The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-01-01
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ID. McCALEB, Editor.
SHALL IT BEy

agitation between inc NpIlh W." Wv
~n eouthv-lsgO 10 ls0O-eame four years
<of devastating war-brolher lighting
AGAINST brother father against Aon--
families rent asunder-friendshlpH'
sanctioned by time, loosened, and u
general up-rootlng Of those oordswhlch
pertain toa happy and Homogeneous
people. The memorable year Of lbOo
and the fourth month thereof arrived,
when the stronger North trlumphed
over the weaker South, a paIley was
sounded, u truce followed ana - III u
few days war ceased
The vanquIshed Southern soldiers
such as survived, tattered, torn aud
bleedlng-ho thelrrespectlve ways
home To find poverty, lank and lean, III
Heir households -houscholds tenanled
by sad aud weeping but true hearts
The cry instructive to honorable breasts
went forth 1--WE have fought We have
LOST Now let IN abide tho conse-
quences In good faith, and IN all
proper and honorable ways, strive 10
restore peace and fellowship TO what
the fiat of arms has made u reunited
country" From the immortal Lee 10
tho humblest OF the vanqulshed sol
dIers, such was their spirit The negro
emanclpated, said they, why keep open
lathe woondsp Rather, why not staunch
elTRnd hqal them? -
From that month Of April, 1865, to
this the first day Of the first month OF
1874, has been eight years and nine
months
We do not propose or desire, on u
festival day--a day recognized by oil
the civilized world as the beginning
of a new year--to review, recount or
allude TO the events of those elght
years and nine months. We would
not, on this day, wound the feelings OF
even an enemy, nor In any wise mar
the festivities In which Ill should DO
happy and self-denying Hence,
through these years and months we
introduce the editorial Specification of
something left out by substituting
- row Of
- Having done this the present Is with
us and the future before u.s. 4,
The present is to-day-Januoiy. !
1874. We greet all with happy New
ks Year, and pray the day may be blessed
to all our readers and our whole coun-
try-from the Atlanticto the Pacific,
from the Lakes to thelGulG-by all the
means and appliances which pertain
to free and noble people on occasions
when strifes cease and even enemies
NV salute each other. For this day let us
berecenciled one toward another.
After to-day the rushing future will
be ever approaching. We must, as
wise men and women, be ever on the
calert and ready to meet it. Who can
foreseeits weakness orits force--its cor
ruption or Its purity--ts sweets or its
'"A bitter? Who? None but the Omnip-
otent God, Creator and Father of all.
''The fool hath said in his heart,
there is no God" Wisdom says, "All
~ her ways are ways of pleasantness and
all her paths are paths of peace"
WISDOM should be the guide of the
- world--the Fool should be answered
with his folly.
Ma Then, what is to be the future-espe-
cially the future Of our goodly hertz
age-this State of our love, Texas?
The war and the intervening eight
years and nine months have passed,
rand now the people with unanimity
and by a majority never before known,
Shave peaceably, fairly and lawfully
selected agents or officers to transact
their business for the next four years.
We do not hold to the once accepted
doctrine that the ''voice of the people
hisfis the voice of God"--we donot believe
has it. But we do believe that the voice of
Gag great and intelligent people, fairly
and solemnly expressed through q free
and peaceful ballot, should be mighty
v7a'to prevail against factions, bubbles,
6asselfshncss and every opposing obsta-
red Gle. The result will be peace, fellow
ship, restored confidence--it will soft
en- antagonisms, protect the majority,
protect the minority, Danish hatred
and reestablish rational confraternity
- among all classes. And this brings us
to the Question which heads this arti-
cle--"Shall 1t beT'
Shall the year 1874 be ushered in by
the defeated minority in the late cleo
ton gracefully yielding to the sovereign
and overwhelming voice of this long
tried and patient people? VIII they
- deny self and rise to the standard of
I honorable 'freemen in free State
Will they, by SO doing, contribute their
s mite towards final and complete
reconciliation, and the exaltation of
the principles of free government to
all men everywhere? Or will they, in
blindness, dash the cup from their lips,
pu and, say to the struggling millions
abroad who writhe under despotism,
ssfeBe content; free government is a
farce; q few should control the many"
-bn.We know there are men In the mi
- norityr in Texas who will appreciate
,ahthis presentation of the issue, and say