The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-07-16
TEN YEARS AGO.

Ten years ago TIM HERALD, then as now
h free and out spoken paper for civil
law and constitutional liberty, passed
through AN ordeal that possibly but few
Journals in the United States have eyer
been subjected TO- In March, A. D.
1866 the Assistant Adjutant General OF
this department caused TnE HERALD to
be served with the following extmordi-
nary order;
10 The Dallas Heradi
HEADQUARTERS, DEpARTaKNT on TEXAS,
GALVESTON, TExAs, March D. R6B !
General Orders, No. II,
The following order from IIc0dqua-
ters, Armies of the United States, is
published for the information Of all con
corncd
HEADQU ARrERs OF ARMIES or THE UNITED
STATES,
WASH EGToE, February ", 1866.
Major General II. q. Wright, Commanding
Department OF Texas
GENERAL: - You will please scnd to
these headquarters, rs soon rs practlca-
bic, and from time to time thereafter
such copies of newspapers az published
in your department rs contain scntl.
mcnts of disloyalty and hostility to the
government in any OF its branches and
state whether such paper is habitual in
its uttcrnccs Of such sentiments. Tie
persistent publication of articles calcu-
lated to keep upa hostility Of feeling
between the people Of different sections
of tho country, cannot be tolerated
This information il called for with II
view to their suppression, which will be
done from these headquarters only,
by command OF Lieutenant General Grant /:
T. q, BOWERS,
Assistant Adjutant General
Publishers Of all newspapers in this
State are hereby required, until further
notice to mail to these headquarters
on the day of issue, one copy each Of
their several publications, in order that
the Department Commandermny be en-
abled TO execute the above order BY
command Of Major General Wright
C. H. wnrTELsEY
By't Col, Asst ADJ Gcn'l
OFFICIAL;
r. +, IIALsrrO, By It, COZ, Asst
Adj't Gen'l,
At time Of profound peace, when
the supremacy Of the United States
Government had been firmly rc-cstab-
lished from Maine to Texas, THE HERALD
is precmptorily ordcrGd to furnish gratis
u copy OF each issue to the military
headquarters Of this State, IN order that
it might be suppressed should it con
tain sentiments OF disloyalty to the
United States The worlds history
scarcely furnishes II more outrageous
act of tyranny than is evidenced by
this military order to the press of II gal
liant though haplcss people.
As we have remarked, u decade
brings great changes, and, to-day, were
such IN order issued ms is set forth
ABOVE, the country Wouli bln2e out IN
its protests as did the land when Fort
Sumptcrs guns bclchcd impotcnt def,
uncc to Beaurcgard's cannon. In this
Centennial year such an order would be
looked upon US induced by the folly Of
II fool or the fear Of II coward and
treated with measurclcss contempt, But
if authority existed for its issuance ON
the 9th day of March, 1866, the same
authority exists on this 10th day of
July, 1876, That authority did not ex-
list then does not exist to-day and we
only revive the order to show what
deeds Of tyranny the Republican party,
now seeking with desperate effort to re-
tam their grasp ON power, could and
did enact, when in the zenith Of their
influence, ten years ago.