Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-03-05
Word 90 Young Men.

W bAN w toGAs fsths
In the youth and young men u the
sounl1y ate fsrossl The hopes Of every
patriot q lie future prosperity aud wealth
Of the land, snl o. the integrity Of the
nation. These hopes are necessarily thus TO-
rossl, Cor those who now shape aud con
troll political Affairs will ssoa pass away,
aud those who are now youth aud yOuhg
men aust succeed them.
To such these remarks are respectfully
aud earnestly addressed.
Every young man, frssh from school,
with the history OF the old Revolution aud
the biography OF Washington bright In
memory, must see at glance how widely
different Is the Government Of 1870 from
that Of 1898. lie must see, also, that the
hope Of the perpeIuiiy Of free government
so dearly cherished by tho Father Of his
Country, under the present rule, Is passing
rapidly away.
Young mani you must take part In the
future political affairs Of this great coun-
try, aud ensrave your own name high
on tho roll OF honor or low on the list OF
iegenera,Ss in the history Of the govern.
ment OF your native land. You have now
time 10 reflect and through reflection to
mark out n course for your undertaking
pursuit. You must join either those who
are for or those who are against yoIr coun-
try AMI your race. There can be no middle
ground when order comes out of present
chaos aSd the two great parties Of the fii-
ture shall be organized. There will be
but two-onc in favor of returning the
government to first rrinciples-thc other
bent upon destroying The Republican form
CT our government, upon taking all power
from the people and vesting it in the
hands of favored few--in brief, bent up.
on centralized government, which would
bo none TIE less despoiic Imperialism
because destitute of diadem and sceptre on
the head and in the hands Of its m scalled
president" BE not led by uny manner
of verbal eloquenco or cunning sophistry
into the false and fatal stcp Of lending
your aid, even in single instance, to the
preferment and power of any one whom
you suspect of eFen occult cnmity to the
just sentiment, that governments derive III
their just powers from the consent OF the
govern, d, or who denies that the Govern
ment OF the United States of right should
be government of limited powers, gov
ernment by, of, and for the people, a gov
eminent bound by all the ties of truth,
virtue and honor to adhere strictly to the
letter Of the constitution, stripped of the
infamous amendments that have been rp-
pended through treason, fraud and military
violence. Avoid, as you would 'tEc Pcsti
lence that wnlkcth in darkness" or the
fangs of the cobra di capelo, the party
seeking 10 build any new structure of
government upon the ruins Of tla. the
cornerstone OF which was laid by immor-
tai Washington and which was cementcd
by the blood Of his compntrio,s Shun, as
you would the jaws of Ceibcrus, the three
headed dog at the gateway of hell, the
party now known as the Radical party,
but which is ever ready to assume other
names as circumstances may seem to re-
quire, for, whatever nomenclature it may
adopt, it is the would-be Imperial party,
and its chief aims are centralism, the ex-
tinction of the Republic, and the stripping
of the people of all the political rights in
which they have been clothed, and that
were guaranteed by themselves to them
selves, in the exercise of their inherent
sovereignty, in adopting the original con-
stiiution, ere the Government and that
Constitution FELL by the force of division
of the majority, into the unhallowed and
iconoclastic hands of traitorous, serdid,
unprincipled and Inscriptions minority.
Not only as matter Of principle, but of
policy, we warn you against any sympathy
or connection whatsoever with this Hilest
of all the vile political parties that ever
reared their Gorgan heads above a soil
once dedicated to Liberty and Law. We
say it would be bad policy for you to join
them, for the reason that their horoscope is
cast, and their baleful star is seen setting
in blood and carnage, and woe will be to
the young man who unites his fate with
theirs, Cor the people will yet avenge their
own wrongs. Do not join them; but op
pose them, and let your slogan be-
Tear up the despot's laurels by the root,
Like mandrakes shrieking as they quit
tie soill
Feed us no more upon the blood red fruit
That sucks its crimson from the heart
of Toll
Yes; the People, though they now seem
to have taken "all the drowsy syrups Of
the East" and TO be soundly sleeping viii !
not slumber on forever. They must ere
long awaken, and, reslzing the vrengs
imposed upon them, terrible win be mad
dened peoples re,ribution when they rise
in the irresistible power Of revolution to
restore the Republic and throttle the ty-
rants now striving TO destroy it.