The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1876-11-04
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ittsGer Spreads Himself and withail
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atikEer Spreads Himself and Withai
fs No Bigger Yes.
Att O'Clock last evening, the clant
assembled at the Court House +,
witness their Rhoderick- -Dhu tilt witt
an absent Fitz-James. The latter no
being present In the flesh, Rhodericf
threw down his brazen studded targel
lin this instance an overcoatl anc
boldly slashed away at his shadowy
foe. His Fitz-James being purely 8
figment, he YVES enabled to place him
where he pleased, and he dio
place him in positions which, had the
real titz been on band, would have
Probably induced him 10 give Mr..
Dbu fits sure enough, especially as the
latter welded his claymore in such u
manaer as to expose many vital points
about his person. The parallel may
be carried to the end. The benches
were well filled with the faithful,
most OF them seemingly under the di-
reetiou of ring-master, Melvin Wade,
who from time to time cooled their
propensity to chat and laugh, by rap
ping on the railing with q piece OF
barrel hoop. and to his and their cred
il, be it said, he succeeded, for we
never attended more orderly politi-
cal meeting.
AS to the speech, the reporter did
not get in until Mr.. Bigger had begun,
hut he had evidently been on the floor
but few minutes. It's range was
only limited by the bounds of the po-
liticsl history of the country.
The effort as a whole was
singular medly of concilia-
tion aud bitter denunciation
of the course. both past and future 0.
the Democratic party and its policy,
He denounced the newspapers for mis-
representing him in accusing him OF
warriug the bloody shirt - in his
last speech her. lie proceeded to ex-
plain that he had claimed. and still
claimed that northerners and Rcpubli-
cans We're ostracised, that he had cited
various bitter remarks heard by him
on the streets OF Dallas made by south.
ern Democrats, and had denounced
these aud other manifestations of hos
tility 10 people from the North, both
because it tended to delay that era Of
good fellowship which he hoped t.
see; and because, being repeatt d
North with exaggeraticns, IL tended tc
Keep away immigration from that
section, 10y reason of its people dread.
ing to make their homes among hos
tile neighbors. Then he pulled of hi
coat and shoes, and plunged headlona
iuto the great ocean of American poll
tics ard padded around promiseuousIy
for Two hours, now diving for the Revo
luton, now treading water in the
Mexican war, now turning Bach
somersault through the war of ,l2
then taking a long breath as the eehoe.
of Sampter died away, he swan stead
lily to shore through cur last war
through the amendments to the con
sfitafion, through the past few years o
fhroekmortonis term in congress SAT,
to shore aud gave a grand war-whoot
for Hayes and Wheeler. During tbi,
re..arkable performance he hohnabbec
yrtfh tNAhsrnr T..
while he poked Colhoun in the rib
and scratched Ciay's back. He tool
oti his hat To Lee and Morgan aud tor,
the skin clear off JEFF Davis and For
rest with double back-sction patent
lever rasping machine. He quotet
from Wallace's United States Suprem,
court report to prove the Confederaey .
reasonable affair, and from men an.
newspapers TO prove the people of tina
EConfederaey didn't believe a worri O
it. But If in all his diving and splash
ing he got shell Of political truth b,
must have kept it hid between his toe
as too precious for exhibition befor
that semblage. We cannot follow tn
line of the whole speech for want O
space, but on the whole it was moder
ate enough.
MIR. Bigger gave the negroes som
sensible advice, and closed with q quo
tation from Webster.
DIR. Cochran then spoke piece, bu
the hour was late. and thereporter wa
compelled to retire to other busines: