The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-10-27
FEUDs AND WHAT THEY
INDICATE"

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Sacramento, California, Record MON. 1t is
extraordinary only in one sense, however,
the extraordinary ignorance concerning
the south it displays, and the extraordinary
virulence contained within the article. /,
is lamenta5le to see such articles as the one
referred to, appear in print anywhere, but
particularly in so widely q circulated jour
nal us the Record L Mon. \ few extracts
from 1t will astonish southern readers who
have been told of late that the northern peo-
pie or western people were rapidly disabus-
ing their minds of the preiudices heretofore
entertained in those sections with reference
to the south. For instance, speaking Of the
terrible triple tragedy in Tennessee, where
the victims were all reputable citizens, not
rowdies, not street brawlers, not even ordi
nary quarrelsome men, but led to their
death by the insane illusions Of one, this
California paper has this to say; 1T is in
| order to remark that the Mabreys were APP
proved assassins of the regular southern
type, having very recently been acquitted
OF course by southern jury Of the cold
blooded murder Of two other men. Their
taking-olf, therefore, is in no sense thing
to be regretted, and, indeed, it would be
well for the south if all of their kind could
be hunted down and killed like rats in a
| trap, But it is quite useless for southerncrs
to insist upon the civilization OF their peo-
pie so long as the custom of blood-ieudS is
| maintained" Those who know the south
| ern people best, even strangers, know it to
be 4 low, willlul Justification Of facts to say
that "blood-feuds' exist with Us, or that
there are any people in the south who
ought to be "hunted down and shot like
rats" Such people have all gone west,
and, possibly, to California. In 10 state in
the south to-day are there any road agents
or bloody rutlians plying their trade, or any
greater per cent. of lawlessness or law
breakers than will be found in any other
portion of America. 1t is positively
astonishing to see the disgusting ignorance
of the rest of the world on
mis- particular subject. But this brilliant
ly imaginative genius in 1.-THE glorious eli
But at the south We see that even the
prominent men, the better educated men,
still act as though they possessed no gov
crnmcnt; still disgrace their communities
by brutal and bloody street fights still
cherish their savage leuds, as though they
were wild Indians. And the southern
press does not characterize these shameful
practices as they deserve such utter
anccs as these are not only false and Sian
derous, but they are villainous, and it can
be truthlully surmiSed that the man who
wrote them never was in the south, and il
there is any rat.killing to be done, it ought
to be commenced among the editorial
writers Of the Sacramento press. 1t de-
clares further that the press of the south
lis obliged to soften down the horrors of
these tragedies, to put out of sight the
dreadful atlliction cntailed upon wives and
daughters and mothers and sisters
by the detestable code to speak
of brutalities which would disgrace
a tribe of Apachcs as though
they were the fit and proper acts Of Chris.
tan gentlemen; to euphemi2c murders as
"ailrays - To call assasSinations "cnCount-
ers to back up, excuse, cOndone defend,
Justify, palliatt, the most abomiuble and
deplorable outrageS and crimes that have
ever prevented the progress of a communi-
ty or given it a bad name all over the civil.
lied world and so on in this low style of
attack upon as generous honorable, peace
able, courteous and refined u press and peo-
pie, as any flag floats over, But, however,
from whatever degree of ignorance or
malice such attacks may arise, they have
powerful effect, and IL is the duty of south.
ern journals to turn their columns into
dgniiiod but positive refutations of the
charges. The responsibility and truthful
ness of the sources OF the denials are Ger
tain!y as great us are the qualities of the
points of attack, and can be depended upon
for strong counter influence. The vote of
California, after wholesome abuse of the
south, may possibly turn this coun.
try over to the tender merces OF
the republican party for another
term of years, and it is therefore possible
that these gentlemen OF the quill out west
may know what they are doing, but are by
no means scrupulous of the manner of doing
it. 1t is tedious To be always rcrutiug, but
it is shameless to be always charging. 1t
does no good to be hitting back, simply,
without attending more to denial. All that
is necessary is u strong bu; dignihcd rcfu.
tation Of attacks that are repeatedly being
made, Notwithstanding the assertion that
thc,ga,l Of bitterness is with US. 1t is graft.
tying to know that they cmanate merely in
such ignorance, unSorupulouSneSS and NAL.
ice as seem to have dictated the remarks in
tho Sacramento paper,
"GoD SAVE ME FROM MY FRIENDS "
a most unjust, ungenerous, and under
the circumstances, as we will now make it
e.