Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-08-15
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Gosfral-i tsks ihs earliest oFRoTiuniig
of rrtiYing a. ARuT l.iisT nulifylns mp ol
"A, nomination Zoe Vice fresidrni " tie
Uniifd States, by the Aaiienal hsma5rsiie
ToHIratioA, Trerhlly held Ia ihs siig ~
Nrs York, ! acrrpi, Nilhuut hrsiiaiien,
the nalninsiiun irElgTei Ia iaahneT -
sraiibius, and give lou sni thr roinmi'lse
Iay lhanks for the very lihl ani eonllli-
mrntary l.hsnage Ia whieh yea have GOA
yeyrI 90 me the decision VI The tentsniiea-
/ have oarhilly wsi Tbs TrsoluIioHs sioP'
tel Ly the Convention, AMI musl eonlially
eoHcur in ever! Pnnsipls ani ssh''n'sh'
they announce,
My opinion upon all the questions which
Discriminate the great eonisni'ng parties
have l.rrn Freely rNPrrssti on all suitable
oeca,iuns, ahd do not deem u necessary
At THE time a. r-ileale them, The Issue
u,an which III, contest lurns Is clear, ahi
cannot 10 ohseured ar distorted By the
sophisIries OF our AlNeTsaTies, They all
r,,olye themselves Into the old aud ever
recurring struggle of \ few men 10 absoIh
the political power u the nation,
Iii. effort, under every conceivable name
aud disguise, has always characterized the
opponvnis Of the Democratic party, but al
no time has the attempt assumed 30 open
and daring n shape as Ia this eoniesl' Tho
alyersa,irs NJ free constitutional Govern
menI, IN defiance of the express language
Of the Constitution, have erected military
dcspo,ism IN ten States OF the Union have
taken from the President the power vested
In him by the supreme law, aud have de-
priyed the Supreme Court OF its ynrisdie'
ton,
The righ, OF trial by jury, and the great
writ Of rieht--tho haJsds eorpm-ihose
shields Of safety for every citizen which
have descended TO the people Of the United
States from the earliest traditions Of our
ancestors, aud which our Revolutionary
fathers fought TO secure TO their posterity
forever in the fundamental charter or our
liberties, haya been ruthles.ly troddcn I'M
der foot by tho fragment OF Congress.
Whole States and communities OF people
Of our race have been attaintcj, convicted,
condemned and deprived Of their right. ms
citizens without prrscniment, trial or wit
ness, but by Congressional enactment OF
rr most Iacio lsws, aud in defiance OF the
Constitutional prohibition, denying even to
"A full aud legal Congress the authority to
pass any bill Of uliaindcr or erPOsi .Jacto
kdHs.
The same usurping authority substituted
as electors, in place of men OF our own
race, thus illegally attained aud disirnn-
chised, host Of ignorant negroes, who
are supported in idlencss with the public
money, and combined together TO strip the
white race of their birhright through the
management Of the Freedmen Bureau
and the cmissnrics Of cOnspirators in other
States; and, to complete the oppression,
the military power of the nation has been
placed at their disposal, in orlor to make
this barbarism supreme the military leader
under whose prestige this usurpinS Con-
rrcss has taken refuge since the condem-
nation of their schemes by the free eople
of the North in the elections of the last
wear, they have selected as their candi late,
TO shield themselves from the result OF
their wickeducss and crime, has announced
his acceptance of the nomination, and in
his willingness to maintain their usurpa-
tions over millions Of white people at the
South fixed to the earth with his bayoncts
he exclaims, "Lct us have peace!" peace
reigns in Warsaw" was the announcement
which heralded the doom Of the liberties
of n nation.
"The Empire is pcacc!' exclaimed Bona
parte, when freedom and its defenders ex'
pred under the sharp edge of the sword
The peace to which Grant invites us is tho
peace of despotism and death.
Those who seek to restore the COnstitu
tion by executing the will of the people
condemning the reconstruction acts, have
already pronounced the wish in the cleo
tons of last year, and will, am convinced
still more cmphatcally express it by the
election of the Democratic candidate as
President of the United States, are de
nounced as rcvoluionists by the partisanE
| of this vindictive Congress.
Negro suffrage, which the popular vote
of New York, New Jersey, Pennsy IYania
Ohio Michigan, Connecticut, and othe'
States had condemned as expressly against
the letter of the Constitution, must stand
because their Senators and Representatives
have willcd it. If the people shall agar
condemn these measures by the election O.
the Democratic candidate for President
|
ded to be unconstitutional by the Supreme
Court, and the President is sworn to main
tain and support the Constitution, the vii
of fraction of u Congress, reinforced
with its partisan emissares sent to th'
South and supported there by the soldiery
must stand against the will of the people
and the decision of the Supreme Court
and the solemn oath of the President Il
support the Constitution. 1t is revolution
ary in the President to keep inviolate hi
oath to sustain the Constitution.
This false construction Of the vital prin
ciples Of our Government is the last resor
of those who would sway and superscd
our me-honored institutions.
The nation will say that the Constitution
must be restored and the will of the peopl
egsin prevail. The appeal to the peaceful
ballot TO attain this end is not revolution.
They alone make war and revolution
who attempt to arrest this quiet mode o
putting aside willy despotism and the usur
pations of fragment of Congress as
sertinp absolute power over that benigi
system of regulated liberty left us by GU
fathers.
This must be allowed TO take its course
/ This IS the Only Toau " Pe"Co' ~ w
come with the election Of the Democrsu
candidate, and not with the election oil tha
mailed warrior whose bayonets are now a
the throais of eight mi lions of people Il
the South, to compel them TO support hir
as candidate for the Presidency, and
submit TO the domination of an alion rae
of semi-barbarous men. No perversion @
truth or audacity Of misrepresent! ton ca
exceed that which halls this candidate i
arms as an angel Of peace.
am, very respectfully, your obdtsVt
FRANK p. BLAIR.
Mr.. Thomas, Of Maryland, was refuse
seat in the United States Senate on th
ground that be had given his son $40
when the latter had Joined the Confederat
Army. Mr.. Sawyee, Of Massachusetts,
] Confh m