Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-03-23
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our Position.
The New llamflhlfe election, which
conss ~ M Tuesday nssi, Ani Tho eensral
result Of which Is doubtful, viii he api ~
settle ohe Important question In my event,
rnl lint Is whether The Democrats shall
fly iLcls party nar or light under n nev
Nag In the Presidential eoh,st.--NsW
ltrk HGaid
Their party nig1 vert Down In New
llampfhife, aud now nslr lending repcrs
IN this State are IN favor, rome openly,
and sonic secretly. Of abandoning II alto.
gclhcr, nnl Of ighting unIer the new nag
Of mongrelism 10 the hands Of Davis aud
Parker. The Houston Times lc,l oil In that
ERECTION, the Galveston News fol'ows, the
Houston Telegraph ciniempls'es the step
with fear aud trembling, and the Anriin
Statesman, San Antonio Herald, anl Dallas
Hfroid, we're already 10 that mind. The
Houston Age, the State Gazette, and the
Democratic papers in Northern Texas, still
hold 10 the Democratic organization. 1t
cannot he denied, however, thar the
y rcngih Of Democratic Journalism In Tex
~ is in lnvor.o giving up the Democratic
organization In the coming Pres dental
con icst.-- Houston Union.
In rtpuLishing the foregoing, We have
italic:sel the name Of our paper, which
appears in Il. 1t is sirangr, indeed, that
tiy novslnp,r in Texas should DO lnisla-
ken abont cur political position, or ifno',
unfairly nifrsI resent il. The Union ought
! TO know that we have never advocated the
disbundmcnl Of the Democratic Party, but,
OH the contrary, have opposed II with all
the abil iiy and enrn,sness VIC possess.
The HERALD was the first paptr in Texas
TO denounce the Passive Policy and urge
upon the couniry the Importance Of con-
,inuing the democratic Organization. We
have never wavcrcd since. Our ros.,ion
has been clearly stated Ne a.u and again.
We are and always Lave been a deniocra,
Of The cooj old conservative school, in ia
l-or OF strict construction of the Consii-
tuition and a rigid adherence TO it. As
such, We look upon the democratic party
as the only ore, which has adhered, through
good and i'll fortune, 10 the true political
/
| filth, and the only one which is likely 10
1 redeem and restore the counlry to lis once
enviable condition. Consequently we lave
protested as strongly as we could against
every attempt TO llisband it, either in this
State or the States United We have fa-
vorcd the call of a Slate Democratic Con-
vsnt!on at an early day. We have cen
sured the National Democratic Comm ittee
| for its inaction, silence anl secrecy. We
have blamed the passive attitude of the
democratic members Of Congress, and
called earnestly for action. We believe
the Missouri policy dclusion and snare,
and we have said 50 over and over. And
yet we are represented by the Union as
being the reverse of all this. Surely its
editor has never read our columns or rend
! them to no profit. 1t has seen extreme
| democratic papers, with more zeal than
brains, abusing us for our moderation, and
our desire 10 conform the democratic party
to the facts and circumstances of the times
and has hence concluded, perhaps that
we we're willing TO give up the democratic
party and make no democratic nomina.
tons for The Presidency and Vice Presi
dency. No. so. Nothing that we have
ever said would ind icn,e this. The Times
the Statesman and the News can take W hal
position they think proper-they must
judge for themselves b ut as for us, we
| are and have been all ,lie time openly for
a democratic organization. and democratic
nominations, upon q platform, which ad
inits, but not approves, these plain palpa.
ble facts; viz--that the negroes are FREQ
that they have the right to vote that there
is no intention of taking the right from
ihem--ihat the amendments of the Consti.
tuition are part Of the Constitution, and
MS binding as any other part of it-but
thar they authorize no unlimited leeisla.
lion at the will Of Congress, an that all
the rights of the States left are to b. pre-.
served and defended to the Inst. There
you have it. DO you want any thing plain
err? Are we understood? And further,
! upon snch platform, we want Gen. II IN
cock, Union Democrat, u brave soldier
aud sound Statesman, nominated for the
Presidency, AMI, he is, and the democracy
do their duty, we believe he can be elccte
and the country saved.