Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-12-05

High a. iSh uNu bales lhis hSuf'
may be rtached, but doubt il,
Il There is a growing feeling amone
? lie people which fin l. varion
Il sh, dos of expression in the news
\ Iapo.s that Grants cle'li n, aitsl
2 all, was not the worst thing lha
u eoull have happened To us, Wha
> lhe result will DO il ls Yet too early
r Ia say, OF one thing We may b.
Q assured, that his sturdy horse sens,
n with n Congress that dare not op
70 plso him will ba n safer rollunc,
. than would be all that Seymour
1 ,OI,d do with a hostile Congress
. constantly fighting him, Grant,
r think, would bo.glnd To brlngaboal
- in his administration u pcaccablr
Q condition of things, aud restore the
, country, Ii We may judge Of the
future by the past We will not let
any ordinary obstacle prevent him
{ from fulfilling this ambition, ]
certainly wish him success, and |
} think the great body of the people
of the South join mo in the with,
aud will also join mo ia according
him the full need of praise il he
does restore law aud urdcr Us well
as prosperity To this distracted re.
giOn. Grant has no petty animos.
ily against the South TO gratiiy.-
lic has no morbid love OF the negro
aud has never shown any partiality
for that race. Nor has he in all
his intercourse with Southern men
exhibited any kindness, or any dis.
position to crowd them down. lie
may he prciudiccd, but even this |
doubt 10 any serious extent, At
the risk of exciting the same slrt Of
remarks ! encountered last June
when | said he would probably be
elected, now say that his admins.
tration will probably be tcnfold
better for the South and do us TWEEN
~ fold more good than has that of
Mr.. Johnson. Like the former
prophecy, | do not hesitate to put
II on rccor | against all the extreme
political countcrblasts that arc now
blown. Let us haze peace The
pcpp.e echo the wish. Their voice
was heard in the election. Their voice
will be heard above all the battle
cries OF the politicians, The oXtrc-
miSts Of the North, represented by
that cold glittcring enthusiast $50
do opposite mix up in himD Wen.
dell Phillips, are already deserted
by Butler, while Wade Hampton in
South Carolina heads n delegation
to the government in eSSe there
rendering fcalty. These things
point to Il common feeling Of the
people of beth sections, and that
ftcling is PEACE.
Peace promises us in Texas won.
derful things. 1t promises us a
population ere long Of millions Of
whites, in which the negro will be
lost as an element too insignificant
to be counted. 1t promises us the
reality of the dreams Of former
years, in the development Of Il coun-
try the richest known to man in
natural resources. 1t promises us
railroads and large cities all over
the State. 1C promises us colleges
and universities, something elso
than the name, 1t promises us po-
litical power and influence in the
councils Of the National Republic
1t promises us results in which the
cxcitements of the day over the
Convention and its acts will be lost
in insignifcance. These will all
pass away with the times which
gave them birth. Their constitu-
ton will live solely on it's merits,
and they know it. If not fit to live
it Will be dead letter from the day
it is written. and they know that
There may not be patriotism enough
in the body, and | doubt if there is,
fully to appreciate all this. They
may tcmporize for personal advan
tagcs, but the march of events will
tread all such legislation into the
mire from which 1t sprung and like
the broken and trampled toad-stool
it will die away forever. Peace we
must and shall have.
You may not see things, Swim
dclls, as / do. You are more or
less in the dust of the conflict. l ;
am out of it. | am out of it, and I
can see what is going on. And
though l claim no extraordinary
still / think / have i
learned in a somewhat observant '
life to feel the public pulse, and to t
watch the public tendencies, and | '
cannot be mistaken in what L have
said herein regarding them.
The course of trade for the past {
year or two in Texas is the cause of I
no little remark. Formerly all the =
cotton of the country WAS sent TO !
Houston and Galveston to the hands !,
,f commission merchants. and being a
subject to their own terms, paid n
hem taxes out Of which lordly y
ortuncs were built up. Now it is !;
Ill sold at the first railroad depot it I
caches and the day of y per cent 1
seems to have gone by. As result 4
he merchandise of the country is I
supplied for the most part by into
'ior merchants. Formerly our
Houston merchants had a line of :,
that embraced every class 4
n the country. You could buy of h
hem ten cents worth of tape or 4
bales of domestics with i,
'qual facility. Now this trade is
Ilmost entirely confined to mer q
;hants, and the old immense retail
,ous,s have either closed or have h
urned their business altogether A
nto jobbing. Another result OF ;
his has been that most merchants
n Houston 'ss'nd Galveston, having
,ut little capital, have been obliged n
:. - A. Al .r-on Dus,1o.. hoc r,of ] III