The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-01-12

OF procuring arms or ammunition, and
we were out of rations. | forgot to
mention that ms / was going to meet
Howard at Ysleta, | met Chico BariIla
and eighteen men some OF them from
the other side of the river.
Respectfully yours,
J.B. TAYEs,
Lieutenant Commanding Detachment Com.
pany &C." Frontier Battalion.
tTrAnsiatei By the Galveston News from the
GOS. huhbAhpS DEFENSE.
Linesla's Aa.edsss Find. New Ap-
pttensaou.
Having waited in vain for an answer
of Burnett 4 Co. on our pointed ONES.
ton in our issue of Friday last whether
the governor sent them apy cotton
during the last three seasons we are
left to examine tLs defense of Governor
Hubbard himself-his letter in the Pal.
estiue Advocate. dated Austin Deeems
Der Is. 1877. Indeed the most dist;n-
gui.hed incident that has occurred
among the dramatis persopa of the non.
itentiary drama. il this appearances of
Governor Hubbard himself on the boards
in the character of Explanatory and
Defensive" The words are rhe.orically
well placed, bat full of sound and fury.
siguifytnr nothing. We had sunposed
that an article written by himself would
contain not only an answer to ACCUSE.
tons OF corruption in office bnt f,r.
nish a satisfactory explanation of t.
transaction that rests on a dark and
mysterious groundwork of facts In
this we have been deeply disappointed
The letter crowns the brow of MS autbor
with no iaurels and IL he relies uno,
its logic for h;s exoneration ha will he
Iucky in,iaad II he escs,es the ,lar;s;on
of mankind :
As neariv every naner in the state !.
d;scnss;ny the matter and AZ ,hs M.
has nnhfished Governor Unbh.rds L.
ter We feel honnd q, takaun ,hs cant
! let that ba has ,brown do,x and f,Iia,.
the log;c of h;s own sta,amant os sao,.
10 wbstever conclns;on ,bev NAV I'D
We are not in symnsthv with thai cla ~
who uniustly hang an accused man first
and try him sfterward We be,ievs
that many = man has been execn,sd
or ;mnr;sonad mon c;ro,,u,s,ar,ia, -
dence when yniltlass Of the accnsa,;n TO-,
preferred ant in this case w. tai q ~ =
letter of defanse nrenared nv the a.
eussd not "a circpmstantisl Int a;rs.,
and trus;wortby evidence Ths Letter
| Is odro,tlv inserted i'm the Palestine Al.
| yocate "a pripats eommunication dis.
PLAYING tile same fox.like eunnino in
the mode of publication that Is nnrsned
| in the BODY OF the document Bu, we
| shall not criticise the manner hut tho
matter Of the letter. The goyernor saws.
~ GU have doubtless seen the published
vindication OF myself from a vile publi
cation" etc. Now, his seif>asserted wins
| dication" is an illogical and gratuitous
assumption, unsustained up TO this hour
by any published facts. The News in a
temperate review of the case, in sight of
the facts thus far given to the pub,
lie, says After ImpaItially sitting
this mass Of matter. it may be said
in perfect candor that the charge
is not proved, nor yet is it so completely
dissipated, that in some minds q vague
| suspicion may not iinger to the prelu-
dice Of the distinguished public fune>
tionary, against whom it is brought
That is just. Now let US see if the de-
velopments. made in the intended let.
ter of explanation, do not crystalline
yapory suspicion into the harder sub
stance of belief Again Governor Hub
bard says; Il did promptly ask Colonel
II. B. Andrews, Ball, Hutchings Il Co,
and Bnrnet d Fitzpatrick to explain il
They have done so. both in print and
by letters to me. All these parties