Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-02-17
The Necessity Cor Vigorous
Democratic Organization
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There is II growing impaticnce
on the part of the Democracy. al
what many deem to be the unwise
and unaccountablo delay on the
part of the National Executive
Committee, in initiating the re
ouisito measJlr6s f9t. the organiza
ton of the party What is Mr.. Au
gust Belmont, the Chairman, doing
about it, and what action is pro-
posed by him and the other mem.
bers of the committee ? These are
questions which are daily asked and
to which a satisfactory response is
demanded. 1t is the imperative
duty of the committee to make due
prel'aratipns for the campaign
which will soon be opened, by the
dissemination of political docu
mcnts throughout the country, and
by correspondence with the sever
al State Central Committees, indi-
eating tho policy to be pursued in
organizing tho party for tho coming
Contest. 1t is time siich action was
,aken if it is designed to be effect
i've. The passive policy is dead
and buried, and whatever may be
the course of tho anti-Grant Re-
puGl'ynns, the democratic party
must be foitnd with Ia proud ban.
ners waving III front of its full
ranks, prepared for any and every
contingency. To effect this, con
slant, vigorous and unremitting
work is Indispensable. The Ma
tional Committee, the State Com.
tees, and the Local Committees,
have EACH their several spheres of
action, but they mist labor in uni
son, and understandiiigly, TO pro
duce any good result. The 5000
900 of democratic vote will glad
ly take their Places in line, when
their authorized leaders shall have
done their duty, by indicating the
precise points in their onemy's de
fences where the grand charge is
to be made. For let it be under
stood that the Democracy intend to
assume no defensive attitude in the
next Presidential canvass. They
will wage Il determined, aggressive
war upon the foul and corrnpt ad-
NJ ministra,ion, which has done so
-, al, tc J,s ,,,,,n ,,I ,p; >, In on,n
try. They will oppose its nepo
iism. its disregard of the constitu-
tional rights of tfc citizens, its fail.
urs to redeem any of the pledges
publicly made by Gch Grant, and
its advocacy of class Legislation to
the great prejudice of tie public in.
teresis. Aud they will charge
home upon Gen. Grant, that his ap-
pointees to office have been for the
most part guilty Of cxtortion Snd
fraud, levying blackmail Whenever
practical to do so, and reeking with
vIllainy of every conceivable des
cripiion.
In providing for the meeting ofa
National Democratic Convention,
there need be no antagonism to the
of the liberal republi-
cans. On 'he contrary, the Democ-
racy will then oe in a position to
give such consideration to the over
lures OF :he anti-Grant republicans,
or decide upon such cooperation or
identity of purpose as may be deem
ed wise and judicious. But to make
dhy proposed plan potential and eff
fective, our party must, we repeat,
be under full discipline and well or
ganiked; otherwise we shall present
the spectacle of a mass of irregu-
lars, having no concert of action,
offering battle 10 = highly trained,
tinted phalanx, held together by
the cohesive forte of the public
plumber.
In subsequent article, we shall
state what policy, in our judgment,
should be adopted by the Demo-
cratic party, in negotiating with the
republicans, ifitshould
prove that the latter are hunerous
and strong enough to centralize IN
10 a regular opposition to Grant.
we desire to impress up
,n the members of the Democratic
National Central Committee, that
hey should take action for All 6rgan-
zation Of the party, and that right
'peedily.-.St. Paul Pioneer.