Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-07-16
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autl fhis Tile ihfff is slli'if4 faIf
Ia iAe Oh Nnsfi, Ser idiy, shi,h CON
menees Ia ihr iai.oRins way
nne on ~ l7si rniueHf political Tiier
of fns'aRi ol ihe iasi century nrss ~N,
man can he toA ifsi.ous oi ihr glory ofhis
country, nor ioa ansy A. iiz llusass, na.
100 revensenl astiusi those who ahua iu
1eiTay iL' II isa liiils Inspiring 90 ihe
heart sad brain of one, ih ihsse collapsed
7 SORT of times, in read brave, ohl-iashion,
! el sentiment like lhis The drin 1T pnliii
I cal writing AZ this moment q aiioseiier
7 another way, For a Haa 10 ha ansIy uas
b al he ruin of his country il % draw npaa
I his head he eonsure ~ "a thousand iriaan
Z asses, who, havins uia 10 up their minls a.
Z "accspl the sllnalion, can see only slm-
Z prudence anh ''lmpricilsahiliiy in the
more brave anl plirllilc man, who does
not propose 10 ''aecepi any .'siniilen
Which iaytlyes the loss eg liberty anil the
deslrneiion OF bis country. Looking out,
through The windows Of The present time
into the history ~ The past, We ind many
great anl glorious examples, whieh appe u
Ia us with the power and auih0giiy of bat
ties, anl irlumrhan,ly yiniicate ihe rnan-
hood and the saFaciiy of thuse Who have
refused 10 heoeie 10 the demands VI de'pe-
lism in every age. Arsi0ile was mem-
Der Gf the Cabinet Of Alexander the Great,
when he wrote his work on g0yslerlnenl
eniitlel lotirlgr, Which was 10 opposition
10 every principle ef the ambition eHl
tyranny Of Alexander. 80 douhl the geH-
eral run OF tho politicians Of those times
were quite shocked at tho karlihool Of
ArisioIle-lhey denounced him as an 'ini-
practicable "cxireme,' rnl "imprll'ept'
sort OF man, who refused to "aeeepi tho
situation, or 10 bend TO tho lessons ot
"maniirst destiny But behold now what
O di1cren. fate timc has measured out 10
all these parties While tho thousands
Of limid or yenal feels who cried on. ~
tho imprudcncc Of Aristotle has passed.
away into yliscless oblivion, anl while
oyeu the glory OF Alexan Ter has grown
dim, tho bosk Of Aristotle survives, ns an
oracle Of political truth anl wisdom frrall
generations OF mtnkini. The work Of the
''eXtrcmists,' who could not bc silcnccd by
the hope Of Office, nor tho threats of power
lives in perennial glory while all who de-
rouIced il bnyc gone Into nothing but
dus, and oblivion f'Ecit isrorancc, their
ycnality, and their cowarlicc have, thank
Col, perishcd with their own bones. Tho
carcasses are now Of Just rs much impor-
tancc TO the world rs the once rich anu
swollen conservatives whose total virtue
and wisdom consisted in "accepring tho
situation,' aud eating tic dirt OF power
like so many hu,lgry dogs. This bit of
history must be taken rs lesson to those
piiiaflc eovG:d3 in o,lr midst, who are re-
ducci TO that last extremity Of degrada-
; i.,l ,,,n npttllinn
but accepting the situation Of admitted
force, fraud, aud usn'pation. Alas, alas,
what wretches what dogs
Thcrc.is another example Of n great and
Titus LTig, who, in the
time of the Emperor Augustus, wrote 'c
liscounterdnce the silly doctrine of"ac-,
cepting. the stuaiion,' which called for
submission to wrong aud oppression,
The same did Sir Thomas More in the
time of Henry Eighth. The works Of
Machiavelli were written in orposion to the
'siuation'' of ItGly VIXEN it was ruled by
princes, who oppressed the people. The
same may be said CT the greater part OF
poeticnl writings of petrarch and Dante:
These words, Notwithstanding thoy were
denounced by all the fools of their day,
have been growing in The respect and ad-
ut mankind ever since Aud al
this time they have been the fountains
from which honest men and patriots have
irnbibed lessons CT liberty aid truth. Tho
world is as much better for having had
such men in its generation as it is worse
from The legion of hnaycs or fools whose
highest maxim has been to ''acocpt the sit
uation," whether good or bad.
The writings Of Harrington, Sidney and
De Foe--those ever to be revered names
which were such tremendous protests
against the poltic.l "situelion'' in Eng
land in their days, were bitterly assnied
by all the ignorant, or ycnal, or cowardly
ralf Of politicians; but they worked upon
The public opinion Of England until the
"situation' was entirely changed, and this
once free republic of Amcrioa, was actual
ly born out of the writings Of these brave
and true men.
Such are the great results which como
from refusing to accept the situation Oh
the part of true and brave men in every
age All the liberty in tho world wns
from time TO time, bonn of the proud rcsis-
tence to the ''situation.h And all the
oil the politiSal crime, all tho
eespotism in the world, cQuio Gmcuiorial--
ly out of the accursed t-te-situation
policy. This has been tie fruitful old
mother of all abonihatioi!s. 1t was the
last and only friend that stood by George
the Third in his battles against our fore
fathers. All those detested loyalists Of
our Revolution, who had at last to ileo as
enemies to their country, were onlyfor
accepting the situatiol'' when despotism
ruled over this land. Those who are now
for accepting the situation ought to get
together in grand c6nyo5ations, TO celebrate
the memory Of their grandfathcrs,
the traitors Of our Revolution. Those who
we're for accepting the situation under
George tho Third, were princes Of honor
and mandhool compared with the wrctched
cowardice or venaliiy of those who now
advise the people to accept lte situation,
under the black and dirty despGtisih Of
Grant End Congress-.
Tho scoundrel who proposes to ''accept
the situation" when he sees the honor of
his wife and daughter threatened, is ft
ion Of that renegade politician who
tells his courtryinen that their liberties
and rights are all passing away, and at
the same time advises them to .'acoept the
situation