The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-11-08

oar Washington hpeoiAl mwh'hN w
tve since informed na tLat The Niempi |
VAS being maiO ~ manufacture poiitlef
capital out NJ tho fsconi call NJ do'iHsoh
fastArp upon tho state militia to suppress
a negro uprising IN Milan county, aud We
have noticed In several exchanged very un'
generous comments on the subject, II IL
"muoh ado about nothing" for the re-
ported uprising was hoax OF tbs nfs'
quality, ~ such "uprlLngs' generally are
and no precious blood was shed with when
TO revive any political or race halreds' IL
there had been 800 armed men In Tue ma
ture Of mob, whether white OF black, any
whore in the state and bent on mlsohiel' IL
would have been the governors duty 10
call out militia force sufficient to sup
press the mob, and IL was equal
lily his duty upon report to nun
of such state OF affairs e%iS'
ting TO call the militia into readiness Ihls
he did and only this, and no earthly ground
exists for criticisng the governor or w
militia Tor their prompt response unTer
such circumstances to call Tor help. Bu
AS the imaginary mob was supposed TO b'
composed of negroes, the republican, jour
mails, we suppose think that the governor
and militia ought to have refusef to lister
> to any call for forces to put it own. 1t IL
/ disgusting TO read such politiCA campaign
: trash, but it seems to be ~ biggest care
l the enemies of the south Can plsy, so i
2 must 90 for what 1t is worth.
Some how or other theimpresson has &c
abroad that regular war Of races is in pro
gress in Texs' and, yet in no state II
the south IRE ND people ireer from
all thought or Danger in such direc
ton than in Teas, We regre
therefore that such die rumors as this NJ
lam episode frang rom, continue to re
q ceive any evidence within the state. o
that our o5icials county and otherwise
continue 10 act upon them. We have NJ
earthly. ground for fearing race troubles il
q Texas The negroes have neither the mum
bers por courage, the means nor facilities
any4ind anywhere in the state to organize
! ribts against the whites, and it is notorion
3 tAct that should mobs be gathered together
, Where are sufficient number of well armed
X re solute officers in any county of the stat
q to put down the riot in less than tw'
hours without calling upon the galian
and fully equipped state militia for assist
ance.
As long as the citizens in those districts
however, where the colored brother IS plen
titul, continue to get alarmed at idle ru
mors and manifest fear of harmless, eve
il actual, rather than an imaginary foe, en-
cill upon the governor and the state troop
q aud permit all kinds of sensational storie
t t, be tele5raphed to the papers, so long W
y say as this is the case. we may expect I
Y hear-of war OF races, and see politics
r capital made out of the reports in the east
e ern states. For the states welfare an
good name, to ssy nothing of the interest
of the south and the democracy, we trus
that this negro mob and uprising senss
ton, will cease to excite any fears or al
tract any attention hereafter in this stat
at least, and meet only the increduiou
smile that all such sensational report
. merit. Texas is the last place in the worl
tor the negro or any other element to al
tempt rioting, and this fact is thorough
appreciated by all classes and elements
= the state.