Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-06-12


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be. not iRaRily, liksasd 10 the latter, Aud
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ATshisAl Institutions. is 10 argue that nc
are shslly diasNAt fTeIa Ill other people
-ssi 10 psFps'ua,s eur swa pride, This
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ally in the history Of na,ioasi ssea Rems
in her krsi too or three centuries, snsTds
NO pArAllslio asi her fatrieian cheeks aud
rssiIaiAis afforded her the safeguard which
American Republication has not 80 proud
are ne Of the ysHiHs of The American people,
that s~euE P'ePrs that makes us What ve
are At pFsseai, that &c arc prone 10 hope
too much and trust too much 10 our inhe-
rat common sense aud love Of liberty,
While We do not draw the lines between
liberty aud license. And II 10 but q step
from the one 10 the other.
The publication Of the L-Puisii,i Is the
first open ayowai Of settled opinion In that
direction, and proves tina, tho writers Of note
"a Barsps have not written In yain-snd
alt sf,hc-e, dsva to Deroequeville have left
proof Of tho universal and irremejiable
evils Of unmiIed deuccrs,n sseendency
anbridled and snres,rsined, with It's kuown
Tendency 10 dissolution. We say this, be-
cause all republics have travelled tho same
course and hastencd to decay. IN that
restless aud impausing energy which Is
characteristic Of nm intellectual republic,
there seems, as II were, Kind Of destiny
"a power impossible 10 resist, urges the
State from action 10 action, from progress
to progress with rapidity dangerous
while It's darries, impellcd onward, first to
attain and thence TO preserve power; pow
less 10 struggle against fate which necessi-
tates them 10 soar, until, by tho moral
ara, ion Of human thing, they attain
the reiut which has NO beyond and the next
effort to rise lie but the prelude TO their fall.
In such States, progress, 30 called, moves
with gigantic strides, tho accelerated circu-
lation bcauti6e but consumes, aud years
concentrate what would be cpochs in gov
eruments Of less popular institutions. The
condition of our life as a Republic is sim
ply tho absence Of rcpose. The radical ten
dcncy Of all democratic institutions has
been pointed out by every author Of note
from Aristotle to Machiavel, while Gibbon,
Bacon, Pitt, Napoleon Bonapartc, and De-
Tocqueyille have endorsed their views and
intensified their truths by moro modern ap-
plications. We speak particularly Of de-
mocracy unmixed with restraining conserv-
ativc elements in ferms of governments.
VIC mean the unbridled sway of the people
en- nasse, which is destructive ofell real and
durable interests; for when they are en-
trusted with n wide political suffrage they
hold no trust for others than themselves
they are not responsible to the public, for
they are the public.
The experience Of ages is now our legacy,
but VIC imagine we hear the old story-thc
old song-that history is repeating itself
in us. There has been many republics be-
sides ours Corin.h, Cartilage, Sidon, Sar-
dis, Syracuse, Venice, Marsci lies, Holland,
Switzerland and Mexico, in ar t,cuto morhs.
But neither Dutch ponder Osiiy, Swiss slow
ness, nor Amer lean amb t on, can ever stay the
force of moral gravitation, whsn radical
ism takes the roins and the pure repre-
sentative type with its checks and balances
is usurred by the party which is irrespon-
sible, because that, party is the people, md
the people both plaintiff and defendant.
! We are not surprised to see the prOpa-
gandism of imperial ideas in this country.
The tendency of political affairs toward
radicalism, the restraints thrown around
tue Executive, the tnmpering with the SUI
prom Judiciary, and the endless innoya-
tions upon the Constitution, are oil promi-
nent symptoms Of the nalady that eflicts
the Slate. 1t may DO that the madness Of
the hour may exhaust itself in etfcrvescence
time. Sad it is to think Of The glori-
rious victories Of the old Roman armies
may DO traced TO the wisdom Of the Senate;
Swiss patriotism 10 the simplicity Of its
mountains; the prosperity of Holland to
the protection Of its canals and the pru-
dence Of her burgomastcrs; while the en-
durance and successful ambition Of Amcri-
CO is attributable to the boundlcss won't for
expansion afforded by our back settlements
coupled with the checks that distinguished
it from the broadcast license. When this
vent is closed, we will BIO very near the re-
suits, as effects necessarily follow causes,
in politics as in physics.
THE PROTESTANT EPIscoPAL CONVENTION
met at Gaveston on Thursday, the 9th ult.,
and held three days. The Bishops Ad-
dress shows large increase in the Church
and very great Episcopal work during the
past ten years. We gather the following
statistics Of the Church, in this Diocese,
from the Report Of the Committee on tho
state of the Church:
Baptisms during the year, COG
Combinations 23g
Communicates (present number) 1908
Marriages during the year, 7S
Burials q 60 |