Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-10-17

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iiii gtniirman lassinr 49,
irom This saljeft NJ The material 10.
ioFrsis IL tie r0aniry, on wi'i'h ]
have dsrli Hunger than J iHlrn'ie'l,
Id ms again rall your aiirnli''n b.
hst- that the great IH,lr star ~
the nrmoeraiie party IL the s'nsh
tut,un VI ihe Iniio,l Stairs III nnl,
nay Ill"w rililrns, in the beat at
THIS arlaaas contest, do n"l h'rgst
that great lesson. Tho Republican
party believe they can amend u,
that they can change Il ani make u
"A batter constitution than 0nr faith,
ere made il ia tho days al old, !
charge il upon you, Democrats who
are hrro Ia night, never 10 consent
either Ia ils abandonment or It's dc,
pradallun. DO not serk 10 amend
IL do not seek "a change H. in mol
seek Ia cvade il. ubey il, IL was
good enough for your fathers II IL
good enough Tor you, II you obey
il, il will DO good enough hr Your
children ior a hundred years 10
come. Study il, understand H.
Carry il al'ont with YOU, ~ living
presence in all tho walks Of your
daily life. Take il to your homei
read il to your wife, teach Il to your
children; put II upon your family
altar; that when you bow y"ur head
in suppliral!ng prayer Il may be
there noxt To the image of Coed him
self. Do this aud then IN His own
good time you will be able 1" raise
il up To that place and power To
which tho braxen serpent IN the
wilderness was raised Ia order that
the plague might be stayed. ID"
this, aud you viii be- able Ia rear II
up Ia TINT high place of honor Ia
which the Ark of the Convcnani
was reared, round which the unseen
logions of line Almighty kept ward
aud guard, that he who touched II
with impious hands should die. Re-
member, fcllow.citizcns, that the
Constitution contains within itself
all that in good in the experiences OF
the past, aud all that is hopeful in
the prospects ofthe future, II is the
ark OF safety in the flood which is
upon US. II may be tossed IN the
black of darkness upon the weary
waters for many days, hut it will
rest upon the mountain top nj last;
the sun will shine; the dove will
leave il never TO return, and, now
MS then, emblem Of purity and
peace, she will seek to rebuild her
habitaiions amidst the scenes Of her
former life.
do not despair. j have hope in
tho aspirations of men. ] have
faith in the providence of God. /
know that the pathway of history
is strcwn with the wrecks OF en-
pires and peoples, and constitutions
and liberty; and it may be in the
providence Of God that this country
of ours will follow in the wake OF
all the nations that have gone be.
fore. If it shall be so, let it not be
owing to the faults or misiortunes
of the Democratic party. If il
must be so, let it be known that it
was the party Of our lovo that
stood to the last, with heroic virtue,
TO the principles of civil liberty. II
it must be SO, let us, my fellow
citizens, take consolation in the
thought that in the eternal circle OF
God, death is but the precursor OF
resurrection and that tho same
principles which hasten nations to
decay contain within themselves
the spark of living fire which So
cures undying youth to our immor-
tai race. [Groat applausc.]
nTime writes no wrinkles on its fair young
brow;
Such MS creations dawn beheld, il sees
thee now"
Amidst the wrecks Of time its
progress is still onward and upward
higher and still higher.
"And from the sky serene and far,
A voice falls like falling star,
ado Excesior!'
Higher; as the eagle when he
takes his flight in the face OF the
sun. Higher; as the stars, wher
in their eternal courses they encir
clio the footstool of the immortal
throne! Higher; as the soul Of mar
when it puts aside this tenement O
clay, and sees throughout all Tho
ages the home of its father and i'll
God. W
The concluding sentences of thu
peroration were greeted with enthu
siastic cheering, and Mr.. PcndletoI
took his scat amid prolonged ap
plause.