Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-03-21
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much Of the trade by which il vas formerly
enriched.
We come nov TO that portion Of The let,
ter In which srs set forth theory aud prin.
eiPlsr 10 which We announce a most uneon,.
promising di'asUsneni and unqualified
NssTIANnallohs
"foo confident In their strength the
South sought 10 secure this great end 10 the
wrong way, Treason il ever wrong and
makes war doubly deplorable. The right
OF secession was found neither In the con.
sli'niion nor In the genius Of our govern
menl. IL existed only in the brain of
Southern lioi'purs."
With true appreciation Of her strength
and reasonable certainty OF success, the
South hurled herself IL 10 the terrible ordeal
OF a splendid revolution. II was not III.
ra'n-g'orious folly Of an ignorant people, !
II was the strong yet awful mean, by which
an Intelligent nation attempted to accom-.
plish their independence. The defeat, or
germ OF defeat, was in n misapplicaiion Of
the appliances and resources Of revolution.
not in the revolution itself They knew
what the Greeks under Scanderberg, the
swiss under Tell, the Dutch under William
OF Orange, the Spaniards by their noun.
tain and guerilla warfare, the Vondean ms
under La Rochejncquclin, mad accomplish
ed. Every one conversant with the natu.
raj resourc $ Of the country, and who from
acquaintance with international politics
and poliIy knew the great moral powers
embraced in the very act of revolution,
saw that failure could result only from q
disregard of our own interests.
The germ Of the revolution was in the
and from its framing up TO
The breaking out of the late war, the great
est men of the nation have ever differed
rs to whether the Union was constitution.
Al compact, or that the constitution means
government not compact The former
theory was embodied in tho Virginia and
Kentucky Resolutions, and was supported
~ no-lf's l!...,,i .S:;s names than Wash
ngton, Jefferson and Calhoun; in the op-
'osite ranks were TO be found Webster,
Clay and others who borrowed splendor
rom their reflected greatness. The North
ldhered to the interpretations of Mr.. Web.
tier and Clay, the South loved and cher.
shed the teachings of Washington and
Jefferson, and for moro than half ccntu.
y these conflicting doctrines, had excited
he hustings, fannticized the pulpit, per-
'ertcd the legislation of Congress 10 such
IN extent that the only Court TO which the
nation could appeal was where the "ins1-
'rable logic of artillery would proclaim
IN achieved decision in the humiliation of
lefeat. Shiloh, Chickamauga and Gettys-
burg are the bloody pages to which the
future student of American politics will
refer for the evidences of the fallacy of tho
Union being constitutional compact
Il is somewhat singular the expounders of
Blackstone in the thriving village of Lam
'astcr, should never have mentioned the
principles Of eapediency or right Of rebellion,
Is defined by that classic and graceful, tho
cautious and wary writer. 1t might not (
'e innpposite to recommend to our people
leeper study and the acquiring of more {
intimate knowledge of the genius of Amer
can institutions and politics, and the
principles of political philosophy in gen.
raj. '
Had we not have apprchended CIV il to
ave arisen from doctrines so erroneous,
We would checrfully and gladly have re-
NAMED tacit, but the very silence would
eemingly have approved that which we
ondemn.
e6r We have received from the publish 6
RS, No. i, of the Caucasian Series of pop. .
lar stories, THE Confederate Flag on the !
ocean," Atale Of the Sumptcr and Ala 5
ANA, by Professor W. H. Peck, of Louisi- !
ma, Van Evrie, Horton & Co., Publishers .
81 Nassau ST. New York. Price, % cts.
ES The Waxahachic Argus of the 18th c
nnounces the death, on the the 18th inst, +
Mai. L. Pendleton, one of the most use. I