Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-03-02
9allas Aerala,
ROBERT .JOSSELYN.
EDITOR.
Two Speeches-A Great Con-
tsact.

Two speeChes-A Great Con-
tsarti
We have been reading, ms reported IN
the Congressional Globe, two speeches.
both remarkable hut for very different
ouali,ies. They were delivered in the
Senate of the United States, once very
august and dignifcd body, of which any
country snd age might have been prong.
They were delivered respectively ty Carr
Schur., the Senator from Missouri ana
james W. Nye, The Senator from Nevada,
on the Amnesty Bill finally lost by being
oyerladen with obnoxious amendments
The ore is the speech OF a sti'esmah'
noi,io, and n gen ntleman other Is the
foul utterance of an ignoramus, ou'-
foon, and b,ackguard. Such is the con-
trnsst. And the one actually followed ihe
otheT. as If to make it the more striking.
We can h6t, of course, agree altogether
with the view taken and feelings express
cd by Mr. schurz in regard to the late
war and the crimihality of those who were
connected with The Confederate cause-we
do not admit any ctiminalily in the mat
ter-we were of it, and we feel nothing OF
this but from his stand point, we are
bound to say that the speech of Mr., schurz
is liberal, nnprejadiced, fair in statement,
hap in illustration, and unansweraoie
in argument. In short, it is the cffort OF
an orator aud statesman of high order.
II ia an honor to the historic land which
gave him birth, and an equal honor to the
present unhappy country of his adoption.
1t is worthy Of the Senate in its best days,
and, having said this, we have exhausted
ranegyric.
We con hardly trust oursclf to consider
in detail the bellowings Of the Nevada
beast. They are wholly unrsdeemed by
any qualities of style and arrangement,
any pretences to fairness and decenoS-
they are nothing but gross and most re-
pusite exhibition of hate, folly, and radi-
cal mendacity. 1t is noted, here and there
in the report, that there was laughter at
his nonsense. No doubt he is man to be
laughed at, hut not in such place and on
such nm occasion. We should as soon
think of laughing, at funeral. The sub
jcct under, consideration was the PROPOSE
tion to restore to the full rights OF citizen
ship large number Of the most intclli'
gent and respectable people of the South,
now pro5cribed and forbiadeR to hold Of
fee of any kind, as if the brand of Grimm
alily was dsservedly upon them. In fact
this is the assumption of Mr.. Nye, and he
is disposed to pursue them with the blood
,hiLstihe5o and tenacity of hungry
hound. In his judgment, they all deserve
hanging, AMI it is agrcat strrsssdf 81 ras
nanimty and mercy to spare their lives.
But living, lie would heap upon them every
spe,ies of ildignity and insult, that his ig-
noble and revengeful nature can conceive
and put in execution. Now, the humblsst
follower Of the Confederate flag was gen
tleman and y saint compared with Sena-
tor Nye, If we are to Judge him from the
speech before us. lie talks Of their war;
fare agairs' tie great republic and its
Government, and the violation of their
oaths-he, who has been and is now viola
ting over and over the Constitution of his
country, and the oath Fhieh as q Senator
he has taken IL support it, in order to
m
crafty his low feelings of spite aud re
vepge. How can men like, him, who have
been guilty Of all of which he has beeh
guilty, who are sustaining in office and
mower set of plundcrers HnH thieves, If
they are not such themselves, ,-hov can
such men have the face to charge others
with crimhtliiy. and abuse and insult
honest people? But the faces of such men
are as brazen as the gates OF hell, and their
hearts are as full of fire and birthstone as
the nnfaihomed depths beyond. And yet,
"truthfai Jemcs'' glories that there is
way in which all these Confederate sim
ners, ''though their sins were as red as
scarlet, can become white rs snow'-we
use lhe sacred words, which he WIS not
ashamed to utter-it is very simple-it is
only to become radical He could take
Gen. Longstreet to his bosom. Whyf Be-
cause he was a repentant sinner, who had
Acknowledged he had done wrong, and
wanted to be forgiven, who had said, "hers
am I, who stnlked forth in my majesty to
destroy this Government repent it, in
my soui'' In other words, because he sur
rendered his soul for the filthy lucre Of
radicalisui. Poor LOnsstreet how he must
writhe under this eulogy. We would rath-
er bo the poorest prescribed subject ofradi-
cal wrath and insult than to bs the Major
General Of Whrmoth's militia, and tie en-
logistic illustration Of Senator Nye's
christianity. But we forbear. We may
have said too much, but our feelings would
not allow us to say less We shall have
to read over again the noble speech of
Carl Schurz to get into a more tranquil
state Of mind. 3luiiu ilA2 ela