Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-02-17
From The st. Paul. (Aiins.) Pioneer, I'd.
Orgnnl1ntiGn-Duty OF the Ma
liOnnI Committee.

tiOnnI Committee.
In our issue of the 30th ult. We
took serious exceptions to tho delay
of the Democratic National Com
mittec, in taking measures TO organ
izc the party for the Presidential
! campaign. If that delay is simply
neglect to perform u solemn duty,
! it is excusaBlc, if it is prompted by
an intention to deter action 80 az to
paraIyzo the party, then it is doub-
ly infamous. That committee is by
no means composed of the loading
or most prominent of the organi.a-
ton. The men are competent to dis
charge routine duty in crcditabls
man ner. The most important part
of the trust confdcd to them, ia the
designation of the time and place
for holding the national conven-
ton, and the party will hold them
responsible that proper judgement
and diligence are manifested in so
doing. They have no moral or po-
liticaI right to endanger the success
Of tho great party they are shppos;
ed TO represent, by dcfcrrlng tho
performance OF absolute duty until
it has become impossible to achieve
perfect Organization, and it ia an
outrageous presumption in them to
claim that they have any such au-
tkority. We regard Mr. Belmont
to be particularly defelict in this
matter, as he has issued no call for
meeting ofthe committee of which
he is the chairman. Should he
much longer persist in neglecting
or lefGsitg so to do, the other mem
bers are bound by their duty to the
party to meet and act upon the sab
jects devolvcd upon them without
asking his concurrence.
Only three, ,fourths of q year re-
mains bcfore the election Of Presi-
dent will take place. Surely that
is short space c!tohgh wherein to
indicate the policy to be adopted,
and to provide through the proper
machinery of party organization,
for reaching the masses in so wide
" extended a country rs ours. and
for witldng the democratic voters
into solid and irresistible coluniit.
There is vast amount of work to
be done by the National, State and
County Committees, aud it is work
which requires time, in order to
ronder it effective and successful.
If the initiation of this labor is
much longer postponed. we may
we'll anticipate disastrous result
to the demo ocracy in the approach
ing contest, and therefore, we urge,
nay; wp Insist, that Mr.. Belmont
and his coad.iutors shall no longer
trifc with the momei}tons interests
of the great Democratic PHrty.
Tho course proper to be pursued
by the Democr;icy, in our judg-
meht, in dealing with the anti
Grant Republicans, can be s6ttled
in four words. Should they dev6l-
ope strength which will justify
them in forming a distinct polite
al OF ganination, and rtianlfest de-
sire to CO opeFale with tho Demo
cratic party, they should be cordi'
ally met, ard their claims consid-
cred. We do not believe that our
party will, nor do we suppose it
would consent, to yield the nomin-
alton for President. 1t is neither
reasonable not Just, that at most,
few Hundred thousand disaffected
Republicans, should dictate To B..
0O0. 900 of Democtatic voters, as to
the individual to DO elected to be
placed at tho head of, the ticket
1t might, however, be polite rs
well as proper, in order to secure
beyond peradvcnture, the defeat of
Grant, that the secedcrs should be
permitted to name the candidate
for the Vice Presidency. and that
they should further rec eve such as
suranccs with reference to cabinet
and other appointments as would
be satisfactory to both Of the con
tracing parties. An arrangement,
of some kind might thus be onter
cd into, which could not be objected
TO by the most iastldious on the
score ofhonor, while it would doubt
less result in tho otsting from office
the vulturts now prcying upon the
people, and in ihiruduci' & mich
needed changes in tine policy Of the
country, and in reforming and pu-
riWing every department OF the
government
Whether or not new party shall
be tn results Of recent movements
there is no reason to doubt, that a
very large number Of Republicans
are disguised with the misrule of
Gen. Grant, and heartily desire and
will strive for his defeat The
Democracy should enter the con-
test with no platform to deter these
honest Republicans from joining
our party The men who are Sc
lected to do battle with the admins
tration party must be SO pre- eftiinent
in ability, honesty and patriotism,
that the country will willingly trust
them without any platform. Let
the war cry bc' Reform in the gov.
ernmeht, and political death to all
thieves and plunderers, with their
siders and abetters," and it is as GER
tain az the shining of the sun at
that Grant and his horde
of office-holders and hangers on will
suffer an overwhelming defeat.
An nvchan0a sava. sas an owl