The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-03-08
THE DAILY HERALD.
ID. McCALEB. Editor.
Our Agents.
The Emoute in New Orleans.


never go backwards, and cctainly
tn history of our unhappy and un.
fortunate country is proving the
fact that this adage is almost an
axiom. When the first gun at
Sumpter announced that the PEG.
plc Of this country were bent on
war, and that a great and unprcce.
dent revolution had been born, the
lido Of our national prosperity be-
gan its ebb, carrying upon the bos-
ON oftho roceding waters all that
was grand, good and stable in our
form of government. From that
hour we have been on the down
grade, and have been gong from
bad to worse ever since, as q M
ton. The elimination Of the
struggle has not yet been reached,
Notwithstanding the death Of our
Confederacyand the surrender ofthc
invincible heroes who fought with
spartan zeal for their country and
their cause until their cline was
stretched until it broke" and mum.
bers alone bore down the bright st.
Andrews Cross, which had waved
triumphant on n thousand fields.
Military occupation followed sur
render. Reconstruction followed
that, and with it brought carpet
bagism, scalawagism, and socialism
with all the disgusting and damna-
bic consequences which could emil
nate from the great political ANAL
gam we have had to deal with. The
"bottom rail went to tho top, and
the scum of society became the es-
scence Of our sovereign systems.
Now we are getting tho finale OF
theprogrammcin the closingscencs
enacted in Louisiana between vir-
tuous Indignation on the one hand !,
and venal impotence on the other.
The general features Of the exhibit
ton are not without their prece-
dents, for the masses of that State
are simply aiding history to re.
peat itself 1t is the old story Of
Rome, and Carthage and Greece,
and later still, Of France. In 1882,
during the reign of Louis XVI, the
elements of that gay-hearted, fun
loving, but revolutionary people Of
France became sectionalixed, and
went into orders until these same
orders led the whole nation into
chaos, So now are the descendants
of these self-sama leaders, who once
thought {" Paris the world" engag-
ed in carrying on q movement
which must lead to something which
wiIsleave a date and adata in Amer
lean history. They arc fearless inc
their chivalry, and have ceased to
bo governed by the sage couusels
Of their old men who can sec no
good in shedding blood When
The Crcoles of New Orleans are
aroused, thy arc invincible, They
are avail bow to the full realiza-
lion Of thcH injuries, and have ap.
pealed to the sword to arbitiato
their cause with tho miserable min
ions Of the general govcrnment,w who
have been feasting and fattening
offtheir suffering until further for
bearancc would be nothing short Of
iisgraccfal folly. Gen. Grant may
lend his standing army to the Ores
'ent City, he may override the will
If its citizens and tramplc undcr
DOT their constitutional rights as
,e has often done before; bat he
AN no more break the proud spir.
ia Of tho men who learned how to
ace danger and do duty under Lee
md Jackson, than ho can resist the
Of getting drunk and
presents from the black
lands Of corruptionists. lilo may |
'ecognize Kellogg and imprison
Governor McEnery, he may lay the
lily in ashes and cause the slaugh.
er Of its women and children by
lis base panderings to party do
hands, but he will never, can new
II DO able to comprehend the fact
hat to his past policy all these evils