Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-07-03

have suddenly ielt the horrors or
civil war; aud feeling It's dreadful
effects, they commit the great error
Of regarding ireo institutions as It's
cause, lat would il have been bot
ter bad We lived under mOnarchi-
cal goyernmUnty unrull lhcrceCrl
ur ages aud read lhs history OF such
institutions in other countries :
sm not trying to divert your altea-
ton ON our own ml5orlcs, ! know
tho dreadful .suiIcrings through
which wo have rassed, aud the un-
happy condition to which we ere
reduced. We have but to liz the
vol! aui lao'l back a few years To
see tho bloody battle fields, where
CORY sabcrS riso and I'll, the death
dcglirg bullets enter tho noblcs,
hearts, aud the groans Of tho dying
minglo With The shouts Of the COM
batants. | know that there was
was scarcely u home IN tho South that
not rendered. desolatc by the death of
some beloved one. TIC moan Of tho
widow went up TO heaven; The cry Of
tho orphan filled our land tho
sister wept over tho brother,
whose hier' sho should never see,
and the maiden buried hef, maiden
heart in tho grave of her fallen
lover. But | will not, without fur
,hcr investigation give my voice
agaist free government; and | re-
peat the question, would monarch
ical government have been bettor2
| hear tho stability of the throne
spoken of throughout tho longtt
and breadth Of our land ; but turn
20 history for confirmation of these
facts. find, that like tho iaonntain
placed upon the living giant, whose
groans are forever heard, and whose
ccfvulsions shake the earth, that
the THRONE is built, upon tho pros
trate form of Liberty, whose vitali-
ty cannot be eXtinguished. | find
that it is often shaken to its hhs5;
yea, that 1t falls with a dosClation,
that appalls the heart Of man. l
turn to France, and,instead Of that
peace and prosperity, which sC'hc
would have us believe charactcrizo
monarchicCl institutions, ] see an
oppressed people, gcadcd to despc-
ration by b tyranical king, rising in
n tumrltuous mob and hurting their
monarch irto q bloody gravc: The
old monarchy blceds upon the gull
lotine, and the new one takes its
fight in Il cab. Is this peace and
prosperity? Is this stability? Ye
monarchists, would you build up
throne in America, only to institute
reign Of terror?
But says one, England is our
model; England is the best govern
ment the world ever saw. Then it
was in vain, ye heroes Of &c, that
yo pcrilcd your lives for the boon
Of freedom; yes worse than vain
that. so many of you were sacrificed
upon tho altar of liberty. Oh
Washington, why did your sword
leap from its ,scabbard and burst the
English fettors? Oh Jeffei'son, did
you know your dreadful curse, that
you were hurling upon the heads of
your fellow men, when you penned
the Declaration of Independence?
Oh Madison, did you know the dead
ly effects of the Constitution, that
you were writing? Oh, dcludcd
men, take the caglo of liberty into
the grave with, you, and r.giTc. us
buck Tie sweet bondage of England.
Must this be our language? Are
we so dogcnerated as to forsake the
goddess of liberty, and worship the
idol of barbarians? Mcthinks l
hear voice, if not from the graves
of CTR illustrious dead, at least from
the pages Of history, WHICH says,
have ys SO soon forgotten the misc
ries Of the land, from which your
fathers fled? Will you worship the
image, which they have broken 2
You desire 10 ilco from civil strife;
have you forgotten the war of tho
roses, in which the flower and chiy-l
airy Of. England fell? Are the
murdered princes, the two. pretetid-
ers, Wat Taylor and Lady Jane
Gray, effaccd from your meniory ?
Know ye not. that since the days Of
William the .Conqueror, 16 revolu:
tions have. swept over EnglandY
You complain of bad administra
ton; have you never heard OF
Blood's prescriptions and Barebones
PsttiGmcnt? You admire the peace
FIJI reign of Victoria but do you
find equal attractions in the reign
of the bloody Richard the III the
tyrannical Henry the VIII; the
t;Gsilarimous James the J; and the
naughty James IT,. E6d you
Southrons who Know the calling of
slavory's chains, the desolation of a
conquoring sword and the weight of
q cohqueror's heel, do you admire
monarchy, as it is known to the chill
dren of ireland? Oh Erin, the
"day of your destiny is. ger The
cnalB5 O1 HoHllEll1 Navy uVuh"
yor, Son can do paught but weep
o'cr the remembcranco of former
glory and sigh in. vain for the rei
turn of those days. When Tyrone
wore the collar of gold, that itp won
from tie proud invader" Under
kingly rule, the land of sggos,, poets
and heroes has become The habita-
tion of misery. i.
From such scenes, i; tarn TO
America, which two hunared years
ago was bowling wilderness and
the home of the savage. l see q
mere handful of men under The
auspices ,d free government, grow
| ing suddenly into a powerful ma
tion, whose achievement on land are
among the most brilliant recorded
upon the pages Of histOTy, whose
bower has tkundered upon the
wave, till it made Britanfa trcmbles
whose cannon. have been heard in