Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-12-02
The Democracy Of the Future

Our readers arg invited tU pWUSe
with particular care the ARTICLE in
this mornings issue Of the Advert
ser taken from the Missouri Rcpub,
lican Of the ,l1,h. The Republican
is edited With moro than usual abil-
itv. and is now tho. leading Blair
Schurz organ in tho United States.
We therefore quote from it freely
for the information Of our people.
From the exposition Of the meaning,
character, and the prospective re-
suits of the New Movement rs fore
shadowed by the Republican, there
is no difficulty in ascertaining pre-
ciscly what Con. Blair really meant
when he said at Commercial Hall
that he was "no friend to the Now
Deja;trtugc."' He meant that Val
landirham's resolutions of accept
ancc of tho Amendments, While at
the same time reso!utely maintain,
ing the autonomy aud principles Of
the Democratic Party, were rot lib
cral enough i'll their Concession, tor
him. IIo thought it i wiser policy
not only accept the Amendments as
Law. and as accomplished t;.c's ms
Vallandigham proposed: but TO en-
iorsc them. freely Tor their beplh7
cent statcsrianship as Senator
Schurz proposes; and iurth9r to
strike the flag itself Of the Demo
cratic party in favor ofa ticket com
posed of Amendments Repblicans.
We resret to say that Gen. Blair
produced in this community II very
erroneous impression IS y his real
views by the, form of expression he
emp!oyed when announcing, him
self ono friend TO the New Depart
urc." There were many grave and
highly intelligent democrats who
loudly and enthusiastically qpplau-
ned the declaration, not imagining
that Gen, Blair was assortinga pcl7
ipy the very opposite to what they
conceived it to DC. ), lie was think
inc of u Now Democracy; Of the ,in,
ture, to be produced by the process
of ircubaliom tho Missouri Republi-
can Matched cut. indeed,
by a Republican Presidential ticket
from the eggs Of the, l4!h and 18th
Amendmont-and they, honest; and
credulous souls! (who even read The
Advertisesr in vain) were brlmfnl
of delight at the prospcctof return
ing to lie null, void, and revoIp.
tiohary platform oflS7S- twas al
n mutual mistake. ',l,
Hereafter, we trust thero will be
no serious divisions among ns on
nolitical ddestions in the State. We
homo those who undertake TO in
stract the people will profit by tho
reccnt disastrous mistake they have
committed. ard be more careful not
to hold out false lights in the future.
Facts have demonstrated with al
most absolute conclasiveness, that,
had the Southern States, from Ma
rvland and Kentucky down TO Tex
as onIy moved up promptly and IN
GOOD faith to the front OF the battle,
and oiven an earnest assurance
through their State Conventions,
rxecutivc Committees and ncwspa
DER Press, Of their determination to
stand by. The Ohio platform, the
neotIc Of the South 10 day, instead
Of listening with anxious hearts ios
ibeir own peace and safety, 20 the
vail of despair from the caFulipas
amidst the exulting .hHglcs Of tr'-
pnpbant t.adicsilisin, would be re
;o;,.iar over the democratic veto
ri,.s in the North and Wet There
would have been no humiiiating
proposition 70 practically disband
ibe dcmocfa,.y in order te make i
subserrient 70 . senImcntai repuD-
lieanisrn hat c.fuses ahd reel's vT-
er he matilated body Of the South
whose hor1nr - bas sgught % out
roe and whose life u has hereto
f,,1e ,,eariv slain. We should not
IL compelled 10 re ard Cur hoPcsas