Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-04-21
hi, R.dl.al platform 81 TeIa.-

lls rssss men n The Convention have
.s,r 81 ss Address and platform go the
rsopl, Of Tsrss" II IL signed b. laiimer'
HsHtk, Dsgensr, Uesge and many o'heis'
tII of whom are understood 10 be support.
sfs ~ Gov. Hamilton, sumner, stevens ana
40 Bsrty TO which these men Hppsrlalh'
The Platform declares itself unAlterAbly
Hs.otsd 10 the "form Of government esthb-
Ii,h,d By the patriots Of "a but does not
r,sd Il eli like the Virginia and Kentucky
sssolutions Of '0s, The principal feature
sf7G that decides the admiration OF these
patriots In It's favor we presume TO be the
3sriG alton that oil men ara born FREQ and
s6uil, taken q. . basis Of negro citizenship
and eolored suffrage.
Tho act Of secession Is declared to have
nssn "in violation Of the Constitution OF
the United States, and OF the Constitutional
Objections Of the State OF TeIas." That Is
10 shy, these men, interpreted in tho most
liberal manner, belong to tho class which
10 n great deal more agreeable everywhere
else than at home. Nothing IS said about
any violations Of obligation by the Northern
States although even Northern men can
ass that the objects Of the anti.slavery ngi'
lAtisn were unconstitutional, md that 1t
Vas pressed to the result Of outlawing the
Southern States because they presumed TO
main ain an institution which existed pre-
YiouB 10 tho formation Of the Government
and shich was solemnly recognized by II,
nysn to the extent Of allowing proportion
u the slaves to be counted in the basis or
representation. Other men can see that
the South loved the Union, and nothing
bus sense Of honor ever compelled her to
seesds from IL; but these Southern nation
llis,s and patriots are chiefly afraid that
TIE South will 'justify" what she has 'done
in the past" They want her to repent Of
ksr secession as q crime, AMI to signalize
her reformation by electing them and their
heirs, executors, etc., to nll the offices,
state and Federal, now, henccforth and
forever. Or, to speak more plainly still,
thty believe that Congress will succeed in
SIS present conflict with the President, and
srs thus early taking sides in view of the
political profits which are to ensue. Like
ths Radicals Of the North, these declare
'unabated confidence" both in the President
and in Congrcss-the surest sign now ex-
tAat % an approval Of Congress only, and
Of desire for the defeat Of the President.
II This 10 not the meaning, what can it be?
Dc these gentlemen approve both the pass
ngs OF tho Freedmen's Bureau and Civil
Rights Bills and the veto Of the same? Do
they approve Thaddeus Stevens dennncia-
tiuus 81 the President, and the Presidents
denuneiations of Thsddeua Stevens? Do
they, nth all their unconditional Union
Ian, approve the disunionism of Sumner
and TIE Radicals as we'll Us the endeavor
Of tho President to restore the Southern
Statsa to representation Thatiswhat they
tall tie people Of Texas; apd that is what
.Ae &C i've outdoor friends Of Stevens tell
the people while at the same time Stevens
IL tell ng the President to "get out of the
way" and writing to the New Jersey Leg
islatuie to hurry up a Senator in place of
Stockton who was ousted solely because he
sustained the President against that Con-
grss,ioual majority in which the Pease
party Of Texas declares its "unnbated con-
sdence.' 1t has been said by philosophical
historians that, in the old times, people
worshipped the good and evil powers with
equal sssiduity, not knowing whicb party
might succeed. So it is with these Texas
Radicals. Tho President, by the same
course Of action which causes the Peise
men TO wish his overthrow, has made friends
in Texas, whom it may be important to
cenciliate, and, therefore, this party throws
out n stale bait with the design of string
ing them on the Congressional line. Is this
what the Pease party mean by saying that
tan honest Devotion to the Governments
entirely consistent with "individual free
dom OF opinion' We do not doubt the
principles which they thus lay down, but
We must doubt the legitimacy of its appli-
cation to such difference as that between
tho President and Congress, or to the case
Of an individual who praises the President
because no wants to get the political sup
porters Of Mr.. Johnson to help swell the
majority against him. 1t
would have been great deal better for the
pesse party to denounce the President at
anep, md take open ground with his de-
gEiness. Such courage and honesty would
have entitled them at least to the respect
due to candid and courageous opponents.
Az IL 10, they gain nothing but the ques-
lionAble credit Of bad attempt to deceive
he people.
All W can say is, that if the people Of
tsIAs can DO misled by the address and
platform, or ~ the ticket Of the Pease-
Hamilton party Of Texas, they will deserve
Inc credit Of having desecratei the graves
81 their heroic kindred, and Of having
Welded TO mere material success confess
pien of their own dishonesty and traitorism
Ia . struggle which is now regarded by the
world o. having been as honest in its in
stpGioa ss it was brilliant in prosecution,
AVID which, though unsuccessful in apparent
bpj Immediate result, REINFORCED the
cause Of political principle by sacrifices
which will make it dearer forever TO the
lsArts Of succeeding generations. For, if
bis Union ever beco mes as great as we all
sow fopdly hope it may be, it will be more
ius 10 the resistance made by the South in
'avor Of Constitutional Government, and to
.hs result Of that resistance, than to any
'tker cause.
Ths question now before the country is
shall sectionalism cease and the rights
n tho States be acknowledged and respect
ID r. that question be answered in the
sff rIn alive, tho South did not secede in
rain, because that wns the question on
which she withdrew. II never would have
BEEN 70 answered, if she had submitted
amely to the election of geographical
Federal ticket. And il it is 80 answered
low, the reason Of the answer will be the
resistance Of the South, and the present
neon patidility Of her temper with any
other solution of the problem. II it be
answered in the negative, the mere numeri-
al IN sjority will drive other States TO re-
Instance, and the civil war will either hive
10 be fought over again, or in view of the
isrror ofsuch Q possibility as illustrated by
he experience OF the late war, through the
bravery Of the South, the general political
doctrines for which the South contended,
will DO admitted. To that complexion it
must come before the country finds the path
II successful development, and all that the
South has hitherto done has been simply
costly contribution TO tha. result.
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