Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-12-25
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= tSsH,iipF 81 suT true stslih, Ia he
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lssi for hone sousumpi'0n, fer The PTl'sls
circle, sad cab save The woTii shs' We
eouil sssFi - hires G-sy, hut the var
has shapfsl al this, sod uAlsss ell the
scholars, sllths Issis s0d all The gsHiusss
u lie South have tssp sIliFIaisi BY the
rsl plough share o. battle, vs ought 10 az
pFets TTeiig.ons literary activity, Every
other syfnus q distinction 10 slSssl-'hs
ssusls il tsTTsl, The fOTun dshled- The
PT.,s al5ns remains Nos, Il Is but fair
70 say lhsi ihs Ia, fss rear. have really
tssn siFsS'iEri BY uswap,si ll'sraFy ssST'
~ tie s0uIA, ssu'hsIu school tosks,
Southern his,orlss, have multiplied, ani
there ia ssms prosPss, 'lEs sgs sIeniss
shall 90, always he allowed 10 mould The
uiads Of sgu'hsTn sliliTsa, o. " sh's
tls suas,s VI SouiL.1h history. But he
Iu..s 81 THE age 10 tsl, rot 50 nueh 10 TIE
clover nsai:,sla,ian Of ts0ks ss 10 The
gsrld tea, % periodical lhsgsiuFs
A vac, SumbsF Of people In every class
q society Cad tine only fer the. daily or
tie ss,Ely newspaper, fer The nenIhly
magazine. Through latss s!uis's russ Ihs
tide Of neiyTa thought, ssi IS We lock
ca, GU cur Southern world and see hou
msay Of llesS channels Lave been laid
bare In tie last fsv years, how many Of
them haYs oEly fslpt thread Of life 10
show, We Esl oarselves in sender where 10
tie ,IubsFAs, wealth Of thought and feel
ing that NC boas, o. or does IL dow main
ly through Northern eoursesr Tho daily
10 kept Up by the sheer necessities Of the
times, but often at the heaviest sacrifice on
the part OF editors and publishers, and the
number Of failures Is no marvel 10 the mi.
tiated. But the monthliss have an espe.
cially bard uno Of it-unsupportsd By
advertisements, end unable IS they are to
cope with Northern magazines In the capi.
tai that can rarehsss elseorateness OF H.
lustrations end 'stiety Of contributions.
Ono bold st,sppl We have made 10 meet
the horde Of N0rbcrn magazines on their
own ground, in elegance Of appearance, in
,sriety OF conten,a aud in oheapnsss, but
the New Eclectic has achieved Its position
by Tie untiring effort, and the libersl out.
lay of its proprietors. Largo ss Its cirou-
lation is Il must be doubled TO reward its
conductors. Tho cause Of the New Eclectic
is so decidedly tho cause Of Southern liter
sturs, that We can speak Of it without any
afecta,ion Of unbiased views. Its plan 10
ON iuently juaicious, and lis Success in the
circumstances gratifying; but to carry
cut that plan 10 the limits CT its usefulness,
and 10 make that success one Of which the
whole South, and not the editors only, may
DO pro.ud, requires an enthusiastic support
AT the hands Of the reading public at the
South. qhe object Of the New Eclectic is
TO graft Southern literature on vigorous
European stock. We may talk as much as
We please abcu. America and the Ameri-
cans, but the old world is neither intel
lectualiy nor physically egete, and we must
he in constant communication with the
bes, minds of the other side, il We are to
keep in sympathy with the age. Hence
large part Of the New Eclectic is taken up
with tie better works Of contemporary Euro
pesu masters, English and Continental,
and these telcctious ere made with rare
judgment, aud with an exquisite senss OF
refinement which would 10 Of itself an am
pie yiudication Of the tone Of our Southern
society. But more direct championship is
not wanting. In ito pages the record oil
cur glorious and nournful past is kept
fresh snd pure, our ideal of true manhood
is upheld, and the principles Of cur social
life maintained. Its conservatism is O
wise conservatism, net a seHseless sdhsr-
eacs 10 mere phrases, not . conservation
of words which are barren, but eonserva-
tism of forces which are always productive
If this crfsrt to promote tho cause Of South
srn literature sud Southern education ever
fail il mus, be hy reaesu Of an inertness
and lsnGuor on tbs part Of tho Southern
| public, which will so isr 10 provo that
thoee are 10 The rigb, who deny eur right
to be at all, who maintain that there IL NO
ssl,atien, ne progress outside Of the Yam
kes church, outside Of the Yankee track,
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TsE PsoGRAMuE.--Ths facts In regard
10 tas election ct all the various polls in
State during the late election, reveal the
well.devised snd successful programme Of
the Radicals to impose officers upon the
people Of Texas aSsiDst their will. Al
most every whsre, i. was arranged that the
negroes wore to be allowed to vote nothing
but the Radical ticket wkich was printed,
at Washington no doubt, on stripped back
ed paper, so that the niger would know it
on sight, and that as soon as the officers Of
rlnc.inn Unre safisfp l that all the RadiealA