The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-10-08
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county maltara;
Darby, Grimes county, Texas, September
25, 1855;
My FELLOW CIrIZENs-I am favored
with a copy OF tho Galveston News oil
tho 10th OF Sapte amber, containing =
letter dated Mobeayle, September OH
over IN anonymous signature which Ia
explained TO he tao "nom do plume"
OF a certain state senator OF high BIRTH
In which as tho News Expresses II IN
caption "tha disinhorlted Knight re-
enters tho llst with hRu shty chest and
allttoring afmor,p anG nwith terrific
sarcasm aud shiniug English no lays
about bim-the land board, Braaa
commissioner ana their delenuers',
i have read the "KDighla" letter and
ind this appalling caption
TO DO correct, inc volume y
of the "Knighps' iro Is
dirsc.ed against Governor lfolend,
Comptrellor Swain, Treasurer Lub'
beck, Land Commissioner Walsh, A.
torney-General Cemplaton and pri-
yato citizan Swisher. or tho officials
inst mentioned Governor ireland is
Tho only Que whom h0 condeseends 10
mention by name, though bo includes
them oil In tho general term "Iand
poard." Private citizen Swisher he
does ruenion by name, but With an
evident effort 10 appear to do so incl
dentslly and with great condesoen-
sion, While the veil with which no
covers the ioupteiu OF his wrath ia too
thin 10 conceal the fact that his artil-
lery is leveied no moro against tho
land board than agaIns5 John IL.
Swisher. The subject Of contention H.
Greer county, witch Is tho rghsfui
property OF the State OF rsXse, OF the
scholastic population Of Texas, Oh the
veterans and widows OF veterans who
fought under Sam Houston for the
right, Texas and OF other citizens OF
Texas. Tho cause Of contention ~
the hiyh-handed acts OF tho
Franklyn Land and Cattle company,
q foreign syndicate, not Tokens, nor
oven Americans; who, without con-
sulting tho owners of Greer county,
nor oven the authorities Of the United
States government, have taken unlaW-
full possession Of the territory and Sr0
defying tina Justice o! ownership aud
the authority Of la@ 10 dispossess
them. The f4cis of contention are the
efforts Of the land beard in obedience
to their sworn obi legations as State Of
ficerg. or Colonel Swishes, III obsdi-
once TO his contract Obligations, 10 his
fellow veterans, and OF oil IN obedi-
ence to their s5nse OF honor, juetice
and patriotism, 70 secure 10 Texas and
Texans tho
RIGHT OF POSSESSION or GREER
COUNTY
and her lG9ds, ana tho counter efforts
of the "Iaiaht'AN mercnuery attorney
to secure 10 lr-t foreign syndicate
their outrageous md NJ lawful pJsse =
sion OF the gam, u oH'iuau'sh and the
rights OF TcX.a Aut Texans, the
"Knight" ia pIopAIlpg, II possible,
to procure fox his clIOnts d6cfee
of tho Federal cOurt declaring Greer
county 10 be " pSrI OF lho Indian Ter
ritory, ard pU varG OF Texas. TO ac-
complish this pRrpose, he is trans
cendipg his profess ioual duty IS an
attorney-at law Ivy two distinct acts.
First, he imii ateg the "Piumed
Knighp' by nlisusing his senatorial in
fluence TO weaken our claims TO Greer
county; and second, he is laboriDg
through tho columns OF tho "News" TO
conduct the current OF public opinion
rights and interests OF his naive STATE,
OF her citizens ard of her little child
rem. The "News," to forward
the nRnlght's" efforts, pompously, and
tru;hfully announces the "Kn1sht's"
Letter ia the caption quoted at the
head OF this article, but in which, ia
shining English is the only virtue dis
played. That extensively. circulated
Journal announced thu "Dislnterosteu.
cban1pions) with naughty chest,
ALTERING armor and terrific arcasm."
The "gllttering ermor" Ia doubtless
Tho one worn and Frightened by his
illustrioua father in tho battle Of San
Jacinto; inherited by the son, whom It
will aaorn when he proves himself
worthy OF his honorad sire. The
1haughty chest and terrific sarcasm"
are tho only articles attributed TO htn
in the caption, and they are preclsely
such IS sensibl5 men use only Whan
destitute OF lust, sound and reasonable
arguments, and are conclusive evil
dence OF their conscienc S OF the weak
ness of their Gauss. L can not refrain
from q few sob5r comments on tno
gentienan's non dc plume. The "Dis-
Inherited Knight" assn med as II the
order of knighthood were conferred in
Texas as in Enropa and Inherited like
baronial title. Itimplies that ne Yves
once heir apparent 10 the donors OF
Knighshood, but that he has been
DEPRIVED or HIS HERITAGE.
In this confederation OF American
republics, titles and honors arc inner
tied in degree and modified form, bus
not absolutely az in Europe. When an
American citizen, by successive scr
Vices and sacrifices, is promoted to
honor and position, we Americans
awsrd more or less of his wel!-aarneel
honors to his postssity; we scknowl'
edge the inherent worth of his family,
and when occasion is presented, we
place his sons, rather Than Others, in
the line of promotion, and when they
prove themselves worthy they are
sometimes elevated TO positions os
high as those OF the anceators,. and oc
casionally higher. This gentleman's
father, first as lieutenant under Gen
eral Jackson at the Horseshoe bend.
and lastly as commandor-1r-c hief al
San Jacinto, enriched the soil with his
blood and won for himself and his
posterity immortal honors, which con.
Quoted him successfully to the preS1-
dency OF the Republic OF Texas, and tc
q seat in tho Senate of the United
States of America. These honors
Doubtless constitute tho kniRht-
hood to which the gentlem ~
American Instinct, tho gentlemani
fellow citizans placed him in the line
OF promotion by elsctlng him district
attorney Of Wheeler and other conn-
ties, and as he proved himself worthy
by successfully prosecuting suit to
eompel this same Francklyn Land ana
Cattle company to pay taxes for tbeir
properly in tlIis ssue Greer county
They promoted him tohis present posi-.
ton CT State senator, ana had he no!
become "disinherited," have nc
doubt that he would DO farther pro-
NOTED in the near future to tho aov-
ernorship of Texas, and later 20 the
seat once occupied by his noble father
in the United States Senate, and. who
: knows but that he would finally bt
transferred to the sect now oecnpied
by Grover Clevelsnti. But now he IL
ssdisinheritej.' The love OF
MONEY HAS ENTICED HIM
to forsake The cause OF his native