eve dictate
of prudence ana economy demaisfis
that the Executive defer the exercise
of The constitutional authority repe,,e.d
in him calling 10 his ai,i the legisia
tive power.
! In the further discuss on of tbese
| questions, earnestly AN respeetfuil,
invoke of my fellow -citiz ans spirit of
callnness and moderator, rrlieve,f 81
the no; blooi aud secrimi latious wiiich
| too often substitute passion Tor aren.
meDt, aud pride OF opinion for the just
judg nent Of the patriot.
In couclusipn, congratulate you ON
the health aud material prosperity
with which bsnefieent Providence
has blessed our people The iasors ni
the husbandinan have been rewaria {
by fruitful haryests, while pestiience
has not Invaded our homes Of the en-
land, or scourged our cities OF the cesst
| We stand THIS day, in exile ut of teT-
ritory, fertility of soil, and III
the elemefts of material power, with
out a peer among The States Of this
| Union. Tue tide of Immigration h
still pouring into our borJets with lin
! creasing volume, until we appraxi-
mate in population to two tniiiiuus nj
| people. Great as are our present.
wealth and resources. Z they are bot a
| ti.he OF that grauder future To which,
! with rapid strices, we are appraa. hing
IA future which, with wise statesman
! ship and unsectianal viewsj il, our civic
councils, will place Texas IN the front
| rank OF the great States of the Union.
These considerations, so gratifying to
our pride, impose corresponding obi.
gaiiotIs upon all our citizens, and
especially upon their servants, to;
whom they have intrusted the conduct
of public affairs.
In the recent pest, In common with
her sister States of the Union, Texas
| has passed through d great national
contest, without turbulence, and
calmly spoken her will at the ballet.
/ But We cannot shut our eyes to tEs
/ fact that we stand in the presence Of
| periious crisis, threatening tie sta
peace of our beloved country,
and the very existence of consti-
tutional liberty itself. Texas, with
| her sister States OF the South, is an
| earnest spectator of the extraordinary
events now transporting in other
SECTIONS of the Union. Patient for
many years. under misfortunes which
have left US beggared of all save honor
and the record of u ehisairoGs history,
our people have invoked The return
OF peace and political quiet u their
distracted country. The recent verdict
of the American people, SO molly
pronounced by the united voices Of all
sections If the Union, is welcomed as
long sought deliveranee from the
hands of the spoilers. II after sll, the
benefits of this verdict shaif be
wrested from the victer, won AS il has
heen Icy majority Of more than =
quarter OF q million Of free citizens,
aud the hayanet override the de isions
of the courts. invade the eapicols of
sovereign States, and ride rougb-shod
over prostrate peoples, then, indeed,
| the republic, with all the glorious
memories of century, andt6e hopes
Of millions, will perish forever. It's
very nauae sill be evermore suggestive
lot madness and revolution-the
cruel jest OF crowned heasis, who will
rejoice at it's d,soni. Invoking that
| Providence who "ruieth in the
lcnunciis of men, and guided
1 our fathers in establishing the
/ foundations of he Union, let US not
despair OF the ultimate and peareful
Triumph ct the right and the Iestora..
ton II fraternsi relations among all
sections of onr common eeastfy.
/ earnestly appeal 10 our feilow-citi-
Ixens to Re calm In councii, restraining
the hpt bleed Of ctr youth or the in
] temperate zeal Of niani,noe,. Be il our
high privilege by heroic foitisude, un-
der great Wrongs, to appeal, not to
armr, hut 10 the sets.,itItiop aud the
Tvs, snd the common justice ~ man
kind 10 se lure our final triumph. In
THE spirit. Texas, through hsr Execns
1 tive, selfs ffasernal greeting Ia the
i ppisists Of all seetians aud OF all psr-
iti~s throughout the UsIian.
isianed n r. EUBBA RID, tioyernnr.
4 ExgcrTIyE nFFIcE, December /, 1876