The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-06-22

dry life. We want 10 brought 10 The
lrcslde, enthroncd on the family altar,
and consccratcd primo minister NJ
home.
We do not cnll lhnt man Christian
who reads sermon every morning
before breakfast, and dclrnuds the
cook 6f her hard earned wages,
Neither do we look on TINT woman NJ
truly plous who boxes little 1ommy's
ears for forgetting his prayers, and re-
fuses u crust 10 the bcggar nj her door
" for fenr Of encouraging imposlors."
Let religion with IL holy light shine
along our daily path, Let liz pure
flame burn In the heart; and verify by
the frult the tree shall be rightly Judged,
The following contribution 10 the
London Evening Herald we transfer
10 our columns, because as nm evidence
Of history II has received the commen-
datlon and sanction Of the most emf
ncnt and active partlcipanlsJn the late
struggle. We are not Of those who
would have the historic hcrolsm of
Southern braves, who surrendered only
after their star Of hope went DOWN
forgotten aud forever laid ut rest among
things aforementioned. There was too
much lustre attending the Confederate
cause, too much unparalleled chlv-
airy scattered throughout It's leglons OF
heroes, TO be cclipscd by the triumph
ant success which bcamcd upon the
bnnncrs Of the victorg after four years
of conflict IN which our Southland
gave TO glory the finest quota of I'M
mortals that ever fell IN any contest
wagcd for liberty. The extract has
been Published before, but we think II
will bear reproduction even ut This
late day.
London Evening Herald, April g. 1865,
The South Is doomed. With the sur
render of General Lee end, not in
deed the possibility of military de-
fence, still less that of desperate
popular resistance, but the hope Of
final success. After four years Of
war, sustained with n gollantly and
resolution that have few, ii any,
prcccdcnts IN history; as such sac-
rlllccs ny, perhaps, no nation ever made
In vain; after losses that have drained
the liic-blood of the country; after II So
rles of brilliant victories, gained under
unequNlod disadvantages, courage and
skill and devotion have succnnbed to
brute force; and byshecrp power of num-
beers race, inferior IN every quality Of
soldicrship and manhood, have pre-
vailed over the bravest and most united
people that ever drew the sword In tie
fence of civil rights and national indie
pendcncc.
10 numbers, and to numbers alone,
the North owes its hateful triumph.
It's advantages in wealth and resources,
in the possession of the sea and the
command Of the rivers, were neutral
lied by Southern gallantry. In despite
the most numerous navy IN the world,
half dozen Southern cruisers drove
It's commerce from the seas. In despite
OF it's overwhelming superiority in
strength OF ships and guns, improvisod
Southern ironclNds beat and drove of
It's blocknding squadrOns, and Southern
cavalry, cmbarking on little river
steamers captured its armed gunboats.
In defiance of all Its powers, Southern
energy contrived to supply the armies
of the Confederate States with every
thing of which they stood in need,
When the war broke out, the North
had every kind of military stores IN
abundance, and could draw unlimited
supplies from Europe; the South had
scarcely u cannon; had but few rifles;
still fewer swords or layonets, and not
n single foundry or powder factory.
All these deficiencies were supplied
by the foresight of the Confederate
Government, and the daring of the
Confederate armies. The routed forces
of the north supplied artillery and
ammunition, rifles and bayonets, to the
Southerners. The cannon which thun-
dercd against Gettysburg, the shot
which crushed the brave merccnnsles of
Burnside on the slopes above Freder-
icksburg, came for the most part from
Northern arsenals. No Southern fail
ure IL attributed to tile want of arms or
powder; no Federal success was won
by the enormous advantages which the
north enjoyed in its military stores and
its open ports. Had these been the
only odds in its favor, long ago would
tho Eatarnl ,rnx,nrn n, ant hoyn fabian
refuge ut Boston or New York, and
every inch of Southern soil have been
free from the step of the invaders.
Numbers, and numbers alone, have
decided the struggle. y
Almost every battle has been won
by the South, but every Southern vie
tory has been rendered fiuitless by the
overwhelming numerical superiority
of the vanquished. The conQucrors
found themselves on every occasion
confronted by new armies, and de-
prived of the fruits OF victory by the
facility with which the broken ranks
of the enemy were rcplenished. The
smaller losses of the South We're irre-
parable; the greater sacrifices of the
North We're of no consequence what
ever In the eyes Of u government which
lavished the lives of hired rowdies and
foreign mercenarles, in the knowledge
that money could repair all that folly
and ferocity might destroy. The South
has persisted by enthusiastically sheer
inability to recruit her exhausted ar
mics.
Whatever errors may have contrib
utcd to hasten her fall; whatever may
be due to the fatal march into Tenncs-
see, and the mcomprehcnsible policy
which laid Georgia and the Carolinns
open to Sherman, the struggle had
been decided solely by thcrelative NUM-
bers Of tho belligercnts; by the fact
that the Federal recruiting field was
unlimited, while that of the
Confederatcs was too small to supply
the losses of each campaign. II may
console the heroic soldiers of the South
to remember that their whole force
lynS t,nUar a.tsnl In ..pn, har M tbn f,,.-