The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-06-12

ruuRsaAY.' IJilSE ~, 1873.
EXPLANATION.

Elsewhere ini our paper TO day
will bcrfound mn official ccmmuni.
G,tion from Gcporal ID Good, in
which .wc are substantially read
out Of the Democratic party, mn or.
.ganizalion in which onr whole lirF
will show we have performed no
much sincere and devoted service
ps we were capable ofrcpdcrng.
Although tho General has declared
MS n traitor % true Democracy.
we arc disposed to.oppeol TO the
people, ~who compose that grand
odd party and vonS the Generals
sown proofs ask 9thcm whether or
not we have been rccrcant TO any Of
tho obligations which every true
Democrat owes toBis party. "a
Before we attempt to defend our.
self againstthc charges ofabandon.
ment of Democratic principles,
which tho General Undergraduates
in his communication, wc desire to
first ascertain what those prin.
ciples are, and then ask our read
ers whether or not we have been
guilty Of aay dcreliction in our ad-
vocacy Of tho measures upon which
the success of Democratic govern
ment depends.
Worcester defines Democracy To
be 9 %'form Of government in which
the sovereign power is lodged in
the body of tho pcoplc"-and just
such governmental shall ever be
Tlour highostaim and ondeavop as n
Democrat not only to maintain
bat to vindicate. 1t is,thc absence
of this vital, fundamental principle
in our national affairs that has on.
tailed upon the people all cftho op.
prcssions, burdens and disndvan-
tagcs under which We arc now la.
boring, and which has brought up
on us n confusion that threatens
not only the prosperity, but the
pcrpeMity Of our REPUBLICAN form
of government.
AS we arc now regulated in our
public concerns, the people have
nothing whatever to say, while
otficehoIders are not only all-m.
. -portant. butall potent in disposing
the influence and powers of the
government touching those 1ues-
tons which affect most vitality the
best interests Of the Whole country
Wcare for the people and agains,
tho olliceholders, unless they be
men true to tho trusts imposed in
them BY tho people. The history
Of politics, since the war, has been
one replcte with contradictions, 50
far as tho fidelity OF political load.
ers is concerned, and we believe
that it will require no lengthy re-
view of past events to convince
even General Good thatthis lecla-
ration is. true, because results have
shown that professional politicians
promise one thing before election
and act the reverse role after the
honors of official preforment have
been ontwined about their brows.
Illustrative Of, This fact, We beg to
'call tho Generals attention to the
course and conduct of his cham
pion, and by right of undisputed
and undoniable evidence, his i'm
PRESERVATION of true democracy, the
Hon. John G. Conner, whom Gen
cral Good chaperoned through this
district DIS Ills, first love for Con
I ~ N W
gressional glory, and who, as
Democratic leader landed the whole
party, as far as he could effect the
anchorage, substantially in the
bosom of Radicalism, and that OF
the Grant and Davis, order, which,
unfortunately, is not tho sort Of
Democracy which is appreciated
byStho PEOPLE Of this State, whose
interests and wishes it is our won't
to subservc, because their wishes
and hoiriptcrssts are oarsI III
The General supported Conner,
nor has he yet abandoned him by
any official cdict, Notwithstanding
tbatillastrious Congressman fought
against the treasury department
in the ranks of the back
nan qrdbbers; but so soon as we