Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-06-03
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The Downfall ~ ii" ""''


SnIEoTT THT MN krG'nf--fAN-
,FmTrrulNG oF InEFJTIRE
T' raa he Csurssian-
ON, on, % per.iilon The wee
.eekins, licenIi0asness-ro'len lePer'
Horton. spokesman of the Admins,
iraiion. pr,,clsims in the so'eal'ed
senate al the United States, that TO
atls < lho.BresidenI isio assa'' The
I;oy,rnmer' and no hand Il raised
10 slnite 10, nsoi il parasite to the
earth. Suminer. ,ha awning, lros-
soul,d bnglcr ai New England "prn-
gres, announces himself inr com
ple,, consolidation ofall tic States
ih one homogeneous and harmoE.ans
whole" lIoldca, the North Caroli'a
assassin. incendlary and brisand' a
representative OF Southern "loyal'
lists, boldly avowed his wish TO sec
the White House boor made Empe'
ror aud tho succession assured TO
his son. And the vilo mob OF gal
lows.worlhy malcfiotors, which re-
cer,Iy held bachanallan orgicg'
beneath The grand dome Of the Gap
itol, tnder the name of Congress
ms its last act, gives TO q rullianly
soldier, bred In camp and Il tan
ward, all the power necessary TO re-
alizo every wish and aim OF his base
souled, sycophantic co'conspirators'
By the mons,rous Ku'kluN devil
ism authorizes him to Suspend the
civil laws, III every townnhip oi the
wide dis.Union, at his own bcsotted
%ill-To slt aside clcCtions-To
aplit the lie. ballot-boX on the con-
tinent, into splintcrs to kindlo the
flames, which shall consume Free
uom's dead carcass, rs an Offering
to the Arch. Ficnd of Tyrariy, on
the altars of ruthless ambition,
Hate, Lust and Fanaticism--Au'
thorizcs him 20 arrest and imprlSon,
without accusation, Indictment,
Judge or jury, citizens, governors
and legislatures cf any or all the
Statcs-To establish from Maine TO
Mexico, Il rule whose only summons
is buglc call, whose oily justice u
drum head court.marti"l. Gives him
today, now, in n seasdh ofproiound.
est peace. all the vast, underlined
and undetinablc, absolute and Him
liable powers, welded by Lincoln
and Stanton, in the darkest and
bloodiest perion OF the war--MaIies
him, in short, the undisputcd, ind!s-
putablo, Irresistible MASTER OF the
Republic, its people and their dcs'
,inies. "Neyeh before, were such
bowers placed In the hands OF a
mortal man" eHcIaims the Radical
Chicago Tribute. "No dictator
ever welded Il sway SO unbounded,'
chimes in tho "loyal' New York
Sun. "Such d surrender of their
liberties, to the mercy Of ono man,
by Il people calling themselves free,
is without parallel or precedent
whimpers the heretofore Jocobln
New York Post. And these SEN
timents arb echoed and re-echocd
by the ablest ind most diSpassion'
ate journals and public mot, all oven
the lana. Bayard and Bldridgc
Cassetly, Blair, Hendricks, johnson
and \ hundred other Democratic
and Conservative leaders join thcil
warning voices with Trumbuil and
Schurz, Farnsworth, Icgan and
Dawes. And yet, there are those
who pratc of The impossibility of al
American Dsspotism-#ho twaddI'
of American free spirit; ana,indoml
table republicanism. Bah ! What
act of usurpation and oppression
has Radicalism not already perpc
trated What iniquity, what out
rage, what crime, in ali the recort
books of hell and six thousand years
of human aepravity, has hot, withir
the last ten years, been thrust, in
flicted, heaped upon these vaun
tedly free-spirited Amcritans? Thir
teen "sovotoign and Independent
States of our grcat 5istcr-hood
swept with. fire and sword Ever.
valley a Gehenna, every hillside
Golgotha. Cities burncd.-Whol
districts ravaged and laid waste
Governors suppIanted by shoulder
strapped Rirelings. Legislature
turned into howling monageries o
debauched cump-followers and Atri
can buck -baboons. A hundred bas
tiles filed for months and years
with langHishing, groaning captive:
Stamp.ac.s and taxes such rs Britls
subjects tS4er drcmpt of, lmposi
tions, cHactions, cxtortions, whic
would have cost the Widest tyran
of hcathcndom, his empire fnd hi
life. State laws ahnulled. Stat
lines ignored. Half million
free-meh disfranchlscd f5r year
and their slaves made their rulers
| And wher6's that "frce spirit" th;
"uncchauefablc devotion to Repul
lican government" of which acl
nnapes delight to gobble? Whcr
IN all the zen long years of Cruz
wrong and insult, of usurpatlol
tyranny and shame. has one fan
+ glimmering spark ofresistance bee
shown? Always with this idiot
sneering at what is not only po'
sille but probable; and face Il
dread facts What is there left I
day, of the once grand Republic
our fathers, but the Hollow she'll Il
empty name, and mbcking form'
Where is the Union of free al
: equal States" that patriot-rebC
feurded in their blood? Gone 20
!, Abe Iincoln's bosom. Where IS 4
! glorious old Constitution, wh'
4 jefferson, Madison and Hen
/. framed, and Hancock. Butledl
I Aderhs. Lee and Washington sig
! ed7 Gone to-the birthplace al
: EBai destination OF aloyaliy.' Mht
+; i our national honor? Gone
b Every Official a thief-Every Ia
4. maker and voter for sale. Vine