The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-29

County Conventional Fair Expres
sion Wanted

TO the Editor of the Herald.
Your report in Sundays HERALD stat
that at the meeting of the Democratic coun
committee on Saturday only five of the eigl
precincts were represented, as follows. N,
2, J. r. Blewett; No. 8, T. +. Nash: No.
w. L. Knox; No 5, N. X. Grove and \
Perry; No. 7, j. A. Crawford and MD I
Gracey. Precincts l. (which was nearl
half the vote of the county 6and 8 were nc
represented
That is to say, both members of the com
rnittee were present from precincts Nos.
and 7, while only one each was present from
the other three.
The three members last named vote,
against county nominating convention, anC
the other four members voted in favor of it
and the matter, as stated in your report, wa:
deferred for an expression from the member:
from the other three precincts.
The time is upon us for every true Demo
crat to prepare for a bold aggressive cam.
paign, from president down to local officers.
The Union is made up of the states. Each
state is composed Of its counties. If the parts
composing the whole, in either case are dis
1olnted, cut up into individual
factions and locally engaged ia
cutting each others threats in behalf of mar
ticular men, instead of Jealous union in be-
half of Democratic principles, then the Dem
ocrats of Dallas county may as well surren
der to the combined opposition OF Radicals
and Weaver Chambers Hannah Owens Ma.
tional Labor Reform Greenbackers.
The right Of the county committee to de.
eide this question is emphatically denied
They were not appointed to dictate the
action of the Democratic party, but sim.
ply to carry out its customs, as
convenient Though by no means essentially
medium through which to produce concert
Of action. Suppose a majority of the Dem.
ocrats of the county want convention, have
the individuals accidentally composing that
committee the right to say they shall |
not have it! Have they the right to dictate
to the party on matter involving its unity
and success? Have they right, by positive
action or non-acton, to pave the way in this
momentous crisis--this year Of presidential
hopes-for the division and defeat
of the Democracy and the success of the fac
tions arrsyed against them?
Committee or no committee, the people
have the right, de novo and inalienab Q, to
meet in primary assemblages and either hold
primary elections (which prefer for the &C.
lection o delegates to county convention,
or to appoint them by public meeting Ii
the committee act properly, and call the CON
ventlon by suggesting q time for the meet
ing and asserhbiage OF the convention, which /
is both their duty and the limit of their power,
then it is for the people to 5 " whether they
want convention or not. If they do not
they will instruct their delegates to vote
against nominations. This is the plain and
Just way OF settling the matter, and will give
satisfaction to all who are Democrats from
conviction. Candidates, protesting to be
Democrats, who oppose this simple method
of getting at the voice Of the party, must ex. !
pect to DO charged with the desire of form.
ing combinations with, and getting votes
from, the enemy. Who can believe other
wise in this great canvass involving the per.
petuity and publication of our constitutional
government!
Another point deserves notice, for this is
no time to be tender-f0oted. OF the three 0
gentlemen reported as voting against con- v
vention, one is o county commissioner, and Y
another is justice of the peace, both, prob
ably, desiring reelection. As rule it is =
better that such committees should be COM
posed of men neither holding nor seeking
office but selected cause of their disinter,
ested devotion TO Democratic principles. 4
Both gentlemen, however, are, and ever
have been, true to their faith, and no asper. !
sion is intended. Yet Mr.. Knox bossed two D
precinct meetiags, in the last canvass, and [
was delegate to both the county and state !,
convention. What is the matter now: In y
the case Of Mr.. Nash the facts are more
serious. He is justice of the h
peace and q candidate for the CT
out by card signed 7
by a small number of citizens, without j
the slightest allusion to his political princi I
pies. This was some two months ago. The !
same paper contained his answer, accepting i
the call and declaring himself candidate, :
equally avoiding a word that would enable
stranger to determine whether he was y
Democrat, a Radical or aGreenbacker. Now,
| ask the true Democracy of Dallas county, 81
if they will allow man occupying such =
a position-in other words, directly
interested-to exercise a potential OF
power as member of their committee, in 9,
saying they shall not have a convention to .
select from their brethren in faith the men of
heir choice to bear their bsnne" through the I
mighty impending contest Of 1880? Perhaps d
thew will !; but if so where is the spirit OF 7
Jefferson and Jackson, and how do they ex- i
pect their disciple, the noble Hancock, to be a,
elected president of the United States, If, at y,
the very fountain of power, among the PEG. :
pie themselves, there is discord,
division and dallsnce with the :
The enemy-self ACKNOWLEDGEMENT at the ex- s
pense of devotion to duty? No! Let every Il
man who loves Democracy and desires It to "
administer the government through Han b
cock, English and Democratic congress- re- 6
buke sefshness and unite in one grand effort +
% restore the government to its former a
purity and the people to their former rign's' II
Union, harmony, self-denial, concession,
for the cause, nothing for men" =
DEMOCRACY FOREVER.