Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-08-18

I'VE -py. therefore. that tie first
hing for the South 10 dO Is 10 sc
tIrc iooiho'd In Congress They
aust get into the arena before they
~ rSpcct 10 strike effectively tor
lcir cause. Let them march 10
ith dying colors, by virtue Of their
fights it possible, II not, let them
rNwl IN, climb in, push in, buy
themselves In, bride themselves IN,
30 steal ia, get in what way they
AN, 50 that tho next session Of Con.
srcss finds them there. IL is not
.,rugsle in II fair field, where truth
An hope to conquer with the wca-
rOns OF chivalry. Ii is u struggle
.or political life and property against
political robbers and assasns, 49,
Those that are pcrishing from cS-
Dosurc will rather suffer from eXtor'
lion than go without shelter i.o.
lhe South get shelter first at any
price; when the storm is over and
he discipline Of the household 70.
eiorcd, there will be any opportuni-
" to adjust the reckoning and put
things in order"
These conclusions are drawn from
the position that the radicals are de-
tcrmined to prevent the South from
being represented until after the
next Presidential election.
Without making any professions
IF superior honesty for the South or
for ourselves, we venture to say that
al such propositions ought to be re-
jccted without q moments hcsita-
ton. The question of Southern rep
rcscntaton is not a question for the
South alone. That right cannot be
long denied us without doing tho
North more harm than we can SUI.
fer. The South is quite as neccssa-
~ to the Union as the Union is to
the South and even the oppression
which the Radicals may exercise un-
der the doctrine that the South is in
the Union as to responsibility and
out of it with regard to privilege,
must finally rccoil upon its perpc-
traitors. Indeed, we believe al
though we are sure the New York
News was not conscious Of the feel
ing-that the South is thus cxhorted
to get into the Union at any price
because it is felt that her mistreat,
ment must bring disaster upon the
North. But, be that as it may, the
South will have her representation
fairly, without any improper humil-
iations or advantages, or she will not
have it at all. There can be no Sc
curity for virtue anywhere if people
are to make the wrongs Of others an
excuse for doing wrong themselves.
The very essence Of morality is the
determination to do right whatever
others may do. On this ground
alone can an individual or Il people
expect the blessing OF Providence
and maintain sclf,rcspect, Up to
this moment every error committed
by the Soulful any have marked
her course-was unintentional.
In nothing has she done de!ibe-
rately wrong. And if she is now
going to cheat and steal, it would
have been better for her to Join in
the cheating and stea:in,, at first,
without raising the protest which
was made the excuse for the war
But the South is not ashamed Of
having asserted the rights Of the
States against the usurpation Of
lawless majority which prostitutcd
the central government to its pur-
poses. And she believes to day that
nothing but the Christening Of that
party by the people among whom it
exists, and return to first princi-
pies on the part Of the States which
have been deceived and mislcd, can
restore the country TO peace and
prosperity. For this the South can
afford to wait. She can afford to sit
down by the principles she has al
ways protested and maintained, and
by the graves Of the dead she has
sacrificed upon the altar Of those
principles, and wait for the dawning
Of u better day. But she cannot al
ford to "crawl, climb, push, buy or
bribc' herself into the Union. For
some Of these methods she Is too
poor. and for all of them she is too
proud; and rather than adopt any
Of them she would remain out Of
the Union forever, whatever might
be the evils or the tcrrors of such
condition.
We can well conceive that the
New York News would not have
given such advice il il had not been
driven almost TO desperation by the
crimes Of Radicalisn, We can well
conceive bow, in its just wrath and
Indignation, il may have come TO
she conclusion that the devil should
bc fought with fire" Besides, the
New York News exist at the North
where there is nothing 10 relieve
the picture Of Radical dcspotism.-
That is its proper home, and there
it has found the means tYr all its
usurpations. But il is different at
t hc South. We did not create Rad
icalism by listening t. The scduc
lions Of power, and W. Ray there.
fore view its performances with no
Suicidal impotence. ".Similid sim
albus cRrdntur" docs not apply in
political diseases, and lit did South
crn corruption would not cure
Northern. We have every conf
dcnce that the evil will be removed
10y the Northern people themselves,
and not by setting one wrong to de-
stroy another, but by virtue Of the
essential superiority of truth and
iibpralifv to gQlfshuoSs and false