Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-08-10

| Nil bat o fon huhdfoI elderly IN
tlopso, 10 whom eligibility 10 of'tn
oan bo u Ii,tlo opHscqUohoo NJ
slow ooniom plates not tho hundfc Z
proscrlbcd, bot tho nilllohn Wi Il
nro dshlcd tho right to bo ruled M =
represented LJ' tho n0h of their nu
Il tered Ghoico Prescription we,,
absurd If these did not wisb ~ eIwt
tho vcry men whom hoy nro for
biddCr tO choose,
have . profound regard for tnp
people Of that New England where.
in [ was born, ~ wh Jso common
schools was taught. rank no
other people above them in intcIii.
gcncc, capacity and moral W., lh.
But while they do many things
well, and como admirably, there IL
one thing which am sure they can
not do wisely or safely, aud that IA
the selection for the States remote
frJm aud unlike their own Of tho
persons by whom those States shall
be represented in Consre 6. Ifthcy
could do this to good purpose, then
Republican institutions wore UNIT
and uriDtocracy the only truo polit.
ical syst.m. Yet what have wo
recently wi'ncsscd1 Zcbulan Il
Vance, the unqueslioued choice of
n large majority oftho present Leg.
islature Of North Carolina, e maiot.
ity backed by Il majority of,he poo.
pie who voted ut its election. retus.
cd q seat in the Federal Senate to
which ho was fairly chosen, aud tho
Legislature thus constra ned to
choose another IN bis stead or leave
the State unrepresentod for years
Tho votes Of New England Thus de-.
prived North Carolina of the Sena-
tor Of her choice, and compelled her
TO sond another in his stead, ano,t-
or who in our late contest was, iiko
Vance, a rcbel and II fighting robel,
but who had not served in Congress
before the war, as Vance had, though
the latter remained faithful to tbs
Union til! alter the close OF his torn.
| protest against tho disiranchise.
nent of q State, prosumptivoiy Of a
number Of Statos, on grounds 40
narrow and technical as this. Tho
fact that the same Senate which re.
fused Vance mis- seat proceeded to
remove his disabilities after the sea-,
had boon filled by another, only
serves to place in the strongcst light
the indiSni'y to North Carolina,
and tho arbitrary, capricious tyran.
NY which dictated il.
| thank you, gentlemen, that my
name is TO be conspicuousiy 5 associ.
ated with yours in n determined ef.
fort to render amnesty complete
and universal in spirit as we'll US in
ottcr. Even defeat in such causr
would leave no sting, whilo triumph
would rank with those victories
which no blood rcdrcssos, and which
evoke no tears but those of graft.
tude and joy.
Gentlemen, your platform, which
is also mine, assuros me that tho
Democracy is not henceforth to
stand for one thing and Republican
ism for another, but that those
terms arc to mean in politics az
they always have meant in tho Do.
mocracy, substantially ono and the
Same thing, viz; equal rights. rt
gardless of creed or cline or color,
J. hail this as a genuine nov depart.
ure from outworn feuds and mean
ingless contentious, in the direction
of progress and reform.
Whether | shall be found worthy
to bear the standard Of tte greas
Liberal movement which the Amer
lean people huvo inauguratcd is to
DO determined not by words. but BY
deeds. With mo, il | steadily ad'
vance, over me if tater, this grand
array moves to oachieve for our coun.
try her glorious benefcont destiny,
remain, gentlemen, yours,
HORACE 6 REELEY.
To the Hon. Jas. R. Doolittle, Chairman Of
the Convention, AMI F. ". Sykes, John
C. MoCabe and others OF tho Committee.