Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-10-07


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Ths lasi Nuarra'ir Nr'i-rri rauysnii-s
declared ihe AuruiHfiis ri abe Cousii-
mi'nr, Eakiag r.iiI-1s sai yarers of he
Hrrr.fs, ilssal rull and soil, Mis- BE-
ssu,s ilsy rue iuIraFrrly sad uu'air'y
msis, ia fact, fs,gfi uIan the SauihsrE
sia,s iy iLe hay,uri Their Acceptance
hy ne Sisis., lately ssc,i,i, WAS uale
cnul.,ioa precedent Go Ihs.r rs-sim.ssion
into lhs uaisr, She ls-I Presidential
ean,a-s ass made urpa ihis Issue m'inlr,
Il resulted ia iLs rlrei'nn - Nnpi, Uilh
a large majority IT both Houses ~ Con
snr,s 90 support Him, Tie consequence
Wss that the reconstruction AIls, With ala
lhsir uLroustiluiion lily sal injustice we're
fully carried cut, an the amendments II
the Constitution fyrl ihrrs.u ualer all.
the foin., ~ law, not ior ihr present, "a he
reached aud Avolle' except hy revolution
ary action. he southern States, despair
ing ri relief through the Sorlhern 9sm'o'
rasy, accepted the Amendments and the
radical decentralization, aai thus go' hack
lnia the { ZION, All the seeding States
have accepted Constitutions, which arc Ia
aecJrl.nse with ias nyw Amendments
nd which give tho negroes tho right 10
vote. aul all oher civil and political
tlgh,s that white people have, These he
Ing facts, about Shlca there eau he 40 dis
puir, the Ohio democracy, under the lead
~ ,hai true aud patriotic man, Nalland-
lngham, declared In Convention, that they
accepted the new amendments as portions
u; IA, Constitution, AMI as hind,ng upon
all the citizens Of the United States, while
existing therein. This is what is called
the New Departure. II departure froG
the rlaiform ~ the last National Demo.
cratic Convention, which declared the Re-
construction Act, aud the Amendments
null aud void, but It j. not new TO the pco-
PIE VI the Southern States, they having
taken this departure long before ms mat
ter of necessity, not Of choice, and havi s
been practically on the Ohio platform for
the last three years. They have accepted
negro citizenship, and negro suffrage, and
do not expect to get nd of II very soon
Thcy do not approve Of it or sanction it AS
wisdom or sound policy, but they have, in
raci, accepted II, and the Amendments OF
the Constitution as we'll, though they are
far from endorsing either. The Ohio de-
mocracy have done nothing more. They
have simply declared Tint they accept the
Amendments rs accomplished facts they
do not endorse or approve them. The de-
mocracy of other Northern States have
done the snmc, and others are likely to do
go. 1t is probable TINT the democracy of
ali the Northern States will take the same
position, and that the next Democratic Ma
tional Convention will substantially adopt
this as their National Platform. 1t is
proper to say, that all this has not been
lJhc without opposition, even in the
North. Papers, like the Day-Book, md
Pomeroy's Democrat, have opposed this
movement and expression, hut We think
it certain that n large minority Of tho Nor
then democracy favor it. We think il
equally certain that large majority OF
the Southern people do not object TO it, but
are willing for the Northern democracy to
make the Platform upon which the next
Presidential campaign is to be fought. They
is to be the standard bearer, and we think
they should express it. But the quarrel
about the New Departure is, in fact, about
nothing and should be ended. The main
disputants IN the matter seem to he mis-
representing each others position The Cou-
rier,J Journal does not endorse the Amend
mcnts, ms we understand it, but it is not
conducting the discussion in proper
spirit, altogether in our humble Judgment.
The frequent use of the term Bourbons,
applied to all who are not willing to go MS
far as itself with the new order Of things,
is not ius,iiiable, AMI is calculated to pro-
woke and excite bad feeling. The Bonr-
bons of France were wrong-the opponents
of the New Departure nre right in princi-
pie only wrong in policy, and the Courier
,JournGl should treat them more gently
and endeavor to harmonic Southern feel
ing and Southern action. AS to MIR. Ste-
ven's position, if we understand that, 1t Is
not the strong one to take, and 1t ls not
the one which is likely to be taken by the
Democratic party. lie insists upon re-
tanning The old Platform, upon which we
were defeated ut the last Presidential eiec-
tiou--dccl.ring the Reconstruction Acts
and the Amendments null aud void, and
the fight, at-footed, upon that
basis. Still, il the party assume another
Platform, we do not understand Mr.. Ste
vens as intending to oppose it Or az ADVISE
ing his friends to oppose it. We have
never entertained high opinion of Mr..
Stevens rs politician, aha his course,
through life, has been singulnrly incon-
sistent and hard to comprehend. lie is
bad political adviser, and we regret to see
him once more embarked in politics. We
wish he had kept himselfin retirement, as
his prominence, n, this time, is calculated
to iniure the South and the prospects Of
the great Democratic party, on which is
now centercd the only hope of the country.
Let all quarrelling about the New De-
pnrture cease, and let all Democrats and
all good men unite for the overthrow Of
The radical dcspotism.