Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-03-13
Principle aud Policy.

There are coed ald bad PEinsiPles shi
pslielss, Tie best policy for = people is
10 adopt correct principles, ahd hsTsr com
promise pFihsiple for shoT. liVsd-Psliey
P0liiisiahs wLo naks Office hunting a
trade, are generally cur greatest policy
men, In order 10 arrive At . correct con
slusiOa as 10 Via, Is the best policy, We
musI survey all The incidents connected
With the Object Of cur design, We are now
sHdsaSoiins 10 solve q very Abs'ruse prob
lem in political arithmetic, io-wli' What
shall be status Of the negrO' l. he to re.
main as = permanent element within the
llmils o. the United States for all time to
comes or is he TO amalsamA,e with the
other races or Ia become eSilneig or Is
he 10 be removed aud eoloniIed beyond the
limits Of the United siAies2 As = choice
among evils We would prefer the last as the
best policy. First We would say that We
are opposed to ever seeing man own prop.
eriy in man sgain. Then II the freeimen
remain here the greatest difficulty to en-
counter IL, 10 draw line Of demarkailon
between lin and the white man, In social
relations. Wealth and not worth seems to
be the standard by which men are msas.
ured at present The people Of this eoun-
try are ,en-fold more avarielous now Than
At any other period since the commence.
meut Of this government, The English
papers from an unparalleled stand point,
pronounce ours the most corrupt govern
ment on the face Of the Globe. The Span
iards in their raids upon Mexico and
South America, under the lead Of Pizarro
and others, can't beat the "whsky ring
and this army Of vampires who are
sucking the peoples blood through tho
veins of the Internal Revenue enactment.
The people generally are running mad to
get rich. Robberies, murders, thefls, lying
and wholesale swindling have increased
fifty per cent. throughout the whole coun-
try. Why then do you not teach the peo-
pic that it is wrong TO got rich2 Do you
not know that if this doctrine had hecn
incnlcated twenty years ago, there
would not now DO five per cent. Of tho
crimes committed that is now perpe-
'tratcd. The best index to nations cor
ruption is to see il in the various branches
Of its governmcnt--ify you can find it there,
you may know that its constituents are af-
fccted with the same malady-for an hon
est principal will not long employ dis
honest agent. We hold as cardinal
principle that this should be "white
mans government" In order to make it
go We must inauguratc policy that will
result in the removal and colonization of
the negro within tie next twenty years,
this will be advantageous to him as well as
the white man. The white man then will
rely upon his own resources 10 till the
soil, and will consequently develop his
physical system more, and as conse-
qucncc strengthen his mental faculties.
The negro will during the time consider
himself only sojourner here, and will be-
have himself better, and thereby avert a
war of races. But if it is to become tho
settled policy of this country to keep the
dear negro among US, we say let him vote
and let him testify generally, let him have
one.half the jury negroes where his rights
to property are htigated, or his life, lber-
ty, &c., is being tried BY court of judisa-
ture. II he remains hero, we may expect
a onsiderable change in political issues,
and it is not improbable that the 'irrepress
iblc conflict between capital and labor, will
furnish the principal materials. So far as
this generation is concerned, they will re-
qure some class legislation TO define the
metes and bounds of our relations, for the
Caucasian at present cannot afford to sit
in the same pew with the African, nor to
allow his odoriferous presence to come in
juxtaposition with his female friends and
relatives.