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LeiKT from i!elLuiirph 1 1 'D.i \ ,-s • : lt;« « l'l.ni A. J. II Ac *1 a.l-.Iv( 1 int« p opm ol this couuty u.^ a ci.ndi-i ! ,r G -Vriii-r at tL»* msuii.g dicti*;::. n.vi’jrr to high waters Lis appointment was not ki:o vii here but a lew hours before his arrival, v, !’*. niauy ol our citizens were lt;L;-l.riv». 1 oi the opportunity oi listening to the -riot T-.-x is* orator. N itwithstaudiug thG, ho -.vc v -r, t!jrrlt;! w.iS quite a a aast mblage ft' ciiizv:.;* to ihtea to wh.it he had to say, prin-cquhy “pah* faces,” there being but lew gen-t'.foui u o; .bit.can descent m this county.Tin h h» jug no one to reply to the Governor, he made ti plain, candid statement of the G-ult; ^ new Leture the people, and insisted it was the duty ol' every one who loved his country, and desired the prosperity of the Kd.m\ to bury ail tho bad passions engendered b\ th'* late civil war and return the State to her 1*. git)mate relations to the General Gi-vi lunient. He was very happy in stums.* forth tbo bent lits to be derived by ail irom a mutual forgiveness oi past eiror, by which t»o much Buffering has been brought upon innocent women and children iio spoke to tho co ored population in very plain language, and showed them it was him i hut iirsi advocated their equal political rights, and tbeu told them this did not include social (cpiality, that being a matter that must ever remain with society, unfettered by arbitrary rules of law. The Governor, while speakiug of his competitor in respectful language, showed up his inco sistency in opposing the liberality of the proposed constitution, the efforts he made to get Congress to defeat tho organization of the State under it, and . haling in this, now seeks the high position of Governor, and to get this,-swallows and endorses resolutions favoring tho adoption of the constitution.Tho G3vernor spoke two boars, and gave the people entire satisfaction. JtSvery one, since the speech, seems to think ho is tho man to steer the ship of 6tato over the breakers, aud secure to all the blessings of peace and prosp*r ty.Yours in haste, Belton.
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Galveston Flakes Semi Weekly Bulletin
Galveston, Texas, US
Wed, Sep 29, 1869
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