Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-06-15

pose NJ dp6trOyiiik the ohly pullt'
ical body which can hold such at.
tcmpts IN check, and can intorposc
IN obstacle which even tho most
uuscrupnIous audacity will hesitate
TO snrmOunt.
which is ycnal ? Which in n
friend to the LIBERTIES Of tho pooplcY
Which true friend to tho South?
This organ in Louisville OF an assO.
ciution of slH on eight Radical mall
content papers, and number Of
unrcilecling OF misini0rmod Dem
ucIalic editors, or the truo aud
brave men who are ready 20 joopar
,li2c their lives, Unnecessary, in the
defence Of principles, or to meet
with unquailing souls individuals,
mUbs, or armies?
A minority (tor the result will
prove it bcrond cavil to be ride
ulous faction) darcs TO assert pre-.
rogatiycs Of dictaton to the Dem.
ocratic organization, and to tho in
dividual members thereof, and goes
to the extent Of showcring opithots
and scurrilities upon the mon who
choose TO retain their own honor.
able views Of principles.
Martyrs have been gloriticd for
their adherence to the truth men
have died upon ten thousand bat
tlo-fclds in advocating principles.
Have the times so sadly changed
that these fundamental elements
arc to be lost sight Of and rcpudia-
ted? Arc the hundreds Of thou
sands of brave men who met death
chccrrully (tho holocaust ofan ad-
vocacy Of principles North nnd
SoutiO now to BIO branded us
"knavcs and FOOLS" because they
preferred danger and privation
and death, rather than surrender
Of their honest views by u resort
to expectancy?
The memory of the brave South
crn dead will be married by this
stigma, if tho Ii ing men who never
accorded in one solitary view with
them or their scction-who, more
than ten thousand of the ablcst
men of the North, dashed into fu-
ry the baIciul sentiments of the
Northern people, and through II
series Of long years and agitations
finally achieved the elimination in
the disastrous war Of the sections.
Pitilcss, acutely. remorsclessly,
Mr. Greeley, with his Tribune,
pursued his purposes. That ho
should advocate stern and unrclcnt-
ing crusadcs against men is point
that VIC will not cavil at. When
he turns upon the women and chill
drcn, and rcnds and brushes them,
what sentiments could be more at
rocious or moro hcllish !?
Those Southern men, who have
lost fortune, whose tender wives
and little children have suffered
pinching privat:ons and the wants
Of everyday comforts, can apprc-
ciate the sentiments uttered by Mr..
Greeley in the New York Tribune,
Goth November, 1860. These and
kindred differences, which develop
ed the bad traits of Northern char
acter and implanted in tho hearts
Of the people seed which have new
or been cradicatcd; their full crops
OF hato and malignity riponing
for the sickle annually, and produc-
ing rcconstruction acts, enforcing
bills, Ku .Klux laws, civil rights,
and all the denominations which
have oppressed the South.
"Thcrcloro shall we initiate the
South no more in war than in
peace. & i; 4; When the rebollious
traitors arc overwhelmed in the
field, and scattered like leaves be-
fore the wind, it must not be to re-
turn to peaceful and contented homes.
They mast fad poverty at their fire.
sides. and see priration in the eyes
Of mothers and the rugs Of chtt-
drca."
Tho author of such sentiments
can never receive my support. lfthc
people can look forward with hope
TO the promises of such man, |
can not gainsay their right to sup
port him. and | shall neither call
my former political associates
fools, kna cs," robbers, or swim
dlers, nor ascribo venal motives to
their conduct.
In political organization harmo-
ny should always pcrvade its ranks,
and politcncss should be tho rule of
its members conduct to each other.
Upon an important issue | can
have my opinion and assert it in
courteous language. No necessity
exists for rendering mo rabid with
rage against those who honestly
think otherwise. feel sure from
the extensive correspondence that
| have had that the party will not
endorse Mr.. Greeley. But, if the
contrary should be the casc' | will
acquicsce in their action thus far,
that will let other people elect
him, if they can.
Political organizations have but
ono bond ofunion-their principles.
When these are surrendered the in
dir,dualS alone act, and have no
power to transfer me either to
Gen. Grant or TO Mr.. Greeley.
Concede that everything sought
for is to DO carried out implicitly
by Mr.. Greeley, and that, having
abandoned principles, the
individuals now seek for success
oDly-wil they obtain il? The
New York World and scores of
Democratic papers in tho State
say that three Democrats will re-
main at homo for every Radical
that supports Greeley. Hon. ycrc.
miah Black, of Pennsylvania, re-
piled TO a Greeley editor in Wash
ington 10 the question, "Do you
believe the Democracy will take
up and endorse the nomination 2"