The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-02-06
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ID. McCALEB, Editor.
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q committee OF lehuliB Nepupiic"i'n
on recent OCCASION, ~ published ny
the New York Herald, and thus far
uncontradlcted by any Of the adminls-
tration organs, Is the most significant
political utterance that the country has
heard since the close Of the war. tbs
the signal for anentirc new departure
In national politics. II Is the DEATH
knell ofthe Republican party, sounded
by the head Of heparty himself That
language, as published In nearly every
paper In the United States, Is as fol-
lows: K.ssg sasys ps.soa .,ray.s ns.se b.
~ begin 10 think n " limo for The Repub'
iican party 20 unload, There has been too
much doad weight cArrN NSit The success
Of our arms during TN tbollion, ana inc
confidence that the Republican, party was
strong enough 10 hold up any burden, have
imposed all, tho dlsaiectlon In tho CUR
States upon this administration, ! am ured
OF this nonsense. Let Louisiana take care OF
herself, as Texas will have 10 do. don't
want any quarrel about Mississippi STATE
matters 10 be referred TO me. The nursing OF
monstroslties has nearly exhausted the life
OF tho party. am done with them and they
will have 10 take care OF Themselves"
The frat thing 70 note In this Ian
guage Is that II contains n confession
that the Republican party has been
carrying great deal Of dead weight;
that 1t Is responsible for the anomalous
condition of affairs In many OF the
Southern States, and that the burden
has become greater than II can bear
any longer; that 1t either has to
relieve 'tself of some Of the load, or IL
will cease to stagger along Mt all. IN
the second place IT is distinct and
emphatic declaration Of the official
head of the party, that he is "tired Of
such nonsense, and that for the pres
ent he intends to wash his hands of all
such proceedings. 1t Is true, the whole
of the language sounds like the petu-
liant outbust of q spoiled child. 1t may
be nothing more, and 1t may be that
ere this the president may have been
gotten securely back into the leading
strings in which Morton, Butler, Conk-
ling and the other arch c0nspirators
against the constitution of the country
have had him for some years. Grant
ing this to be so, still the confession he
has made in reference to "the nursing
Of mOnstrOsitles' must be so damaging
to the party as to lead inevitably to
Its disruption. The great heart of the
American people is never intcn-
tionally wrong; and when they are
told Ivy him, whom they have exalted
to the position almost OLA demi-god,
that something they have been sup
porting and sustaining is ''monstros-
ity," their consciences will revolt at
the false position into which they have
been led, and they will hasten to make
amends by a change of course.
On the other hand, 1t may be that
the president has discovered that the
moral sense Of the II alton has deter
mined to be no longer shocked by the
spectacle of such 'm0nstrositiesN rs
he and his advisers have callei into
being in the Southern States, and that
the utterances made by him is in de-
ference to that recognized sentiment. 1t
may be that every word was carefully
weighed before its uttcrance, and that
the opportunity forits utterance was all
cut anddried between thepresidcnt and
the leading Republicans who called on
him, and apparently called it forth.
In this view of the case the language
can only be construed as a formal de-
claration of war by the president
against his old allies, and as a rallying
cry of new party for the campaign of
1876.
In either event, therefore, whether
We are 10 consider 1t as u mere ebulli-
ton OF passion Oh the part of the
president, or as the deliberate utter
ance of his opinion Of the present state
Of affairs, and of his policy for the fu-
ture, we think we are justified in pro-
nouncing 1t the most significant
political utterance that the country has
heard since the close of the war.
No language can express the import
ance to the people Of the South of the
declaration and promise contained In
the last sentence: al have done with
them, and they will have TO take care
of themselves" This is all they have
ever asked. This they have right to
claim under the constitution. The
party in power, with Grant at its head,
has proclaimed by Its actions for eight
years that Oaths are but wind and con-
'titutions are but paper. If the presi-
dent is fixed in his expressed deter
mination to henceforth regard the
Of his country and his
oath of Office hereunder, and will keep
hands off and mind his own official
business, the monstrosities he has
nursed into being will soon rapidly
resolve themselves into their original
elements, the carpet-baggers flying like
sorged buzzards back to their Northern
'oosts, and the sweet-scented sons of
Africa vacating the legislative halls
hey have polluted, and returning with
\ renewed zest to those agricultural
pursuits for which they are by nature so
endowed.
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