Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-08-01
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inauirius, lsg leave "a say thai !
have yoa Ia determine on c'ihsalia
iion With ny ffivhds irom Mls'"arl,
whether my name shall H. Brvsenl-
I'd, 10 the Dvm0ora4c convention,
aud 70 sabmil tho following a.
what I ooRs!der lhe rial and only
issue ia THE contest;
phe reconstruction p0lley of ile
Radicals will 10 complele hciorv
election the States 20 long eNelu-
ded will have bevn admitted, Negro
outrage established aud tho rarpc,
haggers installed in lheir s,als Ia
both branches VI Congrcss, There
is no possibility OF changing TIA
political character Of tho Srnsle,
even IL the Democrats should elee.
,h,ir President aud a majority OF
tho popular branch al Congress,
We easnot, ucEeiorc, undo the rad
teal plan OF Reconsideration Icy cOn-
grcssionai action tho ScHalsswlll
continue bar Ia It's repeal, Mu>i
we submit 10 iIg How can IL la
uyrrlhro9uy IL ran only bc over
sl,sown by the authority of the
Sxeculiye, who IN sworn 10 maintain
the constitutions, nnd Who will Mil
e. do his duty ii lao allows the con
slilulion Ia perish under series oI
congressional -naulmon whlcharu
in palpablu violation uT It's ia'in'
mental princirleI
IL tho l'rcsidvnt clccid'hy the
democracy ,nlorccs, un pcrmliS'oth-
ar, uo. rniDnoc, tLu reconstruction
aun,, tho Radicals, by ia aovcssiOn
.f twenty spurious Schalors nnd
my Representatives,, will control
10th branches of tongrrss, aud his
administration will bc ~ powcrlcss
as the present one of SIR. johnson.
There is but one way u restore
tho Government aud the constitu'
sion, and that is for the President
elect To declare these acts null and
void, compel the army to undo lis
usurpations ut the South, dispcrsc
the carpct.mg Safe governments,
allow the Waite people to rcofgan'
ize their own governments aud elect
Senators and representatives. Tho
House of Representatives will con-
tain q majority OF Democrats from
the North, and they will admit the
Representatives elcctcdhy thewl'itc
people of the South. and with the
20. operation OF r,,c President it will
nos be- d;ficut'to compel the Senate
to submit once more To the obliga-
lions of the constitution. 1t will
not be able to Withstand the public
Judgment, IT, distinctly invoked
and clcarlyexpresscd, Oh this fun
Sansental issue, and it is tho sure
way to avoid all future strife, to put
this issue plainly to the country.
] repeat that this is the real and
only question which we should al
low to control us. Shall we sub
matt to the usurpations by which the
government has been overthrow,
or shall we exert oursclvs for its
full and complete restoration 1t
is idle to talk of bonds, grecnbacks,
gold, the public faith and the public
credit. What can n Democratic
President do in regard to any Of
these with Congress in b,th
branches controlled by the carpet
bsggers and. their allies? lilo will
be pOworless to stop the supplies by
which idle negroes are organized
into political clubs-by which an
army is maintained to protect these
vagaDonds IN their ontrages upon
the ballot. These, and things like
these, eat up the revenues and re-
sources of the government, and des-
troy its credit, make the difference
between gold and greenbacks. We
must restore the Constitution before
We can restore the finances, and to
do tiais-we. must have President
who will execute. the viii! Of the
people by trampling, intD, dust the
usarpations Of Congress, known as
the reconstruction acts I wish TO
stand before the convention upon
this issue, but it is ono which en-
braces everything else that is of
value in its large and comprehen-
size results. 1t is the one thing
that. includes all that is worth con-
test, and without it there is nothing
that gives dignity, honor, or value
to the struggles. Your friend,
d. FRANK p. BLAIR.
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