Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-01-11

q uu-s.E-.ES -'IzErr--1yr r1T--:
. Southern conservative, to do wha
he can TO lessen IT,
1t Ia fortunately in the power q
tho Southern conservatives to d
much to lessen it, They can proJa
bly, effect The rejection Of the recon
struction scheme in several of tn,
prescribed States, and possibly it
all; while their efforts to reject It
even if incGectual, will greatly
strengthen tho conservative caus,
in the country at large. BY thcil
efforts much will bo gained anC
nolling can be bst ut worst. 0
this We think that they are nov
fully persuaded They appear tc
be q unit on tho question:, Th4y
are a.! evidently resolved to DO thl
best which they can do to reject thc
scheme. But what is the best which
they can do' Upon this question
VIC regret to see that they do no.
agree. Their agreement upon it is
of the first Importance. We would
fain contribute TO their agreement,
They can do, as everybody knows
by this time, either Of two things.
They can vote against the scheme,
vii h tho view of voting it down, or
refrain from voting, with the view
Of preventing q quorum Of voters,
which in the case ofconventions is q
majority ofall thcrcgistered voters,
and in the case Demonstrations, is at
least halfofall the registered voters,
the difference being obviously in
significant. Now, which is the bet
ter? This is the question, upon
which they are called TO agree.
Their agreement in favor Of their
course would be immeasurably bet
ter than their disagreement; but,
in our Judgment, there is much to
choose between the two courses. 1t
seems to us that refraining from
voting is decidedly the better.
The reasons, as we conceive, arc
plain. The negroes and their white
allies not only outnumber the reg
isterod conservatives but outworlS
them. They of course must outvote
them, No other result can be rea-
sonably expected. The registered
conservatives, if they were as zeal
GUS as their adversaries are, would
still be outvoted, for they are oRt-
numbered bnt they they are not as zeal
Gus, and cannot be made so. This
is proved by the proceedings which
have already taken place under the
reconstruction scheme. 1t is dedu-
ciDEo from the hatarc of the case.
If, to vary the statement, it were
practicable to bring to the polls all
the registered voters, they ncvcrthc
less would be voted down but it is
impracticable. The only effect of
attempting it consequently must be
to help the radicals make up the
quorum of voters which the scheme
requires. The attempt, instead Of
serving to gain the end in view,
would serve to defeat it 1t would
be suicidal. .a'
1t follows, that, if the scheme can
be rejected, it must be rejected by
preventing quorum; that is to say,
it must be rejected not by voting
but by reiraining from voting. And
in this way we believe that the
scheme may be generally rejected
for, though it is impracticable to
bring to the polls all the regiJtered
conservatives and would be ineffcc-
tual if it were not, it is practicable
to keep all the registered cons erva-
tives away from the polls, and their
absence, together with that of the
radicals who may be Kept away by
the accidents oflife or by discomfort
or by the lack ofthe stimulus of a
contest, will assure the rejection of
the scheme. In several of the States,
we believe, does the number of the
negroes and their white allies great
ly exceed a quorum, whereas in
some of the States it fails short of
quorum, so that unless the radicals
can bring out their whole strength
or more they will'bc defeated; and
the total absention of the conserva
tivcs, while bringing things to this
pass and costing the conservatives
no advantage, is above all other
things adapted to prevent the radi-
Gals from bringing out their whole
strength. 1t offers thciconservatives
a reasonable chance ofreiecting the
scheme; and, in our opinion, it is
the only mode which offers thom
any chance. Furthermore, rejec
tion by this mode, it seems TO us,
would be more fitting, because more
Itwouldinclude a dash
OF wholesome contempt, which the
other mode could not so well eN-
press. 1t seems to us to be decided
y the better in every point Q ofyicw' 1
x 4 !; So /
Such is eur,view-ofthe true course
Of the Southern conservatives under
the ereconstructippseheme. Wegive
it forwhat is it worth. n,our judy
ment, tho Southern conservatives
should agree in fayorof eitheroonrse.
we repeat, would be- immeasurably
better than their disagreement. Let
them agree in favor of eae. or the
other. And to this end we rejoice
to sec that conventions hayey been.
called in several.of the States. To
the same end weihoRe that conyen-
tions will be called in the rest. Eel
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