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

a result NJ The war, and ls a goo
restorative Fug ,ho South, il ma.
prove an equally appropriate pans
eeA fhr the Northern Democracy
aud we have F6,ti ,hia day ior il
prompt administration to them
Our kinlesl wishes are, that il MAJ
prove sufficiently eficaoions I,
purge New York 0' the blalan
Tammany depag0gnes VIZ advise,
Teses 90 re,ect the XVIII Amend
ment, hoping that one State voi,
might possibly avert its apflicS
I lion ifori ,heln :, but while thus AL
I yising MS, they Rave tho cool cl
fr0nlry 10 announce that 'ihe 90
feat Of the XVIII Amendment viii
not 10 be sure urset negro snifrag'
in tho South" .,.
And yet am asked WY rm
Republican, We would answei
why are you n DUmocratg To whaI
arc you, or your State, or the Soutl
indebted 10 the Northern bcmocra
ItyS Why p \ dSelNod by sGme a'
trcacherous 20 affiliate with the M
tional Republican party, Nhd ye'
a Tirlue to again coalcsco with oni
betrayersg A., go,
Tho MassaehasStts bcmocfacS
tell us il is an duty 10 ncquicscc IN
ee,,led tesclts." We have aoho sc
and if that acquiescence and good
faithful support Of the XVIII Amend
ment is Republican, ,hrh we arr, Q
Republican, aAd 30 is every sup
porter of this measure on this floor
" is rs honorable TO ucquiescc in
the ineSorablc logic 6y settled aHa
accomplished political events, MS
IN the no sterher logic of conquer,
ing arms, and tlic limo has arrived
for the Southern soldier who in
good faith submitted thS issues to
Tile deulsicn of the sword, to abide
by the decision lie Himself ihvokod.
1t is His duty regardless Of section
al intolerance oc party prcjudicse, TO
act upon convictions Of Individual
duty TO self, family and state, ire.
spcctive of thG nelfish interests OF
politiciAiis or the fate Of the mere
machinery called party, by which
they seek to manip,slatc the masses.
We favor n compliance with this
condition precedent for admission,
and labor with tho party iavoring
its consummation, because imnii-
grafton from Europe and the North
TO Texas, and the Investment of
foreign capital in our railroad I'M
proponents is dcpcndeMt aroh., iih-
mediate rcadmission into the lcde-
tal Union, Mid kGhGe we hold that
prompt Reconstruction. is para
mount in the interests Of the people,
to the success of fossilizcd bomb
proof politicians, or the fate of any
rarty, particularly oiib which like
the National Democflcy, has out
lived its principles and its nseiul-
ness, a. ,..... i
folio of history Ancient or Modern,
we scan eagcrly to find u single
precedent to console and reasuarc
us in the extraordinary experiment
of universal citizenship and suffrage
upon which we are about entering.
We find one people, who justly
boastcd of,the greatest national Ion
gevity and prosPsri!y:,,
The Roman rule eXtehdcd from
tic pillars of Hercules, or the Strait
Of Gibrnltnr. oh the West to the In
dns dh Tic East. The li4,it Of the
ttaccdonian's conquest. who could
find no more worlds Beyond to con-
quer. From Britain, the isle of our
then skin clad ancestors, OH the
North, to the Lybian sands, Of
Sahara desert on the Sohth. F9t
three Centuries, ff6th Augustus to
Constantine, this enormous terrific
fS; witch embraced the three races,
Wii!i ht1 hundted dial lects, remained
with its national liiiiitd ilndlsturbcd,
and the bencficent sun of Roman
greatness, which shone only t9,im:
provo, t'ehAintd uiidiniihed. What
for ii duration of cehturies, held as
Il permanent and t8htehted en-
ppirre, these heterogeneous, conqacr.
cd provinces of Europe, North Afri-
ca and West, Asia? The historic
answer may doubtlcss afford others
rs it has myself, the consolation and
reasbuiahGe which will solve the
great AmeritaH btdblen Of the
Sprcseht. 3 We End iii obi; rSseiirth
that this extraordinary resttlt was
dae less to the rods and axe of tic
tictor, than the wonderful fact
that; taithout distinction of race,
color OF previous condition, the
privileges of Roman citizenship
were extended to the subjects Of
tohdtcred States, who were declar-
ed equal before the law.
The most notable, bGcattse most
familiar illustration of the potency
and value of this boon of Roman
citizenship, was the case of the
Judcati sttiicct; Paul, who claimed
ana Vas allowed his right cf appeal
to Augustus Caesar; and who' when
seriously menaced by his own
countrymen because Of the exercise
of fre6 speech, was rescued by
Claudius fysias and sent with this
letter to Felix the Governor; This
man was taken by the Jews and
would have been killed of them,
then GANG / with an army rescued
him, having ihdsrstood he was a
Roman" When Roman citizenship
conferred sdch protection and equal
ity Before the law, VIC have the key
to the rarity of provincial revolt
throughout the long annals OF Re
publican and Imperial Rome.
The conqucrors reapcd the bene-
fits of this magnanimous gift Of Ro-
man citizcnshir. 70 ths whole Civil
igba @ofld, ID lhe stffct adherence
! Al