Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-04-30

b ipierli5silinn, the Romans, irum lh
foundation of the Rcpuhliu I,T 4
perl0d Of eighlaeR centuries, pdm,l
, tel all lac suljeols II rnnqucr'
| States Ia a share 0f their privileges
aud they received ia return the em
pine Of the world" I'D.
1 Carthage confined is privilege,
Of citizenship Ia the inhabitants al
the city ALONE, and thus, without
any elomehl q, VOlNhiEry alf'g'aHl
anops ',s hNNilia.lcs, tho FIRST sal,
Gus disaster stripped that Republic
of an subsidiary fnrvcs, While lh,
steady growth, uncquallod extent,
and long dnrh,i9n uf the Roman
Empire, pruyes The profound wis
dom of II political sysle'n, .llAt was
based on universal citisehshll
among three races, Nhd the equality
of all mon before the law, o.
| J. q. AdaIns, Jr,, calls tho new
Amcr'unn, suil'ragan 1.-THE barbarian
ballot" Tie constitution iyist fran,
cd and ratified by the largest popu.
lar majority ever p0llcd in Texas,
carefully provides for the cn''gN'
eminent of tNis new citizen. IL de,
monstratcs that Universal suffrage
Is u bond and mortgage ON the
wealth Mid Intelligence os the coun,
try-that they see Ia il that cdNcA.
ton shgll go hand in hand with
thiS right, TIP morp favored by
fortune should not bSgradgc the
lowly this badge ofprotectinn from
the arrogance of wealth and the su.
pcrcilliousncsa or power; for Ms
Goldsmith sang, it not only lends
"An hours Importance 10 the poor mans
heart -,
but makes !, Chatham, eloquent
boast of the riiglish cottager true,
that "Although the winds Of Ilcav-
en- may enter, the King cannot en-
ter -.
We are not rs those who are with
out hope, bccansu If tho disasters
IF the past. We see tho ground
broken, and the seed sown for u
glorious harvest FOR humanity. The
| Immediate fjititrc is full of grand
results to Ourselves and our chill
drcn. That philosophy which .teqch;
cs By historical examples is fill Of
instruction. "Without the shed
ding of blood there is no remission
or slns." IT Is IL historical truism
as profound in its significance us
the above inspirational uttcrancc,
that 1T is in the midst Of the great
cststrugglcs df Our sppcics, Tic Ilre
has been strNth #liich has most
contributed to it,. improvements"
ThE Historian. Allison, informs ns
that ns Il result of the runic wars
between rivsh CHlth4gc and Rome,
''that an uncomfortable spirit was
prodnccd, which, in half II century,
eXtcndcH the Roman civi!lzatioi
over the whole siiif;icc of the Rhowh
world" From the intestine colis,
icns Of tie States Of Greece. which
spread abroad, the spirit Of phiIoso-
ms and the ciiiirms of art, down to
tlS BloodS' cFa or Nnpo'ean, each
wy;,rt marked less b. he stlblti9r
of the events THEY PFoddccd than
the magnitude of the effects which
followed, upon human progress and
Improvement. The Cru*rttcs of the
medieval period extended ovcI' ti&a
centuries; the blood of three millions
of the adhercnts of the cross were
rollred over the sands of Palestine,
in With Gff6Ft Is rescue thG Holy
Sep;ilchre from those whose creed,
says Gibbon, is compounded IF IN
eternal truth and NECESSARY fG.
ticn, ,n;tt "t!lthe is, but obs God.
aliu Mahomet is His prophet.
This struggle Of the Occidcnt and
the Orient, the Crescent and the
Cross, was not without eAttaotliiia,
rs tesults " civilization. The
ploWsfiarc OF wHr, and the coulter
of the sword, is frequently essential
to break up deep rooted trovincial
and national traditions, customs,
abuses thd institutions. %hc Sep
ulchre remained in the hands Of the
Infdcl, but the warlike enterprise
IF the period brought the best in
tellect and prowcss of Christcndom
in bttiitloh and the excluSivencss
Of fcm1idalism, faded bcfcro tic splt-
It of commercial enterprise cngcn-
dered. The deep mental and NOR
al gloom of the dark ages, succeed
ing the decline Of the Roman En-
pifo, giVb way before the. growing
dawn which came with the lcaiii-
ing and refinement brought by the
trdsauet6 from the East, and ulti-
lnatGiy pFoilacod il civilizhlioh .iAt
has eliminated III thS metiilian spleti-
dors and sunset glorics of this the
riHettthIli century. Civil wars
themselves are tiot without ;'csitlts
lind blessings unlocked for by the
participants. Tho postcrity of
the opposing armies of Englishmcn,
whose hostile swords rang in the
/. dread cncOuHtcTS vi Jlle HOuScS VI
York and Lancaster, and the fierce
collisions of Charles and Cromwell,
soon retoSered from material disas-
ter, and p6ifitcd with common.
pride Gas oHr descendants will do)
TO their common ofigih, from twin
race of heroes. ..,4
The civil war of the Roses lasted
thirty years, during tho reign of
i've English monarchs; but that pc
rid, during which great armies
left behind wasted fields, plundercd
towns and burning villages, attend
cd 10y an enormous sacrifice Of life
BY sword aud scaffold, was followed
by a remarkable era Of peace and
progress. The great civil war OF
The 18th century, in England lasted
eleven years, yet after 50 great. 50
dangerous, and so wasting rebel
Iion a. fhat of Cromwell The hisio-