Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-03-02
The siissouri scne,,,e.,


nation of The proposed Missouri pol.
icy, in the communication published
in another part of this mornings's
Post, require no niithcr ,coomment
than they carry along with tISni.
The subject is approached in iron'.
its positions arc fairly tes' Oh ono by
one, and the generality of demo-
Gratis, we doubt not, will rest .cet:
fcctly satisfied with the copslnsion.
To begin with, the case Of tho Mis-,
souri, Democrats is far from bejnN
parallel of that Of the Dcmocracy Of
the UniJn, and that the writer con-
vincingly demonstrates. In the
noxt place, tho very entertainment
of the proposal Of passivciSm in.
plies either that Democratic priK:
ciples are false or else that the pcm-
ocratic organization is useless. Tho
plan is an insidious one, aiming at
advantage by means alternately
covert and plausible. Nothing bSt
new political party il, inishdsd
and therefore the movement sh0nE'.
honestly be cast in that form II
the Constant and enduring Demo-
cracy arc not obnoxious to the buse
ISLANDERS and rascally ,cpiths's, tgs
upon them by their cnen'icE.. lflSS
will instinctivcly resolve to remain
compact rs an. organization until
they have at lcast triumphantly
disprovcd them all and overwholm-
cd their uttcrers with ccnfueios,
Suppose an other iiafty. 70 come
into power on tho new understand;
ing; will it be likely to resign its
trust into the hands of tho pa,iently
cxpcctant Democrats aKer Ftht
years? Senator Schurz has been
frank enough to admit openly THO
purpose to break up the Democrat;
ic Organization. 1t is the only thing
in the way of his plans; yet ho
would be glad Of its cooperation in
adisorganlzcd form. SUPPOSE, again
after the Democrats haa. tGclYroi
their, adoption Of The passive policy,
that ar;!nt s'ioiiia fail of,tIS npwfi
nation by his own party wIac
would that amount to but nm abon-
donmcnt Of ones colors without tho
slightest reason to show for it? Nor,
on the other hand, is it consistent
with common sense and reason,
without which no plan Of sTti .iTs
portancc ought for an instant TO-. bS
thought of, that fragment of q
party numbering but n few hun,
drcd thotsand souls thus. seek 10
colnndand into perfect silonco q .pGw;
erful political organization numENfs
ing between two and three million
votes. As for the advantages. Of
actual position, the Democrats h$fs
them almost entirely on their. .Sf'Ie,
The +, form Republicans announce
for themselves the sclfsamc ,foE
trincs and principles that tho Dem
ocrats have firmly held for years;
and the fippant taunt of BourPons
ism would come with poor grace
from those who themselves cccupN.
Democratic grounds. 1t simply
comes to this, that reform for Re
bublirhsiism IS ftohtical with tho
normal Democratic 'copd'tion, ,aGd
therefore that the Democratic ground
is not to be forsaken. ,,',...,;..
But what makes tho proposition
at once as. offensive us it is impraeE
ticablh, that It's very basis consists
of the assumption tlat the pcmH
Gratis are too corrupt 10 namo any
for the support Of tho
reform Reppblicans-albcis !. tho
latter adopt ihe hrinciplgs apd sol.
icit the support ofiio-e whoW, ,tGef
practically stigmatizc befofe tho
country. Not onlyis there, poth-
ing like equality and mptnal re,
spect in plan of such sort, but it
is an imputation too gross to By
tolerated in the form in WHICH it ia
to be made. Finally, pas;
sivistt is in truth u Struggling
blow dealt at political integrity
and virtue it would be n shameless
advertisement that thereafter 'ffs'
principles were worth maintaining
with Il stcadfast singlcncss. Of mind
and purpose, after it could By
shown that their cowardly, aban.
donmcnt promised oven the I!Isiof
of the present advantage. We re-
joico that this whole scheme has
been ventilated so long before; ths
opens. 1t enables the Dem
ocrats to sec that it il tho people,
and not the leaders among tho Pti
who are the direct, cause
OF this disaffcction in the ,dQnin
ant party, and quickcns thoir Cd "
and gratitude towards
such patriotic statesmen and GEM:
inc Democrats &s ItSrtricRs, Thur
man, GrocsbeCk, Icndleton ard
who have borne them
selves with unoxampled constancy
and fortitude at the front organs,
zation, until Ito AQSntry has fsr
time to recover from the bcwildsr- 4
mcnt occasiou6d by tho events with
which it w;ls ovcrtalier - FcStoE ;
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