The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-05-07
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ace for the governowhip which utterly
nd wholly misreprosents the people ~
veil M Governor Throckmorton and his
rlends. No man, unless inspired ana
saturated with the Ideas
md malignant intentions of that paper
,ould possibly have dreamed OF such
distortion IN this,
This entire section OF the state IL
thoroughly unified on all questions
Of a political character, and peculiarly
so with regard 10 the candidacy OF
Nopaper or man, resi-
dent of our section has, ~ yet, had the
TO draw line between the
people from any other OF the states
especially tho north, and the old resi-"
dents, or even those hailing from the
southern states. IL remains for the
News to attempt IT, but how sgnally II
has lailed will be apparent when the
convention sits, and fully demonstrated
when the result of the election is made
known, The idea that our citizens
here from northern states are compelled
by confederate bloody shirt" pressure
oact with the democracy, is supremacy
ridiculous, and constitutes contemptl-
bic SANDER, not only upon the one
class, but upon the othor. II is poor
compliment to our people from the
north to say that their political faith
is of this accommodating, easy kind,
that il could be shifted at will like
that of the News, and, in n
moment, to suit any sort OF
contingency, No word has been spoken
or line ever written to warrant the
assertion that "they are very restless,
and exhibit II marked disposition to
bolt" This is n iilmy pigment OF N. A.
rs own romantic but by no means
weighty brain "rhey have the idea
that the democratic party of Texas" -
and they are in the ascendancy here
lis too fond OF shaking the bloody
shirt" Hancock is the victim foi
whom their tears flow. 1t is an insult
to their intelligence to assume that
they are ignorant of the fact that Han
cock was defeated because he unwisely
unfurled the bloody shirt, which hac
so often been made the orillamme o
the ultra republicans, such as Morton
and others of that ilk The people o
Texas, north Texas, as well rs all othel
sections, are done forever with the
bloc y shirt, let it be waved by whom
it may, OF let 1t come from the stripec
back of either party to the late lratr
cidal strife.
Throcltmorton was IN original OPP
ponent of secession, but served hi
state faithfully when the majority o
the people voted to 20 with the south
Since the last guns sullen roar badc
peace appear, he, like all other patriots
north as we'll as south, has bent his
energies to blotting out the memory o
the unholy strife, ard to uniting tn,
people again in bands that cannot b,
broken asunder by this weak attemp
to array them in enmity again, to alfec
the approaching election, 1t is u sinis'
ter task the NcOS has undertaken
and like all its political enterprises, is
doomed to utter and inglorious
defeat. The people of northern
Texas are too thoroughly united
know and respect each other too wei
to be set together by the ears by any
such campaign trick as this
They will shoulder to shoulder, strongly
urge the nomination of Governor
Throckmorton, and for the reasons sc
often urged by the HERALD, but if he il
fairly beaten we know them well enough
to promise for them that the threat tC
bolt, will be proven vile SANDER.
The wholearticle and the NeVS com
ments are intended to make it appea,
that there is an antagonism between
Throckmorton and his comrades in tn,
late war, and upon which are aligned
on the one side the soldiers of tn,
grey, and upon the other soldiers o
the blue. How any one who has even
for day, witnessed the thorough blend>
ing OF the people of the north and
south in our happy section of Texas
can arrive at such wicked conclusion
much less publish it, is and will always
remain tous one of the unexplained
and unexplainable mysteries of the
present canvass. 1t is q Islander most
foul, and one which in its broad sweep
respects not the citizen of either north>
ern, southern or foreign origin. Let
not the people forget this malign effort
to relight the fires of sectional strife in
our beautiful, peaceful and prosperous
section of the state. We give the let
ter in another place to>day
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