Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-17
DISINHERITED KNIGHT
Re.Enters the Lists with Hanghty Crest
and differing Armor.
with Terrific Sarcasm and Shining English
He Lays About IIim-The Land Board,
Grnss Commissioners and Their
Defenders.

MoBEEuE, TEX, Sept. 0.--Whcn higI
and sworn officers in quest Of politica
spoils cruise beyond the boundaries ilxe'
by the laws and constitution aud pas
into the bleak realms OF usurpatlon, the!
but WOO the fate Of Sir John Franklin
and their voyage should be as vain, thel
doom rs drcar! 1t were prOllX TO mari
the slurs and vtuperation cast at me by
the apologists of those assailed In my
article of August %. To such, silence II
my only answer My attorneyships, eli
cnts, Offices | may hold, my resentment
even my personal identity--aro all foreign
to the issue When my charges are re.
| futed IL will be ample time to consider
such matters, now irrelevant. | preferred
specific charges against the board
For a substantiation OF these charges
! referred TO the cited record
Nothing was left TO inference
Instead OF answering my charges IL is at
tempted 10 turn the affair into personal
attack upon me. Such subterranean
methods shall not prevail. The war shall
not be carried into the territories of
Carthage; Scipio must remain IN Italy.
When my thrusts are parted, when my
questioning Is met, then let them interro-
gate mei but until | am overthrow and
my armor the spoil of the victor, let none
seek TO lift my visor or mclasp my corse-
let What connection could there pos
sibly be between the gravity Of my charges
and my personal affairsy If the charges
arc false, refute them. Suppose pfima
faclc case of discrimination or Of usur.
patton Is made ont, shall the accused be
heard to plead that am the attorney of Il
corporation, therefore the evidence com
posed of his own acts and admissions is
untrue?
In the name of reason, what have my
imagined motives to do with the govern
or's proved acts and published utter
anccsl The wool and warp of my
charges were woven from a skein he fur
nished, and shall the fabric be rejected
because, forsooth, the hand OF the
weaver has tollcd for another? Why
seek to drag my clients into combat
from which you shrank and your vassals
quailed? Upon the rights or wrongs of
my clients the courts OF the United States
shall pass, and itmay be well to await their
hiding ere you denOunce prayer of relief
within the pale of the law as an outrage.
Greer county has not yet been cedcd to
Texas, and to-day the governor will not
protect its occupants against the cxac-
lions and iorays of the Comanche. IL is
cquhlly lolIy Iof the advocates OF the
board to dcnounce my attack as cmanat-
imS from hostlllty TO the lease law,
The ballOt-boX and the legislative halls
are the battle fields upon which that
question must be decided. That subter-
fnge whereby 1t is sought to enlist suspi-
clon ana array prejudice against me is too
swallow. Mine Is an armor through
Wnlch the arrow OF truth alone can
cleaNe ITS way. Those who read my
Original article and the responses that it
eNclted VIII remember that to many OF
its charges no answer has been presented.
IN each case ! will ask judgment by de-
lault WIN writ OF inquiry Some OF the
explanations attempted are too frlyo-
lous to notice, and others merit only
passing attention which ! shall hurriedly
bestow, and hasten to matters of more
serious import. Referring to the terrible
inconsistency OF the governor in regard
TO thc relative constltutionahty CT section
3 OF the vetoed bill and section 10 of the
present law, his apologistS claim that the
governor thought In each case the forfeit
ure without judicial ascertainment was
impossible, but .he mode of ejcctment
was unconstitutional. If constitutional
objection exists in cithcrc case, tits against
the lorieiture--the extinction of the right
without judicial ascertainment, not the
mode OF electment which is resultant,
ana grows out of the forfeiture, for
which II the Legislature could provide,
they could prescribe the method of put
ing IN possession the claimant by virtue
OF such forfeiture. The most Opaque OF
these apologize satellites snecrlngly
quotes me as asking "To what funds
wiz 20 the rental arising from the leases
IN Greer county ?" Aperusal OF my ar
tlcie VIII show that nothing therein could
be tortured Into such u query. The des-
tinatlon OF the rental is unimportant, but
the origin of the leases is hid
den in gloom as fathumless
as that which envelopes the
sources of those sunless rivers darkly
wandering though the weird depths OF
the Mammoth cave. arraigned the board
Tor leasing small tracts OF public domain
under resolution passed February II,
sSf' one OF their minions, from whose
Ideas hoat perfumes of official inspiration,
says "Ihe board approved the leasing
OF the small tracts of public domain re-
lerred to by virtue of the enlarged powers
found I'm the art pf lSSQ ~ fpI,,.