The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-05-26

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per Comes from the people Of thosey
like the pulling of eye'teetb, hence tho little
slip-shod weeklies, with patent cutsidas, that
are published merely to maintain Gu ex-
istehcs, and the publication of daiies seems
out of the question.
The Austin Statesman contains the bur-
ning words of o treuclisnt pen sometimes in
its editorials aud the following reference to
bit of the past history of the state is one of
those articles. 1t must be pleasant reading
10 the man who was governor at the time
referred to and who knows that every word
of il is truth;
While the country is shocked at the dis
graceful condition of public affairs, as they
are shaped by the Washington government,
it is pleasing TO contemplate most satisfsc-
| ,orv condition ofaffairs at home. Time was,
and tha, not long ago, when similar shocking
public incidents blotted the pages of Texas
history, but these things belong to period
whea true Texans had no potent influence in
the conduct of the state government, when
corrupt agents of these very powers, that
have plundered ard degraded the federal
government, legislated in behalf of, and en-
| force with the powers of the bayonet the
bssest practices in Texss. Denial of the
right OF suffrsge, with false elections
retuccs aud declarati ms, directed
and exec ted by agents of this federal re-
publicsni.m, enjoyed feast of crime in
Texss, leaving upon. the bright escu'cheon
of the state political, social and hnancial
| blots, from which il has taken years TO re-
covsr. These agencies robbed the people,
and scattered and squandered their substance
and The public money, until no one would
| A tal In Ion
bond st CITY cents on the dollar. The
states obligations 10 pay at sight went beg
qing, a d, uoless back door payment at the
treasury bsd been agreed upon, they were
often held three, four and five years for
payment. Tho state departments were IN
The hands Of lbbsIf, and the judiciary was
organized to sustain corrupt men IN evil
practice, while 3 II ercensry military wa'
held In commsnd to car
nv out the brutal or3erl
Of a despot. Such was the condition 81
Texas when Texans secured 70 themselves .
popular expression Ct tho ballot box, wheT
ont Of voiing poruAtiou Of two hundred
boussn5 only fifty thousand
stely eufrauchised slaves could b
found to sustain, because Of their Ignorance
these bsse sgenCies hat hsd u=urped tie stat
government One hundred and fifty thou
/ sand While men, Ala tuul WIG NOtc y
Texss, abiured 81 The ballot box the me;
who hsd msgovorned Texas, snd yet iivE
concluded BY these evil men thst the voieI
Of the people should not prevail, and theJ
absolutely rose in armed revolution sgsius
popular viii, and proposed 10 psrpotusi'
1 their own power ct The point Of the bayonet
Instantly the blood Of Te1sus vas aroused
md vhen The fsrcs sound Of The tocsin rsnl
out through the dsy and nisht along III
avenues and streets Of The capital city, aD'
when brave men gstbered sb0ut the cspito
10 do or 10 die IN The cause Of popular gov.
srument, the rniscrcanis fed, and some o
them are 10 this day finding refuge IN for
eien lands urdsr assumed rsmes-
Utah Is iust nov tne chosen bed 70
| considerable ctriFtisn missionary work
There srs forty-fotr Presbyterian mission
s,ies IN tte te-rItory .rrsirtsined Ct sn snnus
-ost Of SIS 600. he C0nEregsti0uslisis ~
spar5ine S30cO0 IN nsu school ho1ses an
etu-cbes. ti.s NsfhodiEs have twenty NE
-ionaries On The grUurc, snd olher dercrni
nstiors n-s rspressrts5. Ihess trsrnsD1ou
.nsls1zhfE have iBcitsd The Hornons % ns'
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