Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-07-04
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iioHaTy struggle senli eysT etass 10 thrill
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the lfE sr0Fti II ihs unioR, or senslHiins
il 10 favor The interest Of = party, Thai
the ssalhsrn Iseple DO not nov, as in for
msF years, marx the aiSeni Of the nation
birthday With The graceful aud digHidsl
ceremonies Of better years, il not aR syi-
isnee that they have ceased 10 relish lhf
sweet fruits Of The fret Revelation, or IL
revere The msmoTy II these Who pledged
their ''liyes, fortunes aud sacred Lonors
TO the cause " American freedom, Il is
because the ensmies of liberty, with bra,
sen sfrOnlsry, hitherto unknown ia the
history % national crime, have usnTpei
the power Of tho government, bankruPlsd
the treasury aud the people, and mock the
saereiness Of the day by vulgar exhibitions
solely calculated TO further the Interests
Of usuIPers and iyranls aud secure for
them the applause aud suffrage Of the nu'
merous hut ignorant and vulgar rabble
No decent person, nj either Of the cardinal
points Of the compass, can enter with self.
respect or unassumed eheerfulness into a
Fourlh'of,July ysts eAamPsiSs arranged 10
glOrify the negro in the dim eye OF fading
age, and Defy that bruie.human in the
bright eyes Of innocent childhood aud
blooming youth. What child Of 'ihe land
OF the heart--the Land Of the sun" could
look with pleasure upon page nj, on the
nations birthday, wherein the gross and
besial African was elevated above the re-.
fined aud God.imaged Caucasian, and
shrined and crowned as the central figure?
Yet such are the pagcanis which tho i'm.
partial sun is gliding with golden glory, in
fanaiical New England, to-day. or sucl,
degrading reservations Of day sacred TO
every truly American heart, we aro proud
that real Southern men and women, from
tho fatapsco to the Rio Grande, are passive
or Disguised spectators, holding themselves
with native dignity aloof. Yet in the
Southern soul there is reverence for the
natal day of American freedom. Few are
there of the Souths children who will not
to-day call from tho arcane of fancy vivid
pictures of the long struggle Of the Revo-
lution-of its sorrows and its joys-of the
troops crossing, with bleeding feet, the
frozen waters Of the Delaware and the
women spreading flowers on the bridge
beneath the feet of Virginia's most illus
trious som when that conqueror, having
achieved his country's independence, was
marching into Trenton. The day and its
associations are not the exclusive property
of any single section of our common coun-
try-they belong alike toevery true Amer
lean. Let us hope that in November next
the people will rise in the majesty of their
might and drive away from the capitol the
reckless heroes who have applied the torch
to the Temple of Liberty, audare gambling
for the spoils of office by the light of its
confngration; after which the Southern
people may return TO the observation of
the national holiday without h compromise
of dccency, dignity, or selfrcspect, and