Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-04-27

antcccdcnls. II he cannot do this, lie IL
no historian. lie may BE- nm annalisi, oi
u iographor ora tlIronicler, but higher
than hat he cannot rise, unless he is m'
bued with that spirit o science which
teaches as M article OF faith, the doctrine
Of uniform sequence in other words, the
doctrine that certain events having al.
ready happened, certain other events cor
responding to them will also happen
But this great doctrine Of uni
form sequence, of cause and effect
in all things, has even yet higher
authority than the powerful and
philosophic Buckle, or than any
other earthly sanction. When the
traveller over desert plains finds Il
cooling and healthful stream he
knows there is fountain of sweet
waters above; but if the stream is
impure and poisonous, it needs no
argument to convince him that the
source from which it descends is
likewise bitter and uncloan. The
apple and the pomegranate, the
olive and the grape, all proclaim
by their own good qualities the
generous and bountoous trees and
vines on which they grow but the
noXious weed, the deadly creeper,
and the useless bramble furnish no
such evidences of their merit and
worth to tho husbandman. And
when the mighty Nazarene made
his brief but awful sojourn upon
earth he pointed to these produc-
tions of the laws of nature, and
proclaimed, not merely to his fol-
lowers in Judca, but to the people
of all the continents and all the is
lands Of the seas, and to the rcmot-
est generations of mankind, that
the.same unerring certainty also
existed between the visible results
of human conduct and the absolute
causes from which they arise He
warned the whole world against
false, corrupt, and pIundering lead.
ers Of the people, and announced
the means by which their spurious
pretensions shall always be deter
mined
aye shall know them by their fruits. Do
men gather grapes Of thorns, or figs of
thisiles
"Even so every good tree bringeth forth
good fruit; but corrupt tree brlngeth
forth evil fruit"
Let this Interchangeable standard
of truth, established by the physi-
cal and the moral sciences and sane
toned by the voice Of Divinity, be
applied to the party now in power,
and to its unbridled and unrestrain-
ed dealings with the people and
the States of the South. Who has
planted and nurtured the thick
growth of thorns and thstlcs there?
We have heard endless speech here
and everywhere in regard to the
tdls Cd dsvfdi qf !hG aVs Wgr ,5y BY yg1 whose %s
into apples of Sodom and of the
Dead sea, aud been made to mock
the hopes and the expectations of
the anxious boholder? BY whose
conduct and policies has every
blessing Of free government been
scourged from the face ola country
containing overtwclve million pco-
pie and larger in extent than many
of the foremost Powers of Europe
| | call upon the majority in this
House to answer. Have you not
had all power from the beginning
of what you call reconstruction
over that subject? Has there been
anything wanting to your absolute
authority? What has stood in the
way of your wishes, your partisan
plans, your lawlcss fanaticism?
The Constitution has been no re-
straint upon your actions. 1t has
been Lramplod undor foot, dwariod
into dead letter, or widcncd and
extended by fraudulent amend
ments, according us the unscrupu-
Ious purposes Of powerful party
would be best promoted. 10 quote
the dear and hallowcd principles of
that immortal instrument here now
is only to excite the displcasuro
and the snecrs of those who are
bloated and oycrgrown with the
insolcnce of Office and II long lease
of power. To express reverence
for those who bought its original
draft with their blood, and to hold
it up as it was before the hand of
modern vandalism had assailed it,
is denounced as treason. This great
charter Of liberty has not even been
stumbling-block to your feet in
your swift encroachments upon the
rights of all the people and the
States of this Union, and especial
" upon those of the South. You
have taken all the powers it gave
you, and you have usurped every
power you desired besides. No law,
however revolutionary, barbarous,
and destructive, was ever found by
T your construction to be in conflict
with its provisions, if it was de-
mandcd by the interests of your
party Your own will. without let
or hindrance from any quarter, has
been the measure of your !egisla-
ton.
The Army of the United States
has also been made ready and ODE
dent to your command. 1t has
been the irresistible instrument
with which TO execute your pleas
ure on a prostrate people. You
say, go, and it gocth come, and
it cometh;" !" and nothing has with
stood the accomplishment of your
purposes.
The purse of the nation, too, has
been in your grasp as well as the
sword. The taxpayers of Amcrl-
ca have toiled for you as the seris
of Russia have not for their rulers,
Their streaming floods OF golden
tribute have been poured into youI
Golfers with every motion Of the
pendulum of time. You have ta
bon tho laborcrs' earnings and