Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-07-02

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AFRO 81 TAR rrmuyul inlm any snspi-
rinn Of lhe popular will that they
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Ia is a prominent f,cl that lhe
Incn who volunteered Ia iic army
ri tho CanE,lvmCy hclons In lhr
same class a. those who fought the
battles oi the Union, Il Ma, "a NOR,
question at geographical position
education nr interest. Rni the men
who made the best soldiers On both
sides during tho war are the men
who make the best citizens 10 day
By your system oflislruuchi.vmonl
those mon aro driven into retire
ment to the great dctrimcnl ofcyery
material interest of the State, do
priving the nation OF their counsel
und advice. Learned lawyers arr
driven from the bench aud their
places filed by men without talent
without reputation, without honor
rnd without education; whose only
recommendation for that high and
exalted station IL their capacity TO
swear, Profound, thoughtful, able
and patriotic statesmen remain in
retirement, and their places are oc.
cupicd in tho legislative chambers
by political alvcnturcrs and II few
nondescripts cuilcd from nm igno
rant, dcpraycd and semi barbarous
race.
When Gen. Grant expressed that
beautiful, that sublime, that God
like sentiment, "Lct us have Peace, "
it revcrbcratcd throughout the
length and breadth of this broad
land, now here finding n more wei
como response than in the hearts oil
tho Southern people. submit it
to this House, | submit it to the
country, has this Administration
given us peace? Many of us com.
planned bitterly against the rcsolu-
ton Of tho Chicago Convention in
1861, which declared that three
years of war had failed to restore
the Union. Since then six years
have been added to the strife, max
ing in tho aggregate four years Of
war and five Of peace; and yet the
Union is not restored. Look ~,
Georgia, with her glorious history
IN the past; enc of the original thir-
teen colonies, around whose hallow-
cd history clastcr tho recollcctious
cf mary 4 hard-fought battle for
freedom. Think Of her early asso-
Citations. look back to those days
when her. sons were leading the
van guard in that desperate struggle
for national independence. Review
herhstoIy, and from the first dawn,
ings of American freedom down to
the Inauguration Of the great civil
war sic stands proud and model
peer among this great nation Of
sovereign States. This was Georgia
as she came to us from the hands Of
tho fathers; this was the Georgia Of
old. How different to day! Travel
throughout-lier limits and you see
SORROW care, anxiety, and uncertain
ty pictured upon every countenance
save only those who are there to
plumber and oWressl Torn by in,
tcrnal fcuds, wrapped in an anacon-
da of fraud and corruption, cursed
with a misrule which is worse than
despotism, for it is anarchy, and
overrun by an INSCRIPTIONS horde
Of white and black lazzaroni who
are -plundcring her public treasury
and growing rich from their daily
pockotings oXtortod from tho sons
and daughters oftoil, she is dragged
us dead yet q living sacrifice at
the chariot wheels of the body-poli-
tic.-That is the Georgia of today;
child of reconstruction, bastard
province of Congress-. In viewing
the picture Of Georgia you sec the
photograph Of tho entire South.
Masters, look upon your work! Ar
chiteets, behold your edificc, and
then "congratule tho country upon
the assured success Of your recon
struction policy
Happiness only begins when
wishes end, and he who bankers