Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-10-10
Grant and Peace.


The radicals prelend they wan
peace, Their candidate for the Pres
ldeney says, "let US have peace,
What Kidd of peace do they mean
The qniot, which idlloWs an over
powering and unresisted dcspOtism
The peace Of despair and death
What other peace do they OiTer'
They have seized On lho govern
menl, hy revolutionary movements
aud arr conducting il, as liar as they
can, regardless ul the constitution
which mndo IT, They have strip,
ped the President oi his rightn
powers, sileneod tho Supreme Court
hy intimidaiions and restrictions ou
It's jurisdiction, put ton sovereign
and equal States under military rule
or, what is worse, the rule Of carpet,
baggcrs, scalawags and negroes
shut 1ut three, and one Of them,
Virginia, tho oldest in the Union
and tho mother Of Sta,oS, from vo.
ting in the Presidential election,
aud then tell the country that il
shall have "pence" by the election
oi Grant, which will be sanction
of all the iniquiIy done, aud u guar.
anico OF It's con inuancc. What n
peace! IL You will keep still and
allow the letters TO be more secure.
ly fastened about your limbs and
body, your souls and conscienccs,
you shall have peace. If you will
sanction the overthrow Of the con.
stitutional government of your fa.
thcrS, and permit an unlimited dcs.
potism to be established in its place
you shall have peace. You will
then have Grant and peace! This
is surely, in the language of scrip
ture, "a peace that passeth all un.
dcrstandingW
Now We say, with delibcration,
that with the triumph of the radi.
cal party and the election of Grant,
there can be no peace to the coun-
try, aud we say further, that there
should be no peace There can be
no peace until the constitution of
our fathers is vindicated and the
liberties Of the people restored.
The can he no peace under n Con.
gressional dcspotism, which ignores
all the rights Of the States and the
other departments Of the govern
mcnt. il. is we'll known, and can.
not be denied, that II large majority
of the white people of the United
States are opposed to radical rule,
and to the revolution, which has
been effected by radical usurpations
over tho constitution. There can
be no peace while minorities govern
by fraud and force. There can be
no peace while a moneycd interest
of untaXed bond holders keeps down
the tax burthcned millions of one
section and puts the intelligence
and property Of the other under the
control Of igncrant negroes and un
principled white scalawugs and car
pet-bag adventures. There can be
no peace while money and corrnp-
tion rule the North and ignorance
and depravity the South. 1t is not
in the nature of things that peace
can exist under a state of affairs.
There must be u continual warfare
in society until its proper and natu-
raj relations are restored and estab.
lished. The intelligent numbers of
any country must ultimately form
its government and rule it. When
this is not the case, there will be
disquiet, disorder and tumult, until
the ncccccssary change is effected.
This is law Of nature. This is the
Of the past This is the
teaching Of history. There is a pos
sibility, that under the peculiar form |
OF our government, by which the
Presidential electors are chosen by
the people Of the States, whose
rights in almost every othefrcspect |
are set at naught, that u minority |
of the people of this Union may |
elect II President and attempt to !
rule oftyranny and injus-
tice; but this can not give peace to
the country, order to society, or
material prosperity to any section.
The struggle must so on until right
ful government is established and
wisdom and virtue bear sway.
Truth and justice are eternal, and,
though "crushed to earth GRANVILLE,
will rise again. triumphant over
and wrong Violated nature will ,
sindicatc herself and punish her
brutal assailants. Then there will
be peace, and before. "Wo unto
hem that cry, peace, peace, when
here is no peace" Grant and
oeaco are as incompatible as sin and
salvation.